The Blended Blog: Sometimes life gives you lemons.....

C.H. Spurgeon's Morning Devotional

Wednesday August 13, 2025

"The cedars of Lebanon which He hath planted."-Psalm 104:16

Lebanon's cedars are emblematic of the Christian, in that they owe their planting entirely to the Lord. This is quite true of every child of God. He is not man-planted, nor self-planted, but God-planted. The mysterious hand of the divine Spirit dropped the living seed into a heart which He had Himself prepared for its reception. Every true heir of heaven owns the great Husbandman as his planter. Moreover, the cedars of Lebanon are not dependent upon man for their watering; they stand on the lofty rock, unmoistened by human irrigation; and yet our heavenly Father supplieth them. Thus it is with the Christian who has learned to live by faith. He is independent of man, even in temporal things; for his continued maintenance he looks to the Lord his God, and to Him alone. The dew of heaven is his portion, and the God of heaven is his fountain. Again, the cedars of Lebanon are not protected by any mortal power. They owe nothing to man for their preservation from stormy wind and tempest. They are God's trees, kept and preserved by Him, and by Him alone. It is precisely the same with the Christian. He is not a hot-house plant, sheltered from temptation; he stands in the most exposed position; he has no shelter, no protection, except this, that the broad wings of the eternal God always cover the cedars which He Himself has planted. Like cedars, believers are full of sap having vitality enough to be ever green, even amid winter's snows. Lastly, the flourishing and majestic condition of the cedar is to the praise of God only. The Lord, even the Lord alone hath been everything unto the cedars, and, therefore David very sweetly puts it in one of the psalms, "Praise ye the Lord, fruitful trees and all cedars." In the believer there is nothing that can magnify man; he is planted, nourished, and protected by the Lord's own hand, and to Him let all the glory be ascribed.

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Thursday, February 5, 2015

Sometimes life gives you lemons.....

Well I failed to get my project completed. It did get started. I feel so terrible that it didn't get done. Life has just been getting in my way. I thought I was clear and ready. Then last weekend started cutting and sewing and much to my displeasure the pattern had me cut a wrong size of an item. (Should have cut 2 & 1/2 instead of 2 &3/8) Therefore, it didn't work. Then I didn't have enough fabric to make again so had to wait til Monday to get more fabric. Got to work Monday night on it little, but not enough. Tuesday we had sewer backup in our basement so I dealt with that Tuesday night after work instead of sewing. YUCK! Trust me I'd rather have sewn. Wednesday night was church. I thought I had Thursday night to myself.....But, low and behold hubby worked day instead of night....Sew I didn't get to my machine and here it is time to post and the project isn't completed. Sorry. Here are pictures of what is done.

This is the outside of the bag

Inside panel #1

Inside panel #2

It too will have the pink breast cancer fabric around it to make it the right size.

I know you all are going to ask Why is the bra pattern going to be inside the bag? Well, it is an inside family joke so I decided to put it inside the bag. The recipient of the bag will be my mom.

She has metastatic breast cancer that is now in her skull. She has had three treatments for this and is doing absolutely wonderful at this present time which we are all so grateful for. This picture was taken this past summer when we all found out her condition. Pictured are my two lovely daughters, that adore their G'ma, my mom and myself.

I really, really feel bad that this bag didn't get completed in time.

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