1. It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error.

2. It is better to speak truth that hurts and then heals than to speak a lie.

3. It is better to be hated for telling the truth than loved for telling a lie.

4. It is better to stand alone with the truth than to be wrong with the multitude.

(Spoken by Dr Adrian Rogers, past President of the Southern Baptist Convention, USA)

“Life

is not a matter of milestones but of

moments“

“MOTHERS plant the seeds of love that help us bloom forever”

“MOTHERS hold their children’s hands a while and their hearts forever”

“GRANDMAS make the world a grander place”

“MUMS are like buttons. They hold things together”

“Trouble defies the law of gravity. It’s easier to pick up than to drop.” – Coffee News  02. 05.  2011

“A Resting Place not to be Missed!”

I am not really surprised that I am reading “a resting place not to be missed” in “Discover the Top of the South” (Autumn 2011 and FREE). “Top of the South” is the north of the South Island of the beautiful country New Zealand.

The place “not to be missed”  is Murchison’s Kiwi Park Motels  & Holiday Park. The place is rural, 6ha, peaceful and secluded. The place has also fantastic beds. Murchison is a township of around eighthundred people.

Are you looking for a place to rest? I think all of us are looking for a resting place.

Murchison’s Kiwi Park Motels & Holiday Park, “a resting place not to be missed!”

Can I  tell you please about “a resting place not to be missed?” Can I please tell you about my resting place?

Many before me have discovered the resting place I am talking about. David in the Bible was one of them.

In Psalm 62 he says that his soul finds rest in God alone. (Psalm 62:1) In the same Psalm in verse five it seems that he is talking to his soul and encouraging his soul to find rest in God alone!

God is our resting place. God is my resting place. Where do you find rest?

In Psalm 62 David says also that his salvation comes from God and that God is his rock alone and his fortress. And his own words are “I will never be shaken.” ( Psalm 62:2)

David belongs to the people of God. And this is what the Bible says about the people of God: The dwelling places of the people of God will be peaceful. The people of God will live in secure homes. The people of God will live in undisturbed places of rest.

Do you belong to the people of God?

“THE CHILD – THE HEART OF THE MATTER”

(“Ko te Tamaiti te Putake o te Kaupapa”)

At the local library I picked up the booklet “Literacy in Early Childhood Services: Teaching and Learning” from the Education Review Office (February 2011).

And this is the first paragraph of the OVERVIEW:

“A Government priority for education is that every child achieves literacy and numeracy levels that enable success. A literate society is important for educational and economic reasons. There are also social, cultural and personal benefits for children developing good literacy knowledge and practices.”

Kaitaia Primary School

One of the personal benefits is that the child is able to read the BIBLE, the Word of the Living God!

I remember teaching the BIBLE in many Schools in the KAIKOHE area.

I remember running Training Days for Bible in Schools Teachers in Kerikeri.

I remember getting the BIBLE into the hands of many children!