Status Report: September

Sitting…on the couch in the living room.

Listening…to the quiet of an autumn night.

Eating…fig newtons, my favorite cookie. I won’t tell you how many I have.

Feeling…a bit sad that it’s 10pm and already dark. 

Trying…to hold on to summer, but it’s already slipped away.

Anticipating…this year’s potato harvest, picking cranberries, and finally meeting Kim.

Hoping…the weather is decent while she’s here. We could, you know, have a foot of snow that stays mid-September. It’s happened before.  

Noting…the past month’s milestones for the grandchildren: Natalie has big girl undies and is using a potty chair; Amelia is walking, and using new words each day; Theo is sitting—and being especially cute.

Reading…the same books as last month and the month before. Summer reading I did not do.

Thinking…about the second half of Ephesians 2. I have a post the first two verses halfway finished, but I’m not sure how to continue on and tie things up.

Writing…a post about a passage of scripture, by the way, is the best way I know to understand it. 

Wishing…you new things in September: a new season, new friends, new opportunities, and new mercies.

Saying…good night.

Heidelberg Catechism

Question 1. What is thy only comfort in life and death?

Answer: That I with body and soul, both in life and death, (a) am not my own, (b) but belong unto my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ; (c) who, with his precious blood, has fully satisfied for all my sins, (d) and delivered me from all the power of the devil; (e) and so preserves me (f) that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head; (g) yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, (h) and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, (i) and makes me sincerely willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto him. (j)

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Sunday's Hymn: O for a Closer Walk with God

O for a closer walk with God,
A calm and heavenly frame,
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb!

Where is the blessedness I knew,
When first I saw the Lord?
Where is the soul refreshing view
Of Jesus and His Word?

What peaceful hours I once enjoyed!
How sweet their memory still!
But they have left an aching void
The world can never fill.

Return, O holy Dove, return,
Sweet messenger of rest!
I hate the sins that made Thee mourn
And drove Thee from my breast.

The dearest idol I have known,
Whate’er that idol be
Help me to tear it from Thy throne,
And worship only Thee.

So shall my walk be close with God,
Calm and serene my frame;
So purer light shall mark the road
That leads me to the Lamb.

—William Cowper

Other hymns, worship songs, sermons etc. posted today:

• Jehovah, God the Father, Bless at The Happy Wonderer
• Your Great Name at Gospel Grace
• A Mighty Fortress Is Our God at By Grace Alone
• The Puritans: Stephen Charnock at Challies.com
• The Lord’s Prayer: The Second Petition at Tried With Fire 
• Lord’s Day 35, 2013 at The Thirsty Theologian
• You Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: Pull that rope again!

Have you posted a hymn (or sermon, sermon notes, prayer, etc.) today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by contacting me using the contact form linked above, and I’ll add your post to the list.