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Times are changing at an overwhelming rate. Are they for the better or for the worst? Paging through a Centenary Celebration book, revealed marvellous insights into the country I now call home. From working the earth amidst much toil and camaraderie, man has devised mechanical implements to make life easier and better.
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The often used cliche – ‘Live life loud!’ is generally used to represent boisterous living. However, in a wider context, musical images of loudness relate to a trumpet or bugle call that get people’s attention. A clanging bell on the other hand, is a bothersome sound. Visual images also carry meaningful messages; a giant sunflower reaches…..
Beware of the red-back spider! It sits there very quietly and carefully ponders its move. It’s intention is clear; there can be no error of judgement! It has to be precise in its deadly execution; absolutely no room for error!
Beware of the person who, in the guise of friendship, wants to suck the life blood…..
Today I witnessed a creative miracle. I literally saw arms growing out of the body. It happened with the right arm and then the left arm. When the two hands were extended and aligned together, bravo, both hands were perfectly aligned.
This is the recorded creative miracle of a tennis elbow sufferer who had the…..
When you have given life all you got and fought all the fights required of you, what becomes of the fighter?
We are all endowed with unique gifts and talents. These gifts enable us to live our lives to the best of our ability. Some people are meant to climb mountain, high and…..
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Greed is like a drug; once it gets into you, you can’t stop yourself from that craving. Obese people have it, rich people have it, hoarders have it and even crafty business people have it. It is an insatiable beast that demands to be fed. Over time you become its…..
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner said, “Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” What a fate!
We had recent rains after a long dry summer. There was so much water yet you could hardly believe that the parched earth would swallow…..
Get Ready!
By Linda Pearl Ramnath
Part 1
Get Ready
Are you ready?
Look around you…
What do you see?
Signs, signals, scenarios
Something is imminent.
The whole earth is in anticipation…
The crust of the earth is cracking.
The birds of the air; they know it.
The fish in the depths of the ocean; they sense it.
Something is happening for sure!
People all around our world feel it in their gut.
There is…..
Who you are determines how you live and what you do.
1 John 3:9 says, “Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.”
What does this mean?
You are a child of God and you have the seed of God planted in you. This is the remarkable characteristic of being a child of God. You are changing to be like…..
How many of us react when things go wrong with the typical, ‘Why, God?’ A friend sent me a YouTube clip on ‘Never say can’t’ that has inspired countless people. It was about a baby abandoned at the hospital because she was born without legs. The couple that rescued her gave her one instruction: ‘Never say can’t.’ She grew up strong and determined and became a successful acrobat.
Instead of feeling sorry for ourselves and asking God ‘why’, we should…..
Linda Pearl Ramnath
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