The Royal Law

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From “Daily Nuggets Day 9” exploring the Book of James:

“If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbour as yourself,” you are doing right. 9 But if you show favouritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. 11 For he who said, “You shall not commit adultery,”  also said, “You shall not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker. 12 Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, 13 because judgement without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgement.” James 2:8-13

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How to Survive the Heat (metaphorically)

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Melbourne has been sweltering under multiple heat waves, temperatures soaring to record highs and humidity drenching us in sweat.

Recovering from COVID, we’ve been indoors for 10 days, turning on every fan in the house and trying to keep our sanity.

The heat nor COVID slowed down the boys, who continued to build forts, jump on the trampoline, and chase each other around the house. But Roy and I could feel our resilience wither away.

We finally got our freedom and sought the beach and air conditioning.  What sweet relief, to feel cooled.

How do you survive the heat?

My poor neglected plants have turned brown and if they live past this week, it will be a miracle.

Only those with deep roots can withstand such harsh weather.

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Morning prayer

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“Neither I nor the poets I love have found the keys to the kingdom of prayer,
And we cannot force God to stumble over us where we sit,
But
I know that it’s a good idea to sit anyway.
So every morning, I sit, I kneel, waiting,
making friends with the habit of listening,
hoping that I am being listened to. . .
There, I greet God and my own disorder.

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The legacy of a life

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2021 is past, but it will never really be behind us.

Especially for those who lost loved ones in 2021.

Those lives – fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, friends – created ripples of joy and pain, hope and despair – as they battled health conditions, grappled with the twists and turns of circumstances, and faced a global pandemic.  They fought bravely.

As their loved ones now live with an ache that cannot be filled, the question remains, what is the legacy of a life?

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