I was alert when I read “MAKING A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE” on the shopping bag. The NEW WORLD bag belonged to one of the ladies who attended the Consumer Rights Day at the RSA hall in Kaitaia.
“Making a difference.” I am reading a lot about that. And I belong to those people who want to make a difference.
Lately I read two questions in relation to “making a difference” in one of our local papers, the NORTHERN NEWS, June 1, 2011. And questions need answers!
One advertisement asks, “DO YOU KNOW A VOLUNTARY GROUP THAT’S MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY?” That is question number one.
It is all about the Trustpower Far North Community Awards. We are asked to make a nomination and by doing that we go into the draw for a $100 power voucher. It is also about powering volunteers.
And here is the second question: “Do you want to make a difference in the lives of young Kiwis?” Kiwis are New Zealanders in case you don’t know that already.
It’s all about “The annual World of Difference programme.”
“The Vodafone New Zealand Foundation is looking for social entrepeneurs and will pay eight inividuals to do it.”
Of course I want to make a difference in the lives of young Kiwis. I don’t only want to make a difference in the lives of young New Zealanders, but also in the lives of old New Zealanders. The fact is that I want to make a difference in the lives of people.
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT?
The Lord Jesus Christ has made a difference in my life. He has made already a difference in the lives of many, many people worldwide and he wants to continue to do so.
But he can only continue to do so, when I am willing to tell other people what he has done for me. The Lord Jesus Christ wants his followers to be witnesses for him!
I still remember the time when the Lord Jesus Christ made a difference in my life. When that happened, the Bible became alive for me. In Matthew 28:16-20 I read about THE GREAT COMMISSION to “go and make disciples of all nations”.
I attended a Bible School for three years, became a member of a Missionary Society and went to Thailand for 13 years to work there as a missionary. During 1980 I did more studies at the Bible College of New Zealand in Auckland. After that I became a member of the United Maori Mission and worked as a missionary in Kaitaia and Kaikohe in the north of New Zealand until I retired.
I live now in the north of the beautiful country called New Zealand and it is always a great joy to tell German tourists who come to Kaitaia about the Lord in my mother tongue.
