Yvette's Whispers of Faith

Mandela Day is being celebrated here in South Africa today. Our company has challenged their workers to contribute cash, clothing, blankets, food and books to the needy. We all went to different locations to distribute the goods and help the people. My heart almost broke when I saw the conditions these people are living in. The poverty and hardships are unspeakable. God has blessed so many people's lives today, with gifts from our company.  The people I work with are wonderful and I am so impressed with their generosity. We just wish we could have given more. God bless the people.

Romans 8: 28 ESV “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good.” Have you ever wanted to go back into the past and change things?  You know you may have done something that you wish you could change today? It's not going to happen, I know. The fact of the matter is its over and done with the only way is moving forward. I love King David he was a man after God's own heart. When I look at his life; I know he made some big mistakes. He was an adulterer and a murder too. The one thing that does encourage me about King David is the fact that he loved God. He wrote most of the Psalms.  My soul is lifted up in reading Psalms. I realise God chose me and I am where I am for a reason. My journey is up and down. I know people stand in judgement and look down on me. I know they have made up their minds about me. I also know God has given me a second chance. My hope is in God, and I believe whatever; failures I had will change into vi...

Psalm 56: 3 – 4 AMP “When I am afraid, I will put my trust and faith in You. In God, whose word I praise; In God, I have put my trust; I shall not fear. What can mere man do to me?” My emotional intelligence isn't quite up to standard according to me. I am not someone that is fearful, but I have come to realise that I am anxious.  My nerves feel drained.  I felt everything is crushing me.  It's like an axe hovering over my head. I am just waiting for something to come crashing down on me. I cannot put my finger on it, but I still have this dread feeling. I need to place my trust in God and yet I seem to miss the point. Within hours I am struggling with a lower backache.  It feels like my legs are incapable of moving.  I have allowed fear to infiltrate my life again, forgetting God is in control. I know that my life is in God's hands and that everything will work out just fine. I am anxious about my future and what it holds.  I don't kno...

Ruth, Happy Birthday, I enjoyed baking this barrel cake, a new challenge. 

I want to say think you: Karen and Heeran for ordering cake from me. God bless you guys. Happy Birthday Heeran!

1 Thessalonians 5: 16 – 18 AMP “Rejoice always and delight in your faith; be unceasing and persistent in prayer; in every situation [no matter what the circumstances] be thankful and continually give thanks to God; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.” My journey has been interesting this year and my goodness something I took away this year never tells others how God is blessing you.  Let them see the blessings don’t actually go and say “God blessed me with this and that.”  I found out the minute I did that my blessings were stolen away and I felt terrible afterwards. I am so grateful that God keeps all His promises. I have many friends and the one thing that I found is that people do not keep their promises . They failed me and I was so disappointed but then I look at them and realize they are people, it’s their nature. My God is everything to me, I am grateful for today, I am so grateful for my job.  I am grateful for my husband a...

Malachi 3: 10 AMP “Bring all the tithes (the tenth) into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the LORD of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you [so great] a blessings until there is no more room to receive it.” How do you view blessings from God?  I used to think God needed to bless me financially, I thought it was the only way I would be blessed. As I grow older I realised that God’s blessings are in small unexpected gifts. I believe God sees a need and sends someone to address that specific need. I think God used people to do His work and we should be obedient in that way. I know God uses all kinds of people to help others. We are His hands and feet without obedient Christians we cannot perform God’s work. I look at the people out there and I see that there is a need but there aren’t that many people out there that want to help. Let’s bless other people when you see a nee...