Quite a number of pages in a health magazine are devoted to healthy weight. Healthy weight seems to be on peoples minds. And it should be. There are many big people around.

It says there “EFA’s essential for shifting those unwanted kilos.” EFA’s are healthy fats, good healthy fats. They are found in certain foods, namely fish, nuts, cold – pressed vegetable oils and seeds.

On two pages in the same magazine are “year round essentials” advertised like nature’s multivitamin bee pollen, reflux free omega 3, joint support, essential oils and more.

Essentials for the body? According to business people, yes! Of course, it brings in money. And of course we must take care of our bodies.

But what about our souls? Our souls should be more on our minds than our bodies. Our Lord says, “What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?” (Matthew 16:26) We also have to take care of our souls. What are the essentials for the soul?

The other day I read what CH Spurgeon says about a Christian necessity. He is talking about the TRUTH OF GOD entering into a human heart. (Second John 2:2) He says in the book “Morning and Evening” this: ” We don’t entertain it as a guest but as the master of the house – this is a CHRISTIAN NECESSITY; ….” (Oct. 25, morning)

Is the truth master of the house?

Second Corinthians 5:21

“GOD MADE HIM WHO HAD NO SIN TO BE SIN FOR US, SO THAT IN HIM WE MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.”

I picked up a kid’s books catalogue – Christmas 2008 – and was really surprised to find a book with the title “Before I die” in the section for young adults – age 12+.

To start with, should we not avoid talking about death? Should we not especially avoid talking about death to our young people? Who wants to die? We want to live, don’t we?

The book “Before I die” is written by Jenny Downham and is a novel about a young girl who has only a few months to live. Her name is Tessa and she is compiling a list of ten things she wants to do before she dies. The read (a new name for book) is quite expensive, about $25!

I am actually dying to know the ten things on the list Tessa has compiled. In case somebody is getting hold of the book please let me know the ten things.

I am actually doing the things I want to do before I die right now. We all have to die one of these days, don’t we?

1. Reading the Bible

2. Praying

3. Growing spiritually

4. Going to Church

5. Writing

6. Computers – hobby

7. motorbikes – hobby

8. etc

What about you?

I have always been interested in AMATEUR RADIO and was very pleased to pick up more information about the organization today.

KAITAIA & DISTRICTS AGRICULTURE  & PASTORAL ASSOCIATION

Incorporated 1889

121st Annual Show held at A & P Showgrounds KAITAIA

I was sitting on the bench in front of the Warehouse and said to the Maori lady standing near the shopping trolleys near by, “The rain is coming from the wrong direction and I am even getting wet today on this bench.” Then I asked her, ” Have you ever noticed the cone on top of the Norfolk pine over there?” She had not and we got talking about the mischief some young people are getting up to. “I have just read the paper,” I continued the conversation. “There is a lot of talk about TRUST in the newspaper before election and today……” And then her cell phone rang and she had to attend to that.

I remained seated, drinking from my water bottle until her phone call was finished. I continued our interrupted conversation by saying, ” Trust in leadership seems to be more important to people than anything else. And so it should be. (Do your trust your dentist? Do you trust your Doctor?) BUT I AM GLAD THAT I AM TRUSTING IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST! (John 14:1) He is my personal Saviour and I am reading the Bible.” So far as I remember she is not going to Church, but she is reading the King James Bible. She said also, that she believes in the Lord Jesus Christ, but most people don’t.

She asked me, ” Do you believe in the Trinity?” “Yes,” was my reply, ” we don’t find the word Trinity as such in the Bible and nobody can explain the Trinity satisfactorily, but we find the Trinity definitely in the Word of God.”

We said good bye by giving praise to the Lord Jesus Christ!

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