I find it very difficult to believe, that there are ADULTS in New Zealand who cannot read.
But there must be. Otherwise we would not have the:
Why are there ADULTS in New Zealand who cannot read?
What are the reasons?
Please let me know!
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Medicine
“Let food be your medicine and medicine your food.” – Hippocrates
24 HRS / 7 DAY SERVICE (Commitment to Business)
Name of owner
Refrigeration
Commercial Refrigeration
24 HRS / 7 DAY SERVICE
Phone:
Mobile:
I saw this written on a work van when I walked to town today.
The word commitment comes to my mind straight away when I read: 24 HRS / 7 DAY SERVICE. And what a commitment that is.
I am still thinking about that announcement and I think I will be thinking about it for quite some time.
What a commitment for that business man. Think about it!
I am asking myself again: What about my commitment to the Lord?
“FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD RANGE THROUGHOUT THE EARTH TO STRENGHTHEN THOSE WHOSE HEARTS ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO HIM.”
Second Chronicles 16:9
I remember this verse well. It was written on a postcard in big letters put out by Werner Heukelbach. Werner Heukelbach was a well known Evangelist in Germany when I was a young christian.
Here are two more verses: First Kings 8:61 and First Kings 15:14
“the next bucket full of gloom”
“If only the daily media and television were more in touch with the country’s manufacturers and showed genuine interest in what they were doing, rather than focusing their attention on where the next bucket of gloom is coming from.” –
Doug Green, Editor of “New Zealand Engeneering News”, August 2009
What, if they would show genuine interest in what the Lord is doing in this country and worldwide?
What, if they would show genuine interest in the GOSPEL, the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ.
“Who to turn to when the going gets tough”
I believe today I saw for the first time the magazine called “OFF /CAMPUS” in the local library. It is “The Magazine of Massey University’s Extramural Students’ Society.”
The picture on the front cover and the writing on it interested me straight away. (Volume 14 Issue 3 August 2009)
In big print it says : “Tough people for tough times.” And in smaller print: “Who to turn to when the going gets tough.”
The students can turn to the advocacy groups especially during this time of recession. The adage WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING is also mentioned. But it says also that the tough ones of today need to know the system, in order to succeed. That’s where the advocacy groups come in with their help , because they are tough and also know the system.
“Who to turn to when the going gets tough.”
I turn to the LIVING GOD.
He is eternal, unchangeable, possesses all power, is present everywhere at one and the same time, has all knowledge, is holy, righteous, merciful, is love and he is faithful.
And more!
ARE YOU ALSO PRIVATISING YOUR OWN BELIEF?
This is how I remember the conversation:
Some more bad news was related to me. I responded with what I had read on a T – shirt some days previously, namely:
“It’s not that I forget, I just don’t care,” and that it seems that most of the people really don’t care. The other person agreed.
I mentioned also what I had read just now in one of the magazines in the waiting room. It said there that a well known personality thinks that are a couple of stars in the sky, that have helped him out in difficult and awful times. I continued to say that I believe rather in the Living God, who made all the stars.
But now I got the impression that our faith is rather a private thing.
A quote I had read recently came to my mind:
“One of the weaknesses of our modern church is how timid we are in expressing our faith. We are so concious of respecting the private beliefs of others that we end up privatising or own. Yet, if we truly believe that Christ is the centre of God’s purposes for all of creation, then our caution is ill founded.”
The Revd Malcolm Falloon
Warden of the Latimer Fellowship
And what are the words of our Lord Jesus Christ to this:
Matthew 10:32,33
“Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.”
Very solemns Words!
Five people
I began talking to them from the time I arrived at that place and there was response. At first we talked about things that did not matter,……. but the Lord reminded me to say the things that were really on my heart and gave me the strength to do so. Praise His name!
The place is really ideal for many things. It is newly built and sort of an open place in spite of having a roof and walls. There are not only seats, but also tables. A real place for fine weather.
Four people were already there before I arrived, and that included a baby.
It is good to hear the stories of people.
The father of the baby used to go to one of the local churches here in town at one time.
In the course of our conversation I mentioned also our involvement with the United Maori Mission and Bible in Schools. The mother of the baby used to go to school at Taipa and Religeous Education was taught there. I was very interested in that because we used to train Bible in School Teachers at Kerikeri for many years. “What impact did that teaching have on your life?” I asked her. But she remembered more the impact the life of her believing grandmother had on her life. The grandmother had a Bible beside her bedside I was told.
I mentioned already that there was one more person in that room with us. A young man , but I cannot really remember him saying anything , but I believe he listened.
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