C.H. Spurgeon's Evening Devotional
Thursday August 14, 2025

"I know their sorrows."-Exodus 3:7
    
    The child is cheered as he sings, "This my father knows"; and shall not we be comforted as we discern that our dear Friend and tender soul-husband knows all about us?
    
    1. He is the Physician, and if He knows all, there is no need that the patient should know. Hush, thou silly, fluttering heart, prying, peeping, and suspecting! What thou knowest not now, thou shalt know hereafter, and meanwhile Jesus, the beloved Physician, knows thy soul in adversities. Why need the patient analyze all the medicine, or estimate all the symptoms? This is the Physician's work, not mine; it is my business to trust, and His to prescribe. If He shall write His prescription in uncouth characters which I cannot read, I will not be uneasy on that account, but rely upon His unfailing skill to make all plain in the result, however mysterious in the working.
    
    2. He is the Master, and His knowledge is to serve us instead of our own; we are to obey, not to judge: "The servant knoweth not what his lord doeth." Shall the architect explain his plans to every hodman on the works? If he knows his own intent, is it not enough? The vessel on the wheel cannot guess to what pattern it shall be conformed, but if the potter understands his art, what matters the ignorance of the clay? My Lord must not be cross-questioned any more by one so ignorant as I am.
    
    3. He is the Head. All understanding centres there. What judgment has the arm? What comprehension has the foot? All the power to know lies in the head. Why should the member have a brain of its own when the head fulfils for it every intellectual office? Here, then, must the believer rest his comfort in sickness, not that he himself can see the end, but that Jesus knows all. Sweet Lord, be thou for ever eye, and soul, and head for us, and let us be content to know only what Thou choosest to reveal.
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Friday, October 26, 2012

It's a Halloween Party!

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Here's a recipe that's always a hit at costume parties and to munch on while you're greeting little ghosts and goblins for trick-or-treat night. It appears in our cookbook, Autumn with Family & Friends!
Crunchy Cashew Mix
Denise Faust from LaFontaine, Indiana shared this recipe with us...it's perfect for any get-together!
Autff9 c. crispy corn or rice
    cereal squares

9-oz. can cashews
2 c. sweetened, flaked
    coconut

1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. corn syrup
1 c. brown sugar, packed
1 t. vanilla extract
1/2 t. baking soda
Combine cereal, cashews and coconut in a large heat-proof bowl; set aside. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat; add corn syrup and brown sugar. Stir well and bring to a boil; boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and baking soda. Pour over cereal mixture; stir well to coat. Pour mixture out onto a greased 15"x10" jelly-roll pan. Bake at 250 degrees for one hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Store in an airtight container. Makes about 25 servings.



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