“Sweet treats” it says  at the top of one page. On the opposite page also at the top I am reading “Tasty reads”. I am looking at the August 2013 Paper Plus mailer and I am a bit surprised.

Why?

Because books are advertised on both pages.

But wait a minute.

Have you heard about Job? We read about Job in the Bible. He says that he treasures the Bible (commands of his lips) more than his daily  bread. (Job 23:12)

In one of the psalms David says this about the Bible. He says that the Bibel (ordinances of the LORD) is to him sweeter than honey.  (Psalm 19:10)

Another psalmist says that the words of the Bible (words of the LORD) are sweet to his taste and sweeter than honey to his mouth. (Psalm 119:103) 

Jeremiah says that he ate the words of the Lord when they came. (Jeremiah 15:16)

Ezekiel is encouraged by the Lord to eat the scroll and he says in Eziekiel 3:3:

“So I ate, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.” 

And now I am no longer surprised.

I saw this flower today

“God does not comfort us that we may be comforted but that we may be comforters.” – Alexander Nowell

St Saviour’s Anglican Church in Kaitaia

Today I attended the AFFIRM conference at the St Saviour’s Anglican Church in KAITAIA.

AFFIRM stands for:

Anglicans For Faith Intercession Renewal and Mission.

St Saviour’s Church in Kaitaia

DAFFODIL DAY

DAFFODIL DAY

“Tune in to a good book!” encourages me a Carson-Dellosa bookmarker, I picked up at our beautiful library today.

Our Beautiful Library in KAITAIA

I like that encouragement very much.

A good book helps me to understand the past.

A good book helps me also to explore my world.  

A good book helps me to visit new places.

When I was in Primary School in Germany I got lost in books that told stories about foreign places. Why? Because I think I wanted to go there in the future. I managed to go to several countries, and I am now in New Zealand.  

A good book helps me also to plan for my future.

A good book helps me to make a good decision.

A good book helps me also to keep in touch.

When I looked up GOOD BOOK in The Concise Collins Dictionary I learned that it is a name for the BIBLE.

“Vitamin D keeps elderly on their feet,” is an article called in the September 2013  Age Concern Kaitaia & District Incorporated newsetter on page six.

I am interested, because I am elderly. 

“A Feilding rest home has seen outstanding results after taking part in a vitamin D supplement programme to reduce falls by elderly residents.”

I am interested in my physical life, but I am even more interested in my spiritual live. 

When I looked up the subject in the Bible, I came to the word “stumble”, and this is what one verse says: 

“Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them STUMBLE.” – Psalm 119:165

It says here that nothing can make the people who love the BIBLE stumble! What a promise! Notice also that they who love the BIBLE have also great peace.

Why do I love the Bible?  I consider the Bible as the supreme book. There are several reasons. 

Where do men find the  answer to the question of life?

Where do men find the answer to the question of death?

The BIBLE has the answer!

Where do men turn to in the hour of tragedy? 

Where do men turn to in the hour of death?

They turn to the Bible!

What must I do, if I don’t want to  stumble in my spiritual life? I must love the law of the LORD.

What must I do, if I don’t want to stumble in my physical life? I must  take vitamin D supplements.