Sometimes, especially when life is hard, I don’t feel good about myself. Then I start asking questions about why I’m here on earth. I wonder if I’m still on track. I sometimes also wonder if I’m good enough. It’s quite normal to wonder about your identity and what your purpose on earth is. Humans possess […]
Read moreMy friend’s father’s farmed in the Northern Cape – where the nothing grows about a meter high. How they managed to tend sheep there, only they will know. He’s the one who always said: One should never run out of plans. I suspect that was His secret. He always had a bunch of plans to […]
Read moreMy dad always warned us against saying, “I promise you this or that,” because you have to keep your word. When my friends and I wanted to confirm something is true, we therefore used something we made up. Lifting our hand, we said, “True as Bob!” I wonder if we even knew what “nannies” meant! […]
Read moreThe author of Hebrews repeatedly takes his readers back to a place they know well – the covenant that God entered into with Moses. The readers know this well, because the message has been impressed upon them since childhood. However, it seems as if the readers have not yet bought into the new contract completely. […]
Read moreMany television shows give us a look at how the courts of the world work. They actually involve four characters only. The guilty person, or rather the alleged guilty person, because you’re innocent until proven guilty. Then there’s the prosecutor, usually the state. This person defends justice and must prove that the accused is really […]
Read moreWhen I was a child, Monopoly was one of my most favourite board games. We could play for hours to acquire the most property. The main objective was to own a couple of hotels on Eloff Street. With hard work, good planning and a bit of luck here and there you could eventually become a […]
Read moreOne day as I was driving home I came upon a dilapidated car stuck in the middle of the road. It couldn’t move and I could see the student had no idea what to do. And then I saw an enormous refuse truck coming down the road too, quite fast. I could see that the […]
Read moreI wonder how it would feel if someone told you that you weren’t allowed to eat certain food or go to certain places because your mom and dad did not have the right papers. Your friends can go wherever they like, but you can only play with them in certain places. I can see myself […]
Read morePeople don’t like it when we talk about the devil. It’s as if people are afraid to talk about him. Afraid that if we talk about him, we’ll leave an opening for him. But I think it is important that we know exactly who and what our biggest enemy is. I still remember my army […]
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