The Principle of Tithing

I have always believed in the principle of tithing. In the Bible, God commands us to give back to Him 10% of our income. Now this can be in a number of ways, whether you put money into the offering bag when it comes around at church, or whether you give to a ministry or individual, or however else God tells you to give.

Over the last 18 months is has not been easy for Jo & I, after Jo quit her job to have a baby, and so we went from 2 good incomes down to one which proved a challenge. At times we were living from one pay check to another & often we found that we didn't have enough money to tithe after all our expenses had gone out.

I was thinking about the whole tithing principle & all of a sudden God gave me a revelation that I have never realized before. God says that He requires the first 10% of our income, and in Matthew 6:33 it says "Seek first the kingdom of God, then all these things will be added to you". So basically if I honour God with my tithe first, he will make sure there is enough for everything else. It's a simple principle, but one that I have never considered until now.

I don't know what tithing means for you, if anything, but I truly believe that if you apply the Biblical principles as God has commanded, you will feel such satisfaction & peace, just like I have now.

Fly Fishing Guide

I've just started selling a new product online. "Fly Fishing, Learn To Angle Like the Pro's", is a e-book about fly fishing that I've just started to sell online; so if you or anyone you know is interested in fly fishing, this book is available (for a price) here at my website.

If you have your own blog or website, can I ask you to place a link to my website on your blog to help get the word out there about this new product. All the extra traffic I get will obviously help. Thanks.

My website address is http://easyflyfishinguide.com





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A bug I didn't want

Probably not the best topic to blog about, but I have never felt this bad before in my life.

I got struck with a nasty stomach bug yesterday afternoon; I woke up in the morning feeling rather tight chested & slightly nauseous. It gradually got worse as the day went on & then about 4pm all hell broke loose; I shall say no more about that.

I could not find a comfortable position to sit or lie, without feeling major discomfort in my gut. It was an uncomfortable night as I didn't sleep much, but when I woke this morning I felt better, had some dry toast for breakfast, & slowly started to feel better as the day went on.

Anyway, here I am at 1030pm, feeling much better, but this time 24 hours ago was a much different story. I hope I never have to feel that ill ever again.

Departing Australia

In about an hour we will be leaving to go to the airport to board our plane out of Perth; we fly direct from Perth to Auckland & then connect to a domestic flight to Christchurch. We arrive in Christchurch just after 9am tomorrow morning.

Hopefully I'll have internet access soon to keep you updated on how our life in NZ is going, but if my posts suddenly stop you'll know why. I'll be back soon.

GOODBYE AUSTRALIA





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Off to the eye doctor

Today I went to visit the Optometrist to get my eyes tested. It's been about 6 years since my last visit.

My eyes have not deteriorated too much in 6 years, and as a result there's not too much difference in my new prescription.

The frames I have had for the last 6 years have done very well too, but the optometrist said they won't last too much longer. The new frames I looked at today are a new style and allot more flexible in their design.

I'm looking forward to getting my new specs, but probably shouldn't leave it so long before my next eye test. They say every 2-3 years is about right. I'm certainly well overdue.





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The Clean up begins

It's now about 5 weeks until we leave for NZ, and so with that comes the task of getting rid of junk. It's going to work out cheaper to sell most things before we go and then replace it all when we get to NZ; the shipping costs are quite expensive.

Over the weekend we started cleaning out the back shed where allot of things are still in boxes, as we don't have the room in the house for it all.

I found an old suitcase which was full of old stuff that my parents had as children. My mum went through it all & decided which stuff she wanted to keep & the rest of it went in the rubbish.

I found a couple of boxes of stuff that have been there since I moved from NZ 6 years ago. It's stuff that I have just kept because one day I might use it (not), but as most of it has not been used in 6 years, and probably won't be, it went in the rubbish.

Do you have stuff stored away somewhere that's just gathering dust? Often moving house (or country) can be a good time to have a throw out of all that stuff that just doesn't get used. How do you feel about throwing things out?





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7 facts about me

I was tagged last week by Tracey over at Gwelva Kernewek. The deal is I have to write 7 facts about me.

The Rules:

1. Link to the person that tagged you, and post the rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself.
3. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs.
4. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Here goes;

1. I was born in New Zealand & grew up in a small town. I lived on an orchard which my parents owned & managed.
2. My first car was a 1977 Toyota Corolla; the car was older than me.
3. My father died when I was 16 years old (nearly 13 years ago)
4. I play the guitar & learned the Cornet & Euphonium many years ago.
5. Apart from traveling between NZ & Australia, I have never traveled (I would love to visit the USA).
6. Of all the jobs I've had, my favorite would be Taxi driving in NZ, & my current courier job.
7. I love Hokey Pokey ice-cream; the best I've ever tasted is NZ's Tip Top brand.

So there you go; I'm pretty boring. Now I'm supposed to tag 7 friends, so how's this for cheating; if your blog is listed on my sidebar you're tagged. Haha.





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My personality

A couple of weeks ago while reading two of my regular blogs, This is what Sed said, and Middo's World, they had both posted a personality test they had done at mypersonality.info, so I tought I'd do the same. I finally got around to doing the test. You can see my results below.

Why not take the test for yourself, it's quite fun & you might learn something about yourself.




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