It’s hard to be in the world and not do as the world does. After all, we have to work to stay alive. We must have a roof over our head to protect us. We have to get to work somehow. There is nothing wrong with that and it’s actually part of the assignment we […]
Read moreSometimes I blow off like a pressure cooker. And everyone must get out of the way. Then I don’t feel good about myself. I must be an example, but it’s as if something inside me trips and then it’s chaos. I suspect that most of us get angry at times, some to a greater extent […]
Read moreMy mom always said: “Slow down, my son. Remember, you have two ears and one mouth.” I was still young and my mom must’ve seen the question marks on my face, and explained what she meant: “You mustn’t talk so fast. Listen twice as long twee before letting your tongue start.” It took a long […]
Read moreWe were looking for a rock to use as background when recording a sermon. I thought the Steenbras Dam above Gordons Bay would be ideal, but they didn’t want to let us through the gates. We drove along the coast to Rooiels, but found no rocks close to the road. The only nice place we […]
Read moreMy wife has been away for a whole week to finish her book in silence. We were so happy to see one another and when we realised that the children were busy with their interests, we decided to go and have a quiet dinner in town. After dinner we walked down Church Street to get […]
Read moreThey say growing old isn’t for sissies, because as you know, everything becomes a challenge. Sometimes just to get out of bed has to happen in stages. Like me when I realised on Saturday that it was time to replace the swimming pool pipes. I didn’t want to, but there was a leak somewhere. From […]
Read moreSome people are in the habit of saying: You “speak” it over us. In other words, because you say it, it will happen. I do not always agree with this, although I know there is power in words, but often it doesn’t take a lot of insight or deep wisdom to see something is on […]
Read moreI read on Facebook about two young men who assaulted an older man at a petrol station in Rustenburg. Seven plates had to be used to rebuild his face. The security cameras recorded everything and all of Facebook was screaming for these guys to be apprehended. Rightly so. Why did these men have so much […]
Read morePhilippians 4:1-9 I can think of hundreds of examples where the children of the Lord gained lots of ground for the Kingdom simply to lose it all when stepping into a big hole along the way. All the good work deleted in one stroke. It seems as if the same had happened with Euodia and […]
Read morePhilippians 2:1-5 My wife and I hardly ever disagree, but now and then we fight a lot. This makes me so cross – I can’t believe how quickly the devil can come and steal our joy. Now even Paul has something to say about arguments and disagreements: 2Agree with each other, love each other, be […]
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