Have you ever experienced the relief when a car alarm that has been going off for the last hour, stops? Suddenly you can take a breath and think clearly again. But, if it isn’t a car alarm it is some other distraction that’ll keep us out of our heads. I love distraction because the reality is that it stops me from thinking. More specifically, it stops me from thinking about myself. I like to keep it light because sometimes it is hard to deal with myself. I don’t want to have to ask (and answer) questions like, “why am I where I’m at?”, “am I happy and do I even know what will make me happy?”, “why am I not achieving my goals?”. Because if I’m forced to answer these questions I might not be happy with what comes out. I may just come to the realisation that I’m 100% responsible for the how my life has turned out. And, when I have nobody to blame but myself … that’s a bitter pill to swallow. Because once you come to that realisation that there’s nowhere to hide, then you have to deal with yourself. And, that can be hard. Thus, I keep myself busy so that I don’t have to face the reality of what I have created … my life. Theologian Frederich Buechner puts it more eloquently than I ever could, “We shy away from introspection because however fearful the surface seems, we fear the depths still more.” Of course we fear the depths and try and keep things light and on the surface. But, it is only when we go deep that we can really figure things out for ourselves. And, when we truly plumb the depths of our hearts and souls and realise that, yes, we really are 100% responsible for creating our world, it can be quite liberating. Because if we’re 100% responsible, we have the power to change any situation we’re in right now. So, if you’re not happy with something in your life, you have the choice to do something about it right now. Take yourself off the grid for a while and shut the ‘alarm’ off so that you can come to grips with who you really are. Have the courage to go deep so that you can turn your life from superficial to stupendous. The journey is worth it, I promise you.

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EkkwoteerdiewoordevanBillyGraham“God
will be the judge, Holy Spirit will convince
and we need to love people”. Om lief te hê
beteken nie om ons oë toe te hou vir die
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nie. God het die waarheid deur Jesus
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is die dood maar genade die ewige lewe in
Christus. God se liefde konfronteer die
mensdom. Sy liefde is nie onvoorwaarlik nie
maar is gekoppel aan ‘n voorwaarde. Almal
wat glo sal gered word. Ons mag nooit God
se Woord intepreteer om by ons eie lewe aan
te pas nie. Onvoorwaarlike liefde, sonde,
enige riglyne of bakens is gevaarlik. Dit kweek
rebelle, wat doen net wat hulle wil en
proklameer dat genade en liefde goed genoeg
is. Moenie dwaal nie, God se Woord praat
baie oor rentmeesterskap, heiligmaking en
gehoorsaamheid. En ja - dit alles moet in en
deur liefde tot Jesus gedoen word. Kom ons
dink weer aan die woorde van Billy Graham,
God oordeel, Hy is die operregter en elke
mens gaan eendag voor Hom verskyn, so kry
jou lewe in orde. Die Heilige Gees oortuig
elke mens van die Waarheid van God se
Woord en liefde waarvan ook die toestand
van elke mens se hart. Luister dan as die
Heilige Gees praat. Ek en jy moet die liefde
wat Jesus aan ons bewys het deur ‘n
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omdat ons Sy liefde ervaar het. Elke kind van
God staan slegs deur genade. Bly dus
nederig.
Iemand wat liefde verstaan leef die waarheid
want hy weet dat die waarheid van Christus
se liefde mense kan vrymaak. Joh 8:23 “En
julle sal die waarheid ken en die waarheid
sal jou vrymaak” Ja, die waarheid konfronteer
maar maak vry van die leuen. Die leuen van
valsheid verblind en bind mense om te glo
dat hy kan leef soos hy wil en nog steeds
gered sal wees. Moenje dwaal nie. Bly in die
waarheid. Wat is ons reaksie wanneer ons ‘n
verkeerskonstabel sien, ons ry stadiger en
ons gordel ons vas. Mag jou en my lewe so
spreek van God se Liefde en Waarheid dat
mense sal nadink oor hulle eie lewe.
Vrede Pastoor Johan Venter.
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Have you ever experienced the relief when a car
alarm that has been going off for the last hour,
stops?
Suddenly you can take a breath and think clearly
again.
But, if it isn’t a car alarm it is some other distraction
that’ll keep us out of our heads.
I love distraction because the reality is that it
stops me from thinking. More specifically, it stops
me from thinking about myself.
I like to keep it light because sometimes it is hard
to deal with myself. I don’t want to have to ask
(and answer) questions like, “why am I where
I’m at?”, “am I happy and do I even know what
will make me happy?”, “why am I not achieving
my goals?”.
Because if I’m forced to answer these questions I
might not be happy with what comes out.
I may just come to the realisation that I’m 100%
responsible for the how my life has turned out.
And, when I have nobody to blame but myself …
that’s a bitter pill to swallow. Because once you
come to that realisation that there’s nowhere to
hide, then you have to deal with yourself. And,
that can be hard.
Thus, I keep myself busy so that I don’t have to
face the reality of what I have created … my life.
Theologian Frederich Buechner puts it more
eloquently than I ever could, “We shy away from
introspection because however fearful the surface
seems, we fear the depths still more.”
Of course we fear the depths and try and keep
things light and on the surface. But, it is only
when we go deep that we can really figure things
out for ourselves.
And, when we truly plumb the depths of our
hearts and souls and realise that, yes, we really
are 100% responsible for creating our world, it
can be quite liberating.
Because if we’re 100% responsible, we have the
power to change any situation we’re in right now.
So, if you’re not happy with something in your
life, you have the choice to do something about it
right now.
Take yourself off the grid for a while and shut the
‘alarm’ off so that you can come to grips with
who you really are.
Have the courage to go deep so that you can turn
your life from superficial to stupendous. The
journey is worth it, I promise you.
From Superficial to Stupendous