Ladies Coffee

I just enjoyed a lovely LOVELY evening at Ladies Coffee with Julie, Tania, Norma, Louise, Mum, and Tamara. The joys of fellowshipping with fell Christian women until 11pm. :)

I love what we can learn from the older Christian ladies, never in any other setting would you find a place where young ladies could associate with the older ladies in such a personal way.

I love coming away from ladies coffee and ladies bible study feeling so encouraged and uplifted, and like I've learnt so much. I wish I would take more opportunites to talk to the older people from church. I love hearing about their lives, and their younger days, and the wisdom they can give me.

I thank God for such a lovely group of women in our church, who are willing to spend time with me, and talk to me, and interacts with me, and mentor me, and show such love to me. The fact that the older women consider it a blessing when I talk to them is such an encouragement to me! Isn't God good, to place us just where were are surrounded by just the people he wants us to be, whom He's placed in just the place they are for such a specific reason.

I could go on and on about what a lovely time I had because it was such a lovely time, I had to post about it somewhere. But now I'll end, and send this post into the void, hoping some young girl somewhere will read it, and take opportunity to interact with the older women that God has placed in her life, and to remind myself to take advantage of those opportunites whenever possible.

Twice Freed

Onesimus - what an amazing Story of Gods Work in One's life

Twice Freed is a Historical Novel by Patricia St. John about Onesimus, a runaway slave, who, through the teaching of the Apostle Paul, came to know Christ as His Savior and Lord, freeing him from sin. He later returned to his master Philemon (whom Paul wrote a letter to - the book of Philemon in the Bible) along with a letter from Paul saying that all the wrongs Onesimus had committed were to be put on Paul's Accont, and asking Philemon to accept Onesimus as a brother in Christ, freed from his phsical slavery.

We've so much to learn from the people in the bible. My brother recently said he "Thinks it's pretty amazing how the bible is over 5000 (?) years old, and yet still applies to our lives today." Indeed it is. Onesimus knew the true reality of being a slave to sin and to a master, and he was freed from both, experiencing true freedom in Christ.

And so I am thinkful:
- that I am freed from sin, by the blood of Christ Jesus my Savior
- for parents who've taught me the truths of the bible all my life
- that no matter how many times I read the bible, I still find new truths
- for good friends who lend and reccomend books for me to read
- for Fellowship in the Gospel

Page CXVI

Page CXVI is a music group that are trying to make hymns more accessible and well known.

Their name comes from: Their copy of C.S. Lewis' book The magicians Nephew has on page 116 Aslan, singing the world into existence.

Check out their website where you can preview their first album Hymns. (April 27th to May 4th)

I really enjoy their music and would especially recommend their song Joy from their first album.

My Day

Attempting to teach my self - my instrumentation for the day

Victory!

Dinner

Ending the day with Rumikub

We were so amazed that Tamara could fit 11 pieces in her mouth. Mum didn't believe it was possible, but found she

could fit 10

The wrong side of Right

Whilst I was in America, I had the privilege of driving on the right (or the wrong depending on how you look at it) side of the road.

Aside from a very few times in 2008, my entire driving experience has been Down Under.

Along with the whole other-side-of-the-road thing there is also the other side of the car, and gear shift being in between the seats instead of on the steering wheel, and to turn on the windshield wipers you push the whole stick down rather then twisting it. Not to mention the different terms [boot (trunk) bonnet (hood) rear vision mirror (rear view mirror) blinkers (turn signal) etc] And the few different road rules.

So in America, I had fun doing things like 'turning right on red, yielding (instead of giving way), talking on the phone and driving (illegal for a red P plater* non P-platers have to use hands free), driving a car with a V8 engine (also illegal for a red P plater), and driving as fast as 120 kph. It took a bit of getting used to, remember the turn signal is on the left side of the steering wheel, and I had to keep reminding myself to look left and stay right, even so, I still went on the wrong side of the road a few times, those of you who drove with me very much probably experienced that.

Since being back in Australia I've had to get used to being back on the correct side of the road. Surprisingly I haven't ever accidentally gone to the right (wrong) side of the road, although I have turned on my windshield wipers instead of my blinkers. The first time I drove I couldn't even remember how to turn on the wind shield wipers when I first got into the car, but as soon as I made my first right turn, I remembered.

I must admit that driving on the left side of the road is a lot more natural to me, and takes a lot less thinking time, but I was glad to have the opportunity to drive on the wrong side of right.

*first year license - probationary driver usually 18 year olds)