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  Today's Soul Food — September 22

Golden Words

 



He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in Him will I trust.

Psalm 91:1, 2

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Man is not made to question, but to adore.

– Edward Young

 


Daily Meditations by  Pat Nordman ©

 


September 22

Sometimes we can't win. Jesus told the multitudes: "For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say,`He has a demon!' The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, `Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and `sinners!'" (Matthew 11:18,19).

Critics are unreasonable and it is impossible to please them. If a person is reserved and a loner by nature, "they say" he is conceited, narrow and unsociable; if a person is accessible and talkative, "they say" he is worldly and intrusive. We might as well learn to overcome the "They Sayers." Even Jesus had to deal with them.

Pat Nordman ©

 

 


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Excerpts from today's Spurgeon's Devotions

With links to the entire devotion

Spurgeon's Morning for September 22

Spurgeon's Evening for September 22
 

"Let Israel rejoice in him."

- Psalm 149:2

  

"When my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the Rock that is higher than I."

- Psalm 61:2

Be glad that the Lord reigneth, that Jehovah is King! Rejoice that he sits upon the throne, and ruleth all things! Every attribute of God should become a fresh ray in the sunlight of our gladness.

Higher than we are is he, his mercy higher than our sins, his love higher than our thoughts. It is pitiful to see men putting their trust in something lower than themselves; but our confidence is fixed upon an exceeding high and glorious Lord.

 

 

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September 22  Am 1:1 - 5:27

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Today's  Devotion
 

 



.. ...and by his light I walked through darkness!    JOB 29:3 NIV

 

Venting Grievances

by Pat Nordman 

 

"Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul."

(Job 7:11)

Job finally came to a point where he had to speak out in his misery. Another example of speaking out in bitterness of soul is Naomi. She chose the name Mara because of her anguish in the loss of her husband and two sons in the ten years of their sojourn in Moab: "I went away full but the Lord has brought me back empty." Ruth 1:20.

Both Job and Naomi experienced the circle of life which finally touches us all, for we all at sometime go from ample to empty and from mirth to mourning. "There is a time for everything. . ." Ecclesiastes 3:1. The fact that life is a circle, a revolution, gives us hope that "this, too, shall pass," whatever the grief.

It is dangerous to indulge in resentful language while we are stumbling through our valley. As one unknown writer observed, "It's safest when God's hand is on our back, to keep our hand on our mouth." Job and Naomi must have felt chosen for the worst in life, and they vented their grievances. By contrast, David said, "I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth. . ." Psalm 39:1. We don't know what we would do under similar circumstances. We can't sit in judgment on Job and Naomi; perhaps their complaints were damaging more than sinful. Surely it didn't help their peace of mind to give life to their thoughts of unfairness.

What a grand lesson for us as we inch our way through a burden we think is too heavy to bear, forgetting that God is carrying the heavier part of it.

Pat Nordman©

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It is dangerous to indulge in resentful language while we are stumbling through our valley.

 


More Walking Through the Darkness

 

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~ Sad But True ~ 

The World has been professionally evaluating us the last few decades and the report is not good.

- In the 1950s a study of 2,000 Episcopalians showed no connection between church
involvement and charitable acts.

- In a 1975 study of college students, religion played no part in their willingness to
volunteer to help retarded children.

- In 1984 a researcher interviewed over 700 people. She said she expected to find
religious folks more involved in helping their neighbors and working in community
organizations. Surprise.

- A 1989 study of people who rescued Jews from the Nazis found that religious people were no more willing to help than were the nonreligious.

- The study that troubles me most is a clever experiment published in 1973. Researchers
found that most seminary students on their way to an appointment walked right past a man slumped over and groaning in a doorway. Some of the students were on their way to give a talk about the parable of the Good Samaritan.

Let's hope there's something wrong with the methods these researchers used -- some loophole through which we can squeeze.

But just in case there isn't perhaps as we study Luke, the Gospel that spotlights compassion, there would be no harm in concentrating a little harder than usual on what Jesus says about loving our neighbor.

Stever Miller
Editor, Illustrated bible Life
Introduction, March-May 1992 Edition

 

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