Schluessel

“ERINNERUNGEN

SIND SCHLUESSEL,

NICHT ZUR VERGANGENHEIT,

SONDERN ZUR ZUKUNFT.” – Corrie ten Boom

A beautiful flower

“The men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not enquire of the LORD.” – Joshua 9:14

Pick me up, where I am.

Some people who write books know how to do that in a special way.

There is a bus stop on a long stretch of road. Quite a number of people waiting there for the next bus, and when they see the bus coming in the distance, they are expecting the bus to stop, so that they can jump on.

But the bus does not stop, but carries on for another fifty metres, before it comes to a standstill.

And I don’t want to hear what the people are telling the driver of the bus, when they reach the vehicle.

At the present time I am reading a book, where the author picks me up, where I am.

Books like that are a blessing.

There will be a power outage on the last Sunday of November in our area.

Two of our local newspapers carrying the following full-page announcement:

“POWER OUTAGE

Kaitaia, Surrounding Districts and South Hokianga

Sunday 29 November 2015”

Power lines

The reason for the outage is that the foundations of an electricity pole have failed.

The pole is moving.

The pole is cracked.

The pole is collapsing.

The pole is carrying the only high-voltage power line supplying us with electricity.

I am reminded again how important foundations are, not only for our material life, but also for our spiritual life.

Thinking about our spiritual life, I remember straight away First Corinthians 3:11, where it says:

“For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.”

The following sign could be seen at a church some years ago:

“The ‘Light’ of the world has no ‘power’ shortage.”