Sunday, September 27, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
His eye is on the sparrow
Early in the spring of 1905, my husband and I were sojourning in Elmira, New York. We contracted a deep friendship for a couple by the name of Mr. and Mrs. Doolittle—true saints of God. Mrs. Doolittle had been bedridden for nigh twenty years. Her husband was an incurable cripple who had to propel himself to and from his business in a wheel chair. Despite their afflictions, they lived happy Christian lives, bringing inspiration and comfort to all who knew them. One day while we were visiting with the Doolittles, my husband commented on their bright hopefulness and asked them for the secret of it. Mrs. Doolittle’s reply was simple: “His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.” The beauty of this simple expression of boundless faith gripped the hearts and fired the imagination of Dr. Martin and me. The hymn “His Eye Is on the Sparrow” was the outcome of that experience.
Civilla Martin
Civilla Martin
Friday, September 25, 2009
a hymn
Be firm and be faithful; desert not the right;
The brave become bolder the darker the night.
Then up and be doing, though cowards may fail
Thy duty pursuing, dare all and prevail.
If scorn be thy portion, if hatred and loss,
If stripes or a prison, remember the cross.
God watches above thee, and He will requite;
Forsake those that love thee, but never the right.
(apparently this has been used as a cradle song too)
The brave become bolder the darker the night.
Then up and be doing, though cowards may fail
Thy duty pursuing, dare all and prevail.
If scorn be thy portion, if hatred and loss,
If stripes or a prison, remember the cross.
God watches above thee, and He will requite;
Forsake those that love thee, but never the right.
(apparently this has been used as a cradle song too)
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
thanks....
it is good to lookback and know how the LORD has carried us through in our bond especially with jyothsna and encouraging to know how many of us are interested to venture out new things for the LORDs glory. But also we see that the needs of people around us have also increased. May the LORD help us to work more humbly and with love for Him.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
spurgeon
“In the evening withhold not thy hand.”
Ecclesiastes 11:6
In the evening of the day opportunities are plentiful: men return from their labour, and the zealous soul-winner finds time to tell abroad the love of Jesus. Have I no evening work for Jesus? If I have not, let me no longer withhold my hand from a service which requires abundant labour. Sinners are perishing for lack of knowledge; he who loiters may find his skirts crimson with the blood of souls. Jesus gave both his hands to the nails, how can I keep back one of mine from his blessed work? Night and day he toiled and prayed for me, how can I give a single hour to the pampering of my flesh with luxurious ease? Up, idle heart; stretch out thy hand to work, or uplift it to pray; heaven and hell are in earnest, let me be so, and this evening sow good seed for the Lord my God.
The evening of life has also its calls. Life is so short that a morning of manhood’s vigour, and an evening of decay, make the whole of it. To some it seems long, but a four-pence is a great sum of money to a poor man. Life is so brief that no man can afford to lose a day. It has been well said that if a great king should bring us a great heap of gold, and bid us take as much as we could count in a day, we should make a long day of it; we should begin early in the morning, and in the evening we should not withhold our hand; but to win souls is far nobler work, how is it that we so soon withdraw from it? Some are spared to a long evening of green old age; if such be my case, let me use such talents as I still retain, and to the last hour serve my blessed and faithful Lord. By his grace I will die in harness, and lay down my charge only when I lay down my body. Age may instruct the young, cheer the faint, and encourage the desponding; if eventide has less of vigorous heat, it should have more of calm wisdom, therefore in the evening I will not withhold my hand.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
In the evening of the day opportunities are plentiful: men return from their labour, and the zealous soul-winner finds time to tell abroad the love of Jesus. Have I no evening work for Jesus? If I have not, let me no longer withhold my hand from a service which requires abundant labour. Sinners are perishing for lack of knowledge; he who loiters may find his skirts crimson with the blood of souls. Jesus gave both his hands to the nails, how can I keep back one of mine from his blessed work? Night and day he toiled and prayed for me, how can I give a single hour to the pampering of my flesh with luxurious ease? Up, idle heart; stretch out thy hand to work, or uplift it to pray; heaven and hell are in earnest, let me be so, and this evening sow good seed for the Lord my God.
The evening of life has also its calls. Life is so short that a morning of manhood’s vigour, and an evening of decay, make the whole of it. To some it seems long, but a four-pence is a great sum of money to a poor man. Life is so brief that no man can afford to lose a day. It has been well said that if a great king should bring us a great heap of gold, and bid us take as much as we could count in a day, we should make a long day of it; we should begin early in the morning, and in the evening we should not withhold our hand; but to win souls is far nobler work, how is it that we so soon withdraw from it? Some are spared to a long evening of green old age; if such be my case, let me use such talents as I still retain, and to the last hour serve my blessed and faithful Lord. By his grace I will die in harness, and lay down my charge only when I lay down my body. Age may instruct the young, cheer the faint, and encourage the desponding; if eventide has less of vigorous heat, it should have more of calm wisdom, therefore in the evening I will not withhold my hand.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
a request...
Please pray for our sister jyothsna that Jesus may support and help her through her difficult times...
Our beloved Mr.Joseph
But while he thought on these things Mathew 1:20
i wonder what he was thinking... obviously he was thinking to put aside Mary in the most tender way possible.... but sure there were other emotions in his heart a feeling of being betrayed... an irritated feel that the girl he thought of spending his whole life with is probably a wrong choice... and many more ... Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him,Mathew 1:24.... but here is a man tuned to obey God ...he had his emotions and thoughts but he had his life committed to The Great Shepherd that what He planned and prepared for him he accepted and obeyed...took unto him his wife Mathew 1:24... he not only received her into his home or just married her but took unto him... his innermost self... with all determination... coz the LORD told him so....Pray that the LORD will help me and you obey so...
i wonder what he was thinking... obviously he was thinking to put aside Mary in the most tender way possible.... but sure there were other emotions in his heart a feeling of being betrayed... an irritated feel that the girl he thought of spending his whole life with is probably a wrong choice... and many more ... Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him,Mathew 1:24.... but here is a man tuned to obey God ...he had his emotions and thoughts but he had his life committed to The Great Shepherd that what He planned and prepared for him he accepted and obeyed...took unto him his wife Mathew 1:24... he not only received her into his home or just married her but took unto him... his innermost self... with all determination... coz the LORD told him so....Pray that the LORD will help me and you obey so...
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