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Today's Thought - The Archives
August
August 2, 2007 Bottom scratches | Proverbs 13:20 When was the last time you looked into the bottom of your coffee cup? [more]
August 3, 2007 It was unspoken good manners among country people to leave your front door key under the mat. If you were away for a day, or a week, or a year, and your neighbour, or a passing stranger, needed anything from your home, the key was there. [more]
August 4, 2007 The other day at a school anniversary, I was presented with the most beautiful bouquet I had seen for a long time. The array of colours grabbed my attention so much... [more]
August 5, 2007 Bar graph exposure | Luke 8:17b
Given the worst drought since my city began,
Brisbane, has just gone to Level 5
water restrictions. One of the requirements is NO use of hoses.
[more] August 6, 2007 In an effort to protect my two youngest ones, I pulled them back and quickly tried to shut the door. To my horror, I found that in the process I had injured one of my other sons, who was on the other side of the door. [more]
August 7, 2007 King of the world | John 10:28
She finally made it. This six-year-old potential mountain climber stopped,
looked through the narrow slit of the McDonald's fort and loudly declared... [more]
August 8, 2007
In high school, I played the flute in the concert band. We were
enthusiastic, energetic and impressive to listen to. My sheet music, on the
other hand, was less impressive... [more]
Fishing trip over | Romans 8:28
The couple walked out to their boat in the shallow lake. Then followed five
minutes of boat preparation, and eventually the motor was fired up. The
engine sounded fine, and after several test revs the husband started on
their latest fishing expedition.
[more]
August 10, 2007
Over time, we have become quite sarcastic towards this meteorological tool
and now we say, “So where’s the promised rain? It has not come … so where
is it?” [more]
August 11, 2007
What’s in a recipe? Merely words on a page, yet involves a chef or my wife
for that matter, and these words become delicious edibles within minutes for
both the eyes and the tummy. [more]
August 12, 2007 Absolute desperation | Luke 23:34a
The commentators were riveted to the game of rugby league. It was eighty
minutes of fast and furious running filled with body-punishing blows. Every
player was giving 100%! [more]
August 13, 2007
So many times I’ve heard myself say to my babies and toddlers, "If you'll
just hold still so I can change your diaper, this will be over faster and
you'll be all clean!"
[more]
August 14, 2007 The first time... | 1 John 4:17a
The first time...
I ever laid eyes on my wonderful wife, I saw this...
[more]
August 15, 2007
Our recent adventures saw our two-year-old son wake up in the middle of the
night, overwhelmed with the excitement of being in the car in the dark.
With eyes wide, he looked out through the open sunroof... [more] August 16, 2007
What is room temperature? Isn’t it whatever the temperature is within the
room at any particular time? But what happens if it’s incredibly hot, or
frigidly cold in the room, is it still ‘room temperature’?
[more]
August 17, 2007 Angry home-comer | Isaiah 61:1
Dad gives a party when his younger son comes home. He invites the
neighbours but the elder brother arrives late. He has been away for days
and did not know his brother had come home.
[more] August 18, 2007
It is difficult to forget that painful experience from a few years ago.
There I was carrying an X-ray report of my left wrist to an orthopaedic
doctor fearing the worst.
[more]
August 19, 2007
Taking the bread, only minutes out of the oven, cutting with the sharpest
knife, and then as the steamy odour rises, adding butter to this warm bake.
The crunchy crust crumbles to the bench as the smell invades the nostrils. [more]
Ever noticed how other people can't understand your toddler, but you can
translate every word?
[more] August 21, 2007
The sparkling droplets shined in the early morning brilliance. Everything
was fresh and clean like a brand new car, and my spirit was alive and well!
It was good to be alive! It had rained overnight!
[more]
August 22, 2007 The wandering albatross | Psalm 57:1
With a wing span of up to four meters, it is one of the world’s largest
birds. Spending up to ten years at sea at one time, the albatross is a
familiar sight for ships of the southern oceans...
[more] August 23, 2007
Surrounding Karawatha Forest are
trains, freeways filled with traffic, large housing estates, and busy
arterial roads. But as I walk...
[more]
August 24, 2007 In the fire line | Romans 13:11 & 12
Many years ago, in the middle of the night, we were threatened by a
bush-fire. It was as fierce as it was unexpected. Our daughter’s two horses...
[more]
August 25, 2007
When I was very young working in a large office building, I was about to be
transferred to a new department to work under a new boss. Several young
women came to me saying, "I feel so sorry for you, Mr. Weir is a..." [more] August 26, 2007
You see them all the time in the city - people that have all the right brand
names. Their clothes, handbags, caps, shoes, sunglasses, and plenty more,
all fitting the image they want to create. [more] August 27, 2007
They were all dressed and ready to go to the pool, and waiting for me. I
was trying to blow up the arm floaties for my toddlers to wear, and some of
them were more difficult than others to inflate. [more]
August 28, 2007
Getting married – it’s an exciting time of life! A couple desperately wants
to be together, with overflowing dreams, bursting energy and enthusiasm, and
amazing love for each other - the ‘world is their oyster’. [more] August 29, 2007
Recently I went to the movies. Wanting to beat the crowds, I pre-purchased
the ticket online. Stamped on my ticket were the words, 'VIP - Jump the
Queue’. [more] August 30, 2007
There are cars these days manufactured with reversing cameras, beeping
increasingly when you’re getting closer to something. How convenient for
those with a reversing inadequacy! [more] August 31, 2007 Mercy for the silent | Luke 18:13 He came into my office as he had done on numerous occasions before. He was quite an elderly gentleman but with the embodiment of health, temperance and love of life. His blue eyes twinkled, his smile ran in well-used tracks and his forehead was lofty. [more]
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2007 Today's Thought | 156 Macquarie Way | Drewvale 4116 | Australia |
Thomas,
one of my ten year old students, came from a very difficult background. His
Dad was in jail and his mother was illiterate. To compound matters, Thomas
had a severe learning disability, thus, school was a difficult experience.
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