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Tag: <span>Suffering</span>

Tag: Suffering

Robs 60th Wedding Anniversary

Visited my previous church for my Pastors 60th Wedding Anniversary this weekend. One of the ladies: “I remember the first time I saw you in this church…” “I was HORRIFIED: shorts, no shoes and dreadlocks…!“ This lady, so warm, smiling and excited to see me and my children for the first time in years, obviously thought very little of me back then 😂 And to think, when I entered that church, God had refined and changed me for YEARS! I considered myself a clean, groomed , sedate and ‘normal’ person comparatively: imagine if she had met me earlier!! It reminds …

for thought | Newman Trip   |

How Salty are you?

Listening to the Bible the other day and a phrase resonated and ‘irked’ me…  “For everyone will be tested with fire”  I have long believed that Christians will suffer, despite it being the opposite of what some Christians think… I have continually experienced ‘fire’ through my Christian walk, so much so, the ‘happy clappy’ life has longed seemed fake .  But when I read it in another translation… BAM!  Most translations keep it quite literal – translating word-for-word:   “For everyone will be salted with fire.”  SALTED?! Salted with fire! What does that even mean?  I started a little digging and …

Fishing | for thought | Suffering   |

Sharmini Christian Happy Birthday 2026

This week, it was my wife’s Christian birthday. 24 years since Jesus changed her into a different person and rescued her from a life of, well, darkness. I remember her baptism her at Mulluloo – very calm until she went under the water & then the sea seemed to rage. Both wearing our ‘Hungry for Jesus’ shirts, little did we know what was to come…   God would bring us together despite our incredible differences. On paper, we really were the worst for each other: Virtually nothing in common, both set in our (unhealthy) ways, fiery and quite stubborn. Ok …

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Longing for my true home 

Some days are worse than others, today wasn’t great.  As far as pain goes- it wasn’t as bad as many days. Health wise it was a struggle, making simple tasks seem monumental. Relating and parenting overwhelming, let alone building or earning money.  In the physical, it really is too hard – overwhelming an understatement.  But there’s more – faced with my failure to live up to who I want to be for God. This Father who saved me from so much, who showed so much love and grace, He deserves so much better!  When I try, I fail. When I …

for thought | Suffering   | | |

Steve Jobs kicked out of Apple – Never give up!

Steve Jobs was kicked out of Apple because of the famous super bowl advert shown on the 22nd January 1984. Imagine that – the company he co-foundered and poured his life into, booted him out. It seemed futile … he would have been forgiven if he had walked away and got on with the rest of his life. People expected that there was no other option. But no, he eventually worked his way back, took the reins again and turned the failing company into a massive success – the momentum of which is still surging. An incredible visionary and great leader – there was one thing he could not claw his way back from, his death. Understandable – no one could right?!
Well One person did… 

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Easter Cedar Meal

The other night we traveled to a Cedar meal, celebrating and remembering the Jewish Passover. It was the first time in a while I had driven due to worsening back issue.Being unable to sit and in immense pain, I knew it would be a difficult night after the drive. I was right – and didn’t arrive home until midnight… Impossible to describe. But the pain, effort and immense discomfort were not the hardest part of the evening. Towards the end of the evening, I was called to the front. Guessing around 100 people who I have rarely seen, gathered around …

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One Crazy Day in our life – and the end of our Bus?

Ted: The new name for our bus[riddle]A day in our life – no this is not made up… Our life can be very varied day to day. Whether it is family issues, the business, our living ‘camp’ or building – things can change dramatically from one moment to the next. Today, I thought I would give a small insight into our day: 6:30 Perusal Bible & Reading & send a message on the scripture message thread we have for the family. 6:50 Sorting the freight parcels 7:00 Sharmini gets back from her run asking for ministry. An argument between us escalates – not normal, and could …

Faith | Fishing | for thought  

Protecting life, getting strife!

Part way through a hectic and problematic week, a trip to Perth turns ‘sour’ – but it is just the beginning…   The good in the ‘bad’… Scripture(s): Psalm 32, 51 A day of prep for a long drive to the pro-life rally yesterday, didn’t quite go as planned… If there is one event of the year that I believe all Christians of all denominations and theological backgrounds should attend or be part of – it would be on the theme of defending the lives of precious children and standing against their mass, legal, murder. To say I was excited …

Culture | for thought | Suffering   | |

Strange ways the Joy of Following comes….

Sometimes following can be…The Joy of Following Yesterday we received a sales order through one of the sales websites we run. Attached to the order was a lovely note: “We have several of your Australian laminated posters, much love and thanks!!!” It is nice to get little personal notes – especially when they are as nice as this. However, within 5 minutes we received the below email from the same person:     Subject: YUCK!!! you twisted sickos Message: after processing a payment for an item I WAS TOLD yebus is alive go to hell!! mat devils swarm upon you …

Fishing | for thought | Suffering   |

Going through a hard time? Read This!

Are you going through a hard time? A lot are right now and might not be what you think…Trials now or later? We will have them – but when and what will you embrace? Scripture(s): James 4, Hebrews 12 I am continually talking to people at the moment and hearing stories where it seems everything is going wrong. Very wrong. We ourselves seem to be just emerging (hopefully!) from such a time. If you are going through trials I want to encourage you – Embrace the One behind the Trials! Hard times can come from a lot of different places …

Faith | for thought | Suffering   |