“It seems astonishing, but scientific research suggests that social isolation, in the long term, is as damaging as a 15-a-day cigarette habit or being an alcoholic. Studies have found that those  with a poor social network are at increased risk of dementia and high blood pressure, and the genes we need to fight off serious viral infections seem to be less active in the lonely than in the rest of the population. Loneliness may be a contributing factor in cancer or heart disease. So here are just a few tips on how to stay connected.” (Age Concern Kaitaia + District, May 2013 Newsletter)

Quite a number of tips are given.

AGE CONCERN

There is one isolation that is even more damaging than the social isolation you have just read about, and that is the isolation from from the Living God.

Keeping connected with the Living God is more important than anything else!

How do we stay connected with God?

First of all we pray to God regularly.

Secondly we read His Word, the BIBLE, regularly.

Please read more posts on this blog if you have never had a  connection with the Lord Jesus Christ.

HARAKEKE – FLAX

“THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IS TO CREATE IT.” – Peter Drucker (Reader’s Digest, October 1998)

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD:

COWS ON THE HILLS

ALSO A RIVER IS NOT FAR AWAY

MOTHER’S DAY

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MOTHER’S DAY

HARAKEKE – FLAX

“Die Bibel

ist nicht antik,

auch nicht modern,

sie ist ewig“! –

Martin Luther

“SHOUT FOR JOY TO THE LORD, …”

“Shout for joy to the LORD,

Psalm 98:4-6

Intr.:

all the earth,

1. burst into jubilant song with music;

2. make music to the LORD with the harp,

3.  with the harp and the sound of singing,

4.  with trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn-

End:

shout for joy before the LORD, the King.”

I am walking almost every day, but I still have to find out how many miles I walk in one day.

HARAKEKE – FLAX

“A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy, but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.” – Paul Dudley White