I found this in our local Age Concern Oct/Nov 2016 newsletter. I like it and it is really funny.

“For those who don’t and cannot comprehend why Facebook exists:

I am trying to make friends outside of Facebook while applying the same principles. Therefore, every day I walk down the street and tell passersby what I have eaten, how I feel at the moment, what I have done the night before, what I will do later, and with whom.

I give them pictures of my family, my dog, and of my gardening, taking things apart in my garage, watering the lawn, standing in front of landmarks, driving around town, having lunch, and doing what anyone and everybody does every day.

I also listen to their conversations; give them the “thumbs up” and tell them I like them.

And it works just like Facebook!

I already have four people following me: two police officers, a private investigator and a psychiatrist.”

“Have goals to look forward to,” I am encouraged in our local paper. (The Northland Age, Tuesday, October 11, 2016)

It is one of “the ten keys to happier living.” About two pages in the newspaper are telling me about “Mental Health Awareness.” The readers are encouraged to “celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week, 10-16 October 2016. That is right now.

KEY

Other keys to happier living are: “do things for others, connect with people, take care of your body,” and “keep learning new things.”

All this I remembered while I was reading my Bible today. I have almost finished reading the book of MARK in the New Testament. I started at the beginning of this year with GENESIS, the first book of the Bible, and my GOAL is to finish REVELATION, the last book of the Bible, by the end of this year. I hope I am going to make it.

What are your goals?

BIBLE

SUNFLOWER

“On hearing this, Jesus said to them, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to  call the righteous, but sinners.'” – Mark 2:17

This morning I came again across the answer to a most important question, actually for me one of the most important questions. I have asked that question for a long time and I am asking that question again and again.

It is my custom to read the devotional treasury by C. H. Spurgeon called MORNING AND EVENING. This morning I am reading again, “Why is it that some Christians, although they hear many sermons make such slow advances in the divine life?”

What is the answer? C. H. Spurgeon answers his own question: “Because they neglect their times of prayer, and do not thoughtfully meditate on God’s Word.”

Do I neglect my time of prayer and do I not thoughtfully meditate on God’s Word? That are the two questions I am asking myself. And why do I ask the two questions? Because I want to make progress in my spiritual life.

THE CROSS

“However,

First Corinthians 2:9

Intr.:

as it is written:

1. ‘No eye has seen,
2. no ear has heard,
3. no mind has conceived

End:

what God has prepared for those who love him’ – but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit.”