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Today's Thought - The Archives
July Self-monitoring feeding system | Matthew 6:33
July 2, 2006 Diesel, our family’s favourite canine, I’m convinced, regularly smiles at me. When he’s... [more]
July 3, 2006 Beyond foundations | 1 Corinthians 13:12 I live in a new housing estate. Constantly new homes are being erected. In one section a project home company bought four blocks facing onto a natural area, intending to build homes. The earth movers levelled... [more]
July 4, 2006 Recovery time | 1 Timothy 4:7 8
Why does a person exercise? I
had so many different answers...
[more]
July 5, 2006
Some people suffer worse than others, but everyone I ‘ve talked to says that
after completing a long international flight your body takes... [more]
July 6, 2006
But this time, with camera in hand, was a different experience. Exercise
became increasingly spasmodic as... [more] July 7, 2006
In my white sugar container
on my kitchen bench I have noticed an incredibly profound ‘life’ lesson
happening about once a week. It is my task to…
[more]
July 8, 2006 Bacteria cafeteria | 1 John 1:7
People in the medical
profession, and those interested in cleanliness, will be very aware that some
things we touch... [more]
The first thing you notice is a minute tenderness on your finger. When
you investigate further you see a small black spot under the skin...
[more] July 10, 2006
On the radio was a promo for a current affair documentary about Australia’s
heaviest person, and the weight he’d lost recently. Have you ever had...
[more]
July 11, 2006 Snow in summertime | Colossians 2:2b,3
Having reached autumn, and
thus surviving a long hot tropical summer, it’s hard to even think about snow
this time of year. [more] July 12, 2006
Driving every morning in
peak hour traffic is never a joyous experience, so the local rock station
provides welcome distraction to watching car brake lights. The cars were
bumper to bumper, and as usual, several cars were weaving between lanes. I was
listening...
[more] July 13, 2006
It is a frustrating
experience to have a slow leak in your car or bike tyre. If you are anything
like me, you don’t look at your tyres very often, and so you don’t notice the
pressure decreasing. [more]
July 14, 2006
What would be much more unusual, though, would be turning into a new
supermarket aisle and seeing an adult... [more]
July 15, 2006 My current home gives me many new perspectives on things. One that I noted only recently was the flight path to my city’s main airport. Even though I live thirty minutes drive away, my new home is obviously under one of the inbound flight paths. The seeming pedestrian pace of the large jumbo jets... [more]
July 16, 2006
I went with the full intention of getting second hand tyres fitted to my car.
They were cheaper, and I was selling my car in several weeks time. But when
the manager walked into the office...
[more]
July 17, 2006 What’s left? | Colossians 2:10a Take …
…and
what are you left with?
[more]
July 18, 2006
Do they really exist?
Weapons of mass destruction (WMD)? Is there really any evidence that...
[more]
July 19, 2006 Cold morning thick honey | Ezekiel 36:26
I grew up with a tradition that continues in our family even today. On cold
mornings honey would never... [more] July 20, 2006 Upon hearing the sound have you ever looked for the plane as it flies overhead? As you look down the street, have you seen someone slam a car door? In the distance have you heard the sound of an axe chopping wood?
When was the last time you sat in a coffee shop and heard the sound of a
familiar voice?
[more]
July 21, 2006 Sit. Wait. Go! | Lamentations 3:26
July 22, 2006
Holding the veil
| Isaiah 62:5b
The celebrant said the
appropriate words. The photographers were poised, fingers on the button, eye
focused on this newly married couple. The wedding guests were sitting on the
edges of their seat, waiting for that intimate touch of two lips. Then as the
groom was about to proceed, the bride...
[more]
July 23, 2006 Flick the switch | Psalms 37:3
I was drilling holes for
nailing down our new deck. Everything
was going fine until I broke the first of three drill bits.
[more]
July 24, 2006
My son
recently started shaving and decided to buy an electric razor - he no longer
needed his relatively new ‘Extreme Three’ blades. He decided to...
[more]
July 25, 2006 Left till last… again! | Psalms 64:10
Have you noticed that some
kids are always last? Picture this, your class goes out to their PE lesson,
and you line up with everyone else. The teacher chooses two captains,
but of course, you never...
[more] July 26, 2006
Ever looked into a bucket
of worms? Imagine a wriggling, squirming mass of living... [more] July 27, 2006 Clean Slate Act | Psalms 103:12
On the radio came the special announcement, New Zealand parliament had
legislated a new law – the Clean Slate Act. Citizens that had received... [more]
July 28, 2006
The power of choice
| Luke 22:42b
People lose weight, gain
muscle, make money, become nicer – all through the power of choice. What
decisions do you have... [more] July 29, 2006
The changing sound of
inside
| 2
Corinthians 5:17
When was the last time you listened to sound of a filling bottle. Do it
now if you need to, but for those that can remember, what happens when you... [more]
July 30, 2006 First time ever | Romans 11:33
The task was simple –
ripping up our existing lino floor covering and replacing it with an off-white
tile. Sounds simple! Tiling quotes came in well
outside the budget, and my wife and I decided to do it ourselves. [more] July 31, 2006 Twice a day the water rises up the beach, cleansing the sand. All the footprints, sand castles and other accumulated paraphernalia is washed away. It’s back to squeaky clean! [more]
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