January 2012
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Paul in Rome
When Paul arrived in Rome - under the chains of a prisoner - the local Jews were not particularly hostile toward him. Certainly, they had heard the Christian ‘sect’ being spoken against, but they were keen to hear from Paul. They gave him opportunity, too.
I can just imagine how his lodgings must have quickly become overcrowded as each day passed and word spread. Increasing numbers of...
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Bible Reading Plan: Days 15 - 21
I’ve sat through far too may occupational health and workplace safety presentations to have missed this one!
With the benefit of 20/20 hindsight vision we can easily accuse Sarah (and Abraham!) of having no faith. But, really, wouldn’t we laugh too?
What is the lesson here? That God provides? That we should always remain faithful in giving? Both?
It may seem strange to...
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Similar, But Not The Same
Bible Reading Plan: Days 13-14
I remember reading and pondering on these chapters in Acts a few years ago. My thoughts then were about how various European explorers landed on various tropical islands and were thought to be gods. These explorers took advantage of the situation, enjoying the best of everything that was offered to them. Paul and Barnabas refused such adoration and worship. That...
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Bible Reading Plan: Day 11
It’s not just our bodies that need rest, our souls find rest in one place: Jesus.
Abram: he always thinks he knows best. Reminds me of … me?!
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Bible Reading Plan: Day 6
Where do you want you heart to be? Try placing your treasure there and your heart will surely follow. Remember, a treasure is much more than money, gold or silver. How do you spend your time?
Amen!
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Collins Dictionary Online →
This comprehensive website is an impressive addition to the world of online dictionaries. Simply enter a word on the homepage and you’ll soon find yourself perusing a page of interesting information that moves beyond the parts of speech and definitions. Without moving away from the word’s page, you will find audio pronunciations (British English), word origin, synonyms, and examples of...
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Bible Reading Plan: Day 3
I’m loving the balance of Old and New Testament readings. It’s fun diving straight into Ezra and the rebuilding of the Temple whilst also exploring the activities of the early church.
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Bible Reading Plan: Day 2
Jesus tells us to seek His kingdom as our first priority and that the rest of our daily needs will follow (Matthew 6:31-34). That’s my new year attitude.
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New Year, New Bible Reading Plan
Last year I made my way through the Life Application Study Bible Devotion, aligned to the New Living Translation, and made freely available by YouVersion. I enjoyed the variety of verses highlighted by this plan, but for 2012 I am keen to follow a more challenging reading plan. Hence, I began the M’Cheyne One Year Reading Plan on the 1st January, 2012. I like the ease of using YouVersion...
December 2011
8 posts
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Etymological Fun!
A nifty site for word lovers.
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When life acquires a banausic rhythm
When days roll into months;
Just pause.
Listen.
Hear the melody?
Sung by that still, small voice.
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“Love is wont to rest where reason won’t abide.”
– @goldenskye
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In stillness
these oppressive thoughts obtrude her weary mind.
What restlessness those thoughts incite!
And sleep escapes
once more.
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“An edict is merely an endpoint to a prelude.”
– @goldenskye
November 2011
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Der Freund - The Friend (excerpt)
Not only the ripening fruit, but also the flowers are beautiful.
Whether the fruit serves the flower or the flower the fruit only — who knows?
Yet both are given to us. Costly, rare blooms — sprung from the freedom of the playful, brave, and trusting spirit in a happy hour — such is the friend to the friend.
Playful, at first, on the far journeys of the spirit, into wonderful, distant...
October 2011
3 posts
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3D Sun: Double Eruption →
1st October, 2011
September 2011
3 posts
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We love because he first loved us. →
1 John 4:19 ESV
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A picture is worth a thousand words
Yet, what if those one thousand words should kindle imagination; surely worth ten thousand more?
August 2011
3 posts
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My soul, my heart, my mind is Yours
In love, in truth, completely Yours
Delighted I am a captive
Yes
Captive of my own volition.
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“That which is expedient today may prove expensive tomorrow.”
– @goldenskye
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Chasten me.
Criticise.
Go ahead: sabotage my path!
There’s no more harm that you can do.
… I am my own antagonist.
July 2011
5 posts
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“Ignore the soothsayers, only time will tell if Facebook is indomitable. #google+”
– @goldenskye
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Hoping to impress, he penned a highfalutin verse.
Lacking in success, he bemoaned his demotic tongue.
- @goldenskye
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Should disparate memories coalesce.
In one moment.
For a time.
Would rosy hues tinge a fresco?
Or darkness coat a sombre frieze?
- @goldenskye
From Mosh Pit To Slosh Pit: Toowoomba Community...
Queens Park less than a few hours before being battered by torrential rain.
It was a beautiful day. Perfect. And this was to be a perfect night, the highlight of the music festival, the moment when all that had gone before – the deluge, the mess, the loss: all of it – would meld into the distant pass, each memory less painful with every rhythmic movement of the mosh pit. Then it began. Rain....
June 2011
5 posts
“The Lord (#H3068) bless (#H1288) thee, and keep (#H8104) thee:
The Lord...”
– Numbers 6:24-25 with Strong’s Concordance references:
Y@hovah: The existing one, the proper name of the one true God. #H3068
Barak: To bless, kneel, to praise, salute, curse. #H1288
Shamar: To keep, guard, observe, give heed. #H8104
Paniym: Face. #H6440
‘owr: To be or become light,...