Happy April
The month of April is said to derive its name from the Latin verb aperio, which means to open, because all the buds and blossoms are now opening, and we have arrived at the gates of the flowery season. Reader, if you are not yet saved, may your heart, in keeping with the universal awakening of nature, be opened to receive the Lord. Every blossoming flower warns you that it is time to seek the Lord; do not be out of tune with nature, but let your heart bud and bloom with holy desires.
I got this from an email devotional I get from Truth for Life and I thought it was very nice.
posted by Crystal @ 11:14 PM
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Yes, it certainly is very nice, and also quite familiar. :)
I thought I recognized it, and sure enough--I read it a few days ago, as it comes straight from C.H.Spurgeon's 'Morning and Evening' devotional readers.
The 'Morning and Evening' book has a morning and evening devotional for every day of the year, and the one you have quoted is the first third for April 1st.
(For those who might not know who Spurgeon was... he was England's best-known preacher of the latter half of the 19th century... preached to crowds in excess of 10,000 without exterior amplification!! :O...was a Very prolific writer, including the Treasury of David)
Now, just in case, maybe a few people might like the rest of that devotional :) It has always been a favorite of mine, and maybe a few others would like it also.
The subject text was Hosea 10:12, "It is time to seek the Lord."
The devotional continued:
Do you tell me that the warm blood of youth leaps in your veins? then, I entreat you, give your vigour to the Lord. It was my unspeakable happiness to be called in early youth, and I could fain praise the Lord every day for it. Salvation is priceless, let it come when it may, but oh! an early salvation has a double price in it. Young men and maidens, since you may perish ere you reach your prime, "It is time to seek the Lord." Ye who feel the first signs of decay, quicken your pace: that hollow cough, that hectic flush, are warnings which you must not trifle with; with you it is indeed time to seek the Lord. Did I observe a little grey mingled with your once luxurious tresses? Years are stealing on apace, and death is drawing nearer by hasty marches, let each return of spring arouse you to set your house in order. Dear reader, if you are now advanced in life, let me entreat and implore you to delay no longer. There is a day of grace for you now--be thankful for that, but it is a limited season and grows shorter every time that clock ticks. Here in this silent chamber, on this first night of another month, I speak to you as best I can by paper and ink, and from my inmost soul, as God's servant, I lay before you this warning, "It is time to seek the Lord." Slight not that word, it may be your last call from destruction, the final syllable from the lip of grace.
Reading the second to last sentence, my mind always grasps how he still speaks through the word he wrote, more than 100 years ago, with an influence far beyond what he would have thought. I would certainly say the hand of God is involved... and then of course, the mind naturally shifts to that other book, and that other One, from so long ago, yet still so near. :)
Signed, Anonymouse. ;)
I couldn't find a good place to post this really, so was just going to try here--has anyone else noticed how suddenly dead the blogging front has gotten? :)
Anonymouse
Thank you Anonymouse. Yes things do seem to have slowed down a bit in blogland. I'll try and post some new things soon and hopefully others will too.
It seems to be rather weak in the comment department over my way. Ahem. Hint, hint. :-)
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