C.H. Spurgeon's Morning Devotional

Wednesday April 2, 2025

"He answered him to never a word."-Matthew 27:14

He had never been slow of speech when He could bless the sons of men, but He would not say a single word for Himself. "Never man spake like this Man," and never man was silent like Him. Was this singular silence the index of His perfect self-sacrifice? Did it show that He would not utter a word to stay the slaughter of His sacred person, which He had dedicated as an offering for us? Had He so entirely surrendered Himself that He would not interfere in His own behalf, even in the minutest degree, but be bound and slain an unstruggling, uncomplaining victim? Was this silence a type of the defenselessness of sin? Nothing can be said in palliation or excuse of human guilt; and, therefore, He who bore its whole weight stood speechless before His judge. Is not patient silence the best reply to a gainsaying world? Calm endurance answers some questions infinitely more conclusively than the loftiest eloquence. The best apologists for Christianity in the early days were its martyrs. The anvil breaks a host of hammers by quietly bearing their blows. Did not the silent Lamb of God furnish us with a grand example of wisdom? Where every word was occasion for new blasphemy, it was the line of duty to afford no fuel for the flame of sin. The ambiguous and the false, the unworthy and mean, will ere long overthrow and confute themselves, and therefore the true can afford to be quiet, and finds silence to be its wisdom. Evidently our Lord, by His silence, furnished a remarkable fulfillment of prophecy. A long defence of Himself would have been contrary to Isaiah's prediction. "He is led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth." By His quiet He conclusively proved Himself to be the true Lamb of God. As such we salute Him this morning. Be with us, Jesus, and in the silence of our heart, let us hear the voice of Thy love.

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Saturday, March 10, 2012

guest article: On Empty-Nesting by Lisa Wingate

OK I'm finding myself slowly joining this group. Our baby has one more year of High School then we'll be totally without babies. This momma bird is not liking that too well. With talking to daughter yesterday about future plans she's starting to come around where at the beginning of this school year she had no idea. It is starting to hit her too. Also seeing her big sister take the leap into college dorm life this fall after being home for two years at the community college she's seeing things in different light I believe. Hate to say it but she's spreading her wings a wee bit too.

Any way I ran across this article from author/speaker Lisa Wingate and thought I'd share it with you; well.....I'm going to share a teaser and then you'll have to go to Choose Now Ministries to finish the article.

On Empty-Nesting: Letting Go Without Going Crazy

It’s funny that they call it “empty nesting” isn’t it? I’ve been watching birds all my life, and I guess the analogy makes sense in a way—one day you’re a little single bird, and then you’re swept off your feet by a nice little boy bird with appealing plumage. You build a cozy little nest together, lay a few eggs, end up with a hatchling that’s bald, funny looking, and noisy at first but gets cuter as it grows. You fall in love in an entirely new way, as you feed, protect, and shelter that tiny, helpless creature. You’d fight to the death for that precious little life you brought into this world.

Then one day you come home, and that special little someone… isn’t where you left him...(continue reading this article which includes 6 quick tips. click here to read the rest)

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