Archive for July, 2007
21.07.07
Ich habe geweint, weil ich keine Schuhe hatte, bis ich einen traf, der keine Fuesse hatte.
G. Leopardi
I wept, because I did not have any shoes until I met someone who did not have any feet.
Weihnachten im September (Zeugnis)
Posted by werner in Short Stories German on July 19, 2007
Das Bild ganz unten wurde heute am 19.07. geknipst. Weihnachten haben wir das ganze Jahr hier.
Aber nun zu ‘Weihnachten im September’
Man erzaehlte mir von einer Frau, die an einem Schaufenster eine Weihnachtskrippe betrachtete und zu ihrer Begleiterin sagte:”Sieh dir das einmal an, nun bringen sie sogar Religion in die Weihnachtszeit.”
Ich selbst war damals noch nicht so weit heruntergekommen, sondern wusste, dass Weihnachten mit der Kirche und der Bibel zu tun hatte. Aber das war auch alles zu jener Zeit. Weihnachten bedeutete fuer mich Weihnachtsferien, einen Weihnachtsbaum, den wir uns aus dem nahen Wald holten- was ueberhaupt nicht erlaubt war-ein bunter Teller mit allerlei Suessigkeiten, Geschenke und in der Schule gab es jedes Jahr ein Weihnachtsspiel, bei dem ich auch mitwirkte. So war es bis zu meinem achtzehnten Geburtstag. Um diese Zeit wollte ich den eigentlichen Sinn des Lebens wissen: Wo komme ich her, wo gehe ich hin ? Was bedeutet alles, was dazwischen liegt? Ich wusste, dass ich auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit war. Warum wohl?
Die Bibel war in unserem Haus. Sie wurde sogar gelesen- von meiner Mutter. Sie verstand die Bibel und sie verstand auch zu beten. Sie betete fuer ihren Sohn. Heute verstehe ich den Vers in der Bibel, wo Jesus sagt:”Ich bin der Weg und die Wahrheit und das Leben.” (John 14:6) Jesus ist die Wahrheit. Er ist auch der Weg, der einzige Weg zu Gott. Wir sind Suender und benoetigen die Gerechtigkeit, die uns nur Jesus geben kann, um vor Gott, dem Vater, bestehen zu koennen. Der Herr Jesus Christus ist das Leben.
Vor dem 18. September 1958 dachte ich, ich lebte. Aber es war kein Leben. Es war ein Leben im Elend. Erst seit dem 18.09. 58 weiss ich, was das richtige Leben ist. Seit diesem Tag weiss ich auch, was die Bedeutung des Weihnachtsfestes ist:” Der Herr, Jesus Christus, wurde in diese Welt geboren, um fuer meine Suenden zu sterben.
Der Engel sagte den Hirten auf dem Felde von Bethlehem:”Euch ist heute der Retter geboren, welcher ist der Messias, der HERR, in der Stadt Davids.” (Luke 2:11)
So ist Weihnachten fuer mich im September, weil ich am 18. September erlebte, dass fuer mich Jesus Christus, der Retter, geboren ist!
wd
18.07.07
I am interested in computers:
Nothing could be farther from the truth I read that a deleted file is gone forever.
Also an email is living forever.
Now I understand better when the Lord Jesus Christ says in Matthew 12:36, ” But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.”
17.07.2007
A couple of days ago I received an email with the following signature:
Whakapono ki a koe Believe in Yourself
The Bible, the Word of God says:”Believe in the Lord Jesus,”……. Acts 16:31 New Testament
BLOOD
Posted by werner in Short Stories English on July 15, 2007
On the leaflet I picked up today was written ‘NZBLOOD’ with a drop of blood dripping from the letter N. It continued ‘Give someone a gift of life…..Give Blood At…. ‘ and then the place.
In this case it was the Kaitaia Children’s Complex. And then the exact time. (Day, Date and Hour)
I get from this that blood is a gift of life. Blood is life.
Some more important Facts on Blood
Each donation is able to help up to three people- blood donors are literally life savers. There is no substitute for human blood-healthy donors are the only source of supply.
The Bible in the Old Testament (Leviticus 17:11) says also,” For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.”
You ask now,”Why is blood necessary to make atonement (At onement, harmony)?”
God demands blood because he said to Adam,” for when you eat of it you will surely die.” (Genesis 2:17 at the end-first book of the Bible) Then sin came into the world and brought death in. The word of God must be kept. The Bible says that the life of the flesh is in the blood. And when God demands blood in other words he demands life.
We have sinned and come short of the glory of God. It says so in Romans 3:23,”….for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,…” I must die for my sins or find some substitute to die in my stead. Only Christ was without sin, and therefore he could be my substitute. God loved us so much that he gave his only begotten son to die for us. Thank God for His love.
The Lord Jesus Christ died for me; and because he died for me, I love him. Because he died for me, I will serve him. He robbed death of its sting. He robbed the grave of its victory.
In sending His son to this earth God could be just and justify the ungodly.
Praise God!
14.07.07
The storm that hit Northland and Auckland has been described by Metservice’s Bob McDavitt as an ‘eggbeater’ phenomenon. This is caused by low pressure colliding with high pressure.
Two lows moved down the country close together . They squeezed against the high, blocking the lows’ movement. The resulting pressure gradient caused high winds. The unstable moist air mass of the lows released heavy rain on contact with the high.
The New Zealand Herald. 12.07. 07
Just like March- but worse
Kaitaia centimetres from calamity
Rainfall in Kaeo 272.5 mm (24 hours)
The Northland Age, July 12 2007
Northern News July 25, 2007 Storm costs: $ 49 million
BE ENCOURAGED
Posted by werner in Be Encouraged on July 4, 2007
Freedom
Psalm 119:45, ” I will walk in freedom, for I have devoted myself to your commandments.”
You are familiar with graffiti. Most of the time I cannot read it. But this time it was different. In big letters was written on the wall:” Take the law off our backs.”
Was that a cry for help? I think it was a cry for freedom.
Many years ago I read in Reader’s Digest and will not forget, what I read.” There is no real freedom without a sense of responsibility.”Who is right? The graffiti man or Reader’s Digest. Let the Bible, the Word of God be the judge. In Psalm 119:45 the psalmist says,” I will walk in freedom, for I have devoted myself to your commandments,” And in the same Psalm in verse 32 he cries out,” I run in the paths of your commands, for you have set my heart free.”
So the truth is that there is no freedom without a sense of responsibility. We are responsible to the law of God and we must also be responsible to the law of the land as long as it is not in conflict with the law of God. Then we have real freedom.
Let me conclude with an example. The law of this country dictates that we drive on the left side of the road. What if that was not a law? You can imagine the results. And of course our heart wants to be set free and has to be set free.
When we allow God’s word to be a lamp to our feet and a light for our path it will be set free indeed.
wd
4.7.2007
Food for the Body and food for the Soul
Franchise NZ Vol. 7 Issue 2 Winter 1998 printed 8 MAC FACTS.
One of them says this: “One new McDonald’s opens somewhere in the world every six hours. ”
In the Christian Magazin WORLDWIDE July/August 07 I read the following: “According to our former international research director, P. Johnstone, WEC is the fourth-largest church -planting mission agency in the world. The last time we counted, a church was being started by WEC missionaries every four or five days , somewhere in the world.”
But food for the soul is more important than food for the body.
BE ENCOURAGED
Posted by werner in Be Encouraged on July 2, 2007
Praying to the Lord
In Psalm 116 it says at the beginning,” I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long a I live.”
The Lord is answering prayers. It says in the Bible “You do not have, because you do not ask.” That is in James 4:2 at the end. Believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, who are washed in the blood of the lamb, love the Lord and have a living relationship with him. The Lord is answering our prayers and I personally believe that he is giving us more than we ask for. Just two examples from my own life: I love books. I love writing. From early childhood it was my desire to have to do with books. Selling them etc. I do not know why. The time came during my Bible School Time that I had to sell books almost every evening for a certain time. I sold Bibles and other Christian books. So I did not sell any kind of books but I sold books for the Lord.
I also had the desire to become a teacher in a State School. I never managed to become one. I trained as missionary instead . But the Lord gives us more than we ask for. During my time with the United Maori Mission I did not teach any kind of subject in one school but I was able to teach the Bible in many many Schools in the Mid North of Northland (NZ).
So, let us rejoice.
The Lord is answering our prayers and most of the time he is giving us more than we ask for, because he knows best and better.
wd