26th July 2012 - The Bush Telegraph Weekly

Health...
PRICELESS
PEARLS
By Ralph Estherby
It took me 5 hours on
Saturday to install a
bucket!
Sounds lke an easy job doesn’t it? It
sounds like something that should take
only a few moments however it was
not the job that I set out to do. What
I was trying to achieve was to install a
small tap under my sink to attach to the
plumbing of the new fridge we just had
delivered. I had planned what I needed
to do, I had made the mandatory trip
to the hardware store, I had checked
everything twice and then I started by
cutting the pipework under the sink.
In my own defence I usually am very
successful when it comes to ‘do-ityourself’
tasks but today was not my day.
Part of the problem was the location,
the pipework was hidden right up in
the back of the cupboard with very little
access and secondly there was only
a small amount of pipe to work with.
When I was ready, I cut the pipe, taped
up all the joints, installed the joining
section, checked everything was OK and
then turned the water back on. Result?
...Drips.
I inspected the work, retaped the joints,
tighted the nuts and bolts and... Drips.
I took it all apart once more, tried to
change the posistion of the parts slightly,
taped & tightened yet again and... Drips.
For a total of 5 hours I sat with half my
torso stuck I a cupboard getting water
dripped on my head!
Finally I did what I should have done
much earlier...I installed a bucket and
called a plumber!
When the plumber asked what was
wrong I told him straight - the problem
was me, I had done something wrong,
I thought I was OK but no matter how
hard I tried I fell short and ended up
with drips.
A couple of days later my bucket was
replaced by some effective pipework.
Experience, expertise and the right tools
made the difference. The best I could
come up with was a dripping tap but
now everything is fine, not a drip to be
seen and my failure has been rectified.
None of us are perfect, we all have
‘drips’ which display where we have
fallen short of the mark. Some of us
have contented ourselves with a bucket
to cover up our errors when really we
need an expert with the right tools and
experience to fix the needs we have.
There really is no substitute for Jesus
when it comes to fixing the various
‘leaks’ in our life - so please don’t just
be satisfied with a bucket!
DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT
OR A QUESTION?
ralph.estherby@gmail.com
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KIDSGAMES
Last week Berowra Community Centre was bursting at the seams as
200 children and over 60 volunteer leaders, caterers & helpers joined
for yet another week of fun, food and learning more about our great
big God. Whilst the majority of children came from Berowra, others
travelled from Wendoree Park, Mooney Mooney, Brooklyn, Cowan and
Mt Kuring-gai.
KidsGames, now in its 11th year, has grown successively. KidsGames organiser
AJ Blair from St Marks Anglican said, “The week long programme was a great
combination of games, songs, puppet shows, craft, sports, food and Bible
Stories. The holiday activity is so appealing that this year there were over 60
children on the waiting list after registration had closed.”
This year’s theme was based on the children’s movie Finding Nemo. The talks
demonstrated the similarity in the relationship between Nemo and his father
Marlin, and that of us and our Heavenly Father. Nemo turned his back on his
father but Marlin went to incredible lengths to get his son back. The same can
be seen in that we all have turned from God, but he wants each one of us
back so badly that he sent his only Son Jesus to take our punishment so we can
be right with him. It’s was great message and a great week.
Look out for KidsGames 2013 !!!
Photo: KidsGames participants 2012. Photo courtesy Mal Heap.
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