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*&^% HAPPY BIRTHDAY 2 *&^% | Isaiah 55:11 It’s not beginning of the calendar year, but it is the New Year for TT! That’s right, Today’s Thought turns TWO today! [more]
April From a distance | Psalms 42:8a As I arrived she was leaving the supermarket. She was wearing white, plenty of jewellery, wavy shoulder length blonde hair, and finished off with... [more]
April Lollipop disaster | Colossians 3:15 Opening bags of lollipops and filling the container was kind of a ‘no-brain’ job. I was getting through the twenty bags really well till the final one. Whilst ripping at top... [more]
April Eva reminded me… | 2 Timothy 2:22 NLT
The ten year old girl rushed up to me, “You’ve got to come and meet my mum,” [more]
April Turn on the light | 1 Peter 2:24b As you take each step it is couched with tentativeness, knowing that there are objects around but not sure exactly where they are. You bump into one or two things, and finally kick your toe so it really hurts. [more]
April
The air was humid, laden with expectation of the coming seasonal rains.
There were no guarantees, just hope and belief that they would come.
[more]
April The great Aussie wave | Psalms 3:4,5
It covers the breadth
and width of Australia – the famous Aussie wave! And what, you ask, is
that? In our country, particularly during hot dry times, there are usually...
[more]
April
Imagine yourself arriving in a strange place. You quickly realize that you
need to ask for directions. “Yes, I know where that is,” says the helpful
person. “Take the third street...
[more]
Oops… missed! | Ecclesiastes 3:1,17b
Throwing rubbish in the bin in my household is a bit of a mystery. Most of
the family merely deposits rubbish in the appropriate container and move on. [more]
April Learning software | Ephesians 2:13
Sometimes… it’s sooooo frustrating learning new software.
REMINDER: It's not often... | Isaiah 55:11a
...that I send out a reminder, but I wanted to encourage as many as possible
to take the five to ten minutes needed to complete TT's TWO YEAR
SURVEY. [more]
April
The cold snap over the last 24 hours has brought some of the lowest
temperatures in recorded history for summertime. But as I stand here... [more]
April
I am so excited! It’s been four years in the waiting, but recently I
celebrated the achievement of a goal – to finally have a laptop, allowing me
to sit on my new deck and write in the early morning sunshine! [more]
April
It was a game, and I was the victim. There I was as a very young and
immature teen, sitting at the back of my school bus, being peppered with
heaps of questions by this marauding pack of hungry older teens. All they
wanted was a laugh, but painfully, at my expense!...
[more]
April
Jacob was excited. It was his first time at the ScienceCentre – a hands-on
science exposition for kids. In fact, all his classmates were excited, but
Jacob was certainly the one almost unable to hold back his exuberance for
the new adventure. He was put in my group for a reason. [more]
April Vomit consumption | Galatians 5:17b
Our dog, in fact most dogs, tend to go back to their vomit! What a
disgusting thought? Our dog does this quite regularly. Then I started to
think...
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First plane out | Psalms 121:2
The roar of the first jet out knifed the predawn stillness. It was
noticeable, even when I was busy exercising. I happen to live over the
flight path for planes leaving my city to southern destinations. In the
cold winter stillness, the blazing lights of the exiting plane announce the
arrival of the new day.
[more]
April
The kids burst out of the car fighting. At the supermarket it didn’t look
like things were going to change and mum’s face showed tired frustration.
Then came those tell tale words. She just couldn’t be silent any longer! [more]
April Taxi or take off | Philippians 3:15 TM
I sat on the hill overlooking the airport watching the first two planes of
the day prepare for departure. Before long both were moving, their
navigation lights flashing their intention. They were headed in the same
direction, moving along the runway, but the noise soon uncovered a
difference I hadn’t noticed.
[more]
April
“You cannot change
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April
Walking past the large electricity pylon was nothing new – they are on my
daily walking track! But as I looked up this particular day I noted
something unique. I had never noticed this particular device on the metal
structure before. [more]
April
I stood on a stick (nothing unusual about that) but it did something rather
weird. As I lifted my back foot... [more]
April Right turn disaster | Romans 12:2
My brother’s home is on street corner where many cars turn right. Recently
a new estate was established, extending this road and making the right hand
turn into a T-intersection.
[more]
April
I’ve noticed that some people always seem to keep things in order. They
maintain their cars, repair their homes … even mow their lawns, at the
proper times. Other people, me included...
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April How close is OK? | Ecclesiastes 10:10
Travelling on a freeway requires appropriate distances between cars. The
faster the speed, the greater distance needed for possible emergencies! [more]
April
Queenslanders and Australians are known for coming back in the dying minutes
of the game. Let me be more specific … in the game I love watching, rugby
league, I have witnessed many times where my teams, the
Maroons or the
Kangaroos, were behind at half time.
[more]
April
A father arrived home with a big pile of work he needed to finish. His
kindergarten daughter looked at the pile and asked, “Daddy, why are you
working so hard? Why do you always bring work home?” [more]
April
How recently have you opened processed cheese? Various cheese producers
package individual slices of this yellow dairy food especially for
sandwiches. On each slice is a covering of plastic and near the end of the
plastic is a red line, designed to assist the cheese lover open the
wrapping. [more]
April
In angry frustration she snapped the pen, loudly declaring, “I only got to
eight!” My sister just couldn’t concentrate anymore - not to even write her
husband’s name. [more]
April It’s a write off | Ezekiel 36:26
My wife had an accident in her car. A truck drove into the side of her
treasured sports car. She wasn’t injured, but the vehicle was all smashed
down one side. [more]
April
Walking through bush on my morning walk I noticed this graffiti. This was
very unusual because of its distance from buildings and people. In the
middle of a forest, not the place you would expect to see street art! [more] Copyright
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