C.H. Spurgeon's Morning Devotional
Wednesday July 30, 2025

"And when he thought thereon, he wept."-Mark 14:72
    
    It has been thought by some that as long as Peter lived, the fountain of his tears began to flow whenever he remembered his denying his Lord. It is not unlikely that it was so, (for his sin was very great, and grace in him had afterwards a perfect work. This same experience is common to all the redeemed family according to the degree in which the Spirit of God has removed the natural heart of stone. We, like Peter, remember our boastful promise: "Though all men shall forsake Thee, yet will not I." We eat our own words with the bitter herbs of repentance. When we think of what we vowed we would be, and of what we have been, we may weep whole showers of grief. He thought on his denying his Lord. The place in which he did it, the little cause which led him into such heinous sin, the oaths and blasphemies with which he sought to confirm his falsehood, and the dreadful hardness of heart which drove him to do so again and yet again. Can we, when we are reminded of our sins, and their exceeding sinfulness, remain stolid and stubborn? Will we not make our house a Bochim, and cry unto the Lord for renewed assurances of pardoning love? May we never take a dry-eyed look at sin, lest ere long we have a tongue parched in the flames of hell. Peter also thought upon his Master's look of love. The Lord followed up the cock's warning voice with an admonitory look of sorrow, pity, and love. That glance was never out of Peter's mind so long as he lived. It was far more effectual than ten thousand sermons would have been without the Spirit. The penitent apostle would be sure to weep when he recollected the Saviour's full forgiveness, which restored him to his former place. To think that we have offended so kind and good a Lord is more than sufficient reason for being constant weepers. Lord, smite our rocky hearts, and make the waters flow.
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Monday, October 17, 2011

Need to...Want to...Would love to...

Handmade by Heidi


It's that time again. Oct. Sew-in is on for this Friday night.  Come on and join the fun.  Heidi @ Handmade by Heidi and Bobbi @ Crafty Vegas Mom do such a wonderful job at getting this all together each month.  This month the sign up is @ Bobbi's @ Crafty Vegas Mom's.  head over there and get your name on the sign up and mark off Friday night and sew, sew, sew.  I'm going to... I am sew looking forward to this sewing time.  Hubby and dd, my sewing partner, has to work, but I'm going to sew.  Actually I NEED to sew.  I have a Christmas audio book and Christmas CD music so they will be playing as I sew. What am I going to do????? WEEEELLLLL that's to be determined....  I need to get the memory bears finished... I want to work on my mom's cross-stitch that I have worked on in the past during FNSI HOWEVER......  I'd love to make a Christmas table runner for myself.  I found a cute quilt block I want to use....But I don't have the material yet so that may have to wait til next month.  Sew it will be a mystery as to what I actually work on you'll have to stop back by on Saturday and find out what I did.  Till then head over to Bobbi's here and sign up to join in on the fun.

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