February the Twenty-Fourth Moving Towards Daybreak "He hath brought me into darkness, but not into light." --LAMENTATIONS iii. 1-9. But a man may be in darkness, and yet in motion toward the light. I was in the darkness of the subway, and it was close and oppressive, but I was moving toward the light and fragrance of the open country. I entered into a tunnel in the Black Country in England, but the motion was continued, and we emerged amid fields of loveliness. And therefore the great thing to remember is that God's darknesses are not His goals; … John Henry Jowett—My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year
February the Twenty-Fifth the Fresh Eye "His compassions fail not: they are new every morning." --LAMENTATIONS iii. 22-33. We have not to live on yesterday's manna; we can gather it fresh to-day. Compassion becomes stale when it becomes thoughtless. It is new thought that keeps our pity strong. If our perception of need can remain vivid, as vivid as though we had never seen it before, our sympathies will never fail. The fresh eye insures the sensitive heart. And our God's compassions are so new because He never becomes accustomed to … John Henry Jowett—My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year
Solitude, Silence, Submission "He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope."--Lamentations 3:28, 29. THUS the prophet describes the conduct of a person in deep anguish of heart. When he does not know what to do, his soul, as if by instinct, humbles itself. He gets into some secret place, he utters no speech, he gives himself over to moaning and to tears, and then he bows himself lower and yet lower before the Divine Majesty, as if he felt … Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 42: 1896
"And we all do Fade as a Leaf, and Our Iniquities, Like the Wind, have Taken us Away. " Isaiah lxiv. 6.--"And we all do fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away." Here they join the punishment with the deserving cause, their uncleanness and their iniquities, and so take it upon them, and subscribe to the righteousness of God's dealing. We would say this much in general--First, Nobody needeth to quarrel God for his dealing. He will always be justified when he is judged. If the Lord deal more sharply with you than with others, you may judge there is a difference … Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
To the Reader. Christian Reader To The Reader. Christian Reader, This holy preacher of the gospel had so many convictions upon his spirit of the necessity of the duties of humiliation and mourning, and of people's securing the eternal inry me justified when he is judged. If the Lord deal more sharply with you than with others, you may judge there is a difference … Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
To the Reader. Christian Reader To The Reader. Christian Reader, This holy preacher of the gospel had so many convictions upon his spirit of the necessity of the duties of humiliation and mourning, and of people's securing the eternal inry me justified when he is judged. If the Lord deal more sharply with you than with others, you may judge there is a difference … Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
To the Reader. Christian Reader To The Reader. Christian Reader, This holy preacher of the gospel had so many convictions upon his spirit of the necessity of the duties of humiliation and mourning, and of people's securing the eternal inry me justified when he is judged. If the Lord deal more sharply with you than with others, you may judge there is a difference … Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning