C.H. Spurgeon's Morning Devotional
Friday July 11, 2025

"After that ye have suffered awhile, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you."-1 Peter 5:10
    
    You have seen the arch of heaven as it spans the plain: glorious are its colours, and rare its hues. It is beautiful, but, alas, it passes away, and lo, it is not. The fair colours give way to the fleecy clouds, and the sky is no longer brilliant with the tints of heaven. It is not established. How can it be? A glorious show made up of transitory sun-beams and passing rain-drops, how can it abide? The graces of the Christian character must not resemble the rainbow in its transitory beauty, but, on the contrary, must be stablished, settled, abiding. Seek, O believer, that every good thing you have may be an abiding thing. May your character not be a writing upon the sand, but an inscription upon the rock! May your faith be no "baseless fabric of a vision," but may it be builded of material able to endure that awful fire which shall consume the wood, hay, and stubble of the hypocrite. May you be rooted and grounded in love. May your convictions be deep, your love real, your desires earnest. May your whole life be so settled and established, that all the blasts of hell, and all the storms of earth shall never be able to remove you. But notice how this blessing of being "stablished in the faith" is gained. The apostle's words point us to suffering as the means employed-"After that ye have suffered awhile." It is of no use to hope that we shall be well rooted if no rough winds pass over us. Those old gnarlings on the root of the oak tree, and those strange twistings of the branches, all tell of the many storms that have swept over it, and they are also indicators of the depth into which the roots have forced their way. So the Christian is made strong, and firmly rooted by all the trials and storms of life. Shrink not then from the tempestuous winds of trial, but take comfort, believing that by their rough discipline God is fulfilling this benediction to you.
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Monday, March 3, 2014

tying Saga continues....




Feb. and Jan. came and went and still didn't get it completed.  It is getting done slowly but surely.  So March brings in another month with the goal of getting it completed.  I must say I'm further along today than I was at the start of the year.  Visit here for all the links to this quilts progress stages. 
A Lovely Year of Finishes



WIPs on Wednesdays


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4 comments:

  1. Great quilt. You sew the same as me. I am a very slow sewer. That is ok. Sewing is to be enjoyed. It is not a race. If it stresses you out, don't sew.
    Kathleen Mary
    http://kathysnest32.wordpress.com/

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  2. Hi, I am Carol. I also am taking the beginners crazy quilt class with Kathy. looking forward to meeting everyone and seeing all the pretty blocks. I have become a follower to keep up with all your pretties.

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  3. I love the colors in you quilt. Slow and steady wins the race!

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  4. What a great looking quilt. Personally I think each quilt has its own timeline, you've just got to do what you can, you'll get there!

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