C.H. Spurgeon's Evening Devotional
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"And the evening and the morning were the first day."-Genesis 1:5
    
    The evening was "darkness" and the morning was "light," and yet the two together are called by the name that is given to the light alone! This is somewhat remarkable, but it has an exact analogy in spiritual experience. In every believer there is darkness and light, and yet he is not to be named a sinner because there is sin in him, but he is to be named a saint because he possesses some degree of holiness. This will be a most comforting thought to those who are mourning their infirmities, and who ask, "Can I be a child of God while there is so much darkness in me?" Yes; for you, like the day, take not your name from the evening, but from the morning; and you are spoken of in the word of God as if you were even now perfectly holy as you will be soon. You are called the child of light, though there is darkness in you still. You are named after what is the predominating quality in the sight of God, which will one day be the only principle remaining. Observe that the evening comes first. Naturally we are darkness first in order of time, and the gloom is often first in our mournful apprehension, driving us to cry out in deep humiliation, "God be merciful to me, a sinner." The place of the morning is second, it dawns when grace overcomes nature. It is a blessed aphorism of John Bunyan, "That which is last, lasts for ever." That which is first, yields in due season to the last; but nothing comes after the last. So that though you are naturally darkness, when once you become light in the Lord, there is no evening to follow; "thy sun shall no more go down." The first day in this life is an evening and a morning; but the second day, when we shall be with God, for ever, shall be a day with no evening, but one, sacred, high, eternal noon.
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Saturday, April 7, 2012

My Hiding Place by Shirley Brosius

I snapped this picture a few weeks back and then last week read this devotional and the two just seemed to click. I just had to share it hope you all enjoy it as much as it meant to me when I read it.
~ Devotional taken from p. 6 of Turning Guilt Trips into Joy Rides


Guilt Trip to Avoid:  Failing to protect myself

For you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble.  You surround me with songs of victory.  Psalm 32:7

(since I prefer KJV here is the verse from KJV)
 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.  Psalm 32:7

My Hiding Place 
by Shirley Brosius


As I work at my computer by a window, I watch a squirrel carry bunches of leaves up a tree.  Up and down it goes, load after load.  High in the tree, where a branch forks from the trunk, the squirrel is building a hiding place.  That's because hawks sit high in the trees watching for any bird or small animals that might make a tasty sandwich.  But now the squirrel will have somewhere to hide because a hawk is not likely to attack a squirrel's sanctuary.  The squirrel doesn't wait until the hawk appears.  It establishes its sanctuary on sunny days when all is peaceful and quiet.




Like the squirrel that knows how to build a hiding place by God's grace, I can build a hiding place for my soul-also by God's grace.  The Word of God forms its foundation.  Prayer builds its walls.  The Holy Spirit fills the rooms with a sweet presence.  I am safe in my sanctuary.  When  the hawks of life attack me, I have ready a place to hide.  Who knows what might happen had I not prepared.


Take the Joy Ride:  When King Saul tried to kill David, god hid and protected him while he was on the run because he'd had a long and close relationship with God.  David was a man after God's own heart.  We can be women after God's own heart if we, too, take the time to build a relationship with him-a sanctuary.  How might you build a hiding place?

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2 comments:

  1. Shirley BrosiusMay 22, 2012 at 10:02 PM

    Loved the photo you took that shows exactly what I wrote about. Thank you for sharing it on your blog. You are a blessing.

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  2. apple blossomMay 23, 2012 at 7:28 AM

    I took this photo some days before reading the devotion but it just fit and clicked when I read the devotion.

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