C.H. Spurgeon's Evening Devotional
Sunday May 18, 2025

"Afterward."-Hebrews 12:11
    
    How happy are tried Christians, afterwards. No calm more deep than that which succeeds a storm. Who has not rejoiced in clear shinings after rain? Victorious banquets are for well-exercised soldiers. After killing the lion we eat the honey; after climbing the Hill Difficulty, we sit down in the arbour to rest; after traversing the Valley of Humiliation, after fighting with Apollyon, the shining one appears, with the healing branch from the tree of life. Our sorrows, like the passing keels of the vessels upon the sea, leave a silver line of holy light behind them "afterwards." It is peace, sweet, deep peace, which follows the horrible turmoil which once reigned in our tormented, guilty souls. See, then, the happy estate of a Christian! He has his best things last, and he therefore in this world receives his worst things first. But even his worst things are "afterward" good things, harsh ploughings yielding joyful harvests. Even now he grows rich by his losses, he rises by his falls, he lives by dying, and becomes full by being emptied; if, then, his grievous afflictions yield him so much peaceable fruit in this life, what shall be the full vintage of joy "afterwards" in heaven? If his dark nights are as bright as the world's days, what shall his days be? If even his starlight is more splendid than the sun, what must his sunlight be? If he can sing in a dungeon, how sweetly will he sing in heaven! If he can praise the Lord in the fires, how will he extol Him before the eternal throne! If evil be good to him now, what will the overflowing goodness of God be to him then? Oh, blessed "afterward!" Who would not be a Christian? Who would not bear the present cross for the crown which cometh afterwards? But herein is work for patience, for the rest is not for to-day, nor the triumph for the present, but "afterward." Wait, O soul, and let patience have her perfect work.
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Monday, March 4, 2013

randomly scrappy

I'm going to be participating in this blog hop come April so stay tuned there are so nice giveaways during this hop. 

Today we got a little dumped on as far as snow.  I spent about 2 hours this evening on snow removal duty...I'm telling it now and I know tomorrow will be even worse.  UGH!

tonight I thought it was sewing night but got mixed up ....  However, I sewed anyway...I got a new stitch-in-the-ditch foot for my sewing machine so I thought I'd try it out so I did some sewing since I was home alone.  Tomorrow night I'll probably finish the project.  I was feeling a little scrappy so just started a few scrappy mug rugs.


I started with a bunch of scrappy two inch strips  and just randomly sewed and cut and sewed and cut very randomly let me tell you...


Then I practiced with my new sewing foot doing stitch in the ditch....


This is what I ended up with...
squaring it up
fronts

front and back

front and back

Now tomorrow I'll have to finish it up with the binding.  I'm learning all kinds of new things.  Yeah for Me!


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