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We live much of life amid unique choices. Joy is anchored in The One beyond our life.

There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on His Word spiritual strength for labour in his service. We ought to muse upon the things of God, because we thus get the real nutriment out of them. . . . Why is it that some Christians, although they hear many sermons, make but slow advances in the divine life? Because they neglect their closets, and do not thoughtfully meditate on God's Word. They love the wheat, but they do not grind it; they would have the corn, but they will not go forth into the fields to gather it; the fruit hangs upon the tree, but they will not pluck it; the water flows at their feet, but they will not stoop to drink it. From such folly deliver us, O Lord. . . .
― Charles Spurgeon


Our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strengths.
― C. H. Spurgeon


Hope itself is like a star- not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity.
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon


If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for.
― Charles Spurgeon


A Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.
― Charles Spurgeon


Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.
― Charles Spurgeon


When your will is God's will, you will have your will.
― Charles Spurgeon


https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2876959.Charles_Haddon_Spurgeon

(Philippians 2:13, KJV)

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April 14, 2025 at 6:02pm
April 14, 2025 at 6:02pm
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It all seems gentle, peaceful now,
but nerves are set on edge
from months of weather's daily row,
and danger near full-fledged.

The weatherman, his titled posts
have made me rather numb.
"Extreme Weather Coming" boasts,
can't process all this sum.

So, "nerves on edge" or "rather numb,"
I wonder, "It is which
Or both about the things to come?"
When will our Help this switch?

Adrenaline can help our minds
for a time, that's just so long,
before th'effects begin to blind
us to the Siren's Song.

The Cortisol will make us fat,
preventing us to flee,
but where to go where it's not at?
How safe are you and me?

The Lord must be our sheltering Wing
to save us from the storm.
In Him we rest, and there we sing
full kept from all alarm.

The faith He gives brings His Own Peace,
that when this life we leave
the lasting Hope will be our release,
so far from that which grieves.


by Jay O’Toole
on April 14th, 2025


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