67 - "When The Sweet Surrender Doesn't Happen" Deuteronomy 21-23

My Dear Children, "May the Lord your God bless you in everything you put your hand to in the land you are entering to possess." Deut 23:20.  I believe with each of you that God will give you the strength and the power to put your hand to what you are doing. And may He bless you in everything!

"And, as the land of Israel was pure and clean" . . . so the church is washed and cleansed by the complete satisfaction which thus Christ made."  Matthew Henry

You must purge the evil from among you."  Deuteronomy 21:21

All rebellion, no matter where it comes from. 
May we surrender our tears and fears every single day
as we mercifully cry for those in rebellion. 
And may they know Sweet Surrender.

May we choose to live every day of our lives surrendered for ourselves and for those we love.

PHOTO:  "Unreal" - Charles Spurgeon wrote a moving sermon many years ago about what happens when the sweet surrender doesn't happen.  We move on.