Australia Day

Sunday 26th January. Australia Day. So what does Australia Day mean to me? My overriding emotion is one of gratitude. Living here in Australia for the last twenty eight years has been a blessed experience. God promised us that He would be with us when we emigrated all those years ago.
We sold our home, caravan and boat. Many of our possessions we gave away and a few sentimental things as well as things we thought we would need we took with us when we left.
We left our eldest son Kenneth behind. We also left a very good Church, where we had learned so much and we also left extended family and very precious friends.


Although it was very painful to leave Kenneth behind we knew emigrating was what we needed to do. Kenneth was nearly eighteen and he felt that he needed to stay in South Africa. He had to find his own way in life and things turned out just fine for him. God was with him as well as with us.


So here we are living the dream. Spiritually,emotionally, financially blessed. We have lived a full life here. We have lived in many different towns. We have attended many different Churches. We have both had different experiences in the workforce. We've made friends, learned many lessons and grown as people.


We have enjoyed travelling in Australia as well as overseas. What a wonderful world we live in. We only have to walk across the road to be surrounded by huge trees with native birds and a creek rambling through the natural bushland.


It is quite overwhelming as I think about our many blessings. Our children and our children's children are all healthy and growing in God's abundant grace. Why is our family so blessed? I have no idea. My heart goes out to others who are struggling with ill health and struggling financially. It makes me sad and it makes me feel somewhat guilty.


Only God knows the reasons for these things. Enough to say that I am grateful to Him and give Him all the glory and honour.