Maranatha Winter Newsletter 2014

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Christadelphian Aged Care W I N T E R N E W S L E T T E R

MARANATHA !

Address: 1582 Anzac Avenue, Kallangur QLD 4503

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Phone: (07) 3482 5333

Email: admin@chomes.com.au

Managers Message

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Welcome to Maranatha

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. nnn

Gal 5:22-23

Almost half of 2014 has passed, days are drawing in and extra blankets are being put on beds. Time has tiptoed by so softly that its passage has been almost unnoticed and all at once we find ourselves on the brink of winter. Here in Queensland we welcome winter as a season of kinder weather. Days are sunny, skies are blue and nights are cool and clear. Rugging up in warmer clothes is more of a pleasure than a necessity and we look for opportunities to enjoy warming our hands around mugs of hot, hearty soup and toasting our toes in front of open fires. We know that summer with its long steamy days is crouching just over the horizon, ready to pounce and settle itself over us again, always returning before we really expect it. In this day and age those of us who work or live mostly indoors are able to modify our environment so effectively (air conditioning in hot weather and heating in cold) that seasonal changes become something of novelty for us. The impact of seasonal change is blunted by technology, the presence that pervades every aspect of our 21st century lives. Science has made astounding gains in making our lives more and more physically comfortable, cosy and connected but I am sure that these benefits technology brings have come at a price. When I look at the people who live at Maranatha, people who lived most of their adult lives without all the benefits technology brings, I see reflections of the wide Australian skies in their eyes, the sun and the sea in the lines and creases on their faces; I see a world of hot, sultry days in their tanned complexions and in the contours of their hands lie stories of riding horses and running barefoot, mastering skills and making do. Their world has been imprinted upon them. I wonder what we will see when we look at the generation who are embarking on adulthood now? Rather than the glories of God’s creation will their eyes reflect the cold light of a small screen? Will they display the pallor of an indoor life? And will their hands be smooth and bland from an over protected and cossetted existence? Life is an adventure and each day is unique. We should embrace it directly – get outdoors and get amongst it! Build experiences and memories, then when age takes it toll and our world narrows, sometimes to the dimensions of a room, we can travel the paths of our mind to long ago days. Through the minds eye we can see the dancing shadows of a bonfire, feel the winter sun on our skin, enjoy once again the changing seasons and know, with pleasure, that we are an essential part of this wonderful creation. Kind Regards, Kathy Hallmark

“Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others” - Philippians 2:4


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