A long time ago I remember the dutch Evangelist Wim Malgo saying something like this, “We are not optimists, and we are not pessimists. We are believers.”

This morning, while walking on the main street here in Kaitaia, I saw a blackboard in front of a hairdresser establishment and this was written on it,

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

In the book of Hebrews in the Bible in chapter eleven we read about the faith of many people. It says there about Moses,

“By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.

I am also a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ and I see the Lord!

THE CROSS

“As JESUS was saying these things,

Luke 11:27,28

Intr.:

A.  a woman in the crowd called out,

‘Blessed is the mother who

1.  gave you birth and

2.  nursed you.’

B.  He replied,

‘Blessed rather are those  who

1.  hear the word of God and

2.  obey it.'”

End:

“This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” – Psalm 118:24

Not long ago I received an invitation to register for my FREE 5 week Herald delivery to “Wake up every morning to something new.”

When I read that it came to my mind that I wake up already every morning to something new, namely the compassions of the LORD.

In Lamentations, that is a book in the Bible, it says:

“Because of the LORD’S great love we are not consumed, for his compassions  never fail. They are new every morning.” (Lamentations 3:22,23)

We are reading about the compassions of the LORD in the Bible. If someone would ask you now to define the word “compassion”, what would you answer?

The Collins English Dictionary says that compassion  is “a feeling of distress and pity for the suffering or misfortune of another.”

In the Bible we are reading about the compassions of the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Lord Jesus Christ had compassion for the crowds. Why? Because they were harassed. They were helpless. You find that in Matthew 9:36.

In Matthew 14:14 we are reading again about a large crowd. He had compassion for the Multitude. What did He do? He healed the sick.

In Matthew 15:32 we are reading that the Lord Jesus Christ had compassion for the hungry. Here it is physical hunger.

“Wake up every morning to something new”

Matthew 20:34 tells us that the Lord had compassion on two blind men. We read there that “they received their sight and followed him.”

In Mark 1:41 we have the account of a man with leprosy. The Lord said “Be clean!” and the man was cured from his leprosy.

So far I have not acted on the invitation to register for my FREE 5 week Herald delivery, but I am endeavouring to read the Bible every day and find out more about the compassions of the LORD, which are new every morning.

You find THE GECKO CAFE on Commerce Street in Kaitaia, in the Far North of NEW ZEALAND.

You find THE GECKO CAFE on Commerce Street in Kaitaia

HARAKEKE – FLAX

“Better never to have been born at all, than never to have been born again.” – Unknown writer

“When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.” – Psalm 94:19