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Today's Thought - The Archives
November The old lady | Psalms 46:1 & Deuteronomy 31:6 Looking out my window, there it was - a dark cloud in the sky! ‘Wow, it sure will rain heavily today,’ I told myself. Immediately it did, as I watched the people in the street running to find shelter. [more]
November 2, 2007 The Driver* had reached fifty years of age, the age of Jubilee. As members of the family, we all gathered to celebrate. We were about twenty people in all, with ages ranging over seven decades. [more]
November 3, 2007 Contingency plans | Matthew 28:20b All plans were finalized for the church picnic till one of our church elders asked an important question at our final planning meeting. Do we have plan B”? He asked. [more]
November 4, 2007 Summer winter | Revelations 3:17 I sat and let the sun bathe my face and warm my heart on this fresh June morning. Winter solstice has just happened – the shortest day of the year. (In the northern hemisphere, it is the longest day of the year!) [more]
November 5, 2007 Watch me! | 1 Peter 3:12 (NIV) "Mommy, watch me! Watch me!" [more]
November 6, 2007 Cocktail party conversations | James 5:16 (NIV)
Ever had a conversation where you answered questions that hadn’t even been
asked yet? You say ‘fine’ before the other person asks ‘How have you
been?’… Or ‘you’re welcome’ before the other person says ‘thanks’.
[more]
November 7, 2007 Pass the parcel | James 1:2-4 (TM) When my son turned two we had a small party with a few of his friends. One of the party games we played is called ‘Pass the Parcel’. In the game, the children sit in a circle and pass around a wrapped parcel while music plays. When the music stops... [more]
November 8, 2007 I looked through the most creative wedding album I’d ever. Not one shot was posed. Rather, the photographer had just moved around amongst the people throughout the ceremony, casually and spontaneously taking awesome shots of faces, expressions… captured moments in time. [more]
November 9, 2007
On a national day, two brothers stood in an outdoor meeting listening to
their father give a brief Christian talk. At the finish, the father said to
everyone, "A transcript of this talk is freely available to anyone who would
like it."
[more]
November 10, 2007
This year has been a hard year for my plants. During the summer months,
because of the shortage of water, they started going dormant. A few of the
less hardy plants even died.
[more]
November 11, 2007
We were discussing my next book and how it would look in print. The
professional book printer talked about the quality of the cover, the
thickness of the paper, the size of the book and the gutter.
[more]
November 12, 2007 Extra blessings | Psalm 5:12(NIV)
When I was a kid it was always exciting to go to the corner store and buy a
box of candy-coated popcorn called CrackerJack; there was always a prize at
the bottom of the box. [more] November 13, 2006 Vessel of honour | 2 Corinthians 4:7
Whenever I enter Madang Resort Hotel (www.madangresort.com)
I usually like to visit their small art and craft gallery. There you see
different types of traditional artefacts all polished up and lined up for
market. Traditional bows and arrows... [more]
November 14, 2007
I needed a storage cupboard for my office recently, so we headed off to
IKEA – the leaders in the ‘flat pack’
furniture industry. [more] November 15, 2007 Prescription filled | James 1:21
You enter the chemist shop with your recently received prescription. The
doctor instructed you to take these for your worsening medical
situation. With the medicine exchanged for money, you head home for a coffee
and a rest. You’re tired! [more]
November 16, 2007
I selected a number of new shrubs for the garden and then searched the large
nursery for a Pineapple Sage. There was just one plant left of this variety.
It was old, overgrown for the small pot... [more]
November 17, 2007
I viewed a goalkeeper in soccer as merely ‘the last line of defence’ with no
role to play in scoring goals until recently. It was a pleasant surprise,
then, to read a Sports analyst’s comment saying that the goalkeeper... [more] November 18, 2007 Ironic cost | 1 Thessalonians 5:17
Prayer impacts so much from the start that when you pray for others, it may
cost them dearly. Jesus prayed for His disciples...
[more]
November 19, 2007
I’m sitting at my desk at work, reading a business card pinned on the
bulletin board. It says ‘A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel’.
I’ve just finished reading an e-mail from a good friend telling me that his
daughter and her husband are getting a divorce...
[more] November 20, 2007
A group of ladies from our parish gathered for tea and scones at a local
café. The youngest, in her late twenties, seemed to be the focus of
conversation. Comments and questions being fired at her began to make her
feel a bit uncomfortable. [more]
November 21, 2007
The vocabulary of two-year-old Samuel is expanding every day. Unfortunately,
he doesn’t come with a translator! One of his favourite words at the moment
is ‘wolp’. You won’t find it in the dictionary, but if you were to observe
Samuel for a while you would soon see what it means.
[more] November 22, 2007
What does this word conjure in your mind? Fine jewellery, cross stitch, a
piece of art, chamber music rendition, an intricate spider’s web? [more] November 23, 2007 Perfectly perfect | Isaiah 43:25
In a small shop, I found the perfect card for a special birthday. The
picture on the front was beautiful and the wording inside was appropriate.
[more] November 24, 2007 Sight problem | Colossians 3:1 (NLT)
According to medical science, there are usually two types of ‘sight
problems’. Shortsightedness means being able to see nearby objects clearly
while struggling to see distant things. Long-sightedness, on the other
hand, is exactly the opposite.
[more] November 25, 2007 Chainsaw salvation | Philippians 3:10
The hundred-year-old jacaranda trees had provided a beautiful boundary
around the grassy fields, witnessing many picnics and games over the years.
But severe winds had brought down several branches, showing up numerous
cracks and broken sections in some trees. [more] November 26, 2007 Have you
ever heard a star sing?
[more] November 27, 2007 Feeling warm inside | Galatians 6:9
Imagine a wood fire crackling in the corner of the room, a comfortable
chair, the sound of rain on the roof, a nice cup of hot chocolate on the
side table and a good book to read. [more] November 28, 2007
It had become a desperate matter … there was an hour to wait for my computer
repair to be finished, and seeing I didn’t know the area, I couldn’t find a
toilet. Thus, the closest pub seemed like the best solution. [more] November 29, 2007 Hummingbird’s chorus | Psalms 66:5
Sitting on the deck and reading, at the end of particularly stressful day, I
heard what sounded like a huge bumblebee. [more] November 30, 2007
In recent years ‘pet therapy’ has been officially recognized as
health-giving. It is now understood that children and the elderly...
[more]
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