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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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June 12, 2025 at 8:57pm
June 12, 2025 at 8:57pm
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The daughter left upon the flight
of turbo engines in the sky.
Connection went so sweetly right
the trip then finished with a sigh.

The days to come of drama shows,
of hikes in woods, and newfound friends,
of things to do, that help her grow,
more lives out in the world to send.

The Maine thing is the Mainedest thing.
Blest times of camping, teaching souls
the greatest Acts in them to sing.
Sweet times of life toward reaching goals.

The daddy is not main this time.
He now returns to goals his own.
No sadness in this latest rhyme,
the blessedness of Joy now grown.

The parent’s job, the lasting truth,
“We teach a child to live apart
to follow goodness from her youth,
to follow God as from the heart.”

Today in Maine, the next somewhere,
of all the main things we must do.
To live in love, to fully care
is truly best for me and you.

“We work ourselves out of the job.”
The parent’s task is done when the child
can stand on her feet, returning Life’s lob
with truly great wisdom in her own words, mild.

on June 12th, 2025
by Jay O’Toole


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