“Recycling” “Environment”

“Recycling!” “Environment!” “Ecology!”

We are familiar with those words.

But are we also familiar with the words we find in Second Peter 3:10-13?

A day is coming, a day of destruction.  The present earth and the world will be destroyed by fire on that day.

Whenever I read about sustainable living, sustainable development, I remember the words of Peter in his letter.

“Eco Mailbox”

“We will remember them”

FATHERS

There are people who know their human, earthly father, but they don’t know the heavenly Father. There are people who know the heavenly Father, but they don’t know their human father.

My human father did not come back from WORLD WAR II. I can say that I did not know him at all. I don’t even know for sure where he died.

But my heavenly Father revealed Himself to me when I was in my teens and I know Him. And I get to know Him more and more by reading the Bible.

But there are also people who know their human father and the heavenly Father.

“We will remember them”

NAILS

“LIVING A LIFE WITHOUT PRAYER IS LIKE BUILDING A HOUSE WITHOUT NAILS.” – Unknown

“FLOWERS”

“Flowers are like friends, they bring colour to your world”, says the advertisement.

Flowers bring colour to our world and friends bring colour to our world.

I have many friends who bring colour to my world.

It was not always like this of course, but at the present time there are many nationalities in Kaitaia, where I live.

I meet people and talk to them when I go to the different shops. They are from China, Cambodia, India, Japan, Thailand … I worked for 13 years in Thailand as a missionary.

There are also many tourists coming through Kaitaia from all over the world. They are usually on their way to Cape Reinga. Many visitors to New Zealand are coming from Germany. I am from Germany and I talked to 4 Germans today.

It is good to have friends who colour our world.

But we need friends who do not despise us. We need friends who do not forsake us. They are hard to find.

That’s why Joseph Scriven, who gave us the hymn “What a friend we have in Jesus,” asks the question: “Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?” in the hymn.

He gives also the answer and says: “Take it to the Lord in prayer; in His arms He’ll take and shield thee – thou wilt find a solace there.”

In John 15:14 the Lord Jesus Christ says, “You are my friends, if you do what I command.”

“FIND THE WAY’

There is a maze and on the maze is written “FIND THE WAY.”

The answer is not far away. You find the answer at the bottom of the left side of the maze. Have a good look.

A maze is “any confusing network of streets” or “a state of confusion”. That are two definitions I find in The Collins Concise Dictionary. We are told about confusion.

Does that not sound like my life? Does that not sound like your life?

There is our life and on our life is written “Find the Way”.

And the answer is not far away. It is very likely that you find the answer on one of your bookshelves. Have a good look for a Bible.

If you find a Bible, turn to John 14:6 in the New Testament, where the Lord Jesus Christ says that he is not only the way, but where he also says that he is the truth and the life.

“NOTHING VENTURED, NOTHING GAINED.” – Old Proverb