Letters from Heaven .....

10 things my mom taught me ... this is so true

‘n Man sien nie altyd dinge soos ons dit sien nie.

Ek dink byvoorbeeld aan die naweek, my man, is eintlik baie oulik, hy probeer altyd verstaan wat ek doen en probeer my altyd ondersteun.  Ek weet hy he dat ek  altyd spesiaal moet voel.  Ons kan ook soms mekaar misverstaan.  Dis regtig so, ek sal iets doen wat hy net nie kan verstaan nie.  Hy se ook ek verstaan jou nie.  Ek het toe vir hom die naweek gese ‘jy moet my nie verstaan nie, dis jou werk om my net lief te he.’ 

Hoekom is hy speciaal vir my?  Wel op die oomblik is hy die enigste een wat presies weet wat in my lewe aan die gang is.  Ek praat natuurlik met my kinders maar daar is goed wat ek nie met almal deel nie.  Dis persoonlik en omdat dit persoonlik is weet hy daarvan.

So my liewe man net ‘n woordtjie:  ek dink jy is wonderlik met jou eienaardige insigte, ek is lief vir jou met al jou snaakse idees.  Ek waardeer dat jy my nie inperk nie en dat jy my die Vryheid gee om te kan lewe soos ek wil.  Baie dankie.

Mag jy ‘n wonderlik dag geniet by die werk en wanneer jy huis toe kom hoop ek jy sal darem iets van my kan verstaan.  Of nie!

Every day!!!

God knows exactly where you are....

... me and my house

. . . . .Forgive sinners

A woman's heart!

Jordan

2 Kings 2 (Amplified Bible)

¹¹ As they still went on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire parted the two of them, and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

¹² And Elisha saw it and he cried, My father, my father! The chariot of Israel and its horsemen! And he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.

¹³ He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan.

There comes a time when we all have to face our ‘Jordan’ when something happens and we need to take over from our peers. 

As Elijah was preparing Elisha for the job at hand they were strolling down and all of a sudden out from the heavens came a chariot of fire and horses of fire which parted both Elijah and Elisha.  Thinking about that I was struck by the description of how the Lord sent a chariot from heaven to pick Elijah up and bring him into heaven.  Totally amazing was this and must have struck Elisha as wonderful.  

Elisha wanted to be as good as Elijah.  Now he didn’t have his mentor anymore, he had to get up and move on.  He could stand around and mope all day but he took the mantle for Elijah that fell to the ground and threw it over his shoulders.  Reading him to take up his position.  He started doing exactly what Elijah taught him.  

Take up your position as you go through your Jordan, live starts now.  It won’t be easy but you can do this.  You have been preparing for so long.

People I draw towards myself

One of the problems I have is that I am a very judgemental person.  I can listen to a conversation in within minutes deduct what kind of person I am dealing with.  The problem with that is that I have become too judging.  Now the Lord truly has a good sense of humour, He gave me to look after a teenager who is just so judging.

My problem isn’t the fact that I can discern what the person is like, my problem is that I draw these kinds of people towards me constantly.  I need help because I need to learn the lesson and move on.  What must I do to stop the judgemental attitude?

Lord help me!

Ruth - changed the outcome of her life dramatically

Praise the Eternal One, He has not abandone you.  He did not leave without a redeeming guardian.  May your offspring become famous all through Israel.  Ruth 4: 14

Ruth is one of my favourite classics in the bible.  As I look at her life I admire her for her tenacity in being able to take a decision on where she wants to be and what her motives are.  She leaves behind her own country and countrymen going to a new country.  With her mother-in-law going with her whom had lost everything, her husband and both her sons.  Naomi is faced with a new challenge, as she speaks to her friends she tells them how disappointed she feels.  All the important people in her life had passed away, she feels God deserted her.  Then Ruth comes with her to her mother-in-laws country and she starts working in the fields gathering food for the both of them.  Ruth finds favour in the eyes of a very important relative of Naomi now named Mara.  Now Boas the owner of the field asked about Ruth and gave orders that Ruth be treated fairly.  Boas really looked out for Ruth and she received his favour by being able to follow his workers and eating with them.  On telling her mother-in-law she is told to be kind and sleep at the feet of Boas.  Boas woke up in the night and saw her on speaking to her he told her he would speak to the elders of the community and the other relative who would have the right to buy the land her mother-in-law was selling.  

As the practice was in the town, he asked a couple of the elders from the town to sit with him as he waited for the relative to come into town.  On spotting the relative he called him over and told him that Naomi was selling her land and that he was first in line to buy the land.  The relative said yes he was interested.  The Boas said there was the matter of Ruth the Moabite woman that would have to be taken in as part of the deal.  Considering the situation the relative decided not to accept the offer and said that he would not want to buy the land.  Boas stated that he intended to buy the land and that he would marry Ruth.

All done and said he gave his sandal as confirmation of the deal and took Ruth as his wife.  Ruth made her mother-in-law really happy when she fell pregnant with a son whom she named Obed and the best of all is that Obed then became Jesse’s father in turn David’s father.  

The Lord is awesome and HE knows best.  Bad things happen to good people but the outcome is always pleasing.  If you are facing a difficult time in your life, take time to fast and pray and see how the Lord works in your live and saves you with an awesome outcome.