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March
10th
Morning Reading
"In my prosperity I said I shall
never be moved." —
Psalm 30:6
"Moab
settled on his lees, he hath not
been emptied from vessel to
vessel." Give a man wealth; let
his ships bring home continually
rich freights; let the winds and
waves appear to be his servants
to bear his vessels across the
bosom of the mighty deep; let
his lands yield abundantly: let
the weather be propitious to his
crops; let uninterrupted success
attend him; let him stand among
men as a successful merchant;
let him enjoy continued health;
allow him with braced nerve and
brilliant eye to march through
the world, and live happily;
give him the buoyant spirit; let
him have the song perpetually on
his lips; let his eye be ever
sparkling with joy—and the
natural consequence of such an
easy state to any man, let him
be the best Christian who ever
breathed, will be presumption;
even David said, "I shall never
be moved;" and we are not better
than David, nor half so good.
Brother, beware of the smooth
places of the way; if you are
treading them, or if the way be
rough, thank God for it. If God
should always rock us in the
cradle of prosperity; if we were
always dandled on the knees of
fortune; if we had not some
stain on the alabaster pillar;
if there were not a few clouds
in the sky; if we had not some
bitter drops in the wine of this
life, we should become
intoxicated with pleasure, we
should dream "we stand;" and
stand we should, but it would be
upon a pinnacle; like the man
asleep upon the mast, each
moment we should be in jeopardy.
We bless God, then, for our
afflictions; we thank Him for
our changes; we extol His name
for losses of property; for we
feel that had He not chastened
us thus, we might have become
too secure. Continued worldly
prosperity is a fiery trial.
"Afflictions, though they
seem severe,
In mercy oft are sent."
 
March 10th
Evening Reading
"Man . . . is of few days, and full of trouble." — Job 14:1
It may be of great service to us, before we fall asleep, to remember this mournful fact, for it may lead us to set loose by earthly things. There is nothing very pleasant in the recollection that we are not above the shafts of adversity, but it may humble us and prevent our boasting like the Psalmist in our morning's portion. "My mountain standeth firm: I shall never be moved." It may stay us from taking too deep root in this soil from which we are so soon to be transplanted into the heavenly garden. Let us recollect the frail tenure upon which we hold our temporal mercies. If we would remember that all the trees of earth are marked for the woodman's axe, we should not be so ready to build our nests in them. We should love, but we should love with the love which expects death, and which reckons upon separations. Our dear relations are but loaned to us, and the hour when we must return them to the lender's hand may be even at the door. The like is certainly true of our worldly goods. Do not riches take to themselves wings and fly away? Our health is equally precarious. Frail flowers of the field, we must not reckon upon blooming for ever. There is a time appointed for weakness and sickness, when we shall have to glorify God by suffering, and not by earnest activity. There is no single point in which we can hope to escape from the sharp arrows of affliction; out of our few days there is not one secure from sorrow. Man's life is a cask full of bitter wine; he who looks for joy in it had better seek for honey in an ocean of brine. Beloved reader, set not your affections upon things of earth: but seek those things which are above, for here the moth devoureth, and the thief breaketh through, but there all joys are perpetual and eternal. The path of trouble is the way home. Lord, make this thought a pillow for many a weary head!
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Can
you imagine what our
marriages,
families, churches, and
communities
would be like if more of
us were walking
in God's unconditional
Love?
"...they were taking
their meals
together with gladness
an sincerity
of heart, praising God,
and having
favor with all the
people. And the
Lord was adding to their
number
day by day those who
were being
saved."
Acts 2:46-47
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