There is a mirror in the lounge room and it is quite sizeable. Cleaning it is quite a task, a task I have to admit that does not get done as often as it should. In fact the surface of the mirror was so dimmed that when I looked into it, it worried me to a state of...
We hate it when anybody is accused unjustly and there are those who say God is cruel and vindictive. They say it because God said that anybody who chose another god above him would be punished "to the third and fourth generation" (Ex 20:5). As a result, yes, God is...
The statement was made that we each choose how we will react to any given situation. We cannot control how others treat us but we do control how we react. It seemed logical but as I thought about it, doubts began to come to mind. I remembered an occasion among people...
There is a bowl of fruit on the table and its variety is enchanting. Some of the fruit is rough-skinned and some smooth; some is shiny and some is dull; some I can eat in one bite on the run and some I can chew my way through at my leisure. There is also a rainbow of...
Huffing and puffing, I pulled out weeds and dead undergrowth. I was working on a bank that was steep and it was easy to slip on the dry soil. Many of the shrubs had thick, dead undergrowth that stopped any water from reaching the soil, leaving it treacherously loose....
This morning I walked along the verandah, checking on my pot-plants. There were all sorts of plants grown from cuttings or gifted to me, most of them hardy and long lasting against the harsh summer sun. The most precious plant on the verandah was a small rosebush. I...
Here is a witty saying that came home to me with the force of reality some time ago – ‘Be careful what you pray for, it might come true.’ My friend from overseas concluded her letter with a prayer that I would have a lovely weekend, filled with warmth and sunshine. At...
It amuses me that Christianity is ridiculed because it lacks scientific evidence of its reality. Unbelievers demand proof and proof requires something that can be repeated with the same result each time, documented evidence and eye-witness accounts that confirm it....
A pleasure we allow ourselves is to feed the wild birds that come to our garden and we have quite a variety of them. Most become accepting of us over time and have no fear when we move about when they are there but we are curious about a family of magpies that visit...
The Train Driver was passionately aflame about driving trains so somebody asked him what inspired him. A far-away look came over his face and he told us why. This is what he said: ‘As a small boy growing up all things mechanical were interesting and exciting. In a...