Child abuse in New Zealand is in the news at the present time.

“‘Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne?'” is the question in Isaiah 49:15.

Yes, a mother can forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne!

In the developed world this country has one of the highest levels of child abuse, it says in our local paper today. (The Northland Age, Tuesday, June 28, 2016)

It says there also that children are abused. They are neglected. They are maltreated. Because of that more than 200 children died in the last 25 years. And last year was really bad!

But here is the second part of Isaiah 49:15, “‘Though she may forget,'” says the LORD, “‘I will not forget you'”!

And here is the beginning of Isaiah 49:16, “‘See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands.'”

THE CROSS

“I am sending you

Acts 26:17,18

Intr.:

to them

1. to open their eyes and
2. turn them from darkness to light, and
3. from the power of Satan to God,

End:

so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.”

This is how I described the first we had in New Zealand:

WE HAVE AN OLD CAR,

BUT WE DON’T GO VERY FAR.

WHENEVER WE GO OUT OF TOWN,

WE DO IT WITH A FROWN.

THIS TIME IT’S THE GEARS,

THAT GIVE US LOTS OF FEARS.

I don’t think we had that old car very long, but it was still too long!

“LOVING TO LEARN,

LEARNING TO LIVE,

LIVING TO LOVE”

That is written above the entrance door of the  Bourofaye Christian School (BCS), in Senegal.

“I find more bitter than death

Ecclesiastes 7:26

Intr.:

CHAINS

the woman

1.  who is a snare,
2. whose heart is a trap and
3. whose hands are chains.

The man who pleases God will escape her, …”

Two of the six Second-Hand Books I bought not long ago

Two of the books I have read already.

1. JESUS SPELLS FREEDOM by Michael Green.
2. MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY by Anita Bryant.

I bought all six books for one Dollars!