Wonderful Wednesdays with Real Southern Woman
Channel: REAL SOUTHERN WOMAN, COLLARD VALLEY COOK
Date: 10/03/2021

Charles Haddon Spurgeon
March 10th — Morning Reading
"In my prosperity I said I shall never be moved." — Psalm 30:6

"Moab found his solutions  on his sediment that was left in the bottom of his wine bottle, he hadn’t  been emptied from boat to boat." 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 ships across the bosom of the mighty deep; let his lands yield abundantly: let the weather be favorable 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 strong nerve and brilliant eye to march through the world, and live happily; give him the happy 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 bounced on the knees of fortune; if we had not some stain on the post of our dwelling; 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 mountain top; like the man asleep upon the mast (the high post of a boat), each moment we should be in jeopardy.
We bless God, then, for our afflictions & troubles; we thank Him for our changes; we extol His name for losses of property; for we feel that had He not chastened (corrected) us thus, we might have become too secure. Continued worldly prosperity is a fiery trial.

"Afflictions, though they seem severe, In mercy (compassion or forgiveness) often are sent."  Edits by Tammy Nichols