"The man who comes to a right belief about God is relieved of ten thousand temporal problems, for he sees at once that these have to do with matters which at the most cannot concern him for very long; but even if the multiple burdens of time may be lifted from him, the one mighty single burden of eternity begins to press down upon him with a weight more crushing than all the woes of the world piled one upon another.  That mighty burden is his obligation to God.  It includes an instant and lifelong duty to love God with every power of mind and soul, to obey Him perfectly, and to worship Him acceptably.  And when the man's laboring conscience tells him that he has done none of these things, but has from childhood been guilty of foul revolt against the Majesty in the heavens, the inner pressure of self-accusation may become too heavy to bear.

The gospel can lift this destroying burden from the mind, give beauty for ashes, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.  But unless the weights of the burden is felt the gospel can mean nothing to the man; and until he sees a vision of God high and lifted up, there will be no woe and no burden.  Low views of God destroy the gospel for all who hold them."

AW Tozer

SPURGEON QUOTE

"Let this ambition fire your soul; be this the foundation of every enterprise upon which you enter, and this your sustaining motive whenever your zeal would grow chill; make God your only object.  Depend upon it, where self begins sorrow begins; but if God be my supreme delight and only object,

'To me 'tis equal whether love ordain

My life or death -- appoint me ease or pain.'"

MULTITUDE MONDAY

Today, the things that come to mind that I am thankful for::


21.  Freedom to homeschool!  Even though we have our "days", I can't imagine doing school any other way!


22.  Pigs going to butcher today!

23.  Encouragement that always seems to come at just the right moment.  (Thank you, Lord!)


24.  "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousnes, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." (2 Tim. 3:16-17)  It truly is all that we need.


25.  Legos, which have supplied more hours of indoor entertainment than any other thing!


26. A couple decent days to work hard on the barn roof, and available vacation time so Evan can take off to work on it.  It's getting close now!  I'll try to take some pictures tomorrow!

27.  Grace... from both God... and my children.

28.  Our wood stove, which keeps our house much warmer than I would be allowed to turn the furnace up to!

29.  The book "Morning and Evening" by Charles Spurgeon, and my friend Camille who sent it to me.  This book has been SUCH a blessing to me!  I often can't get enough and read ahead beyond the scheduled day!

30.  The upcoming holidays!