A beautiful evening in Kaitaia
“BECAUSE YOU DID NOT SERVE THE LORD YOUR GOD JOYFULLY AND GLADLY IN THE TIME OF PROSPERITY, THEREFORE IN HUNGER AND THIRST, IN NAKEDNESS AND DIRE POVERTY, YOU WILL SERVE THE ENEMIES THE LORD SENDS AGAINST YOU.” – Deuteronomy 28:47,48
“HOW WE SPEND OUR DAYS IS, OF COURSE, HOW WE SPEND OUR LIVES.” – Annie Dillard
“HOW MANY COUNTRIES HAVE I VISITED?” I asked myself when seeing the following story today.
NEW ZEALAND: Is not only a country I have visited, but I live now in New Zealand.
Someone desired to visit all the countries there are without flying. He went to 201 countries. It took him 1,426 days and he travelled 250,000 km. I really would like to see his four filled passport books! The cost? NZ$17 an average per day.
I am still counting the countries I have visited. “NOT MANY,” is the answer.
What is your answer?
I have been told that this is a hibiscus fllower
“GREAT PEACE HAVE THEY WHO LOVE YOUR LAW, AND NOTHING CAN MAKE THEM STUMBLE.” – Psalm 119:165
“OFT LANDEN WIR AUF DEN KNIEN, WENN WIR EINE SCHLACHT VERLOREN HABEN. BESSER WAERE ES, WIR GINGEN SCHON AUF DIE KNIE, BEVOR DIE SCHLACHT BEGINNT.” – Randy Alcorn
Yesterday I attended an Order of St Luke service at the HOPE CHRISTIAN CENTRE in Kaitaia. (afternoon)
The main theme and focus of the Order of St Luke is the healing ministry of Jesus.
HOPE CHRISTIAN CENTRE
INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY
MAY 12, 2017
When I read today in our local newspaper that the high standards in nursing began with the trail blazer Florence Nightingale, one book in my small library came to my mind, where she is also mentioned.
Florence Nightingale lived from 1837 – 1910 and thanks to her our hospitals and clinics are kept as clean as possible. She did not only see the need for professional nursing standards, but she enacted those standards.
THE HOSPITAL IN WHANGAREI
The conditions in the 1854 Crimean War inspired Florence Nightingale in her work. The hospitals were dreadful. The barracks were dreadful. During that war England sent troops to help Turkey, but the room in the ship was limited and they did not take the equipment to look after the wounded.
Florence Nightingale discovered also what is effecting the health of a patient, namely fresh air, isolation and even the layout of the room.
The book in my library where F. Nightingale is mentioned is in German and it is called PATIENCE AND FAITH OF THE SAINTS. (Revelation 14:12)
What is a saint? All born again believers are saints.
High standards in nursing began with the trail blazer F. Nightingale.
Many good things we enjoy at the present time began with saints.
We are most familiar with our body, and we know that we must feed our body.
But man is a tripartite being. The Bible teaches clearly that man has three parts. We consist of three component parts, namely body, soul and spirit. Please read First Thessalonians 5:23 and Hebrews 4:12.
But do we know that we need to feed our soul?
How do we feed our soul?
THAILAND: Children are reached with the GOSPEL
Picture / Alan Collingwood
READING THE BIBLE
We must read the Bible. We must study the Bible. We must try to understand the Bible. We must read books about the Bible.
Coming Sunday is Mother’s Day and a sign on our main street says:
“LIFE DOESN’T COME WITH A MANUAL. IT COMES WITH A MOTHER.”
Life surely comes with a mother, but it also comes with a manual, and the manual is the BIBLE!
PRAYER
How much time do we spend in the presence of the Lord? If we read the biographies of the men of God we will find that these saints spent four or five hours daily in PRAYER.
THERE IS ALSO THE NEED FOR READING BIOGRAPHIES
There was in fact a time in my life when I read lots of biographies and autobiographies.
I have here before me three books by Isobel Kuhn in one volume and I think I should read them again. The books are: BY SEARCHING, NESTS ABOVE THE ABYSS and IN THE ARENA.
I believe that reading biographies and autobiographies made me go to Thailand as a missionary.
These three things help the soul to grow.