“Die Schwaechen der Heiligen troesten uns mehr als ihre Tugenden.”

Martin Luther

“Den Juengern gleichen wir:

Sie waren langsam im Verstehen,

hatten wenig Glauben,

waren leicht entmutigt,

aber sie blieben bei ihm, im Umgang mit ihm.

Er aber will auch heute noch durch uns wirken.”

J. Hudson Taylor

Alte Leute haben Beduerfnisse und AGE CONCERN NZ  sorgt fuer die Aelteren. Age Concern dient den Alten schon 60 Jahre. (Gegruendet im Jahre 1948 am neunten September)

“DAS ALTER IST EIN HERRLICH DING, WENN MAN NICHT VERLERNT HAT, WAS ANFANGEN HEISST.” – Martin Buber

I have heard the saying:  “Some are dying with 6o and are buried when they are 90.”

Time suddenly became precious for the married couple.

I read that in the four page publication called “KOWHAI CONNECTION” I picked up before Christmas in Auckland. (There are beautiful pictures in that magazine!)

The husband was diagnosed with cancer and  they did now three things: From now on they focused on having the best time of their lives, packing in as many adventures as they could. And thirdly they would be using the GIFT OF TIME to say the things they needed to say.

Time should be precious for all of us all the time. And time is precious! The couple mentioned above had only nine months to say ‘good-bye’ and to say the things they needed to say.

But we are all on the same boat.  And we don’t know the time when we have to say ‘good-bye’. But the time is coming for all of us. The time is coming for all of us to meet our creator, the Lord Jesus Christ. And I also want to use my gift of time to say the things I need to say:

Today is the Day!

Do you hear the voice of the Lord?

If you do, don’t harden your heart.

NOW is then time of God’s  favour.

Now is the DAY of SALVATION!

The Lord hears us NOW , if we cry out to him.

This is the day of SALVATION and HE wants to help us NOW!

Psalm 95:7,8

Second Corinthians 6:2

“The soil is the great connector of our lives, the source and destination of all.” – Wendell Berry

The Bible says in Genesis 3:19

“By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”

We are so divided because WE HAVE FORGOTTEN, where we all came from originally:

1. We all came from the DUST

2. The LORD made us all from the DUST

Let us come back to our creator. Then the division will stop and we will be connected again!

One person I know very  well. That person starts his website as follows, “Preparation is more important than the actual doing.”

Not long ago I read something else about preparation. Here it is:  “The difference between adventure and disaster in preparation.” – ANON

The person mentioned above heard me say quite often: ” Preparation is more important than the actual doing.”

Preparation has always been very important to me. I actually make my own diary and call it MY LOGBOOK. Yes, preparation is very important, especially when  going on a journey.

I can actually say my life has been an adventure, an adventure with the Lord Jesus Christ.  26 years in Germany, 13 years in Thailand, and the rest here at the end of the world……New Zealand. For the people in Europe NZ is at the end of the world.

Preparations are especially important when we are going on a journey. Soon we will be going on our last journey.

ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THIS LAST JOURNEY?

Please remember, “The difference between adventure and disaster is PREPARATION.

WD

On our way to Auckland before Christmas, I picked up a copy of the WHANGAREI LEADER and discovered the “Milestone Feature.” Reader’s are welcome to contribute.

The editor could be interested in the following: birthday, graduation, baptism, wedding, anniversary and so on….

We are also encouraged to send photos.

I would like to send him my greatest “Milestone Story”, (my second birthday) namely how I came out of Darkness into Light, from Death into Life. I would like to tell him how the Lord Jesus Christ found me. That happened many years ago, namely in September 1958. (02. 09. 1958) But do I have a picture to go with that?

Never mind, I don’t think the story would be printed.

I better send him one of my pictures, the one with the Norfolk Pine and graveyard. That is another of my Milestones!

Type Norfolk Pine into the window and click on SEARCH!

I find it interesting anyway.

A liquor Trading Centre is advertising all the finest range of spirits, beers and more. The letters are quite big.

— But then underneath it says in bigger letters that the Trading Centre is concerned about the community and supporting the campaign to reduce drug and alcohol abuse.

— The advert is also in a magazine pointing out the dangers of  alcohol and illegal drugs.

“The Battle Field is the World” was written in big letters above the dining room door (on the inside) of the old headquarters of the Worldwide Evangelization Crusade in London, now WEC International.

The location was 19 Highland Road, in the Southeast of London. I know that, because I used to stay there for about half a year about 40 years ago.

WEC is a missinary Society with lots of missionaries all over the world. There is a saying, “Join WEC and you will see the world.” That is just about true.

I have been thinking about “The Battle Fied is the World” quite a bit lately. How true is that!

But it is even of greater truth that “THE BATTLE FIELD IS THE CHURCH”.

I think every church building should have written above the entrance door – from the inside – “THE BATTLE FIELD IS THE CHURCH!”