No Regrets

Vain Regret -- Daily "Lessons on Living" Christian Devotional: "As Christians, we must live so as to minimize regrets. And when we experience them, we should be quick to ask for God's forgiveness and for forgiveness from those we wrong. Let's live by the Galatians 6:10 principle: 'Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.'

Live thoughtfully today and you won't have to live regretfully tomorrow."

My thoughts

Too many people spend their twilight years regretting missed opportunities, poor choices, honest mistakes, and frank sin. Yes, we should regret, and face the consequences of our wrongs, minor, or serious. However that doesn't mean we should be paralysed by them.

It is NEVER too late. Sure the person we offended may have died. We may have lost contact with the person we need to reconcile with. But forgiveness is for US as well as them.

We can claim and experience God's forgiveness. We can forgive others, even if they do not, or cannot respond. We can, with God's help, change the inner conditions that created the problem and move forward. Even in old age, we can pursue our dreams. Never give up, because it's never too late.

Respecting Your Elders -- Daily "Lessons on Living" Christian Devotional

As I read my daily devotion, I was struck by this comment.

As we deal with the elderly, we must do so with patience and compassion. Most of them have made significant sacrifices to raise their families, to defend their country and to make an honest living. In their golden years they deserve to be treated with respect.

If you have elderly parents, take time to be involved in their lives. Listen to their stories (even if you’ve heard then a hundred times before); sympathize with their aches and pains; look for opportunities to make their lives a little easier. If your parents are no longer alive, perhaps there is an elderly neighbor or someone at church who could benefit from your attention. We are not judged by how we treat the strong and powerful but by how we respect the weak and helpless. Besides, having made an investment of time and interest in an elderly person, you may discover that the return on your investment was greater than the investment itself.

Treat the elderly as a nonrenewable resource; they are!


Have you been out of touch with your parents? Today is the day to give them a call. Send them a letter or drop in and visit. If there are fences to mend, get your repair kit out before its too late.

Don't let Mike Rutherford's Living Years be your story.

Welfare to Work makes you poorer

To:: “The financial disincentives to work and study must be removed so struggling Australians can improve their prospects and find a way out of poverty.”

Comment

Note that these figures only apply to those on the minimum wage, but aren't these the people MOST deserving of encouragement to work? These figures show the contempt that our Gevernment has for the most vulnerable members of Australian Society.

PWD Publications

PWD publications: "People with disability - two classes - punished and ignored
Media statement in response to the 2005 - 06 Federal Budget."

Those Who Wait -- Daily "Lessons on Living" Christian Devotional

"Isaiah 40:31

Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

Those Who Wait

People in the United States hate to wait. Some define a split second as the time between the traffic light turning green and the person behind you blowing his horn. Fast-food chains have sprung up everywhere because many people don't want to go to restaurants where they have to wait for their food. Grocery stores have express lanes so that those with only a few items will not have to wait long. Patience is certainly a dying virtue in our culture.

God knew that Israel would have to wait a long time for fulfillment of the many promises He gave through the prophet Isaiah. Nearly 150 years would pass before 'Cyrus . . . My shepherd' would restore the people from captivity (44:28). It would be more than 700 years before the 'people who walked in darkness' would see the light of the Gospel (9:2). And many promises have yet to be fulfilled (11:6-9; 35:1-10).

We may not like to wait, but God attaches a promise to waiting. In patiently trusting Him, He assures us, we will find a new strength. When the right time comes, we will have wings like eagles and supernatural endurance.

Many Christians wear themselves out because they are running ahead of God rather than waiting for His perfect time. If you're prone to do this, let God not only have His will in your life, but also let Him accomplish that will in His time. Use the waiting time as an opportunity to renew your strength and prepare for what lies ahead. Waiting doesn't have to be a drag; it can be a surge."

If you're worn out from waiting - here's a song to help you. It's called "Waiting for that day"