Sharon Sharing God: QUAINT WORDS

Saturday, March 19, 2011

QUAINT WORDS

Welcome to "Quaint Words!"

These posts will contain thoughts, poems, and prayers from old books that I have found at antique stores, flea markets, and garage sales (with an occasional treasure from a bookstore).

I love the rhythm and sound of the older English language, and am blessed by other believers who have gone before me!

(A listing of books and authors, and also dates of individual postings from those books, will be found on my "QUAINT WORDS" page)

"The promise of blessedness God has made to believers is from God's eternal purpose...These promises of God may safely be depended upon...Here observe, those to whom God has given full security of happiness, have title to the promises by inheritance.

The consolations of God are strong enough to support his people under their heaviest trials. Here is a refuge for all sinners who flee to the mercy of God, through the redemption of Christ...

We are in this world as a ship at sea, tossed up and down, and in danger of being cast away. We need an anchor to keep us sure and steady. Gospel hope is our anchor in the storms of this world.

It is sure and steadfast, or it could not keep us so."

(From "Daily Readings by Matthew Henry" by Matthew Henry,

c. 1662-1714)

BLOG = "Blessedly Leaning On God!"

8 comments:

Ginger~~Enchanting CottageMarch 19, 2011 at 4:24 AM
What a wonderful collection. I love finding books like these. I like to read the highlighter areas that the owners before me highlighted, it doesn't happen very often but you never know when that highlighter area will touch my heart at that time as well.
God Bless,
Ginger
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Janettessage.blogspot.comMarch 19, 2011 at 5:38 AM
I so enjoy these...I am hanging onto that anchor...thanks for the encouraging words.
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Saleslady371March 19, 2011 at 8:40 AM
Great inspiration. Have a wonderful weekend.
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CharlotteMarch 19, 2011 at 9:05 AM
Thank you for sharing these beautiful inspiring thoughts.
Blessings,
Charlotte
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Chatty CroneMarch 19, 2011 at 6:59 PM
I am glad that God has his anchor on me! sandie
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MTJMarch 19, 2011 at 9:03 PM
Hi Sharon,

I love reading the writings of Matthew Henry; there is so much wisdom and understanding he shares. Two men I would have loved to know are Martin Luther and Matthew Henry. Their writings help me understand Christian living and scripture.

Blessings and peace.

MTJ
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PamelaMarch 19, 2011 at 10:03 PM
"The consolations of God are strong enough to support his people under their heaviest trials." What a blessing I found reading these words. So very true--always!

Blessings,
Pamela
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SharonMarch 20, 2011 at 8:53 PM
Ginger - I find it so encouraging to hear the words of fellow believers that have gone before me. It seems that all our hearts feel alike - and their quaint words truly bless me so much!

Janette - Yes, we all need an anchor (I probably do more than others!!) I can think of nothing that holds us more securely than the Gospel message of hope.

Mary - Thanks. Glad you found these words inspiring! Hope you had a great weekend, too.

Charlotte - It was my pleasure sharing. And it was my pleasure having you visit, too!

Sandie - God is a holy anchor that keeps our little ships steady in the storm! Amen?? AMEN!

MTJ - I was a bit amazed that Matthew Henry lived so long ago. I guess I didn't know that - thought he was in the 1800's. But, you're so right. His words are timeless - and they teach us so much about God and His Word.

Pamela - I'm so glad you were blessed! And aren't you so glad that God's Gospel message of hope is always true? How we need that security in a dangerously unsteady world.

GOD BLESS!

Hope you've all had a wonderful weekend!
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"So [I] have been greatly encouraged in the midst of [my] troubles and suffering, dear brothers and sisters, because you have remained strong in your faith. It gives [me] new life to know that you are standing firm in the Lord. How [I] thank God for you!" (1 Thessalonians 3:7-9)

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MY WORD FOR 2016

GRATEFUL

Grateful: feeling or showing thanks to someone for some helpful act; appreciative of benefits received; warmly or deeply thankful; indebted; beholden.

Word origin: 1550's, "pleasing to the mind," also "full of gratitude," from obsolete adj. grate "agreeable, thankful," from Latin gratus "pleasing" – derived from the same word origin as the word "grace."

The trick to changing your behavior is to become more thankful.

The practice of gratitude involves a focus on the present moment, on appreciating your life as it is today and what has made it so.

Let us begin an eternal quest to express in new and creative ways our thanks to God.

So I'm breathing in Your grace,

And I'm breathing out Your praise.

Let our prayers be the overflow of a grateful heart to God.

Three steps in prayer:

PRAISE – praise, reverence, worship, adoration, and awe for who God is and what He does

ASK – honest, earnest, and intense requests

THANK YOU – always end with thanksgiving for everything

Pulpit commentary:

In everything give thanks.

In every circumstance – in joy and in sorrow; for everything – for prosperity and for adversity; in every place – in the house of God and on the bed of sickness.

Christians should not only be engaged in constant prayer, but in constant thanksgiving.

For this – this thankful spirit – is the will of God, His desire.

God by the gift of his Son has laid us under the obligation of perpetual thanksgiving. Our whole lives ought to be one continued thank-offering for all the blessings of redemption.

Gill's Exposition:

Thanks are to be given to him for all things…

For all temporal good things;

for our beings, the preservation of them;

for food and raiment, and all the mercies of life;

for the means of grace, the word and ordinances, and the ministers of the Gospel;

for spiritual blessings, for electing, redeeming, regenerating, adopting, pardoning, justifying, and persevering grace:

for a meetness for heaven, a right unto it, and a good hope of it;

and especially for Jesus Christ, for such a…Saviour, and advocate with the Father, as he is; and for life, peace, joy, comfort, righteousness, and salvation in him.

Thanks should be given to God in every circumstance of life; in adversity, as Job did; when not in so comfortable and agreeable a frame of soul as to be wished for…even under the temptations of Satan…since the grace of God is sufficient to bear up under them, and deliver out of them.

[Give thanks] in afflictions of every kind, since they are all for good – temporal, or spiritual, or eternal.

WHAT IS LOVE?

Love is when you are missing some of your teeth but you're not afraid to smile because you know your friends will still love you even though some of you is missing.

By Emma K. - Age 6

"Out of the mouth of babes..."

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

Anonymous

When you are uncertain, it helps to have someone remind you what is true – someone who knows you well, who sees you, and keeps track of you – not just your body but your soul.

Emily Freeman

Sharon Sharing God

Saturday, March 19, 2011

QUAINT WORDS

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