What Have I been doing?  Real Southern Woman
Channel: REAL SOUTHERN WOMAN, COLLARD VALLEY COOK
Date: 08/03/2022

Charles Haddon Spurgeon : Morning and Evening 

March 8th — Evening Reading 

"She called his name Ben-oni (son of sorrow), but his father called him Benjamin (son of my right hand)." — Genesis 35:18 

To every matter there is a bright as well as a dark side. Rachel was overwhelmed with the sorrow of her own labor and death; Jacob, though weeping the mother's loss, could see the mercy of the child's birth.  

It is well for us if, while the flesh mourns over trials, our faith triumphs in divine faithfulness.  

Samson's lion yielded honey, and so will our troubles, if rightly considered. The stormy sea feeds multitudes with its fish; the wild wood blooms with beautiful flowers; the stormy wind sweeps away the disease, and the biting frost loosens the soil.  

Dark clouds purify bright drops, and black earth grows cheerful flowers. A water channel of good is to be found in every well of evil.  

Sad hearts are skilled in discovering the most negative point of view when gazing upon a trial; if there were only one deep & muddy swamp in the world, they would soon be up to their necks in it, and if there were only one lion in the desert they would hear it roar.  

Around us is a hint of this horrible stupidity, and we are apt, at times, like Jacob, to cry, "All these things are against me."  

Faith's way of walking is to cast all care upon the Lord, and then to anticipate good results from the worst tragedy.  

Like Gideon's men, do not fret over the broken pitcher, but rejoice that the lamp continues to blaze. Out of the rough oyster-shell of difficulty extract the rare pearl of honor, and from the deep ocean-caves of distress look at the priceless coral of experience. When your flood of prosperity declines, find treasures hidden in the sand; and when your sun of delight goes down, turn your telescope of hope to the stars of promises in heaven. When death itself appears, faith points to the light of resurrection beyond the grave, and makes our dying Benoni to be our living Benjamin.  

Edited by Tammy Nichols on 03/08/22 for easy reading on the Real Southern Woman vlog.