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Today's Thought - The Archives
The end of the book written | Colossians 3:3
Matching shirt and tie | Psalms 37:34 For those that work in offices, like I do,
have you ever noticed when someone has bought a new shirt and matching tie?
There is usually something in the tie that picks out the colour of the shirt
and significantly highlights that particular colour…[more] Most people consider cold climate surfers
and divers crazy. But there is a
special reward that this unique group of enthusiasts receive from the natural
world they visit. [more]
Lighthouse view | Hebrews 13:8 The other day I saw two different views of
the same magnificent lighthouse. The
first was of this wonderful strong white structure firmly planted on top of a
tall headland.
[more]
Just sit and enjoy | Psalms 37:11 Teenage music is not on my most enjoyable
list. And thus my teens regularly
remind me of how old I am getting. But
the other day they taught me a very important lesson!
[more]
Spots ‘n wrinkles |
1 Samuel 16:7b The world we live in is all about
marketing – making things look good, with the assumption that things are
first-class! Fruit, particularly, is promoted as looking and tasting
wonderful. [more] A rubber band is only useful when it’s
stretched! Imagine someone with expensive braces on their teeth with no
rubber bands – it just doesn’t work anywhere near as well!
[more]
Terrorism hysteria | Philippians 4:4,6 The television news shrieked the
warning. The newspaper headings, the
internet headlines and the radio broadcasts – all said the same thing! “Heathrow airport, the world’s busiest
airport, was under imminent threat of a terrorist attack.” [more] It was teacher-training day, and we were
engaged in a fun group activity called ‘the swamp’. Two teams were given the challenge of
getting each blindfolded member through a ‘radioactive’ maze of objects using
only vocal commands. If there were any
touches of objects a mishap occurred and the blind participant would need to start
again. [more]
This is what I want | Isaiah 64:8
Being a father requires incredible amounts
of patience at times. Today was one of those days! Harry was sitting chatting
to a friend on the front balcony when his daughter Cassie interrupted the
conversation. She slunk unobtrusively
to her father’s ear and whispered her obvious displeasure, quietly, so the
guest could not hear.
[more]
Thrown out meal |
2 Chronicles
2:14 My wife spent hours preparing for a
‘Christmas in July’ function, planning, decorating and cooking for a large
number. The months of hard work were
starting to pay off with plenty of expectant people booking and paying, and
final preparations being put in place.
[more] You’ve probably heard the saying, “Boys
will be boys!” Well let me give you an
example to prove it true yet again! Growing up with an older brother meant he
and I were always looking for new, fun and exciting ideas. So one day, during March fly (larger than a
normal house fly) season, we decided to try an experiment.
[more]
Beginning, end
and in between | Joshua 1:9 As a child long
trips were something our family did once or twice a year. It meant sitting in the back seat, watching
everything go by as we slowly travelled the highway to our destination.
[more] Let me give you a shortened version of a
rather long story. As a child I had
the privilege of growing up working every weekend in our family’s banana
plantation. We all worked very hard,
but when we (the children) were young we laboured in the morning and then in
the afternoons we were allowed to play.
[more] “Sitting like a shag
on a rock” was a well-used saying in years gone by – not used as much in the
21st century! What did it mean? A person stands out, stand alone from other
people. Do you know someone like this? Are you this person?
[more] Sand and soap don’t often mix together.
But there has been a product available for many years – Solvol
– that is exactly that. It’s been used
by people who work with their hands for removing engrained dirt from a hard
day’s labour.
[more]
Media impact personalised |
Matthew
28:19 What a way to spend Boxing Day? Finding
out about the huge tsunami in What does your vehicle do when it’s on
empty? Some have a flashing light;
others make a sound, where my car merely shows an orange light indicating
about 50 kilometres are left before I run out of fuel.
[more] For those of you who run a business or
professionally work on an ‘on-call’ basis I am sure the novelty wears off
sooner rather than later. A good friend of mine runs a business where every
second or third weekend he is rostered on for ‘call outs’
[more] At our home we have a spare room. Having recently shifted, this was the last
room to really be given ‘unpacking’ attention, and thus became a dumping
ground for things that we weren’t sure about keeping.
[more] Remember the last time you went to a
‘show’… the one where there are amusement rides, agricultural displays…and the
‘fairy floss’! Sometimes they have the amusement sideshow where the stronger
males, and sometimes the tougher females, pick up a sledge hammer, hit a
large pad, trying to raise a weight to hit the bell.
[more] Removing weeds from my lawn can be a time
consuming process. Sometimes the weeds
come out easily, but like the other day, there are those weeds that are
stubborn and refuse to come out without a great deal of attention.
[more]
Leash
Puller |
Proverbs
15:31, 32 Given the new dog in our household, most
members of the family have now taken on the role of being leash pullers. Taking this pup for a walk can be a
pleasant experience, but it requires vigilance, watching for desired
behaviours over the undesired.
[more]
A
pleasing trickle |
Ephesians 3:20
Macaroni
and cheese |
Matthew 14:31 Avocado and Marmite – on toast for
breakfast Honey and Peanut Butter – great on toast Cucumber, Tomato and Onion – lovely on a
hot summer’s evening Salt and Pepper – on top of tomato
[more]
Order
and pay |
Philippians 4:13 Having recently ordered a lovely new
lounge suite, my wife excitedly threw out the old furniture and launched into
redesigning the lounge room ready for the new items. She did not have to think another moment
about the new suite coming - it was on order!
[more]
Father’s
heart connected
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Isaiah 54:7 Having recently ordered a lovely new
lounge suite, my wife excitedly threw out the old furniture and launched into
redesigning the lounge room ready for the new items. She did not have to think another moment
about the new suite coming - it was on order!
[more]
Automatic
protection system |
Ephesians 6:10 Next time something touches your eye, take
notice of the speed your body reacts.
There’s not time for you to think consciously, rather it’s an
automatic protection system. The other day I was edging my lawn, and a piece
of mulch flicked off the machine and headed straight for my eye. Before knowing anything about the missile,
my left eyelid had automatically detected and reacted to this foreign object.
[more] What a fabulous word!! So many different things describe this
utterance. Let me paint some pictures – picking up a fish; jelly on a wall;
gripping a greased hand; a robber in the night; picking up soap in the bath.
[more]
If you are a weather expert you will know
all about this potentially disastrous natural phenomena. Over the last few years the east coast of Australia
has increasingly faced the effects of this growing problem – El Nino – is
when cooler sea temperatures bring dry air over a continent.
[more]
Double
movement |
Ephesians 5:16, 17, 18 How often do you
look into the sky and study the movements of the clouds? Because I am one of
those weird early morning types, I recently rose well before dawn and
wandered outside to greet the day. It
was several days after full moon and in the sky were scattered clouds.
[more]
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