The Blended Blog: December 2012

C.H. Spurgeon's Morning Devotional

Wednesday August 20, 2025

"The sweet psalmist of Israel."-2 Samuel 23:1

Among all the saints whose lives are recorded in Holy Writ, David possesses an experience of the most striking, varied, and instructive character. In his history we meet with trials and temptations not to be discovered, as a whole, in other saints of ancient times, and hence he is all the more suggestive a type of our Lord. David knew the trials of all ranks and conditions of men. Kings have their troubles, and David wore a crown: the peasant has his cares, and David handled a shepherd's crook: the wanderer has many hardships, and David abode in the caves of Engedi: the captain has his difficulties, and David found the sons of Zeruiah too hard for him. The psalmist was also tried in his friends, his counsellor Ahithophel forsook him, "He that eateth bread with me, hath lifted up his heel against me." His worst foes were they of his own household: his children were his greatest affliction. The temptations of poverty and wealth, of honour and reproach, of health and weakness, all tried their power upon him. He had temptations from without to disturb his peace, and from within to mar his joy. David no sooner escaped from one trial than he fell into another; no sooner emerged from one season of despondency and alarm, than he was again brought into the lowest depths, and all God's waves and billows rolled over him. It is probably from this cause that David's psalms are so universally the delight of experienced Christians. Whatever our frame of mind, whether ecstasy or depression, David has exactly described our emotions. He was an able master of the human heart, because he had been tutored in the best of all schools-the school of heart-felt, personal experience. As we are instructed in the same school, as we grow matured in grace and in years, we increasingly appreciate David's psalms, and find them to be "green pastures." My soul, let David's experience cheer and counsel thee this day.

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Monday, December 31, 2012

My project for today

Angels have been replaced with.......

Snowmen....Don't they just melt your heart?

Friday, December 28, 2012

Make your own family calendar....

So my friend posted a picture of her Christmas gift that daughter or daughter-in-law made for her....very neat idea. Family Birthday calendar...I think you could use is for anniversaries too and call it the Family calendar

very easy and self explanatory....

on the tags are the person(s)'s name and date of birth or anniversary if you'd like. and the tag is hung under the month it falls in.

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Today I am...

Bear with me Please

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

WW ~ My new Toy

I'm so excited to try this out. May have to stay in jammies all day tomorrow just to play with my toy. My other one is just too temperamental. Never know if it is going to sew or not. It has been a lemon for over 25 years so hubby surprised me with new one. I hope this one is better.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Too Sweet to pass up

Wishing you a Merry Christmas...

Friday, December 21, 2012

What Do YOU Serve on Christmas Day?

Almost all recipes have a place in our memories, whether from the first time we made them or from a special occasion of which they were always a part. Some of these most special recipes are served on Christmas day, whether for a homemade breakfast or for dinner later that day. Few days hold so many memories and recipes that add flavor.

So tell us...

What are your favorite
CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST OR DINNER recipes?
Share 'em all in today's Recipe Round-Up!

This recipe was published in our cookbook, 101 Breakfast & Brunch Recipes, and is an extra-special way to fix this breakfast standard...you'll love it!

Sugarplum Bacon
Beth Burgmeier from East Dubuque, Illinois, shared this recipe with us. She writes, "Crunchy, sweet and salty...this bacon is out-of-this-world good! Cook some up for your brunch guests. They're sure to love it!"

1/2 c. brown sugar, packed
1 t. cinnamon
1/2 lb. bacon

In a bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon. Cut each bacon slice in half crosswise; dredge each slice in brown sugar mixture. Twist bacon slices and place in an ungreased 13"x9" baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes, until bacon is crisp and sugar is bubbly. Place bacon on aluminum foil to cool. Serve at room temperature. Makes 8 servings.

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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Sewing time again or NOT

Well tomorrow night is the night for Dec. Sew-in. I'm not sure if I'll be able to get in on this one with the holidays much is happening around the house preparing. I'll post on Saturday if I had any progress. I probably will be cross-stitching if I'm able to set down. Don't know what FNSI is all about click here.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

WW - Why I'm AWAL

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Too Sweet to pass up...

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Christmas movies from WB...giveaway...

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Saturday, December 8, 2012

Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Prolific hymn writer Charles Wesley, who helped his brother John begin the Methodist Church, wrote the original words to 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing' in 1739 as a Christmas hymn that was published that year in a book called Hymns and Sacred Poems. The first two lines were: "Hark, how the welkin [an old English word for heaven] rings/Glory to the king of kings." But in 1753, Wesley's friend and co-worker George Whitfield changed those lines to the ones we know today: "Hark! The herald angels sing/glory to the newborn king."

The song was originally sung to the tune of 'Christ the Lord is Risen Today'. In 1840, Felix Mendelssohn composed a cantata called 'Festgesang' (Festival Song) to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Gutenberg printing press. The tune that Mendelssohn wrote for that occasion is the one that organist William Hayman Cummings used in 1855 to arrange the lyrics for 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', resulting in the song that people are familiar with today.

'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing' tells the story of the event recorded in the Bible-after Jesus Christ was born on the first Christmas an angel appeared in the sky to announce Christ's birth and shortly thereafter was joined by a huge amount of other angels singing out praises.

Fun Fact:

At the end of the popular TV special, A Charlie Brown Christmas, which has aired during every Christmas season since 1965, the Peanuts characters all sing 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.'

Hark! The herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King;
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!"
Joyful, all ye nations rise,
Join the triumph of the skies;
With th'angelic host proclaim,
"Christ is born in Bethlehem!"