The conversation went something like this:

There was a flower in the room.

Someone observed, “Those flowers are turning to the light.” The reply to that from someone else was, “Flowers are cleverer than people.”

They are cleverer than most people.

In John 8:12 the Lord Jesus Christ says: “‘I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.'”

Let us learn from the flowers and turn to the Lord Jesus Christ, the light of the world.

“Mein Gebet fuer die Kinder geht dahin, dass sie gerettet werden moechten nicht nur fuer das gegenwaertige, sondern auch fuer das kuenftige Leben; ich sehe keinen andern Weg zu diesem Ziel als einen Unterricht, eine Erziehung und ein Beispiel, die alle drei darauf ausgerichtet sind, das Kinderherz mit dem gekreuzigten und auferstandenen Herrn zu verbinden.” – Thomas John Barnardo

Barnardo fundraisers are in Kaitaia at the present time.

The Bible

READING THE BIBLE FROM COVER TO COVER.

I started with the first book of the Bible (GENESIS), at the beginning of this year and not long ago I finished reading the Old Testament. I started reading the New Testament and I am hoping to finish the last book of the Bible  (REVELATION), by the end of this year.

The reason for writing this is to encourage you to read “THE BOOK OF BOOKS”. (Bible)

In our library I find SAFE’S Colouring Competition called “EATING KIND”.

Our library is full of information

I am learning that OCTOBER is WORLD VEGETARIAN MONTH.

We are encouraged to get behind EATING KIND.

I am also told what “Eating kind” in World Vegetarian Month means. It means keeping animals off my plate.

Children who are taking part in the Colouring  Competition are also to write why animals need our kindness.

Thumbs Up

THUMBS

UP

to the man I remember from our time in KAIKOHE (United Maori Mission), who did not wait and did not apply for his superannuation although he was eligible. He said that he could manage without the pension.

People like that are hard to find. Do you know people like that? I would really like to know!

“CHRISTIANS WOULD HAVE TO LOOK MORE REDEEMED FOR ME TO BELIEVE IN THEIR REDEEMER.” – Nietzsche

“Connect with Nature”

“Connect with Nature …,” starts the advertisement at our local AGE CONCERN office on the main street in Kaitaia.

It caught my eyes when coming back from my walk into town on this rainy day. (My connecting not only with Nature, but also with people.)

AGE CONCERN office in Kaitaia

It’s all about  MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK 2016. The ad encourages us to celebrate Mental Health and Awareness Week.

The ad says that we can join an informal meet and greet with breakfast at the beginning of October.

The ad tells us to connect with Nature, but I do not only want to tell you but I want to urge you to connect with the Creator of Nature, the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Bible says in Colossians 1:16, “For by him all things were created: things in heaven …”

“Would we be running so hastily to friends and relations for assistance if we remembered that the Lord is magnified by our implicit reliance upon His solitary arm? – C. H. Spurgeon