Be Not Afraid

We didn't get to Mass this week, despite our best-laid plans. Yeti's car is out of rego and needs some rust-spots repaired before it can pass inspection. The filler for the rust gives you 6 minutes to do the job at 20C. It has been over 30C every day this week except for a thunderstorm lol... so the job has to wait for the right conditions. There is my car - but when we went to start it, not only was the battery flat, it was completely dead! It has to go for its rego inspection next week, so I will buy a new battery for it then - when the mechanic can also check for electrical faults that may be causing the problem.

Oh well, at least Wombat LOVES his new bible - I finally found a children's bible with text I can bear to read as it gives some life and detail to the stories instead of just a sentence or two. He has been demanding at least a half-hour reading from it every day :) Funny story about that - it was delivered during one of those awful hot days when nobody felt like walking to the mailbox. Then the thunderstorm came and it rained all night. When we checked the next morning, the box of books was sitting in a PUDDLE of water, totally sodden. There was no plastic wrapping around the books, just the sopping cardboard box - and the books were completely undamaged! Perfect condition! Guess he was meant to have them!!!

Still enjoying working my way through hymns where I love the chorus but don't remember all the verses. This week's hymn is:

Be Not Afraid

You shall cross the barren desert,
but you shall not die of thirst.
You shall wander far in safety,
though you do not know the way.
You shall speak your words in foreign lands,
and all will understand,
You shall see the face of God and live.

Be not afraid,
I go before you always,
Come follow Me,
and I shall give you rest.

If you pass through raging waters
in the sea, you shall not drown.
If you walk amidst the burning flames,
you shall not be harmed.
If you stand before the pow’r of hell
and death is at your side,
know that I am with you, through it all

Be not afraid,
I go before you always,
Come follow Me,
and I shall give you rest.

Blessed are your poor,
for the Kingdom shall be theirs.
Blest are you that weep and mourn,
for one day you shall laugh.
And if wicked men insult and hate you,
all because of Me,
blessed, blessed are you!

Be not afraid,
I go before you always,
Come follow Me,
and I shall give you rest.