Let’s stop the bus of life for a moment and consider where we’re going. What are we focusing on? What fuels the fire of our lives? What motivates us to get up in the morning? Many people aren’t motivated to get up, they’re compelled to do so by pressing financial obligations. It bothers me how […]
Read moreRight off, a direct warning: 15Don’t love the world’s ways. Don’t love the world’s goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father. In the Bible the word “world” is used with different meanings (says Barnes, E-Sword). The world can refer to the physical world, the visible world. The world as God created […]
Read moreJesus did not have it easy on earth. He suffered terribly. He was ostracized and rejected. He was falsely accused. He was spat upon and beaten with whips until His blood flowed. In the end, nails were driven through His hands and feet, and He was hung on a cross. Jesus was tortured to death. […]
Read moreDeath is just a breath away. Our plug can be pulled at any time and then it’s over. But we don’t live like that. We live as if life will never end. Some time ago I stood by a family member’s bed as she breathed slowly in and out. Her breathing was ragged behind the […]
Read moreThe Lord is busy talking to me about things I do that I shouldn’t do, as well as things that I don’t do and that I am actually supposed to do. This has nothing to do with whether I go to heaven or not. Jesus already paid the price for that on the cross. Yet […]
Read moreLife consists of choices. Early every morning I have to choose whether I’m going to get up or stay in bed. I have to decide whether I will start my day with God or not, and often life rushes by so quickly that life makes a choice on my behalf and I don’t get to […]
Read moreWe constantly help married couples who have decided they’ve had enough of being married. They got married initially because their differences drew them to each other. Now they say they differ too much. This is the push force that pushes people out of marriage. Other reasons push people out of wedlock, some justified, some not. […]
Read moreSouth Africans have a way of treating any new big happening in the world with a great sense of humour. This was proven again with the COVID-19 epidemic. We were hardy even locked up at home when the first wave of memes and videos broke. My phone was bleeping so often I had to put […]
Read moreA common theme in movies is to portray the ultimate of humanity. The most perfect human being is the one that survives and reigns until the end. We went to see Wonder Woman. The message corresponds significantly with that of the Gospel. Wonder Woman is indeed wonderful and close to being the perfect human. In […]
Read moreThe end of the year is always busy and it seems as if it gets busier every year. Everything must get done before we can switch off and rest. That is, if you’re indeed lucky enough to get away. We can’t wait to finish and weeks before the time we start dreaming of the relaxing […]
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