I've been listing to 1984 and decided to list some of the conspiracy stories I've read over the years.
The Screwtape Letters and That Hideous Strength - C.S. Lewis
The Gravedigger Files - Os Guinness
The Holy War - John Bunyan
Animal Farm and 1984 - Orwell
Esther, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Daniel - inspired by the Holy Spirit
Piercing the Darkness and This Present Darkness - Frank Peretti
"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." - Paul of Tarsus
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Speaking of grass...
Weeds. It's time to deal with them again. Here's some wisdom from Spurgeon on the matter.
"I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof." Note, first, that land will produce something. Soil which is good enough to be made into a field and a vineyard must and will yield some fruit or other; and so you and I, in our hearts and in the sphere God gives us to occupy, will be sure to produce something. We cannot live in this world as entire blanks; we shall either do good or do evil, as sure as we are alive. If you are idle in Christ's work, you are active in the devil's work. The sluggard by sleeping was doing more for the cultivation of thorns and nettles than he could have done by any other means. As a garden will either yield flowers or weeds, fruits or thistles, so something either good or evil will come out of our household, our class, or our congregation. If we do not produce a harvest of good whether, by labouring for Christ, we shall grow tares to be bound up in bundles for the last dread burning.
"I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof." Note, first, that land will produce something. Soil which is good enough to be made into a field and a vineyard must and will yield some fruit or other; and so you and I, in our hearts and in the sphere God gives us to occupy, will be sure to produce something. We cannot live in this world as entire blanks; we shall either do good or do evil, as sure as we are alive. If you are idle in Christ's work, you are active in the devil's work. The sluggard by sleeping was doing more for the cultivation of thorns and nettles than he could have done by any other means. As a garden will either yield flowers or weeds, fruits or thistles, so something either good or evil will come out of our household, our class, or our congregation. If we do not produce a harvest of good whether, by labouring for Christ, we shall grow tares to be bound up in bundles for the last dread burning.
Following the Shepherd
It is hard to pick a name of a blog that isn't already being used. Chewing grass came to me from Psalm 23, "He makes me lie down in green pastures." We need to chew on God's word and give thought to our ways. Hopefully this blog will have some savory comments from God's meadow of life. Surely goodness and mercy will follow me on this path.
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