Book Review: C. H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening

I love this book! I am not always faithful in reading it, but there are so many times that when I do the topic(s) of the day speak to me. Mr. Spurgeon has such a way with words! This has happened multiple times in the last week or so. I highly recommend reading the evening message for March 12th (excerpt below)...and both the morning and evening messages for March 18th (excerpts below)...especially if you are experiencing a time like the one I am currently living. It is a time of doubt, fear, confusion, distrust, self-loathing, frustration, disgust...darkness. Blindness. I believe that accurately covers, or at least provides a gist of, what I am feeling right now.

March 12 - Evening

"We press the question, 'To whom belongest thou?' Answer honestly before you give sleep to your eyes. If yo uare not Christ's you are in a hard service - Run away from your cruel master! Enter in to the service of the Lord of Love, and you shall enjoy a life of blessedness. If you are Christ's, let me advise you to do four things. You belong to Jesus - obey Him; let His word be your law; let His wish be your will. You belong to the Beloved, then love Him; let your heart embrace Him; let your whole soul be filled with Him. You belong to the Son of God, then trust Him; rest nowhere but on Him. You belong to the King of kings, the be decided for Him. Thus without your being branded upon the brow, all will know to whom you belong."

March 18 - Morning

"The fatherhood of God is common to all his children....All the names are in the same family register. One may have more grace than another, but God our heavenly Father has the same tender heart towards all. One may do more mighty works, and may bring more glory to his Father, but he whose name is the least in the kingdom of heaven is as much the child of God as he who stands among the King's mighty men. Let this cheer and comfort us, when we draw near to God and say, 'Our Father'...Yet, while we are comforted by knowing this, let us not rest contented with weak faith, but ask, like the Apostles, to have it increased...If then you would live to Christ's glory, and be happy in His service, seek to be filled with the spirit of adoption more and more completely, till perfect love shall cast out fear."

March 18 - Evening

"As the Father loves the Son, in the same manner Jesus loves His people. what is that divine method? He love Him without beginning...god the Father loves Jesus without any change...The Father loves the Son without any end...the Father loves the Son without any measure...Ah! we have indeed an immutable Saviour, a precious Saviour, one who loves without measure, without change, without beginning, and without end, even as the Father loves Him! There is much food here for those who know how to digest it. May the Holy Ghost lead us into its marrow and fatness!"

I sincerely hope that the above excerpts from C. H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening are enticing enough to encourage you to seek out and read the messages in their entirety. They are not long...though reading them multiple times may not hurt because of the old language he uses. Blessings...