Sjoe wat ‘n dag propvol opleiding oor verandering in wetgewing!!! 🫣 Ek kom nou eers hierby uit…..Het jy al ooit gevoel hoe goed net in plek val? Sonder dat jy as persoon veel moeite doen? Ek reken dis wanneer hierdie vers in werking tree. Natuurlik wanneer ander goed gebeur ook, wat nie altyd lekker is nie of verduidelik kan word nie en wat nie sin maak nie, dan sou ek sê dis ook wanneer hierdie vers in werking is.
You see, all things work for the greater good for those who love God. Even more so if we are called for a specific purpose and we respond to it. I just love how this verse fits into the other one from Proverbs, where it says we can plan as much as we want, but we will end up walking the path that God wants us to walk. My own interpretation and words for that verse by the way.
So waaroor wonder jy nog? Alles gebeur altyd soos dit moet…..
Geliefde kinders. Wat doen kinders wat geliefd is en voel? Verwoes hulle alles om hulle? Breek hulle af sover hul gaan? Hoe praat hulle? As jy geliefd voel dan kraak jy mos nie almal om jou af nie, doen jy? Jy saai ook nie verwoesting nie (ongeag hoe nie – of dit fisies is of emosioneel nie)?
When you are loved, you feel like you are in a good mood, wanting to sing and skip and laugh and play, being nice to everyone around you? And then this brings me to the first part of the verse….be followers of Jesus and God….like children who are loved…..
Salig. Wat beteken daardie woord? As ek nou dink aan die konteks waarin dit gebruik word sou ek sê rustig? Vrede? Gemoedsrus? Klink dit reg? Ek het nie nou tyd om in die HAT na te slaan nie, maar ek reken dis iets soos dit. Ek sien die Amplified praat van blessed…..
So you will be Blessed if you resist temptation AND you will get the crown of life, because that is what God promises those who love Him. Wow. As simple as that! Resist temptation, love God and receive the crown of life.
God is liefde, juig ons harte, en bedink wat liefde doen. Dat Hy ons Sy Seun gestuur het, om ons sondes te versoen…..dis die woorde wat ek nou aan dink en in my kop sing wanneer ek die vers lees. Natuurlik kan ek nie die laaste sin se baie lae note bykom nie (of die tannie wat die orrel gespeel het destyds in die kerk waar ek groot geword het, het dit te laag gespeel 🤷♀️).
But that is not what today’s entry is about! Not about memories of songs sung in church. Today’s scripture talks about God loving us so much, that we should love one another too. That means strangers and people that you don’t always agree with or get along with.
Ja, nie hand om die blaas se liefde nie, wedersydse respek vir mekaar se liefde. Nie mense afkraak en verskree omdat hulle iets gedoen het wat jy nie mee saam stem nie. Nie hande in die lug gooi en moedswillig wees op die pad as iemand voor jou inry nie. Nie mense afkraak oor die algemeen nie.
Of course we do not agree what many people do, but that does not hinder us from loving them in the sense of being friendly and respectful towards them. Not even to talk about corruption and unrighteousness, but that does not warrant me to go and do damage to people’s property just because I am sick and tired of what they do and how they get away with things.
Het jy al ooit gedink, as ons liefde, respek, vriendelikheid “pay forward” na ons medemens toe, watter impak dit sal maak? Soos wat mense goedheid in die vorm van iets koop of gee vir iemand “pay forward” hoekom kan ons nie dit doen met basiese respek en vriendelikheid nie?
So many times, ok, actually the WHOLE TIME, I feel God is pressing on my heart to do things for His kingdom and glory. Things I cannot always explain to those around me.
Ek dink die versie som dit so mooi op. Dis God se gees wat in my gees druk om goed te doen vir Hom. En dan begin ek te wonder of is dit ok om amper te wil vertel hoe die Here mens gebruik?
You know, having bragging rights of some sort? Not in a negative way of course! But to win over souls for His kingdom and greater good! Or is it wrong to want to feel favoured and loved for being chosen for a big task such as this?
So I have been meaning to do this page for what feels like forever. Not the best hyperlapse video (with the sun coming through the window and me trying to correct it with closing and then again opening of curtains 🙈).
Maar, ek voel so in my hart dat die wêreld die reënboog, wat God se belofte en “covenant” is met ons as mense, omdraai in iets wat dit nie veronderstel is om te wees nie.
Fabels letting you believe that there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, to name only one, not to mention what is currently associated with rainbows in this modern day.
Ons moet God en Sy beloftes met ons eer, respekteer en koester. Dis al wat ons het om aan vas te hou.
P.S. I have 35 of these kits available, if there are any bible journalers interested. Will load on my website for ordering purposes.
Ek het die hyperlapse video in reels gelaai 😉 kan nie foto’s en videos saam oplaai nie, vir welke rede ookal.
Daar is ‘n gesegde – aan jou vriende word jy geken. Of so iets. En dis waar. Die vers sluit vir my aan by die ander een uit Spreuke uit waar Salomo praat van yster slyp yster en vriende vorm mekaar.
Not only are little children like sponges, soaking up everything that goes on around them, every person has a sponge like quality I think. Some are denser than others, meaning not being influenced as quickly as others are.
Laat mens dink nê en dit kom weer terug na die flaminke toe….wat jy insit is wat jy uitkry. Omring jouself met positiewe en wyse mense!
Verkwik. Ek het dit nou die dag ook teëgekom in een van die dagstukkies. Dis so mooi Afrikaanse woord vir hernuwe, verfris, beter laat voel. Net God kan ons verkwik, niks en niemand anders nie.
Nothing on earth can refresh and restore like God! Interesting to note that HE leads us onto the path of righteousness. That is a road that we must choose and walk on, but only God can show us where that road is.
Spore impliseer mos iets wat reeds vasgelê en vasgemaak is, nie waar nie? En hoekom doen ons dit? Hoekom volg ons die pad van geregtigheid, eerder as dit wat die wêreld bied? Om GOD se ontwil, om Sy Naam se ontwil! Want dan is ons ware kinders van God!
I think this is one of the few verses where the word comfort is used repeatedly. As soon as something is repeated, it becomes important.
Wat probeer die Here eintlik sê? Hy vertroos ons sodat ons weer ander kan help om vertoosting te kry en uiteindelik te gaan soek by God…..
And the ultimate of this verse? God is a blessing to us, we must praise and adore Him for what He does for us! He comforts and encourages us, so that we can pay it forward to others who feel troubled.
I still remember a song from my childhood, that was made with this verse. We used to sing it, not really fully understanding what it means.
Dis interessant dat die Amplified verwys na gelowige rituele en dat dit ‘n mens uitput. Ek het altyd gedink dis die moeg van die lewe se werk en gejaag jy weet? Soos ek weereens vanoggend voel na onderbroke slaap deur die nag (ja ek slaap ook in paaiemente).
I think, any man made ritual, whether it is religious or work related, is exhausting. That is purely because we try to please men and not the Lord. Anything we try to do out of ourselves is exhausting. Ever thought of it that way?
Toe ek groot geword het, het ek geglo dat ek so ‘n verskriklike sondaar is (want daar was so gepreek op Sondae) dat ek nooit die hemel sou sien nie. Ek was angsbevange die heeltyd, want ek het so eksie perfeksie probeer leef heeltyd. Wat dalk nie ‘n slegte ding is nie, want heiligmaking is waarna ons streef.
But the moment you realise that you are a human who is bound to make mistakes and that you need Jesus in your life, it all changes! Praise the Lord for lifting that condemnation that I lived under!
Ek sê nou nie gaan leef roekeloos nie, maar, as dit sou gebeur dat iets verkeerd gedoen word, (hier moet ons regtig probeer om nie doelbewustelike sonde heeltyd te pleeg nie, want, Jesus het vir die vrou wat hulle wou stenig gesê om nie verder sonde te pleeg nie) is daar vergifnis in Jesus. Ons kan verkwik word by Hom. Altyd! Maak dit sin wat ek probeer sê?
Vandag se versie is vir my iets wat die Here so op my hart druk vir lankal al. Ons is almal geskep vir ‘n spesifieke doel. Om goeie werke te doen vir God se koninkryk.
To walk on the path that HE has laid out for us and not the one we think we should follow because of this, that and the next. How wonderful is it to know that He has decided our path for us? Wanting us to be radical for Jesus and not like the pharisees from the bible, following all these man made rules….
Ek dink nie ek kan kom oor hoe wonderlik God is nie. Dat Hy my by my naam ken! In my moederskoot gevorm het. Dat Hy reeds ‘n pad vir my uitgelê het. Of ek dit gaan volg en deurvoer is my keuse. Mees wonderlikste van als? Hy het my persoonlik geskape soos elke ander mens op aarde persoonlik deur Hom geskape is. Wow!
Oh how I love the answer to the first question in this verse. Plain and simple – He must pray. That is it. Not go and find a can of worms, open it up, consume it and host a pity party! And note the word MUST.
Dan gaan die vers aan en sê wat jy moet doen wanneer jy gelukkig is. En dit is sing! Wow! As mens in ‘n goeie bui is dan loop en sing jy mos doen jy nie? Of fluit….?
So my question is – what are you doing today? Are you opening a can of worms or are you praying? Are you keeping quiet or are you singing praises to God for all He has done for you?
Weldadigheid. Dit beteken mos om goed te doen? Ons almal weet wat beteken mededeelsaamheid. Onthou jy nog die Rolo advertensie? Kry mens ooit nog Rolo Sjokolades? Elkgeval, heel op die einde sê die een wat Rolos eet vir die een langsaan, “Dis my laaste ene, jy kan hom maar kry.”
We all know how hard it is to share something delicious like a Rolo. I know I still struggle with it at times. But it is this act of kindness and sharing that God honours and favours.
Wow, nog nooit so daaraan gedink nie nê? Wat hou jy vir jouself wat jy nie wil deel met die wêreld nie? Hou jy Jesus en wat Hy vir jou gedoen het vir jouself of deel jy dit met die wêreld?
Ek dink ek het dit al gesê, maar ek sê dit weer. Wat die hart van vol is, loop die mond van oor en dit wat in jou hart omgaan bepaal hoe jy lewe. Hoekom sê ek dit? As jy vandag se vers lees sal jy sien dat Paulus ons aanmoedig om alles wat goed en mooi is te bedink.
And then I cannot help but grin, thinking about the flamingo and the fact that they are not born pink. They turn pink from what they consume and if we as humans consume lies, hatred, hate speech, dishonesty, impurities – where will be be? Will we have Pink Feathers ®️ for God or not?
Soos flaminke moet ons ook kyk wat ons inneem en nog meer so wat in ons gedagtes aangaan! Siende dat dit skriftuurlik is dat ons gedagtes ons lewe bepaal…..interessant nê?
💪🏻we did this day! ™️ (because I am late in posting the daily verse and only going to try some form of day job work now….)
Ek weet nie wat is ‘n Bedevaartslied nie. Toe trek ek maar ‘n ouer HAT nader, wat nog volksvreemde Afrikaanse woorde bevat (nie soos almal vandag Afrikaans praat nie). Dis sê ‘n Bedevaart is ‘n reis na ‘n heilige plek. So die is dan ‘n heilige lied sou ek sê.
This is a very short Psalm and if you read the remaining two verses you will see that the unity in which people live in, is as holy and wonderful as an annointing with oil and dew that settles on the mountain of Zion.
Wow. Wat beteken dit om te salf met olie? ‘n Heilige toewyding aan God is dit nie? En wat doen dou? Dit verfris en verkwik plante na die nag, dit kom mos gewoonlik in die oggende nie waar nie?
Who has more than one child? When is there harmony in your house? When they squabble or when they get along?
Ek dink dis dieselfde vir Vader. Wanneer ons as mense oor die weg kom en in vrede en eenheid leef met mekaar is dit waarlik heilig! So ietsie om oor te dink!
Daar is ‘n liedjie van Jeremy Camp. Ek kan nou nie die naam onthou nie, maar sy woorde gaan iets in die lyn van “The same power that rose Jesus from the grave lives in us.” Dis vir seker geinspireer deur vandag se vers.
You see, so many times we forget that we have access to the Highest Power in our lives, who is ready and waiting to assist us with what ever. Have you ever been stuck with something? And then you prayed and then suddenly you got through your problem?
Jy sien, soveel keer vergeet ons dit. Raak ons mismoedig oor wat ookal. Maar ons het steeds die krag van die Lewende God in ons. Hy kan ons liggame help op watter manier ookal om te doen wat ookal dit is wat ons moet doen.
Isn’t that wonderful? Have you ever thought of it that way? God’s resurrection power is within us and can do anything that seems humanly impossible.
Wow! Wat ‘n wonderlike ding om te weet en te onthou!
How many times have we planned something and then it never realises? Then something unplanned realises. Have you ever wondered about that?
Ek het dit al in my lewe ervaar en ek is oortuig dis die versie wat ek beleef het. Die Here se planne word deurgevoer, nie ons sinne nie.
That is what I experience with Beroepsvrou. Beroepsvrou chose me, and now I am living my purpose for which I was created, doing what God wants me to do.
Today’s verse says so beautifully how I feel everyday. How can one not sing praises to the Lord who protects us, provides for us, just being there for us?
Ja ek weet soms gebeur slegte goed met ons en dis nie noodwendig God wat ons straf nie. Alles wat altyd gebeur sal Hy ten goede laat meewerk vir die wat Hom lief het….op die ou einde is alles vir ons geleen, selfs ons tyd op aarde….
What are you doing? Are you singing to the Lord for all He has done? Is He your refuge and your strength? Do you run to Him when you are in distress?
In the presceding verse, Paul says that we must live a life worthy of the calling for which we were called. Then in this verse he tells us how to do it. Not aggressively and with pride.
Nee, met nederigheid, sagmoedigheid (rustig), lankmoedigheid (geduld). Alles wat ons soms nie oordra en deurgee in ons lewens nie. Net gisteraand het ek weer niks hiervan gewys in ‘n gesprek met my dogtertjie nie…en yôh het die Heilige Gees my aangekla sommer oombliklik na dit gebeur het!
Anyway, I am not here to tell you about all my failures, because surely I will keep you busy for hours, because I am far from perfect….but, if we live by these rules, we will grow in our purpose for which we were created.
Wonderlik om so daaraan te dink nê? Elke keer se ongeduld, trots en onrustige optrede, weerhou ons eintlik van dit waarvoor ons geskape is en die doel waarvoor die Here ons hier geplaas het.
Hallo Augustus!!! Waar kom jy vandaan? Sjoe, vandag se vers dink ek kla elke een van ons aan, myself ingesluit! Jesus praat hier met die wat na Hom luister. En dis mos nou ons is dit nie?
So I don’t think He means being in a loving, intimate relationship with enemies, I think He means we must love and respect each other. You know – do unto others as you would to yourself? That kind of love. Jesus love.
Sjoe en dis moeilik. Ek meen soms is ek vies vir my huismense (en hulle vir my) en ek IS lief vir hulle op ‘n persoonlike vlak en in ‘n intieme verhouding met hulle (in mekaar se persoonlike spasies en “bubbles”) en selfs met hulle kry ons nie aldag die versie reg nie doen ons?
The long and the short is – we must always do good, does not matter who it is and whether they like us or not. Can you imagine the return on investment when you Bless everyone? There is a saying – wishes and curses return to their senders.
Dan wonder mense hoekom dit gaan soos dit gaan om ons – almal vervloek mekaar eerder as om te bid en seën. Hier kan ons almal, ek inkluis, op verbeter…..dis nie nodig dat ons na ander se vlak daal wat beledegins en vervloekinge aanbetref nie…..
🥶 my pen het ook vanoggend koud gekry en gesukkel om te skryf….nou vandag se vers bevestig eintlik net dit wat ons reeds weet.
God is able to do anything, beyond what we can even begin to imagine. And His power is within us too, although we are limited by our human abilities, we can sometimes look back at things that happened, wondering how on earth we managed that? Well, that is where God’s power comes into play….
Op die ou einde van die dag, kan ons net enige iets doen agv God se krag binne in ons. So as dit agv Sy krag is, wie moet verheerlik word? Dis nie ons wat dit reg kry nie, dis God se krag, so die heerlikheid van dit wat deur ons werk kom God toe.
Something to think about….my writing talent is not because of me, but rather God’s power that works through me to serve others. So to Him all the glory always!
Laat mens dink nê….? Aan Jesus Christus kom al die eer toe, ALTYD! Niks is uit onsself nie maar deur God wat deur ons werk!
I grew up in a world where there are so many myths, stories and also lies. Especially in children’s stories. Many people will tell you “It is just a story” and make it off as nothing. But, all these stories and things that we take in, is the enemy’s way of desensitising us, making us used to things that are not from God. So much so, that we cannot distinguish between right and wrong. We cannot distinguish between that which is from God and that which is from the world.
The one myth that I think about, is the one about a leprechaun(the short little man with the hat displaying a four leaved clover on it, who is always trying to trick people) with his pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. In these stories, everyone is searching for this pot of gold and in some instances, I think they see it, but it remains out of reach.
Now the reason why I am talking about this is, the world made up a story to let people believe that there is something precious to be found in a place that is impossible to locate. Of course, we know that the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow does not really exist. But, until you learn the truth from someone about something, you will continue to believe the lie, because you do not know of better.
This proverbial pot of gold that is being searched for, can actually be applied to any situation in our lives. We believe the lies, chasing after things that do not really exist, thinking that we will find what we are searching for. All the while, that which we are searching for, does not really exist and will never be found. As humans, we will always be searching for SOMETHING. We have a little hole we have to fill.
Now it feels like I am starting to think random thoughts and giving it through, but I am sure you will follow what I am trying to say here. The rainbow is God’s sign of a covenant with mankind, one that He set with Noah. Do you see how the world twists the beauty of the rainbow? Letting it symbolise different things in life, representing everything that it is not? In this myth that I refer to, it represents something valuable that cannot be found at the end of the rainbow that does not exist.
This brings me to this month’s bible verse. Here God confirms something and gives us a promise. The verse confirms that humans are ever searching for something. That something that we are searching for, is God. Only He can fill the hole in our lives. If we seek Him with all of our heart, we WILL find Him. How wonderful is this? The rainbow, representing God’s promise and covenant, leads to something more precious than a pot of gold. It leads to God. His covenant and promise to us as humans. If we do it whole heartedly, with everything inside of us, WE WILL FIND HIM!
Wow! I am so grateful for the revelation that God has given me about this verse. I pray that everyone that reads it, will continue the search for God rather than for empty promises, myths, stories and lies from the world. That which is waiting for us at the end of God’s rainbow, is so much more than that which the world can offer us. What are you searching for today? Are you following God’s rainbow or the one the world has to offer with a pot of gold that does not exist?
Ek het groot geword in ‘n wêreld waar daar soveel mites, fabels en ook leuens is. Veral in kinderstories en verhale. Baie mense sal vir jou sê “Dis net ‘n storie” en dit as niks afmaak. Maar, al hierdie stories en dinge wat ons so inneem, is maar die vyand se manier om ons gewoond te maak aan goed wat eintlik glad nie van God af is nie. Soveel so, dat ons naderhand nie meer kan onderskei tussen reg en verkeerd nie. Ons kan nie onderskei tussen dit wat van God af is en dit wat van die wêreld af is nie.
Een fabel waaraan ek dink is een van ‘n leprechaun (die klein kort mannetjie, met die hoed met ‘n klawer met vier blare op, wat altyd almal probeer indoen en om die bos lei) met sy pot goud aan die einde van die reënboog. In die stories is almal op soek na die pot goud en in sommige gevalle, dink ek sien die mense dit, maar dit bly buite hul bereik.
Nou die rede hoekom ek hiervan praat is, die wêreld het ‘n storie opgemaak om mense te laat glo dat daar ‘n iets waardevol te vind is op ‘n plek wat onmoontlik is om te kry. Natuurlik weet ons nou dat daar nie regtig ‘n pot goud te vinde is aan die punt van ‘n reënboog nie. Maar tot jy nie die waarheid van iets hoor by iemand nie, sal jy die leuens glo, want jy weet nie van beter nie.
Hierdie spreekwoordelike pot goud, waarna gesoek word, kan toegepas word in eintlik maar in enige situasie in ons lewens. Ons glo die leuens, jaag goed na en dink dat ons wel gaan vind waarna ons soek, terwyl dit waarna ons soek eintlik nie regtig bestaan nie en ons dit nooit sal vind nie. Die mens bly soekend na IETS. Het ‘n gaatjie wat hulle probeer vul.
Nou voel dit of ek deurmekaar begin dink oor goed en dit deurgee, maar ek glo julle sal volg wat ek hier probeer sê. Die reënboog is God se teken van Sy verbond met die mense, wat Hy met Noag gesluit het. Sien jy hoe die wêreld die mooi van ‘n reënboog verdraai? Sodat dit allerhande goed verteenwoordig, alles behalwe dit waarvoor dit regtig staan en beteken? In hierdie fabel waarna ek verwys, verteenwoordig dit iets kosbaar en waardevol wat nie bestaan nie, aan die punt van die reënboog wat nie gevind kan word nie.
Dit bring my na die maand se bybelvers toe. Die Here bevestig iets en gee vir ons ‘n belofte. Die vers bevestig dat ons as mense soekend is na iets. Daardie iets waarna ons soek, is God. Net Hy kan ons gaatjie vul. As ons Hom soek met ons hele hart, SAL ons Hom vind. Hoe wonderlik is dit nie net nie? Die reënboog, wat God se verbond en belofte verteenwoordig, lei na iets baie meer waardevol as ‘n pot goud. Dit lei na die Here toe. Sy verbond en belofte met ons as mense. As ons hard genoeg dit doen, met alles in ons, SAL ONS HOM VIND!
Wow! Ek is so dankbaar vir die openbaring wat die Here vir my gegee het oor die vers. Ek bid van harte dat elkeen wat dit lees, hul soektog sal voortsit na God en nie na allerhande dinge en leë beloftes, mites, fabels en leuens van die wêreld nie. Dit wat vir ons wag aan die punt van die reënboog van God se beloftes en verbond, is soveel beter as dit wat die wêreld het om te bied. Waarna soek jy vandag? Volg jy God se reënboog of die een wat die wêreld bied met ‘n pot goud wat nie bestaan nie?
Vandag se versie spreek soveel waarheid. Op ‘n stadium het ek leeg gevoel, so asof ek nie genoeg nutriënte inneem nie. Natuurlik was daar verskeie faktore wat bygedra het tot hoe ek gevoel het en een van dit was kos en ek het my leefstyl aangepas en probeer gesonder lewe.
But, another thing was still missing. I was still lacking something. What it was, I did not know. I used to read bible every other day, attend church every Sunday, but still that was not enough. It was only when I actively started spending time in God’s word that I could feel the difference.
Natuurlik het dit nog beter begin voel toe ek op my blad Uit die Pen van ‘n Beroepsvrou, my maandelikse oordenkinge begin deel oor die bybelverse op die “desk pad” en toe begin dit ontwikkel en toe ek weer sien deel ek op werksdae my oordenkinge oor die dag se bybelvers.
What a mouthfull, but, with that being said, I could feel the change happening in me and that is because I have been consuming God’s word daily too, not on every other occassion. And this is an active testimony of this verse today!
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