and for His wonderful works to the children of men."
—Psalm 107:8.
If we complained less, and praised more, we should be
happier, and God would be more glorified. Let us daily
praise God for {common mercies}—common as we
frequently call them, and yet so priceless, that when
deprived of them we are ready to perish.
Let us bless God for the eyes with which we behold the sun,
for the health and strength to walk abroad, for the bread
we eat, for the raiment we wear. Let us praise Him that
we are not cast out among the hopeless, or confined amongst
the guilty; let us thank Him for liberty, for friends, for family
associations and comforts; let us praise Him, in fact, for
everything which we receive from His bounteous hand, for we
deserve little, and yet are most plenteously endowed. But,
beloved, the sweetest and the loudest note in our songs of
praise should be of redeeming love.
God's redeeming acts towards His chosen are for ever the
favourite themes of their praise. If we know what
redemption means, let us not withhold our sonnets of
thanksgiving. We have been redeemed from the power
of our corruptions, uplifted from the depth of sin in
which we were naturally plunged. We have been led
to the cross of Christ—our shackles of guilt have been
broken off; we are no longer slaves, but children of the
living God, and can antedate the period when we shall
be presented before the throne without spot or wrinkle
or any such thing.
Even now by faith we wave the palm-branch and wrap
ourselves about with the fair linen which is to be our
everlasting array, and shall we not unceasingly give
thanks to the Lord our Redeemer? Child of God, canst
thou be silent? Awake, awake, ye heritors of glory, and
lead your captivity captive, as ye cry with David, "Bless
the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His
holy name."
[Let the new month begin with new songs.]
- Charles Spurgeon
Spurgeon's Daily Meditations
December 1st
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Today I appreciate: My roommates. Charles Spurgeon.
Silent, strengthening hugs. Beagle Bagel brewed coffee.
The boy. Scarfs. The [Reason] to believe. A dryer that
works.
