FOR FRIDAY OCTOBER 10 : A HANDFUL OF THORNS

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October 10
Friday


A HANDFUL
OF THORNS

READ:
Psalm 105:1-6
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Give thanks to the LORD
for His goodness, and
for His wonderful
works to the children of
men! __Psalm 107:21
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Jeremy Taylor was a 17th-century English cleric who was severely persecuted for his faith. But though his house was plundered, his family left destitute, and his property confiscated, he continued to count the blessings he could not lose.

He wrote: "They have not taken away my merry countenance, my cheerful spirit, and a good conscience; they have still left me with the providence of God, and all His promises ... my hopes of Heaven, and my charity to them, too, and still I sleep and digest, I eat and drink, I read and meditate. And he that hath so many causes of joy, and so great should never choose to sit down upon his little handful of thorns."

Although we may not be afflicted with the grievous difficulties that Jeremy Taylor endured, all of us face trials and troubles. Are we grumbling? Or do we refuse to let our "little handful of thorns," our troubles, obscure the overwhelming abundance of our blessings?

When we feel like complaining, let's remember God's faithfulness and "give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples!... Remember His marvelous works which He has done!" (Ps. 105:1,5). __ vernon Grounds
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``````````When upon life's billows you are tempest-tossed,```````````
```````````When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost;````````````
`````````Count your many blessings--name them one by one,````````
``````And it will surprise you what the Lord has done. __Oatman``````
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Spend your time counting your blessings,
not airing your complaints.

*****************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 105:1-6**********

1 Oh, give thanks to the
LORD! Call upon His name;
make known His deeds
among the peoples!

2 Sing to Him, sing psalms
to Him; talk of all His
wondrous works!

3 Glory in His holy name;
let the hearts of those rejoice
who seek the LORD!

4 Seek the LORD and His
strength; seek His face
evermore!

5 Remember His marvelous
works which He has done,
His wonders, and the
judgments of His mouth,

6 O seed of Abraham His
servant, you children of
Jacob, His chosen ones!

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Though the author of Psalms 105 is not named, it is generally
believed to be a psalm of David. Charles Haddon Spurgen, in his
Treasury of David, says this of Psalm 105; "This historical Psalm
was evidently composed by King David, for the first fifteen verses
of it were used as a hymn at the carrying up of the ark from the
house of Obed-edom, and we read in 1 Chron. xvi. 7, 'Then on that
day David delivered first this psalm, to thank the LORD, into the
hand of Asaph and his brethren.' Such a song was suitable for the
occasion, for it describes the movements of the Lord's people and
His guardian care over them in every place, and all this on account
of the covenant of which the ark, then removing, was a symbol."
__Bill Crowder