Friendship and Gratitude

“A friend loves at all times.” So declares Proverbs 17:17. As I reflect on friendship, the greatest friends that always comes to mind are David and Jonathan from the Bible’s Old Testament.
My gratitude list:
Without mentioning why, the other day, Saturday, God blest me with wonderful caring friends off- and online: Liz Ringrose (UK), Wendi Friend [...]

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Crises. Hope. Comfort.

Why are you so downcast, O my soul?
Crises come in many forms. Sometimes they come one after another. When things become seemingly hopeless we become angry, bitter, indifferent. We even blame God. I was guilty of this. Like many, my crises, too, are on top of each other and have asked “Why God?” endless times.
I [...]

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Lifter of my Head

“But you are a shield around me, O Lord;
You bestow glory on me and lift up my head.”
Psalm 3:3 (NIV)
Life is filled with ordinary days. My heart is not light and my shoulders droop. Then I remember Him. Who but the Lord, the Lifter of my head who promises to come to my rescue and [...]

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Tulips in the Snow

Tulips in the Snow
The photo “Tulips in the Snow” is a compliment of my Dutch friend Wim Vingerhoed, a Christian and Mozart enthusiast from Eindhoven. A lovely sight of yellow-coloured tulips in snow. Ik wens je een prettige dag.
It’s almost the end of summer here in Sydney, although at times we experience the four seasons [...]

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Faith. Act. Believe.

A reflection on Mark 2:1-12
I’d like to focus on an event in Mark 2:1-12 when Jesus healed a man with paralysis. As the story goes, Jesus went back home in Capernaum for a few days, and the crowd came back to see Him again. There was hardly any place to move. Eminent were the four [...]

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An Evening for Newcomers

The fairly informal ‘Evening for Newcomers’ was held at Chatswood Church of Christ on Friday 17th Feb 2006, from 6.3pm until a bit past 9pm. It was a get together primarily extended to newcomers and their families. I was invited and attended as a newcomer. Really, the term ‘newcomer’ can be loosely used. For it [...]

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When Morning Gilds the Skies

Tasman Sea from the Lighthouse
(c) Tel’s collection of Images
If my blog’s title is “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning”, we will all be most familiar with a popular song from an endeared Rodgers and Hammerstein’s one of earliest musicals “Oklahoma!”. But instead, I decided to use the title of one of my favourite childhood hymns of [...]

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Hope and Faithfulness

Our hope is built on nothing less than a foundation of God’s faithfulness.
Faith and a positive attitude will ease my efforts.
I am aware that tomorrow is a question on hold, but God knows exactly how life will unfold.
Verse to reflect on:
Daniel 7:9
“As I looked, thrones were set in place,
and the Ancient of Days took his [...]

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A Blessed Day

From midnight until the wee hours this morning, I decided to do a short reflective piece that focuses on verses from the holy scriptures: Mark 2:1-12 and Isaiah 43: 18-25. Being a writer, I write about anything, from business documents to inspirational and motivational pieces. But I’ve never ventured on a reflective piece with reference [...]

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How Great Thou Art

Southwest Rocks, Coffs Harbour
(c) Tel’s Collection of Images
I’d like to close the day with one of my lifelong favourites “How Great Thou Art”.
Words and Music by Carl G. Boberg and R.J. Hughes.

HOW GREAT THOU ART
O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the works Thy Hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear [...]

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