During my quiet time, I got a message from my wife asking me to think about a friend and her husband who had an appointment with a psychologist. Their marriage was hanging by a thread. A thread so thin, that the man said he didn’t want to continue. They were done, reasoning it’s time to […]
Read moreIt brings me great joy to watch young love. The two young people in love are in each other’s space bubbles all the time. Sometimes I wonder if my son still knows that this is his parents’ house and not just a pit stop for clean clothes and pocket money. It also brings me great […]
Read moreWhen Jesus came to earth, He did a lot for us. When He died on the cross, He died for our sins. He was the sacrificial lamb that had to be “slaughtered” so that His blood could flow in payment for the sins we commit. In the past, in the present, and even in the […]
Read moreOf all the books in the Bible, James is my favourite. Probably because it contains such practical, I could even say down to earth guidelines, to help one live right. If you want to know what a Christian should do, if you want to know what your life should look like each day here on […]
Read moreCain and Abel were the first two men born in the world. One day, both brothers had to make an offering to God. Cain was a farmer and brought products of the soil to offer to God. Abel farmed with livestock and slaughtered a firstborn lamb. He drained the blood into a container and put […]
Read moreThe mountains around us are on fire. The fire actually started in Franschhoek, but the wind pushed it across the mountains. Within five hours it had run down Jonkershoek towards the town. Eventually the violent fire was contained. Many people helped to bring the fire under control, but, unfortunately, some properties were damaged. Such a […]
Read moreWhen I was very small, my dad had a square framework with a row of small steel balls on strings hanging from it on his desk. If you picked up the first ball on one end and let it fall, the ball on the other end would fly up nearly as high. I could play […]
Read moreWe often allow ourselves to become side-tracked. We get caught up in stories and issues that have nothing to do with our salvation. We waste out energy on issues that have no solution. Worst of all is that at the end of the day, we have no strength or time left to get where we […]
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