Tag archive: compassion
It Doesn’t End At The Beginning
Compassion works towards turning that bleak future into a bright light of purpose and fulfilment Acts 8:1-8 Reference: And Saul approved of their killing him. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. (Acts 8:1 NIV) Explore: I have…
A God Who Cares
He knew my pain more than anyone else Psalm 142:1-7 Reference: When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who watch over my way. In the path where I walk people have hidden a snare for me. (Psalm 142:3 NIV) Explore: The very first foster children who came into our care were a sibling group of…
A Toy Tiger Tragedy
Some friends of mine from America recently visited Disneyland. They stayed in the Disney hotel and their children had an incredible time. When they moved hotel to continue their holiday their youngest son left his toy tiger in the Disney hotel. He was having such a good time on holiday that he didn’t realise until…
What’s Underneath?
We recently got a new fridge. It was very exciting as we have had an old second hand fridge for a long time. I can’t even remember who we got it from but it had seen better days! To make way for the new fridge we clearly had to move the old one out. As…
Hot Summer
It’s been quite a hot Summer already for us in Melbourne and as we live in a house with no air conditioning you really feel it. A hot day here and there isn’t an issue. But when it’s hot back-to-back for numerous consecutive days then it’s hard to move, cook or sleep! A trip in…