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“He who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.” – Proverbs 11:25

“A place to call home,” is the column in our local paper called. (The Northland Age, Tuesday, August 16, 2016)

How thankful I am, that I have a place to call home on this EARTH; and I know that I should be even more thankful than I am already. It is so easy for all of us to take things for granted.

Homelessness is in the news at the present time. Homeless people are all over New Zealand I am reading in the column and it says there also that the crisis in homelessness is deepening. Whole families are living in one room and people are also living in cars.

But I am not only thankful that I have a place on this EARTH to call home, but I am even more thankful that  I have an HEAVENLY home. The heavenly home is the final dwelling place of the SAINTS.

In the heavenly home is room for all believers. That’s why the Lord Jesus Christ says in John 14:2 “‘In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.'”

Do we want to prevent a man from doing certain things which are wrong or do we want to make a man good?

That crime in our part of New Zealand seems to have gotten out of control is the news at the present time. The call is for more police to help to reduce the crime rates. Kaitaia, where I live in the north of New Zealand, is now known as the murder capital of New Zealand.

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D M Lloyd-Jones says, “The police force can prevent a man from doing certain things which are wrong, but no police force can make a man good.”

The question is now, “Who can make a man good?”

God, in and through the Lord Jesus Christ and His great salvation can make a man positively good.

Here is what I am learning about hospice shops.

HOSPICE SHOP

THERE ARE WORKERS WHO RECEIVE A SALARY.

Each shop has a paid manager.

THERE ARE ALSO WORKERS WHO ARE VOLUNTEERS.

Volunteers know that they are helping a good cause. That is their satisfaction.

I know of course that volunteers don’t receive a salary, but I am learning that because they are volunteers they work harder than if they would receive a salary.

Hard to believe?

I am told that that is “an interesting dynamic.”

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Source: Glimpses of Te Omanga, collated by Beryl Anderson

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To our neighbours over the road, who help us with the disposal of our green waste. So much to be thankful for.

“GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD, FOR HE IS GOOD.” – Psalm 107:1

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To the people at the restaurant (KAITAIA BAKEHOUSE CAFE & ROASTS), who turn the TV on, when I arrive. We don’t have Television at home.

Kaitaia Bakehouse Cafe & Roasts