"By honour and dishonour, by evil report and by good report, by plenty and by poverty, by joy and by distress, by persecution and by peace, by all these things is the life of your soul maintained..."
I tried both of these devotionals and settled on Spurgeon. I respect and also appreciate the high view of God’s holiness that Utmost for His Highest teaches, but it felt a bit unbalanced for me. There was not quite enough of grace and of God’s many promises of help and mercy, which equip us to serve him with our utmost! It sometimes lead me to feel discouraged and stuck, instead of filling me with greater trust in the goodness of Christ and true love for him. I still think Utmost is a wonderful devotional that has helped so many people and likely will help me in the future. But I just have a special love for the hope and beautiful truth Spurgeon generously shares in Morning and Evening.
I tried both of these devotionals and settled on Spurgeon. I respect and also appreciate the high view of God’s holiness that Utmost for His Highest teaches, but it felt a bit unbalanced for me. There was not quite enough of grace and of God’s many promises of help and mercy, which equip us to serve him with our utmost! It sometimes lead me to feel discouraged and stuck, instead of filling me with greater trust in the goodness of Christ and true love for him. I still think Utmost is a wonderful devotional that has helped so many people and likely will help me in the future. But I just have a special love for the hope and beautiful truth Spurgeon generously shares in Morning and Evening.
I agree. "Unbalanced" is a good description.