A S MacDonald

My poetry book 'More Than Meets The Eye' was published by @matadorbooks . I like reading, films, music, cycling, coffee shops and the Book of Common Prayer!

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@nsandihelp How come when I give the same instructions to NSI to re-invest in another account, two Index Linked Certificates maturing on the same date, it works for one, but the money from the other seems to have disappeared altogether - and you cannot easily contact NS&I?!!!!

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…threats of unrest, global arguments over territory, economic collapses and sinister plots by organisations & governments threatening freedom & stability……our Christian ancestors faced as much, but ALSO knew from the Bible the meaning of these things and how it will all end!

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What we’re told is human PROGRESS (WEF, AI, Beethoven’s 9th, etc) IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS. In reality, they are focussing us BACK towards that ‘guiding moment’ when we took counsel from the Serpent [Genesis Ch3v4]. Jesus the Messiah ALONE holds the future and ALONE can CARRY us!

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A CHRISTIAN NEW YEAR THOUGHT: All who oppose God with a personal policy of forgetting Him, imagining reality for themselves, fall short by COMING TO AN END, lost from the blessing of God’s creation. God & His Christ go on FOREVER, carrying all who fear Him and trust in His mercy.

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A CHRISTIAN NEW YEAR THOUGHT: All who oppose God with a personal policy of forgetting Him, imagining reality for themselves, fall short by COMING TO AN END, lost from the blessing of God’s creation. God & His Christ go on FOREVER, carrying all who fear Him and trust in His mercy.

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A Christmas poem for 2025........

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An Advent thought: Look deeply at the faces of those who have no ultimate hope and who are afraid of death, disease, pandemics, climate change and war. Seek God, to whom the earth & its inhabitants belong. Those who fear Him & trust in His mercy have hope of eternal inheritance!

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N.B. Today’s politically left (‘far left’?) & right (‘far right’?) are discontented and each in their own way divide the human race into ‘the righteous’ and ‘the unrighteous’. Only Christians can be CONTENT that God WILL FINALLY judge and divide rightly.

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The Most Unequal Treatment Ever Seen in British Politics 🇬🇧 https://t.co/8KBi28s5WP via @YouTube

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England https://t.co/7EO6rOCdsa via @YouTube

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For all British folk who are sad at what's happening to our country, this song is worth listening to....
('England' sung by The Seekers with Louisa Wisseling - in case you have to search Youtube)

https://t.co/SocAiIbN4M

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Man is intelligent, and may, or may not , be able to succeed in creating ‘ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE’ in his own image. ‘ARTIFICIAL WISDOM’, however, CANNOT exist. Only God is wise. Wise human behaviour is to ponder the works of God. e.g. [Jude1v25] [Psalm104v24][Psalm110v10]!

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2nd Sunday after Epiphany – Book of Common Prayer – thoughts on John 2v1-11…

At a family wedding, Jesus shows his first sign of the happiness He, as Messiah, will bring to all who look to Him. Our joy is a sober & emotionally stable experience. We encourage each other in hope.

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2nd Sunday after Epiphany – Book of Common Prayer – thoughts on Romans 12v6-16;…

God gives different gifts and looks for a right ATTITUDE. Pride is evil; kindly affection is good. We are not to be caught up in ‘status’, ‘good taste’ or ‘achievement’! We are God’s ‘family’!

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1st Sunday after Epiphany – Book of Common Prayer – thoughts on Luke2v41-52…

The 12-year-old Jesus fulfils Psalm 119v99-100. With God’s work, there is NO ANXIETY, RISK or HURRY. Mary, PONDERED! Pondering over the ‘works of God’ is, according to the Psalms, what the WISE do!

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1st Sunday after Epiphany – Book of Common Prayer - thoughts on Romans 12v1-5...

It is the transforming of our MINDS by the Truth that leads us to treat others with gentleness & kindness. Believers each have a ‘MEASURE OF FAITH’ chosen by GOD: So we are to “SUPPORT the weak”

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Epiphany – Book of Common Prayer – thoughts on Matthew Ch2 v1-12…

God never fails to guide all who wisely seek him. [Psalm9v10]. The ‘Wise men from the East’ fulfil prophesies & are guided to safety. Satan & ambitious rulers may conspire but Almighty God cares for his people!

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Epiphany – Book of Common Prayer – thoughts on Ephesians ch3 v1-12…

The mystery of Christ revealed & explained in plain language & in writing – the TRUE KEY MOMENT IN HISTORY (NOT Feuerbach’s ‘turning point in history’ when man replaced God with man in the 19th C!)

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Who IS this Jesus (the man God became)? He is the one with God’s law in his heart [Ps40v10]; who speaks the truth from his heart [Ps15v2]; And, with regard to ETERNAL LIFE, the ONE who says THE BEST THING EVER to his friends: “if it were NOT so, I would have told you" [John14v2]!

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God’s First Words - Genesis 1 https://t.co/U96hQpf5q0 via @YouTube