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Another gem from Herbie

A few months ago I spoke about the joys of reading poetry here. One of the poets I recommended in that post was the great Herbie aka George Herbert, 1593-1633). His works are not always easy to read/comprehend but when you get one that is understandable, boy what a gem it is... Well that intro, let me introduce you to Herbie's Grace

MY stock lies dead, and no increase Doth my dull husbandrie improve: O let thy graces without cease Drop from above! If still the sunne should hide his face, Thy house would but a dungeon prove, Thy works nights captives: O let grace Drop from above! The dew doth ev’ry morning fall; And shall the dew out-strip thy Dove? The dew, for which grasse cannot call, Drop from above. Death is still working like a mole, And digs my grave at each remove: Let grace work too, and on my soul Drop from above. Sinne is still hammering my heart Unto a hardnesse, void of love: Let suppling grace, to crosse his art, Drop from above. O come! for thou dost know the way: Or if to me thou wilt not move, Remove me, where I need not say, Drop from above.

Is this Proverbs 22:29 in action?

Collect for today

"...because the triune God is infinite, and the Second Person of that Trinity became one of us, insignificance and cosmic importance now indwell one another, world without end. Amen."

Via The Shellfish problem

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“Too little” means cleavage, vast expanse of thigh, that sort of thing. Women with this problem dress like a sale at J.C. Penney’s—forty percent off. 


From the legendary heavy D at Credenda/Agenda

I want liberty of spontaneity

Preparing for services I always hanker after originality and freshness. Many a time I have wondered how those I admire lead worship so well all the while speaking edifying words spontenously. Well apparently there is a secret and it is for you, to prepare to be fresh. Read more about that here and to get you started, consider this brilliant quote

But before the message can be fresh, the man must be. Prepare the man before you prepare the message [...] confess sin, grow in grace, resist temptation, feed your soul something other than spiritual Doritos.