Reality Revelations

In the gospel of John in the New Testament we read of several people who were followers of Christ for a time and then they walked away from Him.  Basically they walked away because they knew a deeper commitment would be expected from each one of them if they stayed.  They enjoyed being part of the in-crowd taking full advantage of His provisions of Read the rest of this entry »

Ben invited me in for a chat when I introduced myself to him at his door.  He said he was in his late seventies, an ex-digger who fought in New Guinea during the second world war, but now he was, “sick, divorced twice and happy with my lot.”  He was a lovely old bloke but I did not believe that he really was happy with his lot.  I had met numerous returned servicemen from wars and I knew many of them to be suffering in silence.  He asked me why I was, “doing this kind of work” and my reply was, “so you don’t have to die alone and go into a Christ-less eternity.” Read the rest of this entry »

Salvatore was a neighbour of mine who lived across the street from me.  I never knew him all that well however, because like most Italian migrants, he and his wife were hard working people.  They seemed to work long hours, including some weekends.  There was also a hindrance in communication between us, with me not knowing how to speak the Italian language and he not being all that confident with the English language. Read the rest of this entry »