C.H. Spurgeon's Morning Devotional
Monday March 31, 2025

"With His stripes we are healed."-Isaiah 53:5
    
    Pilate delivered our Lord to the lictors to be scourged. The Roman scourge was a most dreadful instrument of torture. It was made of the sinews of oxen, and sharp bones were inter-twisted every here and there among the sinews; so that every time the lash came down these pieces of bone inflicted fearful laceration, and tore off the flesh from the bone. The Saviour was, no doubt, bound to the column, and thus beaten. He had been beaten before; but this of the Roman lictors was probably the most severe of His flagellations. My soul, stand here and weep over His poor stricken body.
    
    Believer in Jesus, can you gaze upon Him without tears, as He stands before you the mirror of agonizing love? He is at once fair as the lily for innocence, and red as the rose with the crimson of His own blood. As we feel the sure and blessed healing which His stripes have wrought in us, does not our heart melt at once with love and grief? If ever we have loved our Lord Jesus, surely we must feel that affection glowing now within our bosoms.
    
    "See how the patient Jesus stands,
    Insulted in His lowest case!
    Sinners have bound the Almighty's hands,
    And spit in their Creator's face.
    
    With thorns His temples gor'd and gash'd
    Send streams of blood from every part;
    His back's with knotted scourges lash'd.
    But sharper scourges tear His heart."
    
    We would fain go to our chambers and weep; but since our business calls us away, we will first pray our Beloved to print the image of His bleeding self upon the tablets of our hearts all the day, and at nightfall we will return to commune with Him, and sorrow that our sin should have cost Him so dear.
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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Sqeaked some SEWing in...

Handmade by Heidi

 Well, I didn't get as much sewing done last night for Oct's FNSI as I was hoping.  Hubby came home Thursday night and made the announcement, "By the way, I work a midshift tomorrow night (10am-7pm)"  Oh, bummer there goes my sewing night I thought; however, I did manage to get a little sewing in at different times.  I started early  hehehehe.  like in the am. Daughter didn't have school so we decided to watch a movie before lunch, have lunch then make a quick, hehehe, trip to Wal-Mart before she had to be back for work.  Anyway while we watched the movie I did work on getting all the bears (remember I'm making 5 of these guys) parts turned and ready for stuffing.  Then took a break and was able to do about an hour of sewing after I got her to work before my hubby got home.  Then took a break and watched a movie with hubby.  After the movie he wanted to read his news for the day on the computer so I sewed a little more before we headed to bed.  So my sewing wasn't all in one setting it was spread through out the day.  However, did manage to complete one bear fully.  I think he looks like a mouse instead of a bear and there are a few mistakes, but for the first guy (remember I'm making 5 of these guys) he didn't turn out too awfully bad now for the pictures.  Sorry for the quality of one picture it was hard to take pictures and be in them at the same time. 












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3 comments:

  1. BreeOctober 22, 2011 at 7:42 PM

    aww, he's a cute little mouse-bear!

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  2. JandiOctober 23, 2011 at 2:26 AM

    What a cute mouse! Love it!

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  3. AnonymousOctober 23, 2011 at 10:54 AM

    Whether he looks like a bear or a mouse, he's still a cute little softie and someone is sure to love him.

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