GOLDEN WORDS

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. 

Song of Solomon 8:7 - KJV


"Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor will rivers overflow it;
If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,
It would be utterly despised." 

Song of Solomon 8:7 -  NASB


Many waters cannot quench love;
rivers cannot wash it away.
If one were to give
all the wealth of his house for love,
it would be utterly scorned.

Song of Solomon 8:7 - NIV 




Mary Francis Meyers died today, a great woman in our church. Her husband Ken died two or three years ago. I'll never forget being in the fireside room when they celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. I said, "Ken, fifty years is a long time."

He immediately responded, "Not nearly as long as it would have been without her."

Robert L. Russell, "God's Design for Marriage"

Daily Meditations by Pat Nordman

February 10

"What do you think about the Christ?" Matthew 22:42; "But what about you?...Who do you say I am?" Matthew 16:15.

We might paraphrase Philippians 4:8: "He is noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excel-lent and praise-worthy--think about this Person." Freedom of thought is implied in this question about Christ. Tyrants don't want others to think, but Christ recognizes our freedom of choice when He asks us what we under-stand about Him.

Our own character cannot be formed until we have a clear understanding of Christ's character. Christ calls Himself the Son of Man (Matthew 8:20). "But [he] made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness, being found in appearance as a man" Philippians 2:7,8a. In Colossians 2:9 we read, "For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form." So He is also the Son of God.

It is interesting that Satan discerned Christ's divinity: "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God?" Mark 5:7. But we earthlings are too blue-blooded to believe that Christ shed red blood to ransom us. But! "See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ" Colossians 2:8.

What do we think of Christ? Do we think of Him less--and less of Him--when life is not what we want it to be? We will fall in love with Him only as we study His life and His mission. Then, as we learn about Him, He becomes our Anchor in the storms rather than the scapegoat on which we lay all our troubles.

What do we think of Christ as our Friend, our Messiah, our Judge, our Shepherd and our Lamb? Do we really believe that He is all things to all of us? "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many" Mark 10:45.

Pat Nordman ©


February 11

"Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted" John 6:12b.

God is particular about our fragments, our bits and pieces and what we do with them: fragments of time and opportunity, thoughts and actions. Jesus asked His disciples to gather the broken pieces that represent what is left over from His bounty. When God feeds us, He feasts us! He is able to do exceeding abundantly above that which we ask, even. But He does not want us to waste the fragments from His abundance.

Gathering fragments does not mean to stock-pile. When the Israelites were in the desert, they were told not to gather manna on the seventh day (Exodus 16:26). They were to trust in their God that He would furnish their needs for that day, also; that there was no need to hoard provisions when God had promised to provide their daily bread.

With God little things assume great importance. He gives us all things to enjoy, but He also is concerned about the cup of cold water that we give in His name; He owns the cattle on a thousand hills, but He takes notice when a sparrow falls. We think nothing of killing time, that precious substance that makes up life, only to wish it back when the seconds, minutes, hours, weeks, months and years have suddenly gone and we are old and sorry for the wasted times and words.

But the saddest waste of all is the wasted life which is epidemic today. God surely weeps as He watches human-kind destroy itself with drugs and pornography and violence. Some of the most grievous words in God's Word are, "...The younger son...squandered his wealth in wild living" Luke 15:13. The parent who has buried a child wasted from riotous living knows well how the little things make or break us. "Let nothing be wasted," especially one for whom our beloved Jesus died!

Pat Nordman ©

Excerpts from today's Spurgeon's Devotions
Spurgeon's Morning for February 10		Spurgeon's Evening February 10
"I know how to abound." - Philippians 4:12
It is a dangerous thing to be prosperous. The crucible of adversity is a less severe trial to the Christian than the refining pot of prosperity.		"I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee." -  Isaiah 44:22
		As clouds obscure the light of the sun, and darken the landscape beneath, so do our sins hide from us the light of Jehovah's face, and cause us to sit in the shadow of death.

Spurgeon's Morning for February 11	Spurgeon's Evening for February 11
"And they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus." - Acts 4:13	"Thou hast left thy first love." -  Revelation 2:4
Be like Jesus, very valiant for your God. Imitate him in your loving spirit; think kindly, speak kindly, and do kindly, that men may say of you, "He has been with Jesus." Imitate Jesus in his holiness.	Our winter has lasted all too long. We are as cold as ice when we should feel a summer's glow and bloom with sacred flowers.

 

T H I N K A B O U T I T

The Dirty Heart of Snow Scientists have discovered that every snowflake has a tiny piece of dust at its core. Yes, every snowflake has a "dirty heart". In the spiritual realm, when the blood of Christ is applied to the heart of an unbeliever, it cleanses him from all sin. Not a speck of defilement remains, for God removes every stain and washes him even whiter than snow. Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Psalm 51:7

 

February 10 Leviticus 22:1 - 23:44 February 11 Psalms 10:1 - 17:15 Linked to Bible Gaitway TM

 

 

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But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief. Job 16:5 (NIV) Who Has the Right to Steal Joy by Cathy Vinson   Much that lies in shining out as lights is in the guarding of Holy Spirit joy. Without it "the radius of our perspective is too tight, and the tunnel of our hope is too long." None of us need that. "Do all things without grumbling and disputing" (Phil 2:14). Charles Swindoll has put it well: "Ever been around a sourpuss? We all have. And even when we try to resist being influenced by such negativism, we find some of it rubbing off. HOW UNFAIR to pass around the poison of pessimism! It creates an atmosphere of wholesale negativism where nothing but the bad side of everything is emphasized.... "Those who hope to laugh again...must learn to 'do all things without grumbling and disputing.'...Verbal pollution takes a heavy toll on everyone. Furthermore, WHO GAVE ANYONE THE RIGHT to pollute the air with such pessimism? I agree with the person who said: "We have no more right to put our discordant states of mind into the lives of those around us and rob them of their sunshine and brightness than we have to enter their houses and steal their silverware.' Who has given us or anyone else the right? We have foolishly allowed this type of robbery. God is here. Let the "talk (that) comes out of your mouths...(be) only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen" (Eph 4:29). "Do all things without grumbling and disputing" Phil 2:14   Ever been around a sourpuss? We all have. And even when we try to resist being influenced by such negativism, we find some of it rubbing off. Send a note to Cathy Vinson , the writer of this devotion. Other Whispers from the Wilderness Devotions are found HERE

 

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