Lord where are you?

The frost covered lawn
   the trees - bare no leaves
     the water frozen in the pond

Walking across the lawn
  with the frost at my feet
     with the cracking of ice

Cold feelings rush up my legs
  chills come down my back
    crying out for some warmth 

Lord Jesus hear my cry
 lend a hand to my plight
  lost and alone I stand

The trees bear no leaves
  the bark is dark
   the doves watches from on high

A slight breeze between the branches
  a shivering chill down my back
    a small voice behind me, “Here I am”

The Lord spoke to me - softly
  the world seems brighter
   the sun peeps through the clouds
 
poem by 

Yvette van Niekerk

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Heb. 13:8

Great and majestic is my Lord.  The Lord is my shield I can go to Him in my hour of need.  The Lord God will protect me and keep me safe.  The Lord God gave His only begotten Son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for my sins.  LORD God You are awesome and wonderful.  I live and breathe because of You I am so honoured to come into Your presence in awe I stand before You this morning.  I give You thanks and praise Your name for all You have done in my life.  Lord You are my King and my God.  I dedicate my life back into Your hands today.  I praise Your Name.  For Lord Your word states that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.  How awesome is that Lord that we may come to You because of Your Son Jesus Christ.

By the Blood of Jesus Christ we are saved.  We may enter Your courts with thanks giving in our hearts and praise in our mouth.  Father God we bring You all the glory and honour and we thank You for the opportunity in being able to stand before You.

Praise You Lord, I will praise You LORD, my soul will praise You.  I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.  Blessed are the people whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God.  You Lord the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them – You LORD God remains faithful forever.  

The Lord sets the prisoners free, the Lords gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous.

The Lord watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.  The Lord reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations.  Praise the Lord.  Psalm 146.  For Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. 

I Love the Lord my God, Jesus Christ

‘If you love me, you will obey my commandments.’ John 14: 15

In humility I come before the Lord God and I stand and accept the commandments in humble obedience to my Lord Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour.  I also declare and state that I love the Lord my God with all my heart, body and soul.  

I find myself in the wilderness, I entrust my life into the hands of the Lord my God.  I believe that I am the head and not the tail.  I declare that I am the righteousness of God in Christ.  I believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for my sins and that He rose from the dead in 3 days.  I have eternal life and I can stand before the Lord God through Jesus Christ.

In humility I ask Lord search my heart and mind and help me to repent of any sin that may be within me that which I am aware of as well as that which I do not know of.  I declare Psalm 145: 9 ‘The LORD is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works.’  I believe that I am a work in progress and God is still working with me forming into His desired plan.

Normal - is over rated.

‘I am the first, the last, the only God; there is no other god but Me.’ Isaiah 44: 6

Thinking about this the Lord God was the first, is the last and the only God on this earth.  I don’t believe we really can understand the greatness of our true God.  Tonight it is my desire to draw near to the Lord God and become more and more like the Lord.  God sent His only begotten son Jesus Christ to die on the Cross for our sins.

Thinking back to a time in the early days of the year 2000 my ex-husband and I with our three children were invited to attend act of a hypnotizer.   The poor man just could not get the people go under and from the stage he walked straight to me and said ‘Stop praying, this isn’t a evil thing I am doing.  It’s just for fun and we don’t want to harm you or anybody else.’  I was shocked at this reaction and couldn’t believe his outburst.  The fact of the matter is that the magician wasn’t able to get the people to go under hypnosis and that made the audience angry as well as the hypnotiser.  We left the theatre and went home, my ex-husband was very angry with me and told me I should stop my nonsense and behave like any normal person.

Anyway long story short, it seems I am not a normal person as I still love the Lord God with all my heart, body and mind.  I still believe God is in control over my life and He is my everything.  My life cannot change unless my Lord permits it to and that sits well with me.  I am blessed and the righteousness of God in Christ.

A Mindset of Greatness

A Mindset of Greatness

Me in the News Paper!

Witbank News, Friday 15 June 2012, Berta and Yvette

I must tell you I have moved to Witbank and am living here about two years and this is a tight knit community.  You don’t just make friends with the people around here.  Nevertheless I made a friend one evening while I was attending a Karate Grading for the children.  My new friend Berta van der Spuy was outside in the cold just like me waiting for her grandson.  We started to chat as I invited her to take a seat next to me on the bench before one of the large windows looking into the Dojo.  Well we talked about all kinds of events and the things the kids got up to.  She invited me to go and visit her at her Clinic.  I decided to pop around her place one morning and then she said to me would you like to join us for a ‘Pyjama Party’.  I said sure I can make a plan with the kids and come along.  

So it was arranged my husband works most weekends and would not be home on the Friday evening and I left the two kids at home and went in my pyjamas to this party.  We had a great time, a lot of laughter and fund.  It was a party to raise some funds for the needy and to get the community involved.  I pledged my time to bake a lovely cake and do some typing.  One of the doctors bought my pledge and said she would call on me when she needed to have something typed up for her.

Nice ladies, all very professional and very wealthy, one of the ladies that stood out for me was of course my friend Berta.  She is very down to earth and very sweet, always laughing and she seems so happy with her own life.  I have decided to write a review on her life and how she managed to become so successful.  I am compiling some information about her and then will write an article about her life’s success.  

The other ladies I thought were also most gracious and very kind are Wilma Erasmus, she is the chairperson of the SACBW in Emalahleni (The South African Council for Businesswomen).  She is open and kind and has a lovely way about her.  Once I get to know her a little better I will try and get some of her time and write a review on her too.

See you soon!!