(This was first written on 25. 08. 07 and the picture was added today)

When I picked up the paper today I read:

GOLD COAST HOLIDAY ESCAPES

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I was thinking straight away:

You cannot escape and get away from a guilty conscience! It goes with you wherever you go.

Families are like a box of chocolates…. mostly sweet, with a few nuts.

The word paradise is only mentioned three times in the New Testament, namely in Luke 23:43, Second Corinthians 12:4 and Revelation 2:7.

But surprise, surprise! I have before me a number of sheets of paper from a Real Estate publication. Obviously they have been ripped out of the book. On three pages the word paradise is mentioned four times, twice on one page. It goes like this, “Garden of Paradise in Crane Road– Cottage in Paradise– A slice of Paradise.” And the last one is really good, “Paradise found.” Look at that! “Paradise found!”

Do landagents know, that we are looking for more than just a roof over our heads, that we are longing for more than a house? Is that why we are finding advertisements like this, “Port in a Storm?”

What do you think?

Adam and Eve lived in a garden called paradise, a perfect place of absolute beauty. The word paradise is of Persian origin and the meaning is “enclosure.”

In Luke 23:43, Second Corinthians 12:4 and Revelation 2:7 the word paradise means Heaven.

Thank God, there is a way home, there is a way to Heaven. Jesus is the way. John 14:6 That’s why He was able to say to the criminal crucified beside him, ” I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.” Luke 23:43

Yes, “PARADISE FOUND.”

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Colossians 1:17

WHAT DRIVES YOU??

GODS 2

4ULORD

Amos 3:6

When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not the people tremble?

When disaster comes to a city, has not the Lord CAUSED it?

Are there any Theologians?

Is the Lord causing disasters?

First Chronicles 4:10

JABEZ CRIED OUT TO THE LORD OF ISRAEL

OH, THAT YOU WOULD BLESS ME

AND ENLARGE MY TERRITORY!

LET YOUR HAND BE WITH ME,

AND KEEP ME FROM HARM SO THAT I WILL BE FREE FROM PAIN.

AND GOD GRANTED HIS REQUEST.

First Chronicles 4:10

Revelation 21:6

He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life.

Revelation 21:6

HABAKKUK 3:17

(Habakkuk 3:17)

THOUGH THE FIG TREE DOES NOT BUD

AND THERE ARE NO GRAPES ON THE VINES,

THOUGH THE OLIVE CROP FAILES

AND THE FIELDS PRODUCE NO FOOD,

THOUGH THERE ARE NO SHEEP IN THE PEN

AND NO CATTLE IN THE STALLS,

YET I WILL REJOICE IN THE LORD,

I WILL BE JOYFUL IN GOD MY SAVIOR.