Pastor's Blog - While the wife's away

Day 6 Curry fish, potatoes (not rice) and veges on the menu

I’ve always enjoyed Angella’s curry fish, so I asked her to teach me how to do it her way. Good tip guys. If there’s something your wife cooks you really like, ask her to teach you (and vice versa – let’s not be sexist).

This meal (probably 2-3 day’s worth) was just what the doctor ordered after my annual medical check-up revealed my B12 was extremely low at 55 pmol/L. Fish and potatoes are good sources of B12, as are red meats. The doctor has started me though on B12 injections.

Thankfully, the only mild symptom I have of B12 deficiency is a little numbness in the feet. I’m still full of energy and look forward to taking some international visitors, relatives of a church brother, to Blue Spring in Putaruru tomorrow.

Today’s ministry was rewarding as the elderly always appreciate their Tuesday morning church service at Bernadette Home in Mount Maunganui. I shared a much shorter version of my recent Grace of God Experience sermon (link found below on this Facebook page at 6 May). The message opens with the thought that, if there is a God, how come humanity’s still here? Why hasn’t He wiped us out for all of the evil we continually engage in? If God doesn’t exist, how come we haven’t wiped ourselves out with our weapons of mass destruction or been wiped out by aliens who ‘supposedly’ (if they exist at all) are way more intelligent than us?

My firm view is, it is only by the grace of an extremely merciful, loving and self-controlled God we are still here.

(picture of Waihou/Blue Spring)