If we slow down for a while and look back at the previous verses, it is as if we are looking in the mirror. We stare at the sinful man who is always crooked – it’s our nature to turn away from God. Let’s be honest with ourselves and admit that sometimes we are caught […]
Read moreDuring my quiet time this morning, I prayed for the children. For their needs. I also prayed for Renata and asked for clarity about God’s calling for her and that she will strive to fulfill it. I prayed for myself too and for my calling, and especially that I will understand God’s Word clearly and […]
Read moreIt’s fairly hard for me to write about the same subject again and again. I think the author of Hebrews can teach me a lot about that. He writes over and over again about what Jesus had done. I suspect he does it to really push that point home. I think he is afraid that […]
Read moreMany people are made to be decent. It’s as if they never do anything wrong. Their hair is always perfect. They are really pleasant people and won’t harm a fly. I wish I could’ve been like that, but I’m more of a boundary tester. And it’s not as if I go looking to test the […]
Read moreA friend of mine and his family were visiting the Kruger Park. They were very excited as they told us about all they had seen. Before they had left, each of them has asked the Lord for a special experience with a specific animal. My friend longed to see a ratel, his wife wanted to […]
Read moreA friend of mine works for a major international firm of attorneys. At the height of Covid-19, I asked him how the company was doing in this difficult time. He said his division was doing fairly well, but the people in litigation were struggling, because the courts were closed. He added that the people with […]
Read moreThere is so much power in a greeting. Years ago, we had to greet everybody with a kiss. Sometimes it was really gross. NataniĂ«l has this story about the aunt with the mole that you had to dodge, or the other one who had such flabby lips that it left you wondering whether she had […]
Read moreI’m with a friend of mine. As he talks to me, tears run down his face. He is describing the last minutes before his daughter’s operation. Her leg had to be amputated just below the knee. An aggressive cancer had been discovered in her fibula. Only two out of a million children get it, and […]
Read moreI pity the people who lived on earth before Jesus came. They did not actually have a chance of going to heaven. If they sinned, they had to take the punishment. I suspect I would have missed out on heaven too. But thank goodness God came with a supernatural, incomprehensible rescue effort. I will never […]
Read moreThere is so much power in a greeting. Years ago, we had to greet everybody with a kiss. Sometimes it was really gross. NataniĂ«l has this story about the aunt with the mole that you had to dodge, or the other one who had such flabby lips that it left you wondering whether she had […]
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