June 1999

The other day I was visiting a Church member and on their table I saw a jigsaw puzzle.  The puzzle was partially completed and asking them about it. they explained they were making it up for a friend to check if all the pieces were there.

Have you ever made a puzzle and discovered at the end that some vital parts were missing!  Isn't it frustrating and annoying!   Life can sometimes be like that.  yet the book of Jeremiah in the Bible speaks of God seeing the wide picture for your life and mine.  "I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

The sad truth is we cannot step into God's perfect plan for us until we COMMIT our lives FULLY to HIM!  Then we will discover not only the missing PIECE, but also the missing PEACE for living!!

For Jane and myself part of God's perfect plan was to come to Epping in 1989 to the newly formed Elim Church.  The years have flown by and we have had the privilege of sharing with many different people, thank you for your fellowship, whether we have known you for a long or a short time!!

P.S. Pray please for the Bar-N-Bus Double Decker bus outreach we are running in the town on the 12th and for the Bible College team as they move on to their next years studies.

P.P.S. Don't forget God's Phone Number - Jeremiah 33.3 "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know!