Many people say that we should only love God and focus only on Him. Because He is good, and the world is not. Therefore, we should not love life on earth, because everything here is evil. That is so untrue. Life is God’s gift of grace to us. It is He who breathed life into […]
Read moreLately, I’ve been surprised, no, actually shocked, by how people can go on and on and blow a gasket over something small. I saw a woman in the parking lot getting out of her car and descending on a young man. Shame, the guy just stood there waiting for the auntie to stop ranting. But […]
Read moreWith the drought in the Cape, I started to collect rainwater. Many people did the same and bought plastic tanks. I did a decent job of it and installed five 5000-litre tanks. All the tanks are connected, and if it has rained about 100 millimeters, they are full. With a pressure pump that turns itself […]
Read moreI’ve been a bit hard on dogs, but it wasn’t my fault. I always loved my dogs very much and talked to them as if they could understand exactly what I was saying to them. So, I greet the dogs sitting in the sun outside the office. It seems as if they deign to greet […]
Read moreWhen we camp, we gather around the fire. We cook on the fire, and we warm ourselves at the fire when the wind blows so cold. This is where we sit and talk and laugh until late at night. Have you ever sat around a fire and watched people? As they talk, they don’t actually […]
Read moreSomeone pops up on my screen, giving me a piece of their mind about how bad I am and how wrong it is what I’m writing. I’ve often been told how bad I am, but this person adds a whole host of new ones. I’m target practice. When I’d calmed down a bit, I could […]
Read moreDriving to Cape Town Harbour, I marvelled at my bakkie’s steering wheel. With power steering, you just touch it with your little finger and turn it comfortably. As you turn, the whole heavy bakkie follows your lead. We stop this side of the dry dock. That’s where they park the boats that need to be […]
Read moreIn his book, The Heart is the Size of a Fist, PP Fourie writes about his father’s abuse of him and his mother. He describes how they walked the streets on Christmas Eve looking at happy families having dinner. On the eve of the celebration of the Prince of Peace’s birth, they longed for peace. […]
Read moreMy mom always said: “Slow down, my son. Remember, you have two ears and one mouth.” I was still young and my mom must’ve seen the question marks on my face, and explained what she meant: “You mustn’t talk so fast. Listen twice as long twee before letting your tongue start.” It took a long […]
Read moreMany times in my life I’ve said things that I should rather not have said. As the words slip out of my mouth I realise it’s not the right thing to say at the time and then I want to grab them one by one to push them back inside my mouth, but, unfortunately, it’s […]
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