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"May the best day of your past Be the worst day of your future." My Dad always wished me this Irish Blessing and I want it to matter today and every other day in my life.
Friday 20 March 2015
Thursday 19 March 2015
My prayer Psalm 91 Amplified Bible
Father God please help me dwell in the secret place of the Most High so
that I may remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose
power no foe can withstand].
As the Psalmist states Lord, I will say of the LORD, He is my Refuge and
my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust!
For [then] He will delivery me from the snare of the fowler and from the
deadly pestilence.
[Then] He will cover me with His pinions, and under His wings shall I
trust and find refuge; His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and a
buckler.
I shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrow (the
evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that flies by day, nor of the pestilence
that stalks in darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that surprise
and lay waste at noonday.
A thousand may fall at my side, and ten thousand at my right hand, but
it shall not come near me.
Only a spectator shall I be [myself inaccessible in the secret place of
the Most High] as I witness the reward of the wicked.
Because I have made the Lord my refuge, and the Most High my dwelling
place, there shall no evil befall me, nor any plague or calamity come near my
tent. For He will give His angels
[especial] charge over me to accompany and defend and preserve me in all my
ways [of obedience and service].
They shall bear me up on their hands, lest I dash my foot against a
stone. I shall tread upon the lion and
adder; the young lion and the serpent shall I trample underfoot.
Because I have set my love upon the LORD, therefore will the LORD
deliver me; the Lord will set me on high, because I know and understand HIS
NAME [has a personal knowledge of God’s mercy, love and kindness – trusts and
relies on the LORD, knowing that the LORD will never forsake me, no never].
I shall call upon the LORD, and the LORD will answer me, The LORD will
be with me in trouble, The LORD will deliver me and honor me. With long life will the LORD satisfy me and
show me THE LORD’s salvation.
Amen
Saturday 14 March 2015
The Curious Case of Prince Charming - by Charlen Mattson - Book Review
Book Review: The Curious Case of Prince Charming
Author: Charlene
Mattson
Personal
Quality Rating: 3
Reviewer: Yvette
van Niekerk (South Africa)
Summary:
The story is about the abduction of a beautiful Princess in
Altria a fairy-tale country. Because the
abductor is seen as a villain the palace decides on recruiting the services of
a detective in the City – William Tenys.
It’s clear that William has been doing investigative work
for some time and he really gets involved.
A couple of murders take place and there is a twist in the story. Some evil villain is influenced by an even
worse entity.
The story does lean more towards an investigation and not so
much about a fantasy world but nevertheless it is quite interesting to see what
happens.
Social / Historical
Context:
As fiction I would say that the book is really lovely. The most striking of the story is the fact
that the author was set on reminding each of us that good always prevails. There are many plots and I found that the characters
depicted in her book were well thought out.
The story was going in the direction of murders and abductions. One of the characters in this book looked so
good and was so proper but in actual fact was rotten to the core, ‘a beautiful
person with an ugly heart’ if I may use this phrase.
Writing Style:
The writing style to my mind is a mixture of evocation and
common place. It was an easy read and I
enjoyed the story flow. The writer
definitely enjoyed her own story and I could feel her getting carried away. I believe the story was well written in the
third person and there is a lot of telling before the characters actually do
some speaking. The description of the
places was interesting and I could actually see some of the characters in my
mind’s eye.
I think the purpose of the story is to show in essence that
good always prevails over evil, that even in difficult times things do get
better.
Thinking about how the book has been written I believe it
leans more toward being a narrative.
My Thoughts:
I fell in love with the main character Mister William Tenys,
this detective was sharp and I enjoyed reading how he went about his
business. The other characters in the
book were interesting and they fitted into the story. I was sorry about one of the ladies in the
story that had to die; I think they may have hit it off at some stage in the
story. When drawing to a close I
actually felt a little sad to see the story had come to an end.
Friday 13 March 2015
Thursday 12 March 2015
South Africa - we need to check our values !!!
Good Citizens
A good citizen is someone that to my mind is trustworthy,
has respect for his own property as well as for the next person’s
property. This person is responsible and
knows that whatever he or she does will affect many people around him or her,
directly or indirectly. This person is
able to deal fairly with people, under any circumstances and cares about what
happens to others.
Being a good Citizen is import to our Country. We need to teach our children good values
that will help them growing up. We need
to take the time in working with them. In showing them the right way of living. Looking at some aspects and values I think we
need to address give me some of your thoughts and tell me if you believe I am
wrong. What can we do to make our Country
better?
Respect
I have been talking to a number of people and it seems that
in our Country today there is a lack of some good qualities throughout the
nation. It seems our Citizens don’t have
any respect for each other these days.
People don’t respect other people nor do they respect their property and
or what they wear or do. It is shocking
to see how badly people behave when it comes to respecting each other. The children have no respect for the elderly.
Trustworthiness
My dad always told us never to trust other people and today
I see that there is no trustworthiness in our country. People go back on their word constantly. I can use a company as an example. I went for the interview and this gentleman asked
and almost pleaded with me that should he employ me for the next couple of
month that I should not drop him and leave.
I took the offer and started work, something changed I believe the young
lady I was helping out became very insecure and within two weeks the asked me
to leave. What happened to I will give
you the opportunity in doing the work and letting you stay until the young
woman returned. Because of this young woman’s
insecurity I was booted out. So who can
you trust?
Responsibility
In our house the children are being taught
responsibility. We have given each child
a task that needs to be done. Their
responsibility isn't that difficult and they need to own their jobs. Now because they have these little jobs with
are to first of all discipline their lives and secondly to help them take their
responsibility. I find them constantly
dropping the jobs. First I used to fight
and shout and get myself so angry, I stopped it. I told my husband that he needs to deal with
them. They are learning how to become
responsible and when we keep on picking up after them they lose their
perspective on their responsibility. ‘Oh
well, she will do it, I am not going to worry.’
Wrong move, it’s your job own it.
Fairness
I find there is no fairness these days, no one is fair. If they can score boy will they score. It’s all about me, what I can get out of the
deal. It doesn't matter that it is to
the determent of the rest of the people as long as I can be number one. All our children are learning these things,
and it seems no one is worried about it.
What will happen when they grow up mean and have nothing to give to
others. Feeling that they are just in
treating people unfairly? We need to
make a point in teaching our children fairness.
Caring
Life sure is difficult and to be honest I see that as people
every one of us are too busy in our own little worlds. We don’t have time for the next person. We are too busy with our own selfish
needs. I want – I get. No, what about caring about other
people. Isn't it better to give than to
receive? I don’t know but we need to start caring about the elderly, the sick,
the poor and then look to ourselves.
Tuesday 10 March 2015
Empty Tomb ... He is a Live!
Mary the mother of James, and Mary Magdalene and Salome
bought spices and sat together preparing the spices. It was very early when Mary Magdalene went
into the kitchen and put everything together while she was putting the spices
on the table, the other Mary and Salome can into the kitchen too. ‘How did you sleep?’ Salome asked as she sat
down on a chair near the table.
Looking
at her both Mary’s said ‘Not at all’.
Picking up the dish with the spices the three women walked through the
door and down the street toward the place where Jesus was buried.
On their way to the grave they experienced a violent
earthquake. An Angel of the Lord came
down from heaven and going to the tomb rolled back the stone and sat on
it. His appearance was like lightning
and his clothes were white as snow. The
guards were so afraid of him they shook and became like dead men.
The three women, Mary the mother of James, Mary Magdalene
and Salome saw the Angel of the Lord and stood before him like pillars of
salt.
‘Do not be afraid, for I know
that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he
said. Come and see the place where he
lay. Then go quickly and tell his
disciples: He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.’
Running into the tomb they stood in front of the place where
Jesus it was empty.
Bewildered and astonished the woman left the tomb in a hurry
and yet they felt joy and ran to his disciples.
Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greeting,” he
said. They came to him fell down on
their knees clasping his feet, worshiping.
Then Jesus bent down and lifted them to their feet “Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see
me.”
While the women were on their way, some of the guards went
into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had
happened. When the chief priests had met
with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money,
telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and
stole him away while we were asleep.” If this report gets to the governor, we will
satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”
So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated
among the Jews to this very day.
Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he
rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe
those who had seen him after he had risen.
He said to them, “Go into all the
world and preach the good news to all creation.
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not
believe will be condemned. And these
signs will accompany those who believe.
In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison,
it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and
they will get well.”
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up
into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. Then the disciples went out and preached
everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his words by the signs
that accompanied it.
Friday 27 February 2015
3 Hurdles Christian face
Romans 12 : 11 – 12 “Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent
in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in
hope, be patient in tribulations, be constant in prayer.”
1.
Hope
For a moment or a couple of days I was not focusing on the Lord and I was
looking at my circumstances. I was
fearful of the situation and worried about the consequences of this
circumstances I was facing. Most of which
of course was in my mind and not truly in the physical.
After a while it struck me that I had to face the situation and believe and
trust in the Lord I serve. I let go of
my emotional uncertainty and decided to focus on the Lord. I have no idea what will happen but in the
meantime I am trusting in the Lord to sort this situation and circumstances out
for me. Now I am rejoicing in the hope.
2.
Tribulation – Trying experience
‘Be constant in prayer’ is one of the other hurdles as a Christian I learned the hard way. We have to train ourselves to pray and when things go wrong we want to start praying. The problem with that is we don’t get the results we wish for and then give up in praying.
Pray while I walk in the shopping center, pray while I am deciding on what to buy for dinner and pray for my family and friends. I pray for the lives of the people I feel are important to me.
‘Be patient in tribulation’ to my mind I
have mastered this part in my working world to such an extent I don’t know when
to let go. I have been in such difficult
circumstances that I believe it was meant that I was to resign my position but
was just not focused on the difficulties I was facing. I stood on the ‘Word of God’ and never
allowed it to hurt or harm me.
Thinking about it reminds of a saying ‘if you can’t take the heat, get out of
the kitchen’. To mind I have been in
really heated situations and just stood fast.
I was steadfast in that I didn’t allow the
person or persons bringing the tribulation or trying times on my work situation
to get the better of me. I kept on
trusting and focusing on the Lord my God.
3.
Prayer
‘Be constant in prayer’ is one of the other hurdles as a Christian I learned the hard way. We have to train ourselves to pray and when things go wrong we want to start praying. The problem with that is we don’t get the results we wish for and then give up in praying.
Pray while I walk in the shopping center, pray while I am deciding on what to buy for dinner and pray for my family and friends. I pray for the lives of the people I feel are important to me.
To recap, we all need hope and
yes we all face difficult and trying time which activates our prayer
lives. Take up the challenge with me and
start praying don’t give up.
You are a blessing to me, thank
you for reading my thoughts around hurdles I face many times.
Tuesday 24 February 2015
The Duty Fulfiller
this is me .... can you believe it.
You are responsible, reliable, and hardworking - you get the job done.
You prefer productive hobbies, like woodworking or knitting.
Quiet and serious, you are well prepared for whatever life hands you.
You are conservative and down-to-earth. You hardly ever do anything crazy.
In love, you are loyal and honest. If you commit yourself to someone, then you're fully committed.
For you, love is something that happens naturally. And you don't need romantic gestures to feel loved.
At work, you remember details well and are happy to take on any responsibility.
You would make a great business executive, accountant, or lawyer.
How you see yourself: Decisive, stable, and dependable
When other people don't get you, they see you as: Boring, conservative, and egotistical
LORD Always before me
Psalm 16: 8 ‘I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be
shaken.’
I just cannot start my day without going in prayer to the
Father. I don’t know how to get started,
every morning in my waking the first thoughts in my mind is ‘thank You Lord,
for another day.’
Thinking about my life it is clear to me that in my heart
and mind I cannot betray the LORD my God, I believe in my heart that the Lord
is my Father. I wake up each morning and
the first thing on my mind is the Lord.
Thinking about the picture I have in my head right now I
feel like a little child walking with her Daddy and he takes my right hand to
show me the way. I look up at my Daddy
and I know that my Dad has only good things in mind. We are walking and while we are walking He is
teaching me, looking at the beautiful flowers along the road I believe in my
heart I am learning. Laughing and talking
about the lovely day and we are on our way to sit in the park. Its beautiful outside the sun is shining and
the playground is ahead of me.
I look around and all of a sudden I see evil men walking
towards us. My Daddy holds my hand and
tells me not to be afraid. They approach
him and he says something to them. They
look frightened and run away. Seeing
them run makes me feel at peace, I have my daddy with me. He will always protect me from harm no one
can snatch me from his hand.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, Lord my God in humbleness I come into Your
presence today and pray Lord for the protecting and lovely hand in my life and
the lives of the people around me. Lord
give me the strength to stand and always turn my face to You. Like a sunflower I turn my face to You Lord
my God to be filled with Your Holy Spirit.
Keep me from evil and watch over me in the Holy name of Your beautiful
son Jesus Christ amen
Sunday 22 February 2015
Lord God illuminate my mind = give me a good idea
8 The Laws of the Lord are right, giving joy to the
heart. The Word of the Lord is pure, giving light to the eyes.
In total humility and total need I come to You Lord, I am
asking You to please fill my heart with total joy. Give me the creativity I need to life a full
and interesting life. Lord I want to
pray and ask You to help me and enlighten my eyes. Lord let Your radiance come into my life,
help me become more and more like You. I
want to ask You boldly to please give me something good that I can use to honor
You and I want to pray for a creative and good idea. Lord people all around me are so inventive
they seem to prosper and go forward, I feel that I am in total lack.
Lord my God I pray for great and wonderful ideas, so that I
am able to make them work. I want to do
something that will make other people sit up and know that I have supernatural
favour with the Living God I serve. I
want to have people see that Your hand is on my life Lord I want to ask You to
give me a light in my eyes. Something that
I am able to do as it would be for You.
I want to also build and make sure I leave a great legacy
for my own children.
Lord help me to prosper in whatever I do, help me to become
a successful person and help me to build on my creativity. Lord give me a great idea that I can use and
help me make this part of my life going forward. Lord take me under Your wings and lead
me. I need Your guidance. Help me please father God in the name of the
Lord Jesus Christ I ask this.
Amen
Sunday 15 February 2015
Be Tenacious
I the LORD search the mind, I try the heart, even to give to
every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings. Jeremiah 17:10 Amp
Have you ever thought about your life? What you are doing and where you are
going? Is there someone watching and
does anybody know what you are up too? O
yes, believe me the LORD our God is searching our minds, trying our hearts and
seeing what each and every one of us are doing on our way and letting us pick
the fruits of our doings.
Nothing is in vain and we will pick the fruits of our
doings, good or bad. The thing is where
are you standing with the LORD your God?
Are you working towards the renewing of your mind? Are you learning and staying focused on the
LORD your God?
I find people get totally irritated with me because my main
focus in life is on the LORD my God, it is so easy for me to speak about Him or
bring Him into a conversation. I find it
difficult for people to get used to me. It’s
not like I want to judge you but they get irritated by my constant referrals to
the LORD my God.
Then I read my daily devotions and I see words like ‘be
tenacious’ and Acts 20: 24 NKJV ‘But none of these things move me.’ Don’t quit – I will never give up and I will
keep on keeping on until I make it.
Isaiah 40: 29 NIV ‘He gives strength to the weary and increases the
power of the weak.’ I hold onto my Lord
God and I won’t give up.
Ephesians 6: 10 NIV ‘ Be strong in the LORD and in His
mighty power.’ As I start my evening and
ready myself for bed, it is my hope and my desire to remain strong in the LORD
and in His mighty power. I believe that
when I awaken every morning I have the strength to face the day not because I
think I am strong but because I have a power source no one else has. LORD my God, strengthens me and gives me His
mighty power.
Prayer
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