Flowers at Lake Taupo

One more flower

“Your mind is a garden, your thoughts are the seeds; you can grow flowers, or you can grow weeds.”

Among the dead was a king, including two of his captains and 100 men. The two captains and the 100 men were consumed by fire.

All this happened because a king went to the wrong address.

This king had an accident, he was seriously injured. Now the question uppermost on his mind was of course, “Will I get well again?”

To find out he sent messengers to the god of Ekron (Baal-Zebub). But before the messengers arrived at the address of the god of Ekron, they were met by the prophet Elijah and told that the king would certainly die.

The king found that difficult to accept.

His mistake was that instead of consulting the God of Israel, he consulted the god of Ekron (Baal-Zebub).

May the Lord help us to go to the right address always.

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Please read the story of King Ahaziah, the king of Israel, in the Bible. You find the story in the book called Second Kings, chapter one.

A sign seen today in front of a shop said the following:

Wild Flowers

“A FLOWER DOES NOT  THINK OF COMPETING WITH A FLOWER NEXT TO IT.

IT JUST BLOOMS.”

What a challenge!

AT THE BEACH

At the moment I enjoy reading the magazine called PRESS.

In the No 1. 2016 New Zealand Edition I am reading about friendships and relationships.

Three things I am finding in the Editorial:

A.  I am reading there about the  enjoyment of new and established relationships.

B.  “Nothing is more important than the friendships we make,” is writing the founder.

C.  “It’s the important relationships we forge and maintain which steer us on the right path when we veer of course,” it says also in the editorial.

I like to sing the hymn by Joseph Scriven, who lived from 1819-1886, called “What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear!”

Can you sing the hymn from your heart? Make sure you can, before it is too late!!

Flowers at Lake Taupo

“ASA DID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE LORD, AS HIS FATHER DAVID HAD DONE.” – First Kings 15:11