The Blended Blog: To the Sea by Callie Grant

C.H. Spurgeon's Evening Devotional

Wednesday April 30, 2025

"How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God."-Psalm 139:17

    Divine omniscience affords no comfort to the ungodly mind, but to the child of God it overflows with consolation. God is always thinking upon us, never turns aside His mind from us, has us always before His eyes; and this is precisely as we would have it, for it would be dreadful to exist for a moment beyond the observation of our heavenly Father. His thoughts are always tender, loving, wise, prudent, far-reaching, and they bring to us countless benefits: hence it is a choice delight to remember them. The Lord always did think upon His people: hence their election and the covenant of grace by which their salvation is secured; He always will think upon them: hence their final perseverance by which they shall be brought safely to their final rest. In all our wanderings the watchful glance of the Eternal Watcher is evermore fixed upon us-we never roam beyond the Shepherd's eye. In our sorrows He observes us incessantly, and not a pang escapes Him; in our toils He marks all our weariness, and writes in His book all the struggles of His faithful ones. These thoughts of the Lord encompass us in all our paths, and penetrate the innermost region of our being. Not a nerve or tissue, valve or vessel, of our bodily organization is uncared for; all the littles of our little world are thought upon by the great God.

    Dear reader, is this precious to you? then hold to it. Never be led astray by those philosophic fools who preach up an impersonal God, and talk of self-existent, self-governing matter. The Lord liveth and thinketh upon us, this is a truth far too precious for us to be lightly robbed of it. The notice of a nobleman is valued so highly that he who has it counts his fortune made; but what is it to be thought of by the King of kings! If the Lord thinketh upon us, all is well, and we may rejoice evermore.

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Thursday, August 6, 2015

To the Sea by Callie Grant

http://www.grahamblanchard.com/product/to-the-sea/

A cute chunky cardboard book just the right size for little preschool hands. In To the Sea your young preschooler will experience a day visit to the beach in rhyming meter while giving God the praise for a fun day in the sun. The illustrations are soft pastels and set the mood for just the right experience of an adventure on the beach. If your child has experienced the beach they'll be able to relate with water on their toes and building a sand castle, to the spray of sea foam. I'm going to add this book to our church nursery. Excellent age would be 2-5 and beginner readers would take delight in reading this book by themselves.

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