Early morning

(It's so nice to have sunlight already at 5:50a, even on a cloudy morning.)

Hot Cocoa

 

(Recipe from "The Nourishing Gourmet".  I am so thankful for this blog and for Kimi;

these recipes have given me inspiration just when I needed it so many times.)

Always my morning friend.

 Morning cuppa bag.

 "[I]t is beyond all ordinary rules that I, a poor, helpless, undone sinner, should find grace to bear about in my soul the indwelling Spirit of the Lord Jesus.  I, who once despaired, as well I might, for my nature was as dry, and withered, and barren, and accursed as a howling wilderness, even I have been made to bring forth fruit unto holiness.  Well may my mouth be filled with joyous laughter, because of the singular, surprising grace which I have received of the lord, for I have found Jesus, the promised seed, and He is mine for ever.  This day will I lift up psalms of triumph unto the Lord who has remembered my low estate, for 'my heart rejoiceth in the Lord; mine horn is exalted in the Lord; my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies, because I rejoice in Thy salvation'.

I would have those that hear of my great deliverance from hell, and my most blessed visitation from on high, laugh for joy with me.  I would surprise my family with my abundant peace; I would delight my friends with  my ever-increasing happiness; I would edify the Church with my grateful confessions; and even impress the world with the cheerfulness of my daily conversation.  Bunyan tells us that Mercy laughed in her sleep, and no wonder when she dreamed of Jesus; my joy shall not stop short of hers while my Beloved is the theme of my daily toughts.  The Lord Jesus is a deep sea of joy: my soul shall dive therein, shall be swallowed up in the delights of His society."

Morning & Evening, C.H.Spurgeon, June 15