The Blended Blog: August 2021

C.H. Spurgeon's Morning Devotional

Sunday June 22, 2025

"He shall build the temple of the Lord; and He shall bear the glory."-Zechariah 6:13

    Christ Himself is the builder of His spiritual temple, and He has built it on the mountains of His unchangeable affection, His omnipotent grace, and His infallible truthfulness. But as it was in Solomon's temple, so in this; the materials need making ready. There are the "Cedars of Lebanon," but they are not framed for the building; they are not cut down, and shaped, and made into those planks of cedar, whose odoriferous beauty shall make glad the courts of the Lord's house in Paradise. There are also the rough stones still in the quarry, they must be hewn thence, and squared. All this is Christ's own work. Each individual believer is being prepared, and polished, and made ready for his place in the temple; but Christ's own hand performs the preparation-work. Afflictions cannot sanctify, excepting as they are used by Him to this end. Our prayers and efforts cannot make us ready for heaven, apart from the hand of Jesus, who fashioneth our hearts aright.

    As in the building of Solomon's temple, "there was neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron, heard in the house," because all was brought perfectly ready for the exact spot it was to occupy-so is it with the temple which Jesus builds; the making ready is all done on earth. When we reach heaven, there will be no sanctifying us there, no squaring us with affliction, no planing us with suffering. No, we must be made meet here-all that Christ will do beforehand; and when He has done it, we shall be ferried by a loving hand across the stream of death, and brought to the heavenly Jerusalem, to abide as eternal pillars in the temple of our Lord.

    "Beneath His eye and care,
    The edifice shall rise,
    Majestic, strong, and fair,
    And shine above the skies."

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Thursday, August 5, 2021

When We Last Spoke movie with giveaway

When We Last Spoke is a movie based on a book by Marci Henna. It is is a heartwarming story of faith, family, and forgiveness. It recently won award(s) at the Crown Awards at the National Religious Broadcasters 2021 Christian Media Convention for: best picture, best narrative, and best supporting actor just to name a few. Some of the cast include: Melissa Gilbert (Little House on the Prairie), Cloris Leachman, and Corbin Bernsen.

I so totally enjoyed this movie. Juliette and Evangeline will keep you laughing and bring you to tears. There are ups and downs in every family and these two sisters are no different. They quickly find themselves having to adjust to family life with grandparents and their father is deployed to Vietnam and their mother farms them off to grandparents. Together they learn to overcome uncertainty and heartbreak.

It is an excellent movie for the whole family to watch. It has humor, battles won (triumphs) and upsets (heartbreaks). This is a movie that you'll want to watch over and over again.

You may watch the film on Amazon Prime or visit our website to find all the ways to view this
powerful movie with the whole family.

Giveaway: One digital code to watch When We Last Spoke. This giveaway is limited to US bloggers only. Be sure to leave a comment with a way for me to contact you if you want to enter the giveaway. I will draw a winner on Thurs. Aug. 19th.

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