You think other people are like you. We think we all play life by the same rules and do things the same way, but it’s not like that. I’ve burned my fingers that way. When I still worked in business, people occasionally visited with the proverbial Bible under their arm speaking the language of a […]
Read moreA doctor talked to my dad for an hour. He didn’t examine him. He didn’t take his blood pressure. Just talked. When my dad got to the payment point, he was informed that the bill came to more than R5 000. This made my dad very angry. The woman asked my father to bring cash […]
Read moreIn my previous writing, I said I would easily recognise an Israeli by the way they drive. Without using indicators and with horns hooting all the time. In the same way, one recognises God’s children by their way of life and by the things they do. This excludes deception and fraud. Children of God do […]
Read moreWhen you visit another country, you soon notice how people differ. In Israel, I soon noticed the differences in the way they drive. You won’t believe it, but almost no Israeli uses an indicator. Only the tourists and a bus driver here and there use indicators. But they do use their horns super much. Let […]
Read moreSometimes we can make things very complex, and then later, we get confused about what is actually the right thing to do. When we get married, we do a course or two and maybe pick up a book. Later we get so entangled in all the rules and regulations that we just want to give […]
Read moreMy pal’s business was struggling, because the other suppliers were getting all the contracts. And if you don’t give the person signing off the order a cash backhander, chances are that order isn’t coming your way. My friend refuses to do business like that. That’s why his business is struggling. But he perseveres and believes […]
Read morePieter told me about his time working for an organisation where not everything was run above board: You are blindfolded and led into a lodge where your heart’s desire to see light is granted to you. Then you are introduced to three great lights, namely the sun that reigns over day, the moon over night, […]
Read more5We never used words to butter you up. No one knows that better than you. And God knows we never used words as a smoke screen to take advantage of you. Why is it always so hard to say out loud what I believe and what I stand for, especially when some of my friends […]
Read moreEphesians 6:10-20 The year I spent on the border doing military service was fortunately one of the quieter times with little contact with the enemy. However, I was never afraid, because I was a ratel (an armoured vehicle) gunner. We were ready for battle with the right weapons and right protective vehicle. In the same […]
Read moreEphesians 5:6-18 A friend of mine is always unhappy. One mishap after the other befalls him. At one time he nearly lost everything. Although he is now doing well financially, he is very lonely. His friends hang around, but when they leave there is a deep loneliness inside him. He comes to see me, close […]
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