C.H. Spurgeon's Evening Devotional
Sunday July 20, 2025

"And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor?"-Jeremiah 2:18
    
    By sundry miracles, by divers mercies, by strange deliverances Jehovah had proved Himself to be worthy of Israel's trust. Yet they broke down the hedges with which God had enclosed them as a sacred garden; they forsook their own true and living God, and followed after false gods. Constantly did the Lord reprove them for this infatuation, and our text contains one instance of God's expostulating with them, "What hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of the muddy river?"-for so it may be translated. "Why dost thou wander afar and leave thine own cool stream from Lebanon? Why dost thou forsake Jerusalem to turn aside to Noph and to Tahapanes? Why art thou so strangely set on mischief, that thou canst not be content with the good and healthful, but wouldst follow after that which is evil and deceitful?" Is there not here a word of expostulation and warning to the Christian? O true believer, called by grace and washed in the precious blood of Jesus, thou hast tasted of better drink than the muddy river of this world's pleasure can give thee; thou hast had fellowship with Christ; thou hast obtained the joy of seeing Jesus, and leaning thine head upon His bosom. Do the trifles, the songs, the honours, the merriment of this earth content thee after that? Hast thou eaten the bread of angels, and canst thou live on husks? Good Rutherford once said, "I have tasted of Christ's own manna, and it hath put my mouth out of taste for the brown bread of this world's joys." Methinks it should be so with thee. If thou art wandering after the waters of Egypt, O return quickly to the one living fountain: the waters of Sihor may be sweet to the Egyptians, but they will prove only bitterness to thee. What hast thou to do with them? Jesus asks thee this question this evening-what wilt thou answer Him?
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Challenges are On...Ready, Set....SEW!



I'm plodding along again this month.  I didn't get it done last month so I'm adding it to my challenge list again this month.  It MUST get done!!!  Before anything else gets worked on that is my goal if it takes many moons to accomplish this task.  I've been working in this quilt for 3 & 1/2 years now.  Whew!!!!  of course it was put on back burner from time to time.  If I don't get it finished soon the family status may change...new ones blocks by marriage or birth will need to be added.   If you'd like to see some past post of this quilt, I have posted the links below from beginning to end in order that I at different stages of progress....
Oct. 15, 2010
Feb. 18, 2011
Mar. 19, 2011
Apr. 16, 2011
May 21, 2011
Jun 18, 2011
Jul 6, 2011
Dec. 10, 2011
Jan.21, 2012
Feb. 18, 2012
Mar. 17, 2012
Jun 16, 2012
Jul 14, 2012
Sep. 22, 2012
Oct. 27, 2012
Nov.17, 2012
Mar. 23, 2013
Apr. 6, 2013
May 4, 2013
Jun 5, 2013
Jul 10, 2013
Aug 26, 2013
Jan 4, 2014 
Jan 14, 2014 
Feb 22, 2014 
Mar 3, 2014 
Mar. 28, 2014

 I read a blog entry @ Quiltmaker the other day that sparked my interest.  Sew I thought it would be fun to take the plunge and just see how many I could save in 2014.  I already have one empty.  You can check out the details here.


A Lovely Year of Finishes



WIPs on Wednesdays


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1 comment:

Thanks for adding a Scrap of your Life.