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C.H. Spurgeon's Morning Devotional

Tuesday August 19, 2025

"He shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord."-Micah 5:4

    Christ's reign in His Church is that of a shepherd-king. He has supremacy, but it is the superiority of a wise and tender shepherd over his needy and loving flock; He commands and receives obedience, but it is the willing obedience of the well-cared-for sheep, rendered joyfully to their beloved Shepherd, whose voice they know so well. He rules by the force of love and the energy of goodness.

    His reign is practical in its character. It is said, "He shall stand and feed." The great Head of the Church is actively engaged in providing for His people. He does not sit down upon the throne in empty state, or hold a sceptre without wielding it in government. No, He stands and feeds. The expression "feed," in the original, is like an analogous one in the Greek, which means to shepherdize, to do everything expected of a shepherd: to guide, to watch, to preserve, to restore, to tend, as well as to feed.

    His reign is continual in its duration. It is said, "He shall stand and feed"; not "He shall feed now and then, and leave His position"; not, "He shall one day grant a revival, and then next day leave His Church to barrenness." His eyes never slumber, and His hands never rest; His heart never ceases to beat with love, and His shoulders are never weary of carrying His people's burdens.

    His reign is effectually powerful in its action; "He shall feed in the strength of Jehovah." Wherever Christ is, there is God; and whatever Christ does is the act of the Most High. Oh! it is a joyful truth to consider that He who stands to-day representing the interests of His people is very God of very God, to whom every knee shall bow. Happy are we who belong to such a shepherd, whose humanity communes with us, and whose divinity protects us. Let us worship and bow down before Him as the people of His pasture.

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Friday, January 2, 2015

2014 Spool Challenge.....and more....

2014 Spool Challenge

Back in January I posted about a spool Challenge that was made and I joined in the fun to see how many thread spools I'd empty in a year. You can check out the details here. Sew all year I've been saving my empty spools and here is the results.....

Not too many...only 6. Someone needs to get busy if they want to beat 6 in 2015.

Busy I've been already in 2015. 2nd day and I was able to start and finish a project. Pretty good odds if I do say so myself.

Today, I made a rice bag for my hubby. He had shoulder surgery back in August and the therapist told him in Dec. to try using a rice bag. Sew we went in search for a pattern and found one @ Sew She Can Sew....

http://www.sewcanshe.com/blog/2014/12/16/diy-heating-pad-for-shoulders-and-neck

The whole month of December he was after me to make him one, but since the Christmas tree takes over my sewing center in December I was out of commission for a month. Yesterday the tree came down and sewing center was reestablished once again. Yeah!!! Sew today we sewed.

front side

back side

It took me a few hours but it was started and completed in one day. Hubby used it this evening and loves it. Says it worked much better than the heating pad. Yeah! Me.

Now for some sneek views of things to come.....
I have some projects that have been started and need to get busy working towards completion.

Pictured above is a quilt started, a sewing machine cover stared and paper pieces from a pattern that I was helping test for fabric yardage. Also my rice bag strips are in picture. As you can see I have lots of irons in the pot. Sew I have entered the 2015 Finishes challenge for Jan.

Also be watching for a blog hop coming that I'll be sewing for......

http://fortworthfabricstudio.blogspot.com/

fabric Tuesday

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Friday, January 2, 2015

2014 Spool Challenge.....and more....

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