OzThoughts. Wednesday, 14th October 2009.

OzThoughts. Wednesday, 14th October 2009.

People who live in New South Wales and Southern Queensland had a dust storm or two a couple of weeks ago. Now if you have never been in a dust storm, just imagine it. This might help.

When my mum made pastry or scones (English / Australian type scones) she sprinkled flour over the pastry board or table and when she rolled the dough or kneaded it, the flour stopped it sticking to the board. A dust storm is just like that dusting of flour except instead of being white it is reddish brown.

The dust covers everything outside and rests on any flat surface or even hangs on house walls, etc. Leave a window or a door open and that’s accepted as an invitation to come right in and settle on everything in the house.

Then comes the clean up. It is great if it rains soon after the dust has settled. That does help a bit but in some places the dust seems to be gathered by pools of water and leaves a pool shaped mud mark when the water evaporates.

Then the forecast for our part of Queensland is for another dust storm. Much of New south Wales and Western Queensland have already experienced it. It will reach us with gusty winds tomorrow.

Peter writes “25Now that you've cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it. Your new life is not like your old life. …
3So clean house! Make a clean sweep of malice and pretense, envy and hurtful talk. You've had a taste of God. Now, like infants at the breast, drink deep of God's pure kindness. Then you'll grow up mature and whole in God.”

[Listen: http://www.salvoaudio.com/audio/music3/mus_4490.mp3 ]

Lord, through the blood of the Lamb that was slain,
Cleansing for me;
From all the guilt of my sins now I claim
Cleansing from thee.
Sinful and black though the past may have been,
Many the crushing defeats I have seen,
Yet on thy promise, O Lord, now I lean.
Cleansing for me.

From all the sins over which I have wept,
Cleansing for me;
Far, far away by the blood-current swept,
Cleansing for me.
Jesus, thy promise I dare to believe,
And as I come thou wilt surely receive,
That over sin I may never more grieve,
Cleansing for me.

From all the doubts that have filled me with gloom,
Cleansing for me;
From all the fears that would point me to doom,
Cleansing for me.
Jesus, although I may not understand,
In childlike faith now I stretch forth my hand,
And through thy word and thy grace I shall stand,
Cleansed by thee.

From all the care of what men think or say,
Cleansing for me;
From ever fearing to speak, sing or pray,
Cleansing for me.
Lord, in thy love and thy power make me strong
That all may know that to thee I belong;
When I am tempted, let this be my song,
Cleansing for me.
Author: Herbert Howard Booth (1862-1926)
The Salvation Army Song Book: Song Number: 437
1 Peter 1:18 - 2: 3 (The Message)
18-21Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in. He paid with Christ's sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you. It's because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God.
22-25Now that you've cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it. Your new life is not like your old life. Your old birth came from mortal sperm; your new birth comes from God's living Word. Just think: a life conceived by God himself! That's why the prophet said,

The old life is a grass life,
its beauty as short-lived as wildflowers;
Grass dries up, flowers droop,
God's Word goes on and on forever.
This is the Word that conceived the new life in you.
1-3So clean house! Make a clean sweep of malice and pretense, envy and hurtful talk. You've had a taste of God. Now, like infants at the breast, drink deep of God's pure kindness. Then you'll grow up mature and whole in God.

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