I have learned that people will forgete what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel – Mary Angelou
Onderdanig
Onderdanig is ‘n slegte woord in ons kultuur – ons moet alles en almal uitdaag en bevraagteken. Ons weet immers beter as hulle. Eintlik moet ons in beheer wees.
Kindness makes a person attractive. If you would win the world, melt it, do not hammer it. —Alexander MacLaren
Die Apostoliese Geloofsbelydenis (5)
Ons gaan hierdie jaar begin deur meer in diepte na die Apostoliese Geloofsbelydenis te kyk. Ek gaan onder andere van Derek Vreeland se Primal Credo (2011) gebruik maak.
Whenever I see myself before God and realize something of what my blessed Lord has done for me at Calvary, I am ready to forgive anybody anything. I cannot withhold it. I do not even want to withhold it. –Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Luister en geloof
Die verhouding van kalium en natrium is jou daaglikse dieet is belangrik. ‘n Onlangse studie het bevind dat as jy twee maal meer kalium as sout inneem, verminder jy die risiko van fatale hartsiektes. Meeste van ons neem te veel natrium (sout) in.
You are nothing better than deceitful hypocrites if you harbor in your minds a single unforgiving thought. There are some sins which may be in the heart, and yet you may be saved. But you cannot be saved unless you are forgiving. If we do not choose to forgive, we choose to be damned.
–Charles Spurgeon, Sermons, 13.718.
Islam
Tanya Walker van Ravi Zacharies International Ministries bespreek die agtergrond en denke van Islam. Een uit elke vier mense in die wêreld vandag is ‘n Moslem en hulle is besig om vinnig toe te neem. Ons word meer bewus van Moslems, maar ons deernis vir hulle – die voorvereiste as ons hulle wil bereik – het nie toegeneem nie.