A CHANCE TO HELP

"If you can't pull me out of the mud, don't plunge me deeper in." - Unknown 

Don and Moya Ritchie live on a plot best described as something out of a bad dream. It's the most notorious suicide spots in Australia. Every morning Mr. Ritchie looks out the window to see if anyone is "standing alone too close to the precipice." If he senses someone may be contemplating suicide, he approaches them and asks if they'd like to talk over a cup of tea. "I'm offering them an alternative," he says. The Ritchies have saved an estimated 160 people from taking the leap. Ritchie has been able to save more people than he's lost in fifty years. "If you couldn't have talked him out of it," one teenager's mum told him, "no one could."

The most important thing we get get out of life after salvation, is the peace that you helped someone who couldn't repay you. We're ambassadors for Christ. Are you representing Him

THE HESITANT BRIDE

"A broken relationship, is better than a broken marriage." - Unknown

Someone, had an uncomfortably unpleasant experience at a recent wedding ceremony. Everything seemed to be going as planned until that time, where the minister asked the all-important question of the bride, "Do you take so-and-so to be your lawfully wedded husband?" Just then, for some unknown reason, there was an incredibly long and unbelievably awkward silence. No one, at the time, knew for sure what was going on in the bride's head: was she absent minded, or was she actually contemplating how she wanted to answer. Not being a close friend, this witness didn't get to find out the cause for this bride's delay.

What a nerve wrecking experience that would've been for everyone at the wedding: to families of the couple, but especially to the groom. The scenario might appear like a scene from a Hollywood movie, but it's not. Someone said, "a broken relationship is better than a broken marriage." What if we consider our decisions, and

ANOTHER CHANCE II

"Anything in life worth having, takes work." - Unknown

Another Chance II

Archie is so excited it's another New Year. It's time for planning. It's time to think of things to do - resolutions, you call them - a fancy word for goals, that people make a list of to help uplift their souls. With resolutions, one can leave the past behind; and put aside mistakes for greater success. Archie loved to think ahead; but somehow as each year went by, his goals slipped from his mind. He did just what he planned, but as the time zoomed on, his resolutions failed - he made too many, some too hard to achieve. Then he forgot because he lost his goal sheet too. This year would be different. He didn't want to fail, he'd prevail this time. He set his mind to making resolutions he would keep. This year he'll chose a few - the very important ones. He'd post them where they would always be seen. He made a form, wrote his goals, and taped it to his bathroom mirror, so he'd never lose it. Each time he looks into the mirror, his goals will always be there to read.

Someone said, if you continue to do the same things, you'll continue to get the same results - whether good or bad. Yes, it's another new year, are you amongst those who achieved their goals completely, partially or not at all? Whatever category you belong understand that there's ALWAYS room for improvement. Why don't you try tweaking your