Astoundingly true to His Word

Broken and weak I write this log tonight, for some old forgotten wounds have been and are being opened.  My life has been going through constant change recently, and to my amazement it seems to still be changing.  The amount of things and places of change within a person are already one of the areas of astonishment.  What takes my breath away lies in the mysterious ways God causes things to change within us, and keeps the process going on.  When He starts working, He doesn’t stop.  We never arrive, we stay in process with Him, for the purpose of His work is to be changing us to become like Jesus Christ.  I have asked God to reveal and heal my heart, helping me understand why some things seem to be turned upside-down or inside-out.  True as one would always find Him, He is causing that which is weak and lame to become strong.  Never doubting that the process He takes us through is done with a higher cause, it gives me great pleasure to keep in mind that He is willing to compromise our temporal happiness in order to increase the Chrislikeness that He is working within us.  Tired to the point of exhaustion, I realize that we so badly fight against letting go of our own dreams and desires even with the knowledge that within God the untold treasure to be found is life and that in abundance. 

Graciously broken, the astonishing peace flowing from the deep place of knowledge and communion with God, my expectation now lies in finding Him and the illumination of the mysteries of His Kingdom.  How awesome is our God! 

Die regte ding op die regte tyd

'n Kosbare vriend het eenmaal 'n kommentaar oor die wonderlike ervaring van God se voorsienigheid gemaak wat my weer bietjie dieper verwonderd gelaat het.  Kort nadat ons ontmoet het, het hy gesê dat God die regte mense op die regte tye op die regte plekke plaas, sodat Hy daardeur verheerlik kan word.

Ons almal het in die lewe al stampe en skrape opgedoen.  Baie het uit onkunde of soms ontkenning volhard in verkeerde weë.  Ander is weer slagoffers gewees van ongeregtigheid.  Ongeag die oorsaak, die vorm wat jy nou aanneem is hoe jy jou bevind.  Die genade en troos is dat ons nie "so-gemaak-en-so-gelaatstaan" is nie.  God is altyd aan die werskaf en werk met ons om ons te vorm en te verander om meer en meer na Jesus se beeld verander te word.  


Faktore wat jou kan hinner of ondersteun om hierdie ontvorming van die self, en vervorming tot die beeld van Jesus, die heiligheidslewe, neem baie vorme aan.  Party sal dit relevante faktore noem.  Omdat God as Maker IS, is alles in sy hand en vermoë.  By Hom kan enigeiets en alles relevant wees vir die doel wat Hy bepaal het.  Hoe Hy besluit om jou te verander is in sy Almagtige hande.  Hoe Hy bepaal die proses gaan verloop is nie vir ons om te bevraagteken, voorskryf of beoordeel nie.  


Hy sê wag, vertrou en weet - Ek IS wie Ek sê Ek is.

Ek IS God.

I am in love!

Ever been in love?
Jumping when your love's name is mentioned. Getting goosebumps when someone talks about what him?When every thought, plan, and hopeful event is planned around the fact that you may just be able to spend time in his presence?

I am there!  Who can it be?

My constant companion, lover, friend, and Saviour is Jesus Christ.

In this ever changing world full of disillusion and disenchantment I have found a true constant, caring and eternal love.  In love and in life He presents no surprises except the breathtaking interventions proclaiming His Kingship, wonder and majesty.

Instead of having those flutters that takes my focus away from the given calling of my life, I found this calling and life in Him!  Nothing in this life could ever compare to the love that I have found.  In truth, if He chooses to keep me bound to Him alone, I would deem it a privileged to be called only His love, and find it not a loss.

Some may call me a fool, overbearing or even illusional.  I would answer that if you never fall in love with Him, you may just be found to be the fool one day.

In faith I find a life worth living for, and a Love worth breathing for.  He graciously payed the prise that I may receive faith.  Even more radical is that He is the One my faith is for and about.  If "faith is what makes real the things we hope for. It is proof of what we cannot see (Heb 11:1 ERV)" then I have been granted the privilege that I may be in love with Him.

If He is who He says He is, (and by and by, He IS), then I am more then just HIS lover and friend.  I am part of His bride, and so are you!!!

"You shall see My wonders!"

How did your day start?  If anything as beautiful as this I dearly hope a night the same as mine preceded it.  My ability with a camera is not what it ought to be, but having my brother's camera at hand does make the job easier.  

For the past 10 days I have woken up to a view with the potential of this picture, but neither the weather not my spirit were playing along to see the astounding wonder of God's omnipresent love.  Thankfully, on the second to last morning here, I was woken at around quarter past one after a vision that shook me to my bones.  Shortly after trying to fight against the chill it left me with, I grabbed a nightlight and glancing at the stars mysteriously showing up and some even deciding to be shot just to show their delight, I pulled a few blank papers closer.  Without taking the time to find my own words I just started scribbling…

Three hours later and after finishing the first chapter of my book, I ran out of words, and saw the first light of dawn coming over the horizon.  The waves became more distinguished, and soon after my prayers caught fire the horizon and sea were joining in the same song.  Mesmerized I just sat and watched, listening to the songs rising up from the earth, proclaiming God’s love. 

For the ones searching to find God, He shall always let Himself be found.  Blessed be you when you are searching, for you shall see His wonders!

Dare to trust

Rather a million days of turmoil,
facing the world with nothing sure
but the One in control,
than one perfect day...
without You