It was strange this morning. In spite of beautiful sunshine it was getting dark all of a sudden.

I was wondering what was going on … until someone mentioned the partial solar eclipse.

Then I remembered reading about the partial solar eclipse in the paper yesterday.

I did not really see the eclipse today at 10.26 am, but I noticed that there was something going on.

A partial solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the earth.

GEHE IN DEN WEINBERG

Donna Gassett

John Parschauers Leben und Vermaechtnis

Das ist ein Buch, dass man anfaengt zu lesen und nicht wieder weglegen will.

Do you have someone to love? Do you have someone who loves you?

Two more questions to be answered. What is your answer?

When looking into one of the shop windows here in Kaitaia you can read the following:

“There is only one happiness in life to love and be loved.”

And Jim Rohn says in one of his books:

“And one of the most important ingredients of a balanced life is having someone to love and love you.”

Here is my answer to the above questions:

I love the Lord! The Lord loves me!

This is what the Bible says in First John 4:19

“WE LOVE HIM, BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US.” (The Amplified Bible)

Today I asked someone at the mealtable, “What do you think, is worldwide the most desired trait in  a mate for both sexes?”

Why did I ask that question? Because I read in in old Reader’s Digest (November 2007) about a University of Texas study by Professor David Buss.

“IN A STUDY OF 37 CULTURES, 16,000 SUBJECTS WERE ASKED ABOUT THE MOST DESIRED TRAITS IN A MATE. FOR BOTH  SEXES, THE FIRST PREFERENCE WAS KINDNESS.”

When I received “Kindness”  as an answer, I was so excited that I threw my arms up in the air and said, “You got it!”

And what does the Bible say?

 “LOVE is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.” – First Corinthians 13:4

Conscience is the sense of right and wrong that governs my thoughts and my actions.

“Sleep easy until May 2014 with 18 months no payments and no interest. Minimim purchase $1499. Offer ends 30 November. Details in store.”

That says an advertisement on the front page of our local paper, THE NORTHLAND AGE, November 8, 2012.

“Keep out of debt and owe no man anything, except to love one another; …” We read that in the Bible, in Romans 13:8.  (The Amplified Bible).

“A clear conscience makes a soft pillow.”

WHY DO MOST PEOPLE DO NOT STEAL?

NOT

BUT

I am learning that …

… most people do NOT steal because they fear GOD, …

They do not steal because stealing is wrong. The Bible, the word of God, says, “‘YOU SHALL NOT STEAL.'”  End of story! That is also one of the ten commandments. The Bible says also that we must work, that we must do something usefull with our hands. When we work and do something usefull with our hands, we have something to share with those in need. Please read Ephesians 4:28.

… BUT that they do not steal because they fear MEN.

They are afraid that they get caught by the police. They are fearful not only to lose their reputation but they are also fearful that they lose their job. 

Most people have the wrong kind of FEAR. The Bible says, “Fear God and keep his commandments, …” Ecclesiastes 12:13 

To win The Reformation Experience, tell us  which historical figure you’d like to have dinner with and why.

I wrote:

John Calvin

10. 07. 1509 – 27. 05. 1564

One of the many questions I would ask him is why he listened to FAREL (preacher) when he told him that God would curse him if he did not do his work in Geneva.