C.H. Spurgeon's Morning Devotional
Thursday July 3, 2025

"The illfavoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven wellfavoured and fat kine."-Genesis 41:4
    
    Pharaoh's dream has too often been my waking experience. My days of sloth have ruinously destroyed all that I had achieved in times of zealous industry; my seasons of coldness have frozen all the genial glow of my periods of fervency and enthusiasm; and my fits of worldliness have thrown me back from my advances in the divine life. I had need to beware of lean prayers, lean praises, lean duties, and lean experiences, for these will eat up the fat of my comfort and peace. If I neglect prayer for never so short a time, I lose all the spirituality to which I had attained; if I draw no fresh supplies from heaven, the old corn in my granary is soon consumed by the famine which rages in my soul. When the caterpillars of indifference, the cankerworms of worldliness, and the palmerworms of self-indulgence, lay my heart completely desolate, and make my soul to languish, all my former fruitfulness and growth in grace avails me nothing whatever. How anxious should I be to have no lean-fleshed days, no ill-favoured hours! If every day I journeyed towards the goal of my desires I should soon reach it, but backsliding leaves me still far off from the prize of my high calling, and robs me of the advances which I had so laboriously made. The only way in which all my days can be as the "fat kine," is to feed them in the right meadow, to spend them with the Lord, in His service, in His company, in His fear, and in His way. Why should not every year be richer than the past, in love, and usefulness, and joy?-I am nearer the celestial hills, I have had more experience of my Lord, and should be more like Him. O Lord, keep far from me the curse of leanness of soul; let me not have to cry, "My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me!" but may I be well-fed and nourished in Thy house, that I may praise Thy name.
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Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Gramma Darling by Lissa Schroeder

http://www.grammadarling.com/index.html

This book is an absolutely WOWZER! if there is such a word.  I was very stunned and drawn in right from the start by just taking a picture walk.  The illustrations are so detailed.  You think they are real.  They come alive.  They make the story.  As an adult the whole way through reading the book, I was going back and reliving my childhood.  There is a warm, nostalgic mood through out this book.  It is an amazing book.   Beautiful in message and illustration.  Just take a picture walk and see for yourself watch the book trailer below.    

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Synopsis:
Alaskan author Lissa Schroeder has released a delightful new book for children, parents, and grandparents that paints a nostalgic picture of unhurried summer days at a dear grandmother’s house.
Beautifully written—and stunningly illustrated by Doron Ben-Ami—Gramma Darling offers a taste of childhood. Seen through the eyes of a child, every discovery is full of innocence and wonder…from an attic brimming with treasures to running through the fields at twilight catching fireflies. Readers will laugh and share in the adventures of the child’s world: the baby birds, the gardening, the stormy days, and bedtime baths. And through it all, in the background, is Gramma Darling and her laughter, providing nurturing, protection and unconditional love. Most importantly, we get a glimpse into her wisdom—her genuine genius for simply loving—that inspires wholehearted lifetime devotion.
This is a book that will appeal to children, but it will also leave parents, grandparents and caretakers feeling uplifted and looking for ways to spend quality time with the little ones in their own lives.
 About the author:
Lissa Schroeder is a gifted teacher, an engaging public speaker, and a licensed minister. She has taught all over Alaska at retreats, conferences, home school workshops, and more. A born storyteller, she paints vivid emotional pictures that are inspiring and hopeful, that make your heart soar and leave you smiling. Mostly, she has raised three amazing kids, homeschooling from preschool to med school. She lives in Fairbanks, Alaska, with her husband of 25 years and their youngest son, where she owns and runs a home school curriculum store.
A copy of this book was provided by Bostick Communications and the author in exchange for my honest review.
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