Forgive
me my friends for I find myself way under the weather. So, it is at my
wife's suggestion, I post this devotional from The Reverend Charles
Haddon Spurgeon. Pray for me while I am recovering. In Jesus name, please enjoy this writing of his. Amen
Day 263: "The Lord Our Companion"
'Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will
fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort
me.' (Psalm 23:4)
"Sweet are these words in describing a deathbed assurance. How many have repeated them in their last hours with intense delight!
"But the verse is equally applicable to agonies of spirit in the midst
of life. Some of us, like Paul, die daily through a tendency to gloom of
soul. Bunyan puts the Valley of the Shadow of Death far earlier in the
pilgrimage than the river which rolls at the foot of the celestial
hills. We have some of us traversed the dark and dreadful defile of "the
shadow of death" several times, and we can bear witness that the Lord
alone enabled us to bear up amid its wild thought, its mysterious
horrors, its terrible depressions. The Lord has sustained us and kept us
above all real fear of evil, even when our spirit has been overwhelmed.
We have been pressed and oppressed, but yet we have lived, for we have
felt the presence of the Great Shepherd and have been confident that His
crook would prevent the foe from giving us any deadly wound.
Should the present time be one darkened by the raven wings of a great
sorrow, let us glorify God by a peaceful trust in Him." The Reverend
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Let Us Pray: Lord, we call you friend,
but your glory should overwhelm us. We name you Lord, but we fail to
recognize your sovereignty. We sing your praises, but we do not reach
the heights of heaven. We think of you as Father, but your kindness and
love are beyond comparison. We celebrate your truth, we acknowledge your
glory, but our tiny, finite minds are hopelessly inadequate to
comprehend your power. God, Savior, Lord, Master and King, we come
with our imperfect lives, our impoverished praises. Accept them in the
name of Christ. Amen
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Day 263: "The Lord Our Companion"
'Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.' (Psalm 23:4)
"Sweet are these words in describing a deathbed assurance. How many have repeated them in their last hours with intense delight!
"But the verse is equally applicable to agonies of spirit in the midst of life. Some of us, like Paul, die daily through a tendency to gloom of soul. Bunyan puts the Valley of the Shadow of Death far earlier in the pilgrimage than the river which rolls at the foot of the celestial hills. We have some of us traversed the dark and dreadful defile of "the shadow of death" several times, and we can bear witness that the Lord alone enabled us to bear up amid its wild thought, its mysterious horrors, its terrible depressions. The Lord has sustained us and kept us above all real fear of evil, even when our spirit has been overwhelmed. We have been pressed and oppressed, but yet we have lived, for we have felt the presence of the Great Shepherd and have been confident that His crook would prevent the foe from giving us any deadly wound.
Should the present time be one darkened by the raven wings of a great sorrow, let us glorify God by a peaceful trust in Him." The Reverend Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Let Us Pray: Lord, we call you friend, but your glory should overwhelm us. We name you Lord, but we fail to recognize your sovereignty. We sing your praises, but we do not reach the heights of heaven. We think of you as Father, but your kindness and love are beyond comparison. We celebrate your truth, we acknowledge your glory, but our tiny, finite minds are hopelessly inadequate to comprehend your power. God, Savior, Lord, Master and King, we come with our imperfect lives, our impoverished praises. Accept them in the name of Christ. Amen
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