Some verses I don’t want to write about. The first part of verse 12 gives us courage to pull through hard times: 12If we stick it out with him, we’ll rule with him … You hold onto this with everything in you. When the suffering becomes too hard, you lift your head and look beyond […]
Read moreAnn emailed me after I wrote about a friend’s four-month old baby’s cot death: Our daughter died in February – she was 27 years old. I feel for these people who lost their baby – there are no words for that – no words of consolation, but what we do understand is that we cannot […]
Read moreI remember Trompie and the Boksombende from my childhood. They were a typical boys’ gang that got up to lots of mischief. When a stone fell on the roof or the doorbell rang and there was no one when you opened the door, the Boksombende would be blamed. At school, we were a group of […]
Read moreLet’s start with a few difficult questions: How much pain are you prepared to suffer for your faith? How much are you prepared to be tortured for your faith? Will you die for your faith? Are you prepared to see your children, your loved ones, die for your faith? I’m hesitant to attempt to answer […]
Read moreThe town where I live is shocked by a number of murders. It is horrible and I can’t imagine how afraid the victims must’ve been. I simply cannot make sense of how a son could kill his father and mother and then his brother with an axe. He is found guilty and sentenced to many […]
Read moreA while ago, a friend of mine asked me to pray with him for wisdom. The work they do is very hard to find and they needed to land a big contract to survive. He asked for wisdom, so that they could enter the correct figure in each block of the tender. They calculated everything […]
Read more(Congratulations to Siya and the boys! Thank you for helping to bring our country’s people closer together!) In America’s Got Talent 2018, extremely shy 13-year old Courtney Hadwin walked out on stage. Her voice trembled as she spoke and she was so stressed that when one of the judges asked her what her favourite music […]
Read moreWow, I really struggled with this verse: 6It’s the diligent farmer who gets the produce. What is Paul trying to say here? In the periscope, Paul is motivating Timothy to go and proclaim God’s Word. He uses the example of a soldier to say that they will sometimes walk on dirt roads and that it […]
Read moreMy son was participating in the National Sea Rescue championships. It was my first time at such an event, and it was very interesting. In many of the items in the pool the swimmer had to pull a dummy (a plastic doll half filled with water) along. It was so funny seeing the figure bobbing […]
Read moreI’m actually sorry the two years’ national service training is no longer in operation. Even a year would’ve been good. Not to defend the country, but for the impact it would have on every young person. Look, it wasn’t easy and it wasn’t nice. We were pushed physically until we threw up (well, maybe only […]
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