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Quoting Quotes
I was passing my husband’s study, and thinking of other things on my way to the kitchen, when I heard an astonishing statement: ‘We don’t need any more positive people!’ This pulled me up short. I’m used to hearing leaders … Continue reading
Posted in A Personal relationship with God, Devotions and Reflections, Faith, Hope, Life Challenges
Tagged 1 Corinthians 15: 20 and 23, being optimistic, belonging to Christ, COVID-19, fear about the future, hope, Jean Kerr, Jonah, Mignon McLaughlin, New Living Translation of the Bible, our resurrection from the dead, pandemic, positive people, the apostle Paul, the resurrection of Jesus, trusting Jesus
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Be Ready! Don’t Miss the Connections!
Last Sunday morning, after checking my emails, I saw the time on my computer – 9.30 am. I realised it was getting late, so I shut down while my husband headed to his den to pray. ‘It’s a quarter to ten’, … Continue reading
Be Ready! Don’t Miss the Connections!
Last Sunday morning, after checking my emails, I saw the time on my computer – 9.30 am. I realised it was getting late, so I shut down while my husband headed to his den to pray. ‘It’s a quarter to ten’, … Continue reading
Going into a Nursing Home
Don’t get excited, we’re not moving! This post is only about a visit we made a couple of weeks ago; not to book a place, but to offer some friendly cheer for Father’s Day. We smiled at all the elderly … Continue reading
Posted in Devotions and Reflections, God's care for everyone, Hope
Tagged 'Amazing Grace', a different church culture, a final journey, a final place, a final prayer, Aged Care, elderly residents, gifts for Father's Day, holding the hand of Jesus, peace at death, Samoan hymn, Sharing God's love, the old hymns, visitors singing
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Our Times are in His Hands
At this time of the year I like to post our Christmas mail early. As I look at my list, I wonder, how many of them are still alive since last year? We’re often only in touch at Christmas and I … Continue reading
Posted in A Personal relationship with God, Devotions and Reflections, God's care for everyone, Hope
Tagged being ready to die, cards, Christmas letters, dementia, funerals, God has the authority over death, losing friends in old age, sewing for charity, visiting before they die, wartime internment
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Joy at the News!
A few weeks ago our church family received some wonderful news. We’d all watched a video clip of a past segment from the TV show, The Biggest Loser. A participant said that he believed he and his wife would one day have … Continue reading
Squinting into the Sun
Here is one of the few photos I have of my mother with me. It was taken with a Box Brownie camera in the back garden of our home. In this small, blurry photograph, Mum is squinting into the sun as … Continue reading