I welcome back the Scraggy Swaggie with some good old Australian bush sense. I urge my readers to join together in prayer for this great Nation under the Southern Cross.

Gibber! Gibber!

Chugley

The Rejoicing Rooster:

 Do you remember the good old days before all the regulations? In some suburbs you could keep a horse in your own backyard if you really wanted to; and you could certainly have chooks without anyone complaining. Back in the good old days, some people even dared to have a rooster amongst their chooks, and his early morning crowing became just an accepted part of the sounds of dawn in the suburbs.

Do you know that roosters have a God given internal clock that helps them anticipate that sunrise is coming? All roosters live in anticipation of a new day, with new opportunities that are yet to dawn. I think we can learn a lot from roosters! Roosters have a positive attitude whilst it is still dark.

The Bible shows us that a new dawn is coming, in fact a whole new world is yet to come when Jesus Christ returns to this earth, but before Jesus returns this world is going to see some very dark days (Revelation chapters 6-19).

As the days grow darker, those that have trusted Jesus Christ for their salvation can still have a positive attitude knowing that they have a wonderful future that is yet to come.

Like the rooster, believers in Christ can still rejoice in anticipation of a new day dawning, and they know that then; “He shall reign for ever and ever..” (Revelation 11:15).

The Australian Swagman is embedded in Australian folklore, embodying traits like independence, resilience, and the laid-back bush spirit}. This Swaggie, who prefers to remain anonymous, also is a firm believer in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He seems to have the added spirt of the well known Australian poet, Banjo Paterson. (Andrew Barton “Banjo” Paterson was nicknamed “Banjo” after a beloved horse owned by his family. He adopted this as a pen name in 1885 when submitting poems to The Bulletin newspaper to separate his poetry from his work as a solicitor.}