I write poems under the name Tossie Maria, a nickname given to me by one of my sisters. These pieces are a mix of Afrikaans and English, with some reflecting my Christian faith. A few have also come to me as songs.

Throughout our marriage, my husband has placed some wonderful tools in my hands — one of them being the encouragement to write poetry, beyond simply writing lyrics.

I do have a favourite poem, purely because of the subject! That is number 37. Poems 211 and 164 had a deep impact on me. Poem 29 is still in development, yet has already led to a deeply appreciated and pivotal insight. Poem 159 brought me great upliftment!

You’ll also find a TikTok video link below with a few of these poems shared aloud.




and Afrikaans


Daar is oral spatseltjies kleur
In die tuin
Nie net voëltjies nie
Maar ook blomme in fleur
Wat verkwik winterse bruin

(Dit was my antwoord, toe Sharp (Johann) vir die gesin gevra het om vir hom 'n limeriek terug te skryf. Hy het vir ons die foto hieronder gestuur en toe moes ons antwoord. Ek wou eers nie. Maar toe ek eers antwoord, toe kom ek agter dat ek dit geniet. NR1 het ek vir hom opgesê en toe neergeskryf later.

Groot dankie vir Sharp wat my laat begin skryf het. 'n Sin of twee op 'n keer. En baie dankie vir die App wat hy gemaak het.

Wanneer mens nie veel kan praat nie, maar darem 'n paar woorde kan skryf, help dit om steeds gedagtes te kan kommunikeer.

My een suster, Elsjé, het my baie Tossie Maria genoem toe ons kinders was. Vandaar die naam😊

Sin vir 'n sin
Sin vir sin
Word woorde gepas
Gepars
en gepers


Dankie vir die saam lees.
Mag dit seën.🤍
Twiez)

Daar ver oorkant in die bedding
Blink, flikker daar diamantliggies
Agter die hangpot vol gesiggies
Dis toe die son se speelding
Met besproeing druppeltjies
Selfs in donker skadu kolletjies
Waar die ligstraaltjies deur dring

Pieplein klokkie helder harmonie
Hemelhoog, hoër, hoogste
Ragfyn, fyner, fynste
Suikersoet, soeter, soetste
Tog donsig elegant die ruiseling
sou mens kon verbeel
Melodies saam blare ritseling
op net opmerkbare briesie

Dis nat grond wat mens sou ruik
Tussen vars lower
Ryp klein koejaweltjies
Rook van braai vuur
Agter vlamme mirage die
gestreepte cocktail suurlemoentjies

Diep donker maroen pruimboom
Agapanthus ligpers
Avokado groen blare
Nuwe groei, opgeskote amandelboom
Amper blom laventel lote
Miniatuur vruggies aan peerboom

Dis wat mens sien
uit die wiegstoel innie sitkamer

Dit begin met heerlike gebraai
Tot koedoe wors in my slaai
Met uie oppie kole

Maar dan
Voor my neergesit
In duifblou gekartelde silikon
kompleet kolwyntjie papiertjie
Uitgebult in kleur en geur
‘n Piesang muffin
Voorloper van die broodjie
in wording

Terug binne die huis
Omring en kring aroma
van dié oondgebak
Koestering
van liggaam en siel

Na middagslapie
Oorgebly van kamerontbyt
die reuk van skil
Die geel boogvormige
lang wondervrug
Einste

Soms het ‘n silwer rantjie
‘n donker wolkie
Die afwagting stap aan
na môre

Plotseling
Sonder waarskuwing
kom die nuus
Die troosbroodjie was
helaas ‘n geskenk
Oppad na horisonne
buite ons huis se mure
en werf se grense

Tog die belewenis was goed
Vir sommiges van ons
was die reuk sensasie
genoeg
Ook die wete
Nog deel
aan die plesier

Terwyl ek eet
Val dit
Op die grond
Uit die bottelborsel
Voor ons kamerdeur
Dit is grasgroen
Stadig verkleur
die mannetjie!

Hulle het 'n plaas
met 'n berg op
Mattattiyah
Geskenk van God
is die betekenis
Hul eie wildernis

Sakke en sakke vol
gee hul weg
avo's en mango's
Maar daar is ook nog
Neute
Pekan en macadamia

Die berg kom tot innie kombuis
Daar voel almal seker tuis
En 'n rotstuin
Innie eetkamer
Die plaaskantoor is fraai
Neffens die buite braai
Op die groot grasperke
kan die honde laat waai

'n Boorgat en drie damme
gee water
Vir mens, dier, plant
en tyd deurstane groot bome

By die ingang
groet reuse koorsbome
inkommers, uitganers
en verbygangers

Langs groen weivelde
lê Hy ons neer
Voel op die vel
Sien met die oog
Ervaar in die hart

Rustig luister
Stil
Wat kan jy hoor

Haai kyk
Daar kom Oupa
se oogappel aangeloop
Arms vol mango's

Ook amper misgekyk
Moerbeie, koejawels
lichi's en piesangs
Wat 'n klein paradys
Ook vir die
apies

En die baas
van die plaas
'n Seun in sy hart
en erfgenaam
van die Allerhoogste

Span in die osse
Sit alles in
Om uiteindelik
saam met Hom
die oes te vier

Mens sou kon sê
My Ma is in 'n appel
En my Ouma
Sy is ook in kaneel
Wat 'n wenkombinasie
Maar my skoonpa
Hy is in Double Thick Pienk Milkshake
'n Grote
Met Marshmallows op
Hy is ja
Met room ja

Superieur in voorkoms
Krag
Maar nederige oë
die weerkaatsers van sy hart
Goudwit praghings
'n Akhal Teke
van Turkmenistan

Sien uit
na die tyd
wat daar
net dag is
Heeltyd

Intussentyd
Vasbyt
as dit moet
En hou tyd
op mooi musiek
Altyd

Geseënde tyd
Vir twintig
twintig

Hier kom dit weer
Soos 'n outydse telefoonlui
Prrr prrr
Maar op en af
Op en af
Twee note
Omtrent 'n derde uit mekaar
Met dieselfde ritme
as 'n bloulig sirene

Dié geluid is veel meer strelend
en lui
Geduldig
Tydsaam
Die eerste krr
korter as die tweede
Krrr krrrr krrr krrrr
Krrr krrrr krrr krrrr
Eers begin dit sag
Dan al harder
Die geluide sterf dan weer weg

Na paar keer se
krr krrrr krrr krrrr
begin mens wonder
Die soektog begin
En wie soek sal vind

In die lug oor ons huis
word twee grotes gewaar
Lyk grys en lang nekke
Dalk 'n soort eend?
Toe op nog 'n dag
'n swerm van ag

Met foto en klankopname in pag
is die raaisel verby
Dis bloukransvoëls julle

Dis so 'n voorreg
om te sien
hoe die pampoen groei

Net een oggend
agter die mikkie
van die koejawelboom se stam
was dit daar
'n Liggroen bondeltjie

Kyk hoe lê jy nou al daar
jou pampoen
Lekker dik
en vet uitgeswel

Maar sjoe pampoen
Jy is nog bietjie groen
van kleur
Maar die wit
begin skemer al deur

Jou vorm
laat begin mens al uitsien
na jou geur

Bak sonnetjie
bak lekker
Dis wat pampoen wil hê

Jy groei so pragtig
Ou pampoen
Jy kry sommer
'n soen
Op jou uitgebolde
gladde wange

Hoekom is dié kaas
so duur
Ek weet nie
sê meneer Papier
Sulkes koop ek nie
Ek werk net hier

Dit
wil ek
nooit
vergeet nie:

“In alles word ons verdruk,
maar ons is nie terneergedruk nie;
ons is verleë,
maar nie radeloos nie;
vervolg,
maar nie verlate nie;
neergewerp,
maar nie vernietig nie.

2Kor4:8-9

Hulle sê
Om 'n seun groot te maak
is soos om
'n leeu te tem

Maar as die seun
'n leeu is
dan is die pa en ma
mos ook
En al hul kinders
Dan is die stelling
mos waar
vir dogters ook

Dis mos dan
leeuwêreld die

Maar kan 'n leeu
werklik getem word
'n Honger leeu sal tog nie
op bevel
'n bak vleis alleen laat nie
Want
'n leeu is nie 'n hond nie

Genadiglik is daar
'n Koning van die leeus:
Die Leeu van Juda
En Hy sê Hy doen net
wat Hy Sy Pa sien doen
"Lead by example"
is toe eintlik
"follow the Example"
Sy manier van doen

Wat 'n verligting
Daar is hoop

( Joh 5:19 )

“Jesus het toe geantwoord en vir hulle gesê: Voorwaar, voorwaar Ek sê vir julle, die Seun kan niks uit Homself doen tensy Hy die Vader dit sien doen nie. Want alles wat Hý doen, dit doen die Seun ook net so.” JOHANNES 5:19 AFR53

Dit wat jy bedoel en sê
En dit wat iemand hoor en verstaan
Is vier verskillende goed
Hoor ons'n wyse man sê

Mosselbaai slaap nog
Behalwe die hawe

Die vistreiilers gaan gewoonlik
rondom vyf
innie oggend uit
Maar as hul uit gaan
om die viswaters in te gaan
wat maak hul
om die viswaters uit te gaan

Dit raak soms so
ingewikkeld

En het jy al gedink
aan die babavissies
Soos byvoorbeeld
Wat gebruik babavissies
as dit nie babapoeier is nie

Soms weet mens net nie
wat die antwoord is nie

Nou woel die strate
Hot en haar CBS nommerplate
Come Back Soon
So vriendelike dorp
Mense kom terug
Weer en weer

CBS
Of liewer PCBS
Please Come Back Soon
Spring die hartsbegeerte
skielik na vore
Kom asseblief gou terug
Jesus Christus

Die water trek maar erg skeef
hier by ons

Seestrome onbeantwoordbare vrae
en fratsgolf oorweldigende dae
Hooggety van waaroms
en laaggety van daaroms
Maalgate van soek na oplossings
Om en om
Om en om
Verstrengel in visnette
van soms ook
ons eie onwyshede

Die aas van versoekinge word al meer
Ook meer gekamoefleerd
en gesofistikeerd
Mense gedagtes word besoedel
Dit kleef
soos swart olie op pikkewyne

Willoos en passief
dryf van ons net saam
waar die water gaan
Soos jellievisse
wat dood uitspoel
langs die kus
Lamgelê

Ook ons lywe kry bitter seer
Hordes bloublasies
dryf rond in die water
en brand ons
Verskriklik erg

Liefde en geloof
word vermink
So subtiel
Sonder dat ons weet
Liefde en geloof word gesteel
So aanloklik
Selfs as ons weet

Wat is ons sonder liefde en geloof
Wat is die see sonder water

Ons Eerste Liefde
word beswadder
Word 'n vloekwoord
Hoe ondenkbaar
Hoe hartverskeurend
Hoe afgryslik

Daar is oesters
waar oesterstropers is

Dis 'n ysterhok
waarin mens sit
Onder water
As daar gekyk en gespeel word
met witdoodshaaie

Soos sandkastele staan ons
So kwesbaar
en breekbaar
Broos
Dit hoef nie eers 'n groot brander
te wees nie
Dan spoel die skulpies
op triomfantlike kasteeltorings
weer plat op die strand

Die see is nie natter
as dit reën nie
Die see loop nie oor
as die riviere afkom nie
Natuur onder Beheer
buite ons beheer
Ons is
volkome afhanklik

Dis allesbehalwe
'n triviale kompleksiteit
In ons mikroskopies klein
tot teleskopies ver
waarneembare
verruklik beeldskone heelal

Dis moeilik
En ingewikkeld
Ons probeer
Maar dié simfonie
kan net Een dirigeer
Dis die Komponis self
Wat gou sal arriveer
Hy het 'n baie groot liefde
vir die orkes
En vra dat orkeslede
wat reeds daarvan weet
vir die ander ook sal vertel
Hy is net besig
om 'n spesiale plek
gereed te kry
'n Plek vir die orkeslede
wat Sy groot liefde beantwoord
Dan kom Hy
En begin dirigeer
Die suiwerste klanke
wat nog gehoor is
op ons planeet
Hoe salig

Hemelse Vader
Hier is 'n diepe begeerte
dat U 'n oormag
werkers sal oprig
vir die laaste deel
van die oes
Bemagtig asseblief ook
al U kinders
om U boodskap van liefde
oor te dra
En om saam te werk
Die hele skepping smag daarna
dat Jesus Christus kom
en op aarde regeer
Help asseblief die van ons
wat dood gemaak word
omdat ons in U glo
Omdat ons glo
dat Jesus Christus
die Seun van God is
Jesus Christus die bewys
van U liefde vir ons
Laat die vrugte van U
suiwer Heilige Gees
vars en pragtig bly
in ons lewens
Help ons asseblief
om uit te hou
om aan te hou
om getrou te bly
Tot by die wenpaal
Om in U oorwinnende
liefde en vrede te leef
Tot dan
Tot dan
Tot dan ons Here God
Wees ons genadig
en laat die tyd van wag
nog kort wees
So kort as moontlik
In die Naam van Jesus Christus
word dit alles gevra
Dankie Vader
Jesus Christus
en Heilige Gees

(Matt 24:12-13, Joh 14:3)

“En omdat die ongeregtigheid vermeerder word, sal die liefde van die meeste verkoel. Maar wie volhard tot die einde toe, hy sal gered word.” MATTHÉÜS 24:12-13 AFR53

“En as Ek gegaan en vir julle plek berei het, kom Ek weer en sal julle na My toe neem, sodat julle ook kan wees waar Ek is.” JOHANNES 14:3 AFR53

Mossel Bay is still asleep
Except for the harbour

The fishing trawlers usually
go out around five
in the morning
But if they go out
to go into the fishing waters
what do they do
to go out of the fishing waters

It sometimes becomes
quite complicated

And have you ever thought
about the baby fish
Like for instance
What do baby fish use
if it’s not baby powder

Sometimes you just don’t know
what the answer is

Now the streets are bustling
Everywhere CBS number plates
Come Back Soon
Such a friendly town
People come back
Again and again

CBS
Or rather PCBS
Please Come Back Soon
This heart’s desire
suddenly springs forth
Please come back soon
Jesus Christ

The water here
draws very askew

Ocean currents of unanswered quests
and freak waves of overwhelming days
High tide of questions
and low tide of answers
Whirlpools of searching for solutions
Back and forth
Back and forth
Entangled in fishing nets
of sometimes even
our own foolishness

The bait of temptations is increasing
Also more camouflaged
and sophisticated
People’s thoughts are being tainted
It sticks
like black oil on penguins

Helpless and passive
we drift along
where the water flows
Like jellyfish
that wash up dead
along the shore
Lifeless

Even our bodies get terribly hurt
Scores of bluebottles
float around in the water
and burn us
Terribly bad

Love and faith
are mutilated
So subtly
Without us knowing
Love and faith are stolen
So enticingly
Even when we know

What are we without love and faith
What is the sea without water

Our First Love
is besmirched
Becomes a curse word
How unthinkable
How heartrending
How dreadful

There are oysters
where there are oyster poachers

It’s an iron cage
in which one sits
Underwater
When there’s looking and playing
with great white sharks

Like sandcastles we stand
So vulnerable
and fragile
Brittle
It doesn’t even need to be a big wave
Then the shells
of triumphant castle towers
are flattened again on the beach

The sea isn’t wetter
when it rains
The sea doesn’t overflow
when the rivers come down
Nature under Control
beyond our control
We are
completely dependent

It’s anything but
a trivial complexity
In our microscopic small
to telescopic far
observable
magnificent beautiful universe

It’s difficult
And complicated
We try
But only One can conduct
this symphony
It’s the Composer Himself
Who will soon arrive
He has a great love
for the orchestra
And asks that orchestra members
who already know of it
will tell the others too
He’s just busy
preparing a special place
A place for the orchestra members
who respond to His great love
Then He comes
And starts conducting
The purest sounds
ever heard
on our planet
How sublime

Heavenly Father
Here is a deep desire
that You will establish
an overwhelming workforce
for the final part
of the harvest
Empower also
all Your children
to convey Your message of love
And to work together
The entire creation yearns
for Jesus Christ to come
and reign on earth
Please help those of us
who are being killed
because we believe in You
Because we believe
that Jesus Christ
is the Son of God
Jesus Christ the proof
of Your love for us
Let the fruits of Your
pure Holy Spirit
remain fresh and beautiful
in our lives
Please help us
to persevere
to continue
to remain faithful
Until the finish line
To live in Your victorious
love and peace
Until then
Until then
Until then our Lord God
Be merciful to us
and let the time of waiting
be short
As short as possible
In the Name of Jesus Christ
all of this is asked
Thank You Father
Jesus Christ
and Holy Spirit

”And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.“
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24‬:‭12‬-‭14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

”And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.“
‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Ek wil altyd ‘n kind bly
Sê die lewenslustige
vyftienjarige

Jy kan
Iewers
Sê een wat
weet van die Pa
Wie se kinders
altyd Sy kinders bly

Jy werk so hard
om goed te doen
En reg
en tot Goddelike eer
Maar waar is jou hart
Éfese
Bring dit terug
Om jou kandelaar
te bewaar
van kritieke gevaar
Dan wag daar
die boom van lewe
Vir die wat oorwin

Genade
onbeskryflik groot
het ons nodig
dat hierdie Hartsverbintenis
heelbo
heel eerste
heel belangrikste
in ons lewe is
Ons Eerste Liefde

Ons moet dit weet
Ons moet dit hoor

(Gedagtes uit Openbaring 2:2-7)

"En hy het gesê: Ek het U hartlik lief, Here, my sterkte."
PSALMS 18:2 AFR53

You work so hard
to do good
And right
and to honour God
But where is your heart
Ephesus
Bring it back
To preserve
your candlestick
your lifeline
from critical danger
Then there awaits
the tree of life
For those who overcome

Grace
indescribably great
we need
That this Heart Connection
is first and foremost
Most important
in our lives
Our First Love

We must know it
We must hear it
(Thoughts from Revelation 2:1-7)

”“To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands: “I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become weary. Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent. But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.” ’“
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Jy is vry
van verpligting
teenoor my
As jou hart
jou nie lei

Net ongeveinsde
liefdesblyk maak
vir my saak
Heelhartig
Dis al
Nou weet jy

Jou lewe is swaar
Smirna
Bitter moeilik
Geld is skaars
en jou lewensmiddele
is min

Troos jou daaraan
Jy het oorvloed
wat nie met geld
gekoop kan word nie

Jou werk word geken
Deur Hom
wat eerste en laaste is

Daar is mense
by jou wat laster
Hulle maak
of hul glo in God

Jy hoef vir niks
bang te wees nie
Al beperk die brullende leeu
ook vir 'n tyd jou beweging
Jy word dan getoets
vir jou sterkte

Bly getrou
Tot die dood
En ontvang die kroon van die lewe
Vir die wat oorwin
Die tweede dood
sal jou nie raak nie

Ons moet dit weet
Ons moet dit hoor

( Gedagtes uit Openbaring 2 : 8-11 )

"… Nie met mag en krag sal jy slaag nie, maar deur my Gees, sê die Here die Almagtige."
SAGARIA 4:6 AFR83

"In alles word ons verdruk,
maar ons is nie terneergedruk nie;
ons is verleë,
maar nie radeloos nie;
vervolg,
maar nie verlate nie;
neergewerp,
maar nie vernietig nie."
II KORINTHIËRS 4:8-9 AFR53

"Al gaan ek ook in 'n dal van doodskaduwee, ek sal geen onheil vrees nie; want U is met my: u stok en u staf dié vertroos my.""
PSALMS 23:4 AFR53

"Wees nie bevrees nie, want Ek is met jou; kyk nie angstig rond nie, want Ek is jou God. Ek versterk jou, ook help Ek jou, ook ondersteun Ek jou met my reddende regterhand."
" JESAJA 41:10 AFR53

Your life is hard
Smyrna
Bitterly hard
Money is scarce
and your livelihoods
are little

Take comfort in this
You have abundance
that cannot be bought
with money

Your work is recognized
By Him
Who is First and Last

There are people
around you who slander
They act
as if they believe in God

You don’t have
to be afraid of anything
Even if the roaring lion
temporarily limits your movement
You will then be tested
for your strength

Stay faithful
Until death
And receive the crown of life
For those who overcome
The second death
will not touch you

We must know this
We must hear this

(Thoughts from Revelation 2:8-11, Zechariah 4:6, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, Psalm 23:4)

”“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, ‘These things says the First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life: “I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.” ’“
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭2‬:‭8‬-‭11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.”
Zechariah 4:6 KJV

“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;”
2 Corinthians 4:8-9 KJV

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”
Psalm 23:4 KJV

Katryntjie se Pa was Duits
Haar Ma was Afrikaans
'n Dubbele ongeregtigheid
van mens teen mens
wat aan Katryntjie kleef
Maar deur genade
nou vergeef

Haar Oupa
Haar Ma se Pa
was 'n man toegewy aan God
Katryntjie is baie dankbaar
vir hierdie Goddelike seën
Tot in die duisendste geslag
In haar lewe
Wat die sondes van die vaders
tot in die vierde geslag
aansienlik verlig
om te hanteer

Om te dink
As daar elke 20 jaar
'n nuwe geslag gebore word
Is 1000 geslagte 20 000 jaar
Waarlik n erfporsie
om te waardeer

Diep diep dankbaar
vir soveel vergifnis
in Jesus Christus
Wat alle sondes uitwis
Wat meer kan mens vra

(Deut. 7:9 )

You were
like a fresh mountain breeze
and an ice cold beverage
on a sweating hot
Summer day

Praise to our Father
Praise to His Son
Praise to His Holy Spirit
For granting us
time together

Gratitude to you
for your love and prayers
Thank you

My heart longs
So much
Much
To understand more
and more about healing
Healing in Jesus Christ
Physical and emotional

In our Christian society
my experience is
that healing is always
a miracle
But rarely instantly
It can be
a process
And what a process
it can be
Like growing a tree
Some go fast
and others
may take years
Years and years
to become
what they are meant to be

Though
There are many testimonies
of instant healings as well
When prayed for
in the Name of Jesus Christ

In the same way
we can look unto Christ
unto His cross
for salvation
for forgiveness
we can look unto Him
for healing
By His stripes we are healed
Body and soul and spirit
Can there be any other way
to understand this
Will Father God want us
to be lost or ill or unforgiven
If He provided for it
to be rectified in Christ

There is no choice
but going through the storm
When body symptoms linger
Hanging in His arms
Seeking His comfort
Trust in His strength
to endure
Keep on trusting Christ
with every symptom
In the Name of Jesus Christ
resist it and rebuke it
Keep on thanking God
for being healed
Making small steps forward
By the guidance and power
of the Holy Spirit
Waiting in His provisions
His power
His peace
Until the storm ends

Much the same
as there is no option
finding God’s love
His Son Jesus Christ
and salvation
His true life
His pure and Holy Spirit
His glory
to esteem Him
as God
While on this journey of life
Who wants to be
without God’s love

At the end
every knee shall bow
and every tongue confess
He is God
The reaction to revelation
of Love in purest form
Of sheer Power and Greatness

It is not about God forcing us
It is about us realising
The ultimate relationship
Of love
Between God and us
Us with God
Us with each other
May we embrace His love

This is my prayer
Receiving
Perfect forgiveness
Perfect salvation
Perfect healing
In a Kingdom of love

For you and me
In Jesus Christ

As we bring our lives
Our sins
Our diseases
To our heavenly Father
Every time we need to

Thank you our heavenly Father
By the stripes of Your Son
Jesus Christ we are healed
Through the power
of your Holy Spirit
Thank you Jesus Christ
You already paid the price
On the day of Your crucifixion
So all can receive healing
I receive Your healing
Body
soul and spirit
Thank you Holy Spirit
for Your healing power

Hallelujah
All my praise
To our God that is One
Father God
Jesus Christ
Holy Spirit

( Isaiah 53, 1Peter 2:24, Luke 4:35-39,James 4:7, Fil 4:6-7 )

“who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”
1 Peter 2:24 KJV

“that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.”
Matthew 8:17 KJV

“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭53‬:‭3‬-‭5‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“wat self ons sondes in sy liggaam op die kruishout gedra het, sodat ons die sondes kan afsterwe en vir die geregtigheid lewe; deur wie se wonde julle genees is.”
‭‭I PETRUS‬ ‭2‬:‭24‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭4‬:‭35‬ ‭ KJV

“En Jesus het hom bestraf en gesê: Bly stil, en gaan uit hom uit! En die duiwel het hom tussen hulle neergegooi en uit hom uitgegaan sonder om hom seer te maak.”
‭‭LUKAS‬ ‭4‬:‭35‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
‭‭James‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭4‬:‭39‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“En soos Moses die slang in die woestyn verhoog het, so moet die Seun van die mens verhoog word, sodat elkeen wat in Hom glo, nie verlore mag gaan nie, maar die ewige lewe kan hê.”
‭‭JOHANNES‬ ‭3‬:‭14‬-‭15‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Wees oor niks besorg nie, maar laat julle begeertes in alles deur gebed en smeking met danksegging bekend word by God. En die vrede van God, wat alle verstand te bowe gaan, sal julle harte en julle sinne bewaar in Christus Jesus.”
‭‭FILIPPENSE‬ ‭4‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Mag die pyn
van skeefgeloopte verhoudings
nou verby wees
Jou Eerste Liefde
die wonde genees

Maar mag empatie en deernis
altyd bly
Vir ander
wat ook hiermee swaarkry

Mag hierdie kennis
as voedingsbron
vir die waardering
van enige goeie verhouding
met jou naaste
altyd met jou wees

Katryntjie was van Sub-A tot St. 7
in Middelbare Skool Groot-Brakrivier

Die skooltjie was dubbel medium
Maar enkele kinders was Engels
Allerhande kinders was daar
Welgesteldes
Kinders wat baie swaar trek
Die wat skaars kon lees of skryf
En baie intelligentes

In ons ou skooltjie het die kinders
mekaar gehelp
Mendie se sussie
was in Katryntjie se klas
Sy het Lada gehelp
met haar Engelse lees
Katryntjie het Naaldwerk gehad
in die Huishoudkunde klas
Mendie was baie daar
Katryntjie het feitlik
geen aandeel gehad in die rokkie
wat sy moes maak nie
Dit was Mendie se plesier
Net so vlytig soos sy was
op die netbalbaan
was haar vingertjies
met naald en gare
Katryntjie weet nie hoekom nie
Mendie het swaar gepraat
Haar haartjies
was altyd pragtig versorg

Jare later
was Lada en Stoek saam
Hy was kort en stewig

Maar dis flukse Mendie
wat Katryntjie baie keer nog onthou
Met haar sproet gesiggie
So regte moeder figuurtjie
vir haar boetie en sussie

Herman was saam Katryntjie in Sub-A
Vir ‘n paar dae
Toe is hy na die spesiale klas
Hy het gesukkel om te praat
Hy was maar altyd daar iewers
op die skoolgronde te sien
Na St.7
het sy hom nie weer gesien nie

Dit was eers as student
vakansies in haar grootword dorp
dat sy hom in die kerk
begin oplet het
Altyd met sy groot pak aan
Das op ‘n manier geknoop
en so half geskeer

Katryntjie het hom ook innie dorp
begin gewaar
Hy het gewoonlik gestap
en ‘n houtwaentjie gesleep
vol vuurmaakhout
Hy het as ‘n kar verby hom ry
gewaai
Met sy arm hoog bo sy kop

En dis die gewaaiery
wat vir Katryntjie so besonders was
van Herman

Na kerk
was Herman se waai langs die pad
soos hy huistoe stap
deel van die oggend se ervaring

Later het selfs haar man
en toe haar kinders
ook vir Herman geken

Vakansietye op Tergniet
as hul inry Groot-Brak toe
het Herman se eerste waai
wat sy sien
sommer Katryntjie se vakansie verhelder
En ook elke waai daarna
Oomblikke van stilstand

I can’t talk to you
But I can read and write
a sentence or two
at a time
In this way
I can communicate
with you

This man
was of no high esteem in society
Not even handsome
that people would take notice of him
They would rather look away
than seeing this burdened man
He knew pain
and the agony of suffering
Griefs in all it’s forms

Gentle and humble
that he was
he did not say a word
Like a sheep to be slaughtered
when he was taken by people
To kill him because
he taught people about God
and that he is the one
taking all their transgressions
infirmities and burdens
on himself
Because he is
the Son of God
The Messiah

What a horrible demonstration
of just how wrong we as people
can be
What a demonstration of love
by taking
exactly how wrong we can be
on Himself
In the act of cruelty against Him
He transforms it into an
encompassing gift of life
An eternal sacrifice
for all our wrong actions
Against people and God
An eternal provision
for all our sorrow and suffering
A gift of salvation
Coupled with an impartation
of His Holy Spirit in us
To be our Helper and Comforter
In all situations
All to show us
just how much He cares

Why did it take me so long
To get a better understanding
Of just how vast and comprehensive
this sacrifice of love was
This sacrifice 
our heavenly Father made
Giving His own Son Jesus Christ
This sacrifice of Jesus Christ
Giving Himself
to make provision
for our most desperate needs
Our need for salvation
Our need for forgiveness
Our needs for the healing
of our bodies and minds
The healing of all we are
Body, soul and spirit
Taking it on Himself
to take care
Of all our griefs
our diseases
and our sins

My understanding is
Our part is
Believing
Repenting
Asking
Receiving
Giving thanks
with a grateful heart
Infinite appreciation
Yielding to the Holy Spirit
guiding and supporting us
Empowering us to withstand
all the flames of fire in our vicinity
Enduring
Growing
in faith, expectancy and love
Waiting on our God
taking care of our supplications
Trusting Him
Submit 

It is the beginning of wisdom
receiving this Gift of Life
As rewarding and spectacular
it can be
Life is not a breeze
Father God provided the Solution
The Resolution
to be united with Him
for eternity

This Man
was far more
than what the eye
could ever see

(Isaiah 53, John 3:16, Prov 9:10)

All of the earth
yearns to be redeemed
Redeemed
from the fallen state
of the Garden of Eden
The deep longing
of creation
for recreation
Completely free

It left me
with this impression
The short film
About a young man
privileged to capture
multiple scenes
Scenes of
overwhelming beauty
of the earth
Places in Indonesia
Himalayas in Nepal
Vietnam
Cambodia and Africa
Mixed with scenes of people
made in the image of God
living in hopelessness
A reflection of
what is happening
all over the world

God made a decision
for us to dwell the earth
in this fallen state
He did not leave us
here on our own
Or alone
Or without hope
Father God made provision
for all our needs
To be set free
Giving us the means
to have life in abundance
Conquering everything
crossing our path
Jesus Christ is life
He is our victory
The Holy Spirit is with us

Yet
The yearning remains
For the perfect
redemption of earth
We can hold on to the promise
that it will happen

God loves the world
So much
That He gave His best
His Son Jesus Christ
To die in our place
So that we can live
Truly live
Jesus Christ is the Way
and the Truth
Can there be more love
than laying down your life
For others
We can trust Him
Now
And for our future
Our eternal future
With our hands firmly in His

My expectation is sky high
Of God
The Creator of this
spectacular universe
Establishing the new
heaven and earth
Perfect in every sense

( Rom 8: 18-22, 2 Peter 3:13, Rev 21:1, Isaiah 65:17, John 3:16-17)

“For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭22‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”
‭‭2 Peter‬ ‭3‬:‭13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭21‬:‭1‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭65‬:‭17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”
‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

A
Die sop is kompak
Met lekker baie vleis in

B
Ja
Dis om jou sterk te maak

A
Ek voel nou baie sterk

Without it
can be a fiasco
For the programmer
Coder
Developer of software
Programming languages
need manuals
Some direction and knowledge
to know what it’s about
As with many manuals
some concepts
can take time to understand

We have more than a manual
The living Word of God
To know and learn
what life is about

Here’s a challenge
Read it through
From Genesis
to Revelation
King James
is a good translation
To have an
informed opinion
about the relationship
between God and man
The complete relationship
to find
for humankind

(There are many one year Bible reading
plans available.😊 It could take longer
or shorter.)

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”
‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Ten spyte van die omgewing
waar jy bly Pergamus
staan jy sterk in geloof
Die area vanwaar Satan
homself setel

Vas
aan die Here jou God
is jy

In jou midde
is daar gebruike
‘n Doen late
wat God haat
Met wortel en tak
moet dit verwyder word
Om ‘n oorlog te vermy
‘n Oorlog teen jou
deur die Een
met ‘n tweesnydende swaard
in Sy mond

Waar sit dit vas
Die ysterketting
Van Balak se leer
Om afgodsoffers te eet
en te hoereer

Ons moet dit weet
Ons moet dit hoor

Dieselfde krag
wat Christus opgewek het
uit die dood
Die Heilige Gees se krag
het ons nodig
Om ons te wys waar
besoedeling is
Om weg te draai
Te weerstaan
Keer op keer
Vergifnis te kry

Die wat oorwin
sal verborge manna eet
En ‘n wit steen kry
met ‘n nuwe
geheime naam

(Gedagtes uit Openbaring 2)

Despite the environment
where you reside Pergamos
you stand strong in faith
The area where Satan
seats himself

Fast
to the Lord your God
you are

In your midst
are practices
deeds
that God detests
Root and branch
it must be removed
To avoid a war
A war against you
by the One
with a two-edged sword
in His mouth

Where is it anchored
The iron chain
of Balak’s teaching
To eat idol sacrifices
and to fornicate

We must know it
We must hear it

The same power
that raised Christ
from the dead
The Holy Spirit’s power
we need
To show us where
pollution lies
To turn away
To resist
Time and time again
To receive forgiveness

Those who overcome
will eat hidden manna
And receive a white stone
with a new
secret name

(Thoughts from Revelation 2:2-17)

”“And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write, ‘These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword: “I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.” ’“
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭2‬:‭12‬-‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Dit lyk nie
asof jy iets verkeerd
kan doen nie Thiatire

So groot
Jou liefde en diensbaarheid
Geloof
Volharding

Wie is dit die
Die vrou Isébel
Wat haarself
‘n profetes noem
Sy wat jou wil verlei
Om afgode te hê
en onsedelik te wees
Soveel pyn en hartseer
sal dit veroorsaak

Ons moet dit weet
Ons moet dit hoor

Ons het so nodig
Heilige Gees se onderskeiding
Sy krag
Die Een wat
harte en niere deursoek
Om getrou te bly
Heilig te lewe
Onskadelik
Vasgekleef aan
ons Here God
vir navigasie
deur ‘n web
van onopsigtelike drade
Deur die oerwoud
van valse stemme
Valse profete
wat ons wil weglok
en vernietig
Wat na ons kom
as die engel van lig
Ons het so nodig
om die vyand te weerstaan
In die Naam van Jesus Christus

Vasgenael
Vas gepleister
aan Jesus Christus
Ons enigste hoop
Om te oorwin
Saam Hom te regeer

(Gedagtes uit Openbaring 2:18-29)

“Onderwerp julle dan aan God; weerstaan die duiwel, en hy sal van julle wegvlug.”
‭‭JAKOBUS‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Want sulke mense is valse apostels, bedrieglike arbeiders wat hulleself verander in apostels van Christus. En geen wonder nie! Want die Satan self verander hom in 'n engel van die lig. Dit is dus niks besonders wanneer sy dienaars hulle ook voordoen as dienaars van geregtigheid nie. Maar hulle einde sal wees volgens hulle werke.”
‭‭II KORINTHIËRS‬ ‭11‬:‭13‬-‭15‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

1 Konings 18 en 19

It seems
you can do
no wrong Thyatira.

So great
Your love and service
Faith
Persistent patience

Who is this
The woman Jezebel
Who calls herself
a prophetess
She who wants to seduce you
To have idols
and to be immoral
So much pain and sorrow
will it cause

We must know it
We must hear it

We need so much
the Holy Spirit’s discernment
His power
The One who
searches hearts and minds
To remain faithful
To live holy
Harmless
Clinging to
our Lord God
for navigation
through a web
of unseen threads
Through the jungle
of false voices
False prophets
who want to lure us away
and destroy us
Who comes after us
as the angel of light
We so need
to resist the enemy
In the Name of Jesus Christ

Firmly anchored
Plastered
to Jesus Christ
Our only hope
To overcome
To reign with Him

(Thoughts from Revelation 2:18-29)

”“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, ‘These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass: “I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first. Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works. “Now to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I will put on you no other burden. But hold fast what you have, till I come. And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations— ‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’— as I also have received from My Father; I will give him the morningstar. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’“
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭2‬:‭18‬-‭29 ‭NKJV‬‬

“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
‭‭James‬ ‭4:7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.”
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭11:13-15‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

”My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one.”“
‭‭John‬ ‭10‬:‭27‬-‭30‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Bloots
Met vrye teuels
het ek en jy
altyd gery
op die rug
van die wilde hings

Met een hand vas
aan die skimmel se maanhare
Vir die spoed

Blou lug bo ons koppe
Wat vasloop weerskante
aan die helder blou van die see
En die diep groen van bosse
op die sandduine

Soutwater wat koel opslaan
na ons songebakte lywe
Van die gebreekte branders
se vlak water op die sand
Soos ons daaroor galop

Met salpeter en sout
wat kaal bene begin brand
as dit vasknyp
om bo te bly

Van die momentum
is lang hare gewaai
heel uit die gesig
Terug

Met die reuk van die see
en perdesweet
om en aan my

Wit en grys onder my
van die pragdier se nat hare
Nou skakerings donkerder

Klank van hoewe
op die strand
Musiek in my ore
Aangevul met fyn perkussies
van watertjies wat spat
Ritmies en o so mooi
Branders wat slaan
‘n gereelde simbaalslag
Seemeeue
met hul bydrae flussies
Die hoë piccolo roep
van die strandlopertjies
‘n aksent vir die ekstase

Sardis
Sardis
Word wakker
Word wakker
Jy is amper dood
En almal dink
jy is vol lewe

Maak weer
jou lampie vol olie
Soos die eerste keer
Hou dit vol
Dat jy nie onverhoeds
betrap word nie

Ons moet dit weet
Ons moet dit hoor

Die wat oorwin
sal beklee word
met wit klere
Hul name onuitwisbaar
in die boek van die lewe
Hul name bely
voor God ons Vader
en Sy engele

(Gedagtes uit Openbaring 3:1-6)

”EN skryf aan die engel van die gemeente in Sardis: Dít sê Hy wat die sewe Geeste van God en die sewe sterre het: Ek ken jou werke, dat jy die naam het dat jy leef, en jy is dood. Wees wakker en versterk die wat oorbly, wat op die punt staan om te sterwe, want Ek het jou werke nie volkome voor God gevind nie. Onthou dan hoe jy dit ontvang en gehoor het, en bewaar dit en bekeer jou; as jy dan nie wakker word nie, sal Ek op jou afkom soos 'n dief, en jy sal nie weet in watter uur Ek op jou afkom nie. Maar jy het enkele persone ook in Sardis wat hulle klere nie besoedel het nie, en hulle sal saam met My in wit klere wandel, omdat hulle dit waardig is. Wie oorwin, sal beklee word met wit klere, en Ek sal sy naam nooit uitwis uit die boek van die lewe nie, en Ek sal sy naam bely voor my Vader en voor sy engele. Wie 'n oor het, laat hom hoor wat die Gees aan die gemeentes sê.“
‭‭OPENBARING‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬-‭6‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Sardis
Sardis
Wake up
Wake up
you’re almost dead
And everyone thinks
you’re full of life

Fill your lamp again
With oil
Like the first time
Keep it up
So that you’re not
caught off guard

We must know it
We must hear it

Those who overcome
will be clothed
with white garments
Their names indelible
in the book of life
Their names confessed
before God our Father
and His angels

(Thoughts from Revelation 3:1-6)

”“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, ‘These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God. Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you. You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬-‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Daar staan ‘n deur voor jou oop
Niemand kan dit sluit nie
Want jy het min krag
Tog is jy getrou
Aan die Here se Woord
En aan Hom
Jy verloën Hom nie
Filadelfia

Die woord
van Jesus Christus
het jy bewaar
Nou word jy bewaar
In die uur van beproewing
van die hele wêreld
Almal anders word getoets

Hou vas wat jy het
Sodat niemand jou kroon vat

Die wat oorwin sal ‘n pilaar wees
in God se tempel
Met Sy naam
Sy stad se naam
En Christus se nuwe naam daarop

(Gedagtes uit Openbaring 3:7-13)

“DAAROM gee ons nie moed op nie, maar al vergaan ons uiterlike mens ook, nogtans word die innerlike mens dag ná dag vernuwe. Want ons ligte verdrukking wat vir 'n oomblik is, bewerk vir ons 'n alles oortreffende ewige gewig van heerlikheid; omdat ons nie let op die sigbare dinge nie, maar op die onsigbare; want die sigbare dinge is tydelik, maar die onsigbare ewig.”
‭‭II KORINTHIËRS‬ ‭4‬:‭16‬-‭18‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

"EN skryf aan die engel van die gemeente in Filadelfía: Dít sê die Heilige, die Waaragtige, wat die sleutel van Dawid het, wat oopmaak en niemand sluit nie, en Hy sluit en niemand maak oop nie: Ek ken jou werke. Kyk, Ek het voor jou 'n geopende deur gegee, en niemand kan dit sluit nie, want jy het min krag en jy het my woord bewaar en my Naam nie verloën nie. Kyk, Ek gee jou uit die sinagoge van die Satan, van die wat sê dat hulle Jode is en dit nie is nie, maar lieg — Ek sal maak dat hulle kom en voor jou voete neerbuig en erken dat Ek jou liefgehad het. Omdat jy die woord van my lydsaamheid bewaar het, sal Ek jou ook bewaar in die uur van beproewing wat oor die hele wêreld kom om die bewoners van die aarde op die proef te stel. Kyk, Ek kom gou! Hou vas wat jy het, sodat niemand jou kroon kan neem nie. Wie oorwin, Ek sal hom 'n pilaar in die tempel van my God maak, en hy sal daar nooit weer uitgaan nie; en Ek sal op hom die Naam van my God skrywe en die naam van die stad van my God, van die nuwe Jerusalem, wat uit die hemel van my God neerdaal, en my nuwe Naam. Wie 'n oor het, laat hom hoor wat die Gees aan die gemeentes sê."
‭‭OPENBARING‬ ‭3‬:‭7‬-‭13‬ ‭AFR53‬‬
"

There stands a door open before you
No one can shut it
For you have little strength
Yet you are faithful
To the Lord’s Word
And to Him
You do not deny Him
Philadelphia

The word
of Jesus Christ
you have kept
Now you are kept
In the hour of trial
of the whole world
Everyone else is being tested

Hold fast to what you have
So that no one may take your crown

Those who overcome will be a pillar
in God’s temple
With His name
The name of His city
And Christ’s new name upon it

(Thoughts from Revelation 3:7-13)

”“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ‘These things says He who is holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens”: “I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name. Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown. He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’“
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭3‬:‭7‬-‭13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

”Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.“
‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭4‬:‭16‬-‭18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

As die voëltjies kan
Kan ons ook
As baba’s kan
Kan ons ook
Versorg word
Deur ons Skepper

Die voëltjies
doen hul deel
Van dagbreek
Tot na sonsak
En baba’s
Hul gebruik al hul krag
So min soos wat dit is
Om te leef

Vuur gelouterde goud
om ryk te wees
Wit klere om ons naaktheid
Ons skande te bedek
Sodat dit nie openbaar word nie
Salf vir ons oë om te sien
Dis by die Begin
van God se skepping
te koop

Die getroue en ware Getuie
Bevind jou Laodicéa
nie warm of koud
Daarom uitgespoeg
Ellendig en misrabel
Arm en naak
Blind
Omdat jy vertrou
op jou hoë bankbalans
Geliefdes word getugtig
Fokus weer net op Hom

Die Amen
klop by jou deur
As jy oop maak
sal Hy inkom vir ete
Saam met jou

Die wat oorwin
sit saam op Sy troon
Soos Hy oorwin het
Saam sit op Vader troon

Ons moet dit weet
Ons moet dit hoor

As die voëltjies kan
In geheel afhanklik
van ons hemelse Vader wees
Kan ons ook
As hulle dit kan insien
Kan ons ook

Wie was nie ‘n baba nie
Wie is ooit meer
as ‘n kind van God
Wie is ooit minder
as Sy kind
In ons Vadershuis

(Gedagtes uit Openbaring 3:14-21,Matt.6:26, Jesaja 55:1)

“Kyk na die voëls van die hemel; hulle saai nie en hulle maai nie en hulle bring nie bymekaar in skure nie, en tog voed julle hemelse Vader hulle. Is julle nie baie meer werd as hulle nie?”
‭‭MATTHÉÜS‬ ‭6‬:‭26‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“o ALMAL wat dors het, kom na die waters; en wie geen geld het nie, kom, koop en eet; ja, kom, koop sonder geld en sonder prys, wyn en melk!”
‭‭JESAJA‬ ‭55‬:‭1‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“En Hy sê vir hulle: Pas op en wees op julle hoede vir die hebsug, want iemand se lewe bestaan nie uit die oorvloed van sy besittings nie.”
‭‭LUKAS‬ ‭12‬:‭15‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Beveel die rykes in die teenwoordige wêreld om nie hoogmoedig te wees nie en ook nie hulle hoop te stel op die onsekerheid van die rykdom nie, maar op die lewende God wat ons alles ryklik verleen om te geniet; dat hulle goed moet doen en ryk wees in goeie werke, vrygewig, mededeelsaam, en vir hulle 'n skat weglê, 'n goeie fondament vir die toekoms, sodat hulle die ewige lewe kan verwerf.”
‭‭I TIMÓTHEÜS‬ ‭6‬:‭17‬-‭19‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

"EN skryf aan die engel van die gemeente van die Laodicense: Dít sê die Amen, die getroue en waaragtige Getuie, die begin van die skepping van God: Ek ken jou werke, dat jy nie koud is en ook nie warm nie. Was jy tog maar koud of warm! Maar nou, omdat jy lou is en nie koud of warm nie, sal Ek jou uit my mond spuug. Want jy sê: Ek is ryk en het verryk geword en het aan niks gebrek nie; en jy weet nie dat dit jy is wat ellendig en beklaenswaardig en arm en blind en naak is nie. Ek raai jou aan om van My te koop goud wat deur vuur gelouter is, sodat jy kan ryk word; en wit klere, dat jy jou kan aantrek en die skande van jou naaktheid nie openbaar word nie; en salf om jou oë te salf, sodat jy kan sien. Almal wat Ek liefhet, bestraf en tugtig Ek. Wees dan ywerig en bekeer jou. Kyk, Ek staan by die deur en Ek klop. As iemand my stem hoor en die deur oopmaak, sal Ek ingaan na hom toe en saam met hom maaltyd hou, en hy met My. Aan hom wat oorwin, sal Ek gee om saam met My te sit op my troon, soos Ek ook oorwin het en saam met my Vader op sy troon gaan sit het. Wie 'n oor het, laat hom hoor wat die Gees aan die gemeentes sê."
‭‭OPENBARING‬ ‭3‬:‭14‬-‭22‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

"

If the birds can
We can too
If babies can
We can too
Be cared for
By our Creator

The birds
do their part
From dawn
Until sunset
And babies
They use all their strength
As little as it is
To live

Fire purified gold
to be rich
White clothes to cover
Our nakedness
Our shame
So it does not become public
Salve for our eyes to see
It is at the Beginning
of God’s creation
for sale

The faithful and true Witness
Finds you Laodicea
neither hot nor cold
Therefore spit out
Wretched and miserable
Poor and naked
Blind
Because you trust
on your high bank balance
Beloveds are disciplined
Focus only on Him again

The Amen
knocks at your door
If you open it
He will come in for a meal
With you

Those who overcome
sit together on His throne
As He who has overcome
sits on the Father’s throne

We must know this
We must hear this

If the birds can
Be completely dependent
on our heavenly Father
We can too
If they can see it
We can too

Who was not a baby
Who is ever more
than a child of God
Who is ever less
than His child
In our Father’s house

( Thoughts from Revelation 3:14-21,
Matt.6:26 , Isaiah 55:1 )

“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:26‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭55:1‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭12:15‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.”
‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭6:17-19‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭3:14-22‬ ‭KJV‬‬”

Katryntjie se Ouma
het altyd van Mevrou A gepraat
Dit was seker ‘n afkorting
vir haar naam
Ouma het nie ‘n woord
verkeerd gesê oor ander
Bly liewer stil
As jy nie iets moois het
om te sê nie
Was haar Ouma se woorde
‘n Skuilnaam was dit dan nie

Mevrou A het die winkel gehad
Hoe wonderlik
Thomas haar handlanger
tel vroegoggend elke huis
se boekie op
Met elkeen se bestelling
Later die oggend
lewer hy dit af
Alles op die boekie
Vir betaling maandeinde

Katryntjie droom steeds
van die winkeltjie
Van die lekker Cheddar
en donkerbruin suiker
Suiker wat lyk of dit lewe
Steri melk in glas bottels

Katryntjie was matriek in die koshuis
Nou nog as sy die reuk
van ‘n gestookte donkie kry
is sy weer terug in Hurteria
Ook die Spur se braai reuke
oorkant die koshuis

Katryntjie stap al van Sub-A
‘n pad saam Ellen
Die goeie maat
was die koshuis se hoofmeisie
Vrydag oggende was spesiaal
Voor die eetsaal word aangetree
Dan sing ons
Vir spys en drank wil ons U dank

Behalwe die een Vrydag
Ellen staan voor ons
en sit noot in
Laat Heer die seën op hul daal
U guns uit Sion hul bestraal

Ja
die lied wat pas getroude pare
toegesing was

So halfpad deur
het almal ontwaak
Met ‘n glimlag
mekaar geseën met die lied
U beveel en dit geskied
Laat Heer die seën
op hul gebied

Ellen het een keer gesorg
dat ons Maandag
geen skakering van blou was
Dit was die kleur van die yskastert
In die Rekeningkunde klas
deur haar voorsien
Verorber voor eerste pouse

Kort voor die matriekuitslae
Die nuus van die motorongeluk

Groot-Brakrivier se biblioteek
is na Ellen vernoem

Te te
Te te
Te te veel
Geluk moet jou oorval
Vandag vandag
Met jou met jou
Verjaardag

Is there anything good
about a desert
Yes
You can find an oasis
Refreshing
Like the fragrance of
clean laundry
Relaxing
Like a cup milky Rooibos
Comforting
Like a fresh meal
Strengthening
Visible as the stark contrast
between lush green
and desert sand

Remembering Abraham
and his son Isaac
Obedient and submissive
in utmost difficulty
When a ram was provided
Yahweh Yireh
the place was called

Remembering a song
Oh come let us adore Him
Oh come let us adore Him
Oh come let us adore Him
Christ our King

Jehovah Jireh
God our Provider

Die wonderlike van diere is
Hul maak nie sonde
Soos mense
Visse en plante ook nie
Tog dra hul saam
Aan die gevolge

Hulle het gedagtes
Maar kan nie praat
Bileam se donkie
Sy het wel
Salomo het geweet
wie sorg vir hul diere

Dawid het geweet
Wie sorg vir mense en diere

Die lojale liefde
Van diere
Maak ‘n nuwe verstaan
Van omgee

“Toe die esel die Engel van die Here sien, gaan sy onder Bíleam lê. Daarop het Bíleam baie kwaad geword en die esel met 'n stok geslaan. Maar die Here het die bek van die esel geopen, en sy sê vir Bíleam: Wat het ek jou gedoen, dat jy my nou al drie maal geslaan het? Daarop antwoord Bíleam die esel: Omdat jy die spot met my drywe. Was daar net 'n swaard in my hand — dan het ek jou sekerlik doodgeslaan. En die esel sê vir Bíleam: Is ek nie jou esel waar jy jou lewe lank op gery het tot vandag toe nie? Was dit ooit my gewoonte om so met jou te doen? En hy antwoord: Nee.”
‭‭NÚMERI‬ ‭22‬:‭27‬-‭30‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Die regverdige ken die natuur van sy dier, maar die barmhartigheid van die goddelose is wreed.”
‭‭SPREUKE‬ ‭12‬:‭10‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“U geregtigheid is soos die berge van God; u oordele is 'n groot watervloed. Here, U behou mense en diere!”
‭‭PSALMS‬ ‭36‬:‭7‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Will it be easy
No

“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
‭‭John‬ ‭16‬:‭33‬ ‭KJV‬‬

If God said it
It will be

“For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭55‬:‭10‬-‭11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

““God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?”
‭‭Numbers‬ ‭23‬:‭19‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
‭‭John 3:16 KJV

“And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭50‬:‭15‬ ‭KJV‬‬
"

As I understand
It must be pure love
You love me
I love You

The respond
to the revelation
of Your love Father God
In Your Son
Jesus Christ
That we have now

As I understand
Every knee will bow
Every tongue will confess
Who You are Father
When experiencing You
Face to face
Then it will not be
a matter of choice anymore
We will just fall down
before You

Yet the measure
of Your revelation now
Regarding Yourself
Is humble and gentle
Just enough
So that loving You
is still a matter of free will

Still a matter
of choosing You
Loving You
With the knowledge
and revelation about You
That we have now

As I understand
It must be pure love
You first loved me
And I love You first

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

"Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love."
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭2‬:‭4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Dit raak nou
‘n smeekgebed
Laat U Koninkryk kom
Vader
Soos in die hemel
So ook op aarde

Want U weet altyd
die beste

Jy is regtig
enig in jou soort
Uniek
Daar is niemand
soos jy nie

So is dit
vir elke mens

Wie ken jou toekoms
Wie ken ons toekoms
Wie ken die toekoms
Behalwe
ons hemelse Vader

"Want Ú het my niere gevorm, my in my moeder se skoot geweef. Ek loof U, omdat ek so vreeslik wonderbaar is; wonderbaar is u werke! En my siel weet dit alte goed."
‭‭PSALMS‬ ‭139‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

"dat jy ook jou oë nie na die hemel opslaan, en as jy die son sien en die maan en die sterre, die hele leër van die hemel, jou laat verlei en voor hulle neerbuig en hulle dien nie — dinge wat die Here jou God aan al die volke onder die hele hemel uitgedeel het."
‭‭DEUTERONÓMIUM‬ ‭4‬:‭19‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Soos vir Esegiël en Jesaja
En Daniël
‘n Beeld van die glorie
van God se troon
Voor dit staan die Lam

Vier-en-twintig ouderlinge
Gekoop
Vir God
Uit elke stam
Volk
Taal en Nasie
Betaal
Met bloed van die Lam

Dis Hy op die troon
Wat so lief is vir jou

(Eseg 1, Jes 6:1-4, Dan 7:9-10, Openb 5)

“IN die sterfjaar van koning Ussía het ek die Here sien sit op 'n hoë en verhewe troon, terwyl sy some die tempel gevul het. Serafs het bo Hom gestaan; elkeen het ses vlerke gehad: met twee het hy sy aangesig bedek, en met twee het hy sy voete bedek, en met twee het hy gevlieg. En die een het die ander toegeroep en gesê: Heilig, heilig, heilig is die Here van die leërskare. Die hele aarde is van sy heerlikheid vol! En die drumpelposte het gebewe van die geluid van die roepers, en die huis het vol rook geword.”
‭‭JESAJA‬ ‭6‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

““I watched till thrones were put in place, And the Ancient of Days was seated; His garment was white as snow, And the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, Its wheels a burning fire;”
‭‭Daniel‬ ‭7‬:‭9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“En bokant die uitspansel wat oor hulle hoof was, was iets wat soos saffiersteen gelyk het, in die gestalte van 'n troon; en op die troongestalte 'n gestalte wat soos 'n mens gelyk het. Ek sien toe iets soos blinkende metaal; van wat soos sy lendene gelyk het boontoe soos vuur, rondom in 'n omhulsel gevat; en van wat soos sy lendene gelyk het ondertoe, het ek iets gesien soos vuur met 'n glans daaromheen. Soos die gedaante van die boog wat in die wolk is op 'n reëndag, so het die glans rondom gelyk. So het die verskyning van die heerlikheid van die Here gelyk. En toe ek dit sien, het ek op my aangesig geval en die stem gehoor van Een wat spreek.”
‭‭ESÉGIËL‬ ‭1‬:‭26‬-‭28‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Toe sien ek, en ek hoor 'n stem van baie engele rondom die troon en van die lewende wesens en die ouderlinge; en hulle getal was tienduisende van tienduisende en duisende van duisende; en met 'n groot stem het hulle gesê: Die Lam wat geslag is, is waardig om te ontvang die krag en rykdom en wysheid en sterkte en eer en heerlikheid en lof. En elke skepsel wat in die hemel en op die aarde en onder die aarde en wat op die see is, en alles wat in hulle is, het ek hoor sê: Aan Hom wat op die troon sit, en aan die Lam kom toe die lof en die eer en die heerlikheid en die krag tot in alle ewigheid! En die vier lewende wesens het gesê: Amen! En die vier-en-twintig ouderlinge het neergeval en Hom aanbid wat lewe tot in alle ewigheid.”
‭‭OPENBARING‬ ‭5‬:‭11‬-‭14‬ ‭AFR53‬‬"

Like for Ezekiel and Isaiah
And Daniel
A vision of the glory
of God’s throne
Before it stands the Lamb

Twenty-four elders
Bought
For God
From every tribe
People
Language and Nation
Paid
With the blood of the Lamb

It is He on the throne
Who loves you so much

( Thoughts from Ezekiel 1, Isaiah 6:1-4, Daniel 7:9-10,
Revelation 5)

”Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity, the word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him. And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.“
‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬-‭28‬ ‭KJV‬‬

”In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.“
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭6‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭KJV‬‬

”I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.“
‭‭Daniel‬ ‭7‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ ‭KJV‬‬

”And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.“
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭5‬:‭1‬-‭14‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Pop overs
Over it pop
Pop it over

Flour power
For the hour

Fill it
with cheese and jam
And bam
An explosive taste
in the mouth
Here in the South
of Africa

Op 'n bal in die lug
Rondom vol water
Bly ons

Op eilande rots
grond en plante
In alle windrigtings
is ons regop
Of lê plat
met die kop

Sonder om af te val
Of water
wat oor ons loop

Want die Here
het dit gemaak
En dit behoort
aan Hom

Hy hou
die bal in die lug

(Psalm 24:1-2)

“Die aarde behoort aan die Here en die volheid daarvan, die wêreld en die wat daarin woon; want Hý het dit gegrond op die seë en dit vasgestel op die strome.”
‭‭PSALMS‬ ‭24‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Met sy blas vel
potbruin songebak
Want oom Daan was altyd buite
Besig om ‘n kar reg te maak
Om ‘n huis te bou
Altyd reg om te help
Met ‘n glimlag op sy gesig
Hy kon alles reg maak
So begaafde man was hy

Oom Daan se tannie Mienie
se ouers het langs hul gebly
In ‘n mintgroen platdak sinkhuisie
Oom Jollie het altyd
kruisbande en hoed gedra
En self sy siek vrou versorg
Toe sy sterf
roep hul Katryntjie se Ouma
Die vrou verlos uit haar smart
se oë
het Ouma saggies toegedruk

Skemeraand het tannie Mienie
gereeld koffie gebrand
Lug gevul met aroma
van die geur

Wat sê die paddas
as hul so raas innie dam

Hulle sê
Kyk da kyka kyka
Kyk hie kykie kykie

Die vier perde en hul ruiters
het hul werk gedoen
Omvattend oorwinnend
Vreesaanjaend
Ingrypend
Meedoënloos
Ook die vyfde seël
is af
Almal sal dan profeteer
Jong mense visoene sien
Ou mense drome droom
Wondertekens oral
As die sesde seël afkom
val sterre soos vye
op die aarde
Die maan is bloedrooi
Die son pikswart sakkerig
en lyk soos hare daarop
So skrikwekkend
Die aarde word beskadig
Erg
Deur vier engele
Maar Jesus Christus
sal help en red
Vir die wat vra
Dan en ook nou

Ook nou

(Hand 2:17-21, Openb 6-7)

The four horses and their riders
have done their work
Comprehensively victorious
Frightening
Intervening
Relentless
Also the fifth seal
is off
Everyone will then prophesy
Young people will see visions
Old people will dream dreams
Wondrous signs everywhere
When the sixth seal comes off
stars fall like figs
on the earth
The moon is blood red
The sun pitch black
and looks like hair on it
So frightening
The earth is damaged
Badly
By four angels
But Jesus Christ
will help and save
For those who ask
Then and also now

Also now

(Thoughts from Revelation 6 and 7, 19:11-16, Acts 2:17-21)

“Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.” And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see.” Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword. When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.” When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth. When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed. I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?””
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭6‬:‭1‬-‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed: of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed. After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying: “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, Thanksgiving and honor and power and might, Be to our God forever and ever. Amen.” Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?” And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them. They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.””
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭7‬:‭1‬-‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭19‬:‭11‬-‭16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams. And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; And they shall prophesy. I will show wonders in heaven above And signs in the earth beneath: Blood and fire and vapor of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the Lord Shall be saved.’”
‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭17‬-‭21‬ ‭NKJV

Hartenbos se Inry
was ‘n lekker plek

In plat bakvormige rye
staan die karre ingeryg
Voor die groteske hoë skerm
Amper soos kontoerwalle
Elke kar ‘n krakerige luidspreker
ingehaak by die venster
Party kinders lê buite
Voor die kar op komberse

Aangekom blêr boeremusiek
oor elke paaltjie se luidspreker
Elke motor staan by so een
Dan begin SA Spieël
‘n Kortfilm oor ons land
Voorprente
Opgevolg deur pouse

Pouse was groot
Braaivleisvure brand
By die skermpilare duskant
Gekleurde liggies
Gekleurde speelrame
Elke kind se droom
Aandete word daar gekoop

Of by die kiosk
Slap chips
Toast n Cheese
Hamburgers
Sulke goed
Ook al die gewone kafee goed
Dit was reg langs die projektor
‘n Aangrypende kamertjie
Vir ‘n kind
Al die rolle en rolle film
Wat op die groot doek wys

Daarna begin die fliek
Groot opwinding
Meeste uitgebaljaardes slaap
Lank voor die slottoneel
Ook maar goed so
Want Parental Guidance
was toe nog nie uitgedink

Tyd vir huistoe begin
Met motors wat stadig uitry
In hul rye wag almal
Gee vir mekaar rybeurte
Net rooi agterliggies oral
Van die lang toue karre

Katryntjie se Ouma
wou nie Saterdagaande
gaan fliek
Seker gewoond stilwees
saam Oupa wat voorberei
Vir Sondag se preke
Vroeër jare

Suddenly everything seem so small
Insignificant
But this thing
This thing
in the world

Suddenly life changed
Never to be
same again

Where to go
Where to stay
Where to be

It’s not a place
It’s not a phase
It’s eternity
Infinity

The new reality
Winking at the edge
of this
Gleaming love
Perfected fraternity

Father God in heaven
Open up our eyes
To see
What more must it be
For us to plea
Let Your Kingdom come
As in heaven
On our own we cannot be

Your life
we cannot describe 

Not even
as many books
as big as the earth
Can contain a description
of the life of Jesus Christ

Father God
Let Your will be done
Your name be hallowed
On earth
As it is in heaven

(John 21:25)

“And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.”
‭‭John‬ ‭21‬:‭25‬ ‭KJV‬‬

(Die drukke vir die lied:
Your Life we cannot describe)

Gm           Eb                              Bbm
Suddenly everything seem so small
F      Bb/D  Eb
Insignifi—-cant
Gm F     Eb  
  But this thing
        F
This thing
Bb/D  Eb
in the world

Gm           F     Eb
Suddenly life changed
Bb/D   Bb   F
Never  to   be
Dm/F Dm Gm   F  Eb  F
same a—-gain

Gm Eb Bb D

Gm           Eb
Where to go
Bb             D
Where to stay
Gm           Eb     Bb  D
Where to be

Gm Dm/F Cm/Eb Gm

                Gm
It’s not a place
                Eb
It’s not a phase
                Bb
It’s eternity
        D
Infinity

Gm C/E C F
Gm C/E F

                      Gm
The new reality
                          F
Winking at the edge  
of this 
                  Eb
Gleaming love
                       D
Perfected fraternity 

Gm                  D/F#
Father God in heaven
C/E
Open up our eyes
D
To see
C/E
What more must it be
      Bb/D F      C/E
for us to plea
Dm                          Dm/C
Let Your Kingdom come
          Bb Bb/A
As in heaven
             Gm                     A  
  On our own  we cannot be

Dm C Dm   
G
Your life
      Bb  C        Dm
we cannot describe

Not even
as many books
as big as the earth
Can contain a description
of the life of Jesus Christ

Father God
Let Your will be done
Your name be hallowed
On earth
As it is in heaven

Bb/F  F Eb/G F  Bb

Die perde wei in die karavaanpark
En oor Desember vakansies
moet hul plek maak
Vir paar karavane
Ook die groot tente
van die Stranddienste
Luidkeels met ‘n luidspreker
het die jongmense
met hul bussie gery
Kinders genooi na hul aktiwiteite
Vol vreugde die goeie nuus
van Jesus se liefde oorgedra

Katryntjie wou altyd graag baie weet
Besef toe eindelik
Bietjie weet kom nooit verby bietjie
Daar is net te veel

Katryntjie wou elke probleem oplos
Nou dadelik
Tot sy agter kom sy kan ontspan
Dit bring na die Meester ingenieur
Wag vir Sy meesterplan
Vir elke kleur
geur en gebeur

We are used to some against some
One against one
Some against one
One against some
This time it is one
against all
As it is
Since the beginning
In the Garden of Eden

And still One for all
As it is
Since the beginning

The One where we can turn
Weeping
Fasting
In our sorrow
of our sins

The One for whom
all things are possible

(Joel 2:12 , Matt 19:26)

"Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning."
‭‭Joel‬ ‭2‬:‭12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

"But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭19‬:‭26‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

As it seems
leaving the old behind
can be a lot of breaking
And aching

It seems some clay needs
a firm stand
From the Potter’s Hand

Attached to Him form
the wholeness and holiness
Of the finished vessel
Body
Mind and spirit

(2Cor 5:17, 1Thess5:23-24)

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new."
‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

"Abstain from every form of evil. Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."
‭‭I Thessalonians‬ ‭5‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

As jy met die grondpad huis toe stap
Is dit eerste die groot hibiskusbos
Wat sag oor jou sintuie streel
Sonder dat jy daarvan weet
Oortrek met bloedrooi blomme
Met hul geel stuifmeel knoppies

Op met die baksteen paadjie
Is dit die flitsende pers
van die vygiebosse 
Wat die oog trek
Daar agter die bungalow

Weer bemoedig en verkwik
die enkele rooi hibiskusblom
Langs die bed
Op die stinkhout tafeltjie
Jare later

Die aarde is toe gewasem vanoggend
Knus
Gerustellend en sag
Met rus
begin die nuwe dag
Kalm
Geen windjie wat roer
Of duifie wat koer
Selfs die voëltjies is stil

Sy weet wat dit is
Dis vriesboude
Haar kinders
moes deurloop op Philippolis
Haar man was predikant daar

Dankbaar vir dié inligting
Die tweejarige woelwater
se boude is rooi in Botswana
Ver weg van alles
Die Boesman kerkie die rede
vir hul kamp daar

Dit was koud
‘n Waslap is gevries
as dit vir uitdroog
buite die tent hang
in die nag

Die dae heerlik
En een groot sandput
vir die kinders buite
Selfs die paaie
net sand

Aande word lywe van voor
warm gemaak
Om die kampvuur
Bo ons ‘n koepel van sterre
Kristalhelder
"

Die hortjies van die balkondeur
in die slaapkamer
swaai oop
Saggies vlinder die sneeuvlokkies
Van bo na onder
Op hul tyd
Glad nie haastig nie
Dis stil
Alles met wit bedek
Soos ‘n gordyn wat sak
Die konsert is verby
Almal gaan in rus
Al is dit vroegoggend

Vir 'n halfuur was daar stilte
Die sewende seël is gebreek
Die gebede van heiliges
met reukwerk voor God gebring
Sewe engele kry basuine
Elke een wat blaas daarop
ontketen gebeure
Vuur
Hael
Bloed
Ondrinkbare giftige water
Minder lig
Son maan en sterre beskadig

Die vyfde engel blaas
‘n Rokende put ontsluit
Die lug is dynserig
Sprinkaanagtiges pynig
soos skerpioene
Behalwe geseëldes van God
Mense wil dood
Dit ontwyk hul

Die sesde engel blaas
Gereed vir die uur
Die dag
Maand en jaar
Vervul vier engele hul funksie
Leeuagtige perde
Miljoene en miljoene
dood ‘n derde mense op aarde

Steeds bly sommige
van die oorblywendes
ongenoop deur Waarheid
Daar is nog mense wat
steel en moor en hoereer
Dinge verafgod

(Gedagtes uit Openb 8 en 9)

For half an hour there was silence
The seventh seal is broken
The prayers of saints
brought before God with incense
Seven angels receive trumpets
Each angel that blows
unleashes disasters
Fire
Hail
Blood
Undrinkable toxic water
Less light
Sun moon and stars damaged

The fifth angel blows
A smoking pit is unlocked
The air is hazy
Locust-like creatures torment
like scorpions
Except for those sealed by God
People want to die
Death escapes them

The sixth angel blows
Ready for the hour
The day
Month and year
Four angels fulfill their function
Lion-like horses
Millions and millions
kill a third of the people on earth

Still remain some
of the survivors
unmoved by Truth
There are still people who
steal and murder and commit adultery
Worship things

(Thoughts from Revelation 8 and 9)

“When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets. Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand. Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake. So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter. Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night. And I looked, and I heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!””
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭8‬:‭1‬-‭13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit. Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them. The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were crowns of something like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle. They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months. And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon. One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things. Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind. Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them. And thus I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone. By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed—by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths. For their power is in their mouth and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents, having heads; and with them they do harm. But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭9‬:‭1‬-‭21‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Ons vrieshokkie was piepklein
Buitendien het ons elke dag
vars gaan koop
Na werk op ons fietse
Mandjies agterop wat ons kan afhaal
en dan daarin ons aankope pak
So kruideniers aangery
met mandjie beperking
Maar roomys was ‘n moet
Soveel geure
Een oortref die ander

Wat ‘n heerlike ontdekking
Nie net die roomys nie
Maar die sneeu
op die kombuis se vensterbank
Ideale stoorplek vir die roomys
Lekker gevries bly dit buite
Dag en nag
Vir paar maande van die jaar
Die res van die tyd
was te warm
Dan het die kersieboom
die kombuisvenster versier

Die gelyktydige opwekking
van hoorbare frekwensies
Eiesoortig in klank en kultuur
Steeds prosesseerbaar vir die oor
kan interessant en vermaaklik wees
Selfs wiskundig imposant

Dis wanneer die klank generasie
van harmonie en melodie ontstaan
Wat hierdie hart dele ontsluit
Te dankbaar vir woorde

Ongemaklik is 'n eufemisme
vir die plek
Tog is dit sentraal
vir gemaklike bereik
Van voorheen
onbereikbare plekke

Dit gee
metamorfosiese troos
Die onbereikbare
word bereik

Verskoon asseblief
die dalk onbekende woorde
Eufemisties is ligtelik gestel
En metamorfosies is
lewensveranderend in die geval
Onthou jy metamorfose
Die eiertjie word 'n wurm
Die wurm word ‘n papie
Die papie word ‘n skoenlapper

Tyd skiet verby
Teen 'n slakkepas
Terwyl ons wag

"GESEËND is die God en Vader van onse Here Jesus Christus, die Vader van ontferminge en die God van alle vertroosting,wat ons troos in al ons verdrukking, sodat ons die wat in allerhande verdrukking is, kan troos deur die vertroosting waarmee ons self deur God getroos word."
‭‭II KORINTHIËRS‬ ‭1‬:‭3-4‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Die sewende seël is gebreek
Ses engele het basuin geblaas
Die sewende engel moet nog

Ongelowiges vertrap Jerusalem
vir maande
God gee twee getuies
Eenvoudig geklee
Met groot mag
Vir paar jaar
As hul profesie klaar is
maak die dier
uit die bodemlose put hul dood
Mense juig
Die twee getuies het hul gepynig
Na drie en ‘n half dae
is hul opgewek en vaar op na God
‘n Aardbewing in dieselfde uur
Sewe duisend sterf in die stad
Die ander kom eindelik tot insig
Nou vereer hul God

As die sewende engel blaas
vind die onuitspreeklik
langverwagte plaas
Onse Here en Sy Christus
neem gesag

Oorstelpte oorlaaide emosie
Wie sal dit kan beskryf

Groot stemme kondig aan
Die ouderlinge val neer in lof
en dankbaarheid
God neem Sy plek in as Heerser
oor die wêreld

Vir eeue en eeue
Vir duisende jare is gewag daarvoor
Gewag en gewag
Gewag

Nasies is woedend
God begin oordeel
Oor die dode
Sy dienaars beloon
Vernietigers vernietig

Sy tempel gaan oop
In die hemel
Die ark van Sy testament
is nou sienbaar
Stemme
Aardskuddings
Weerlig en donderslae
Hael

(Gedagtes uit Openb 11)

The seventh seal is broken
Six angels have blown trumpets
The seventh angel is yet to blow

Unbelievers trample Jerusalem
For months
God gives two witnesses
Simply dressed
With great power
For a few years
When their testimony is finished
the beast
from the bottomless pit kills them
People rejoice
The two witnesses had tormented them
After three and a half days
they are resurrected and ascend to God
An earthquake in the same hour
Seven thousand die in the city
The others finally come to their senses
Now they honour God

When the seventh angel blows
the unspeakable
long-awaited event occurs
Our Lord and His Christ
take authority

Overwhelming overflowing emotion
Who can describe it

Great voices announce
The elders fall down in praise
and gratitude
God takes His place as Ruler
over the world

For ages and ages
For thousands of years, it has been awaited
Waited and waited
Waited

Nations are angry
God begins to judge
Over the dead
His servants rewarded
Destroyers destroyed

His temple opens
In heaven
The ark of His testament
is now visible
Voices
Earthquakes
Lightning and thunder
Hail

(Thoughts from Revelation 11)

“Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, “Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there. But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months. And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth. And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner. These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire. When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves. And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth. Now after the three-and-a-half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them. In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven. The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe is coming quickly. Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!” And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying: “We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, The One who is and who was and who is to come, Because You have taken Your great power and reigned. The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, And the time of the dead, that they should be judged, And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints, And those who fear Your name, small and great, And should destroy those who destroy the earth.” Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭11‬:‭1‬-‭19‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Kyk
waar sit jy
tarentaal
Met jou vaal
en wit kolletjies jassie
Met jou pikante ou koppie
Versier met rooi
Wat flap flap
soos jy stap
Nogals met ligblou
om jou oë opgedollie
Wie sou kon dink
Jy is eintlik wild
Met jou strykyster lyfie

Dis die kristalhelder water
Wat vloei daar binne
Reinig en kalmeer
waar dit gaan
Vandaar kom ware skoonheid
Lewende Waters
Om van te drink
Meer en meer
En dis nie eers 'n geheim nie

Daar is geskilder met woorde
Is Satyntjie se kommentaar
Om die harmonie van die beeld
te omvou in woorde
Robyntjie sou seker sê
Stekie vir stekie tapisserie woorde
die kleurryke beeld
Soos botter in enige gereg
bring die woorde die geure
van die beeld na vore
Sou Kolwyntjie sê

Ag julle
Kom ons verf ‘n skildery
Maak ‘n tapisserie
Dek ‘n pragtige tafel
Eet lekker saam
Met die see as musiek
in die agtergrond
So tussendeur
die geselsies en laggies
Van ‘n leeftyd se herinneringe

Dat ‘n vrou so pragtig
Beskryf as aangetrek met die son
En die maan aan haar voete
Twaalf sterre op haar kop
Sy moet doodgemaak word
Ten alle koste
Want sy is swanger
met Liefde Vir Ander
‘n Kragtige heerser vir die wêreld
En nie net sy nie
Ook haar nageslag
Almal wat Jesus Christus
se getuienis bewaar
Die teiken van nyd en haat
Oorlog en baklei
Verterende jaloesie
Moord

Die een is nie genoeg
om mense uit te wis en pynig
Nog ‘n wreedagtige dieragtige
om te verlei en forseer
Selfs tot die dood gewond
was een van sy sewe koppe
en weer lewendig
En nog een om te manipuleer
dat mense die slang aanbid
Met kritiek en aankla
Verdeeldheid
Misleiding en lastering
Selfs met bonatuurlike verskynsels
Beeld wat stom is laat hy praat
Net mense met sy merk
mag koop en verkoop

Ons moet dit weet
Ons moet dit hoor

Hemelse Vader
Ons slaan ons oë op na die berge
Ons hulp kom van U
Help ons om U lief te hê
Met hart en siel en verstand
En ander mense lief te hê
soos onsself
Sonder U liefde
kan daar geen lewe wees nie
Help ons om getrou te bly aan U
en Jesus Christus en U Gees
tot die dood toe

Help ons Heilige Gees
om te onderskei
Bewaar ons van die verleiding
en versoekinge van die bose
Help ons
Om nie rebels te wees nie
Om nie eiesinnig te wees
en afgode van onsself te maak nie
Gee ons krag
Ons rug te draai daarop

Vergewe asseblief Vader
Oral waar ons nog faal
Waar die oue nog
oorklee moet word met Christus

Jesus Christus leer ons
om nederig en sagmoedig te wees
Soos U
Met die diepste dankbaarheid
dankie dat U gesterf het
sodat ons vergewe kan word
Dankie dat U ons heel maak
Na liggaam, siel en gees
Dankie vir U voorbeeld van liefde
Liefde vir ons Vader en vir elke mens
U liefde vir ander

(Gedagtes uit Openb 12-13, Luk 9:23-24, 1Sam 15:23)

“EN Hy sê vir almal: As iemand agter My aan wil kom, moet hy homself verloën en sy kruis elke dag opneem en My volg. Want elkeen wat sy lewe wil red, sal dit verloor; maar elkeen wat sy lewe om My ontwil verloor, hy sal dit red.”
‭‭LUKAS‬ ‭9‬:‭23‬-‭24‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Want wederstrewigheid is 'n sonde van waarsêery, en eiesinnigheid is afgodery en beeldediens. Omdat jy die woord van die Here verwerp het, het Hy jou as koning verwerp.”
‭‭I SAMUEL‬ ‭15‬:‭23‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, He hath also rejected thee from being king.”
‭‭1 Samuel‬ ‭15‬:‭23‬ ‭KJV‬‬

That a woman so beautiful
Described as clothed with the sun
And the moon at her feet
Twelve stars on her head
She must be killed
At all costs
Because she is pregnant
with Love for Others
A powerful ruler for the world
And not only her
Also her offspring
All who keep the testimony
of Jesus Christ
The target of envy and hate
War and fighting
Consuming jealousy
Murder

One is not enough
to destroy and torment people
Another cruel beastly one
to seduce and force
Even wounded to death
one of its seven heads was
and became alive again
And another beast to manipulate
that people worship the serpent
With criticism and accusation
Division
Deception and blasphemy
Even with supernatural occurrences
he makes a mute image to speak
Only people with his mark
may buy and sell

We must know this
We must hear this

Heavenly Father
We lift our eyes to the mountains
Our help comes from You
Help us to love You
With heart and soul and mind
And to love other people
as ourselves
Without Your love
there can be no life
Help us to remain faithful to You
and Jesus Christ and Your Spirit
unto death

Help us, Holy Spirit
to discern
Keep us from the seduction
and temptations of the evil one
Help us
Not to be rebellious
Not to be stubborn
and make idols of ourselves
Give us strength
To turn our back on it

Please forgive Father
Often we fail still
Where the old still
needs to be clothed with Christ

Jesus Christ teach us
to be humble and meek
Like You
With the deepest gratitude
thank You for dying
so that we can be forgiven
Thank You for making us whole
Body soul and spirit
Thank You for Your example of love
Love for our Father and for every person
Your love for others

(Thoughts from Revelation 12-13,
Luke 9:23-24, 1 Sam 15:23)

“Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth. And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born. She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne. Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days. And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.” Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭12‬:‭1‬-‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name. Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months. Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If anyone has an ear, let him hear. He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭13‬:‭1‬-‭18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭9‬:‭23‬-‭24‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.””
‭‭I Samuel‬ ‭15‬:‭23‬(a) ‭NKJV‬‬

“For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭13‬:‭12‬-‭13‬ ‭NKJV

Teen ‘n hoë prys
gee ons vir jul die prys
Om julle te prys
vir goeie werk

Al kos dit baie
is dit ons kos
dat hier kos is

Knie
Vas
Las
Tas
Krag
Mag
Ken

Woorde met meer as een betekenis
Wonder nogal daaroor
Of is dit ‘n wonder
Geen wonder nie

Vandag wil Katryntjie
vir Wilhelmina salueer
Herman se een ouer suster
Deur ‘n ring kon jy haar trek
Altyd met ‘n sagte glimlag
of uitdrukking op haar gesig
Ten spyte van soms
moeilike tye

Met ‘n kersie het sy gesit
in haar koshuiskamer se kas
Na ligte uit
Om haar skoolwerk
goed af te handel

Haar lewe wy sy toe
aan die verpleging van siekes
Leer ook ander
hoe om dit te doen
Wat ‘n inspirasie

Dankbaarheid vir haar
en ook elke mens wat ander help
met ‘n liggaam wat swaarkry
Sewe tot sewe
Sewe dae van die week
Dag en nag
Mag julle die alles omvattende liefde
van ons hemelse Vader
Van Sy seun Jesus Christus
en die Heilige Gees van God ken
Sy krag ervaar
Sy redding
Sy voorsiening
Sy wysheid
Elke dag
Elke nag

Who will use a sword
only to defend yourself
If you can also use it
to help saving the lives of others

Who will look away
when a snake
is curling around the corner

Who will ignore a snake
lying at the feet
of your friend

Who wants to be
without a weapon
In this world
of verbal and spiritual
confrontation
When lives are at stake

No wonder
So many arguments
trying to nullify the Bible
Our spiritual sword
So many distractions
Multiple attractions
clobbering our minds
Attempting to leave us
vulnerable disarmed

(Eph 6:17)

”And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;“
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6‬:‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Die oë is blou
wat na my kyk
Die kleur van die wintersee
Die somer effens weg gespoel
Deur die lewe se gebeure
Maar steeds met die skynsel
van die diep poel
Van liefde en vrede
Waaruit daardie oë
hul krag put
Met die lig van humor
wat maklik vlak lê
Veral om die etenstafel
Die weersiens was goed Mams
In my drome

Die suurlemoene het oornag
ryp geword
Dis net geel bolletjies
Waar jy kyk
So voel dit vir my vanoggend
Na die nag se donderweer
En al die plante wat blink
Van die reën se water
Sonder sonlig wat daarop skyn
Tog voel dit vars en helder
Al is dit vaal met al die wolke
Steeds innie lug

Nou is ons hier
Nou is ons daar
Noord en suid
van die ewenaar

Waarheen het tyd
met ons gevlieg
Dat ons in so kort tyd
So ver kan vlieg

Die een oomblik
nog in die wieg
Die volgende oomblik
Baie ver in lewensjare

Kyk hoe streel daai woorde
Oor die wonde
Van die pyn

Kyk hoe blus daai woorde
Die vuur wat aangesteek was
deur onbesonne woorde

Heilige Gees help ons
Help my
Help ons
Met ons woorde
Mag dit wees soos goue appels
op silwer versierde borde

(Spr 25:11, Matt 12:36, Spr 12:18)

“Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”
‭‭Colossians‬ ‭4:6‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Maar Ek sê vir julle dat van elke ydele woord wat die mense praat, daarvan moet hulle rekenskap gee in die oordeelsdag.”
‭‭MATTHÉÜS‬ ‭12:36‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Daar is een wat onverskillig woorde uitspreek soos swaardsteke, maar die tong van die wyse is genesing.”
‭‭SPREUKE‬ ‭12‬:‭18‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Goue appels op versierde silwerborde, so is 'n woord op sy tyd gespreek.”
‭‭SPREUKE‬ ‭25‬:‭11‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Dink aan jou
Wat ook moet stilstaan
by Job op die ashoop
Nadat hy alles verloor het
Die hartseer en pyn

Langs Daniël sit
Die vrees beleef
Terwyl die honger leeus
losgelaat word

Geboeid die hitte trotseer
van die brandende vuuroond
By Sadrag
Mesag en Abednégo

Die donkerte
van die leë waterput
Neergewerp
Langs Josef lê

Om by hulle te leer
Bemoediging te vind
Aanmoediging

Heilige hande
Maak ons hande heilig
Hande wat nie ontheilig

Dit was ons gebed
In my droom
Ons was ‘n klomp mense
wat buite staan
Party met ligblou
Ander met pienk
rubber handskoene aan
Ons hande uitgestrek na Bo

Toe lees iemand
Psalm 24 vers 3 en 4
Paar dae later
In ‘n videopreek

Wie mag klim op die berg
van die Here
Die wie se hande rein is
en se hart suiwer is

Holy hands
Sanctify our hands
Hands that do not desecrate

That was our prayer
In my dream
We were a group of people
standing outside
Some with light blue
Others with pink
rubber gloves on
Our hands stretched out upwards

Then someone reads
Psalm 24 verses 3 and 4
A few days later
In a video sermon

Who may ascend the mountain
of the Lord
Those whose hands are clean
and whose hearts are pure

“Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?”
‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭6‬:‭19‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Nog 'n engel word gestuur
Hy moet die liefde van God
en van Sy Seun Jesus Christus
oordra aan almal
Seker maak elke nasie
stam en volk op aarde hoor
Nog 'n kans
om Sy liefde te beantwoord
Hom te verheerlik

(Gedagtes uit Openb 14: 6-7)

“EN ek het 'n ander engel in die middel van die lug sien vlieg met 'n ewige evangelie om te verkondig aan die bewoners van die aarde en aan alle nasies en stamme en tale en volke. En hy het met 'n groot stem gesê: Vrees God en gee Hom heerlikheid, want die uur van sy oordeel het gekom; en aanbid Hom wat die hemel en die aarde en die see en die waterfonteine gemaak het.”
‭‭OPENBARING‬ ‭14‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Another angel is sent
He must convey the love of God
and of His Son Jesus Christ
to everyone
Ensure that every nation
tribe and people on earth hear
Another chance
to respond to His love
To glorify Him

(Thoughts from Revelation 14: 6-7)

“Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.””
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭14‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

My sondes word vergewe
soos ander vergewe word
deur my
Dit vat diep
Baie diep

Diep diep skoongewas
as ons sondes bring en bely
Ontvang ons
Vergifnis en reiniging
Bevryding
Uit die boeie van sonde
Wanneer ons erken
Vergifnis vra
In ons spyt en hartseer
oor dinge in ons verlede
Minute of jare gelede
Met ‘n oortuigde verlange
om van die sondes
ontslae te raak

(Gedagtes uit Matt 6:14, 1Joh 1:9)

"Want as julle die mense hulle oortredinge vergewe, sal julle hemelse Vader julle ook vergewe."
‭‭MATTHÉÜS‬ ‭6‬:‭14‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

"As ons ons sondes bely, Hy is getrou en regverdig om ons die sondes te vergewe en ons van alle ongeregtigheid te reinig."
‭‭I JOHANNES‬ ‭1‬:‭9‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Geduldig word daar gewerk
Met mense
Die mensdom
Nog kans gegee vir insig
Ons Hemelvader wil hê
almal ewig saam Hom lewe
Te verstaan Hy is
die Meester Ingenieur
Wat rig en lei
hoe dinge moet gebeur
Ons moet insien
Sy liefdesplan
Sy onvergelykbare liefde
Met die sekere wete
om te bly binne ons grense
deur Hom bepaal
Om dit uit te daag
benadeel en stroop ons net kaal
Sonder twyfel op Hom vertrou
Hy weet hoe alles werk
Wat die beste is vir ons
Hy het dit uitgedink

Geduldig
Vaderliefde te leer
Dat mense sal bekeer
Want daar wag onmenslik
swaarkry om te hanteer
wie nie saam Hom is
Onafwendbaar

Ja
Vaderliefde te leer
Sonder twyfel op Hom vertrou
Hy weet hoe alles werk
Wat die beste is vir ons
Hy het dit uitgedink

(Gedagtes uit 2Pet 3:9, Joh 3:16-17, Openbaring)
“Die Here vertraag nie die belofte soos sommige dit vertraging ag nie, maar Hy is lankmoedig oor ons en wil nie hê dat sommige moet vergaan nie, maar dat almal tot bekering moet kom.”
‭‭II PETRUS‬ ‭3‬:‭9‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Want so lief het God die wêreld gehad, dat Hy sy eniggebore Seun gegee het, sodat elkeen wat in Hom glo, nie verlore mag gaan nie, maar die ewige lewe kan hê. Want God het sy Seun in die wêreld gestuur nie om die wêreld te veroordeel nie, maar dat die wêreld deur Hom gered kan word.”
‭‭JOHANNES‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Patiently working
With people
Humanity
More chance for insight
Our Heavenly Father wants
everyone to live with Him eternally
To understand
He is
the Master Engineer
Who directs and guides
how things should happen
We must realise
His love plan
His incomparable love
With the certain knowledge
to stay within our boundaries
determined by Him
To challenge it
only harms and strips us bare
Without doubt trust in Him
He knows how everything works
What is best for us
He has invented it

Patiently
to learn Fatherly love
That people will repent
For there awaits inhumanly
hardship to endure
for those who are not with Him
Unavoidable

Yes
to learn Fatherly love
Without doubt trust in Him
He knows how everything works
What is best for us
He has invented it

(Thoughts from Revelation )
( 1 Timothy 2:4-5, 2 Peter 3:9, Ezekiel 18:23, John 3:16 )

“For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,”
‭‭I Timothy‬ ‭2‬:‭3‬-‭5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”
‭‭II Peter‬ ‭3‬:‭9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?” says the Lord God"
‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭18‬:‭23‬(a) ‭NKJV‬‬

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”
‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Die laaste plae
word uitgevoer deur sewe engele
Elkeen met ‘n skaal
Die eerste vyf engele gooi dit uit
Gevul met God se grimmigheid
Op aarde
Skryend vol swaar
Steeds bly mense onveranderd
Die eerste dier word gevolg

Na die sesde engel
versamel by Armagéddon
alle wat oorlog maak teen God

Die sewende engel
gooi sy skaal in die lug
‘n Groot stem vanaf die troon roep
Dit is verby

Op die dier met sy sewe koppe
en tien horings
Sit ‘n flambojante verleidster
Die koppe en horings is konings
Die vrou wat mense laat val
Die tien konings begin haar haat
So deur God bepaal
Hy rig hul gedagtes na Sy plan

Kom weg
Kom uit
Roep ‘n stem uit die hemel
Sodat jul nie verstrengel
in haar sonde
Nie deel in pyniging
wat vir haar wag

Binne een uur word sy vernietig
Gaan die stad op in vlamme
In Babilon sal die lig
van ‘n lamp nooit weer skyn

(Gedagtes uit Openb 15-18)

The last plagues
Are carried out by seven angels
Each with a bowl
The first five angels pour them out
Filled with God’s wrath
On earth
Crippling burdened with sorrow
Still people remain unchanged
The beast is worshipped

After the sixth angel
All who wage war against God
Gather at Armageddon

The seventh angel
Pours his bowl into the air
A great voice from the throne cries
It is done

On the beast with its seven heads
And ten horns
Sits a flamboyant seductress
The heads and horns are kings
The woman a city that makes people fall
The ten kings begin to hate her
As determined by God
He directs their thoughts to His plan

Come away
Come out
Cries a voice from heaven
So you do not get entangled
In her sin
Nor share in the suffering
That awaits her

Within one hour she is destroyed
The city goes up in flames
In Babylon the light
Of a lamp will never shine again

(Thoughts from Revelation 15-18)

99 was net mooi die geboortejaar
Van die seuntjie
in die speelgroepie
Hul moes ‘n selfportret verf
Alles was gedoen
Nog net die ogies kleur gee

Juffrou sê elkeen kan dit nou doen
Sy sit hul aan die gang
Gaan haal gou iets
Toe sy terugkom
sit die seuntjie met groen kolle
Om sy eie oë geverf
Want juffrou het gesê
hulle moet hul ogies verf

Dieselfde ou seuntjie
het die kop van die eendjie
geel ingekleur
Maar die lyfie groen
Juffrou het gesê
net die sirkels op die bladsy
moet geel ingekleur word

Dit was ook hy
wat aangedring het daarop
Sy ma moet wys op die pakkie
Hoe ver word die groentesaad
uitmekaar geplant
‘n Papiertjie moes gesny word
Die presiese lengte
Om te meet waar die volgende
saadjie geplant moet word

O liefie land
Was sy weergawe van
O liewe land
So ou liefie was hy
Is hy

Hy was seker maar net drie
Toe hy Katryn wou beskerm
Teen Dolfyn
Wat so rof op haar spring
En op omtrent sewe
was al sy sakgeld gebruik
Om vir Katryn te vat 
vir koek en koffie
Op ‘n uitstappie saam sy tannie 
wou hy die parkeergeld betaal
Ja sê hy
Dis sy ‘treat’ vir haar

Dit is Katryn se Braaikaptein
Met sy hart vol beskerming en gee

Die meeste wat Katryn kon doen
was regop sit op haar verjaardag
Braaikaptein het vir haar
‘n huisdans gereël
Hul moes mooi aantrek
Al die manne met aandpakke
En lekker saam eet
Heerlike skaap skenkel
Wat hy gemaak het
Ja dis Braaikaptein

Dis 'n bulle wind wat waai
Saam gulle reën wat val
Een laaste draai
En die wind is stil
Dan die lig van blits
In die donker kamer
Sonder ophou blits dit
Die selfoon se liggie
Saam die alarmklankie
Wat gestel was vir sewe dertig
Half agt innie oggend
En dis nog donker
Dis winter hier

Weet en onthou
Daar is een liefde 
wat onwankelbaar is
Altyd getrou en lojaal
In wese vrede 
Geduldig en sagmoedig
Ook met ons emosies
‘n Toonbeeld van nederigheid 
en selfbeheersing
Wat oorlaai met vreugde
vriendelikheid en goeie dinge

Op die liefde kan ons vertrou
Ten alle koste vertrou
Ten alle koste koester
So liefde verdien heelhartig
alles van ons

(Gal 5:22, Ps 147:3, Fil 4:6-7)

“Maar die vrug van die Gees is liefde, blydskap, vrede, lankmoedigheid, vriendelikheid, goedheid, getrouheid, sagmoedigheid, selfbeheersing.”
‭‭GALÁSIËRS‬ ‭5‬:‭22‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Hy genees die wat gebroke is van hart, en Hy verbind hulle wonde.”
‭‭PSALMS‬ ‭147‬:‭3‬-‭5‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Wees oor niks besorg nie, maar laat julle begeertes in alles deur gebed en smeking met danksegging bekend word by God. En die vrede van God, wat alle verstand te bowe gaan, sal julle harte en julle sinne bewaar in Christus Jesus.”
‭‭FILIPPENSE‬ ‭4‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Wie sal vir ons die perde gaan vang
Gaan vas maak by die kraal
Opsaal
Sodat ons die trekosse kan gaan haal

Ver ver oor die blou berge heen
roep Satyn dit uit
Kolwyn bied sommer dadelik aan
om te gaan
Dis lekker in die veld
Robyn dink Katryn sal dit geniet
Wat waar is
En Sonskyn wil oral lig maak
Om die wa se wiele
te laat begin kraak

Die osse steun en beur
So gewillig
om hul kosbare vrag te dra
Voel die krag
Voel die opwinding
Die onbekendheid van wat wag

Die orkesklokke lui
Die kontrabasse en tjello’s 
speel triomfantelik ritmies
Ondersteun deur hoë tone 
van die viole
Die Franse horings blaas energiek
Afgewissel deur trompette 
en trombone
Die keteldromme
aktief in beweging
Tussendeur trippel die houtblasers
Mans en vroue stemme
in vol sterkte
Soepel aanvullend tot mekaar
Swewende kinderstemme 
vervleg in die majestueuse klank

Ons is gaaf
Ons is braaf
Vaartbelyn
Alle onnodige laste agtergelaat
Vir nietighede 
is daar geen plek op die wa
Saamwerk saamstaan saamwees

Sover as die oog kan sien
Kom die wit kappe aangewaggel
van al die horde ossewaens
Saam wil ons deur hierdie drif trek
Sover as die geestesoog kan sien
Engele oral om ons oor en heen
‘n Druisende menigte

Wie sal
Wie sal vir ons die weg baan
In die wildernis 
Sonder oop getrapte spore
Sonder enige tekens van paaie

Druk die neus in die wind
En volg die eerste Kind
Onomkeerbaar slaafs
Weerloos maar vreesloos
in volskaalse vertroue gefokus
Grootskaalse verwagting 
en dankbaarheid
Met lof en aanbidding 
in ons harte en woorde
Hy sal 
Hy sal weet waar en hoe
Hy sal
Hy sal weet hoe en waar
Tot daar

That is how we are made
To also experience 
Victorious jubilating glee
At the right place
At the right time

Let us not fool ourselves
Let us not be lured into foolishness

When the city is built on rock and roll
Do not be surprised if the rock roll
And the city come tumbling down
To the ground
It is inevitable
Despite being engaged
in some kind of timing
And being in a place called a city

Die warm bergwind
waai gedagtes teen my vas
Van soel someraande
Aan Tergniet se kus
Pienk oranje rooi in die lug
Wat pienk weerkaats
in die rotspoele en oop see

Die ysige winterwind
skraap die laaste bietjie hitte
van my af
Op die treinstasie
van die klein dorpie

Die lentewind loei
om die groot koshuishoeke
Pluk aan my emosionele krag
in die eindeksamen se boeke

Daar is ‘n warrelwind
op Oudtshoorn se vlaktes
Bruin stof kolom
wat haastig dartel en dans
Verby die volstruise
Al in die rondte

Die wind maak brandertjies
op die Kwaggaskloofdam
Druk die skibote uit die water
Roep die vlieërplankryers
na die water
Sonder petrol kan hul jaag
Met hul kleurvolle ballonne
innie lug
Soos die spreekwoordelike
ruiters van die windjie

Daar is ‘n wind van voor
Daar is ‘n wind van agter
Daar is ‘n wind van verandering
Wat waai

Manne mag jul sterk genoeg wees
Om altyd te sê
Nie ek
of enige een wat saam my stap
Gaan eers naby daai boom
van verbode vrugte
En as hul reeds met vrugte
in die hand staan
Dit net te laat vergaan

It is a dark stormy night
When someone said to anybody
Tell me a story
And he began
It is a dark stormy night
When someone said to anybody
Tell me a story
And he began

Frankly you do not know a story
Said someone
But can you tell me
Where is far far away
And how do I get there

Any place not near near you
is far far away
Said anybody
You can choose
how to get there
yourself

In that case
someone does not want to go
Anybody supported that
Rather better
to find the Oasis
right where you are

Even if you are on a ship
In the middle of the ocean
on a dark stormy night
Yes even then
Even then
Can we be at the Oasis
The One that fills our spirit and mind

Can a camera reflect inner beauty
The photographer answered
and gave his opinion
He said
There is no beauty on the outside
If it is not coming from the inside
Perhaps for a short while
Some exterior charm
without an interior source
But eventually the outside
will be overtaken by the inside

Well
What is the inner beauty 
of a mountain

It’s strength
It is rock solid from the inside
He answered
Then he said
Just look at the sparkling river
It’s clear water
is reflecting purity inside
It is clean

But what about the radiant orange
Full of worms when opened up

There you said it
He said
Full of worms
That’s what happens
When the beautiful inside
is not protected
Not taken care of
It was made to be gorgeous inside
To be the container of
thirst quenching and taste
Fresh aroma
All in all
To be the holder of exuberant life

(1John 4:9, 2Cor.3:18 , 1Sam.16:7)
“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭4‬:‭9‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭3‬:‭18‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.”
‭‭1 Samuel‬ ‭16‬:‭7‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Wat ‘n vooruitsig
Om duisend jaar te regeer
Saam Jesus Christus
Op aarde

Na die val van Babilon
Satan weggesluit
Vir die tyd

Wat ‘n vooruitsig
Vir gelowiges sonder
die merk van die dier
Op hul voorkop of hand
En die wat gesterf het
vir hul getuienis
Hul getuienis
van Jesus Christus

Dit is die eerste opstanding
Die tweede dood
het geen mag oor hulle

Wat ‘n vooruitsig
Om duisend jaar te leef
As Jesus Christus regeer
Op aarde

Met ‘n geroep sal die Here
uit die hemel neerdaal
Die wat in Hom gesterf het
sal eerste opstaan
Saam met die wat in Hom
nog op aarde lewe
Sal hul Hom in die lug ontmoet
Om almal altyd by Hom te wees

Hemelse Vader
Dit is my begeerte
om deel te wees
van die duisend jaar
Uit die diepte van my hart
Help my Heilige Gees
Rig my Jesus Christus
Om so te lewe
om deel te kan wees
Om te volhard

(Openb 20:1-6, 1Tess 4:16-18, Daniël 7:27)

"Want die Here self sal van die hemel neerdaal met 'n geroep, met die stem van 'n aartsengel en met geklank van die basuin van God; en die wat in Christus gesterf het, sal eerste opstaan. Daarna sal ons wat in die lewe oorbly, saam met hulle in wolke weggevoer word die Here tegemoet in die lug; en so sal ons altyd by die Here wees. Bemoedig mekaar dan met hierdie woorde."
‭‭I THESSALONICENSE‬ ‭4‬:‭16‬-‭18‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

"Dan word die koningskap en die heerskappy en die grootheid van die koninkryke onder die ganse hemel gegee aan die volk van die heiliges van die Allerhoogste; hulle koninkryk is 'n ewige koninkryk, en al die heerskappye sal hulle vereer en gehoorsaam wees."
‭‭DANIËL‬ ‭7‬:‭27‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

"EN ek het 'n engel uit die hemel sien neerdaal, met die sleutel van die afgrond en 'n groot ketting in sy hand. En hy het die draak gegryp — die ou slang wat die duiwel en die Satan is — en hy het hom gebind duisend jaar lank, en hom in die afgrond gewerp en hom toegesluit en dit bo hom verseël, sodat hy die nasies nie meer sou verlei totdat die duisend jaar voleindig is nie. Daarna moet hy dan 'n kort tydjie ontbind word. En ek het trone gesien, en hulle het daarop gaan sit, en aan hulle is die oordeel gegee; en ek het die siele gesien van die wat onthoof is oor die getuienis van Jesus en oor die woord van God, en die wat die dier en sy beeld nie aanbid het nie, en die merk op hulle voorhoof en op hulle hand nie ontvang het nie; en hulle het geleef en as konings geregeer saam met Christus die duisend jaar lank. En die ander dode het nie herlewe totdat die duisend jaar voleindig was nie. Dit is die eerste opstanding. Salig en heilig is hy wat deel het aan die eerste opstanding; oor hulle het die tweede dood geen mag nie, maar hulle sal priesters van God en van Christus wees en sal saam met Hom as konings regeer duisend jaar lank."
‭‭OPENBARING‬ ‭20‬:‭1‬-‭6‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

What a prospect
To reign for a thousand years
With Jesus Christ
On earth

After the fall of Babylon
Satan imprisoned
For a time

What a prospect
For believers without
the mark of the beast
On their forehead or hand
And those who died
for their testimony
Their testimony
of Jesus Christ

This is the first resurrection
The second death
has no power over them

What a prospect
To live a thousand years
When Jesus Christ reigns
On this earth

With a shout the Lord will
descend from heaven
Those who died in Him
will rise first
Together with those who
still live on earth in Him
They will meet Him in the air
To always be with Him

Heavenly Father
It is my desire
to be part
of the thousand years
From the depths of my heart
Help me Holy Spirit
Guide me Jesus Christ
To live like this
to be able to participate
To persevere

(Thoughts from Revelation 20:1-6, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18)

”Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while. And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.“
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭20‬:‭1‬-‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

”For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.“
‭‭I Thessalonians‬ ‭4‬:‭16‬-‭18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Weet jy dit nie
Of het jy dit nie gehoor nie
God is ewig
Die hele aarde geskep
Sy verstand kan niemand begryp
Moeg word Hy nie
Mense wat op Hom vertrou
Word herlaai met nuwe krag
As hul moeg en op is
Soveel so
Dat hulle ook
net kan aanhou en aanhou
Gevleuel
Hoog soos ‘n arend

Hulle innerlike
word elke dag versterk
Al vergaan die uiterlike
So hou hul moed
Al gaan dit swaar
Dit bewerk alles oortreffende
ewige gewig van heerlikheid
Hul fokus nie op sigbare dinge
Maar op die onsigbare
Die sigbare dinge gaan verby
Teenoor die onsigbare
wat nooit ophou nie
Vlietend is die oomblik van nou
teenoor die ewigheid

(Jes 40:28-31, 2 Kor 4:16-18)
“Weet jy dit nie? Of het jy dit nie gehoor nie? 'n Ewige God is die Here, Skepper van die eindes van die aarde; Hy word nie moeg of mat nie; daar is geen deurgronding van sy verstand nie. Hy gee die vermoeide krag en vermenigvuldig sterkte vir die wat geen kragte het nie. Die jonges word moeg en mat, en die jongmanne struikel selfs; maar die wat op die Here wag, kry nuwe krag; hulle vaar op met vleuels soos die arende; hulle hardloop en word nie moeg nie, hulle wandel en word nie mat nie.”
‭‭JESAJA‬ ‭40‬:‭28‬-‭31‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“DAAROM gee ons nie moed op nie, maar al vergaan ons uiterlike mens ook, nogtans word die innerlike mens dag ná dag vernuwe. Want ons ligte verdrukking wat vir 'n oomblik is, bewerk vir ons 'n alles oortreffende ewige gewig van heerlikheid; omdat ons nie let op die sigbare dinge nie, maar op die onsigbare; want die sigbare dinge is tydelik, maar die onsigbare ewig.”
‭‭II KORINTHIËRS‬ ‭4‬:‭16‬-‭18‬ ‭AFR53‬‬


Do you not know this
Or have you not heard it
God is eternal
The entire earth He created
His understanding no one can comprehend
He does not grow weary
Those who trust in Him
are renewed with new strength
when they are tired and worn out
So much so
that they can just keep going and going
With wings
High like an eagle

Their inner selves
are strengthened every day
Even though the outward may decay
So they keep their courage
Even when it’s tough
It works beyond all comparison
eternal weight of glory
They focus not on visible things
But on the invisible
Visible things pass away
In contrast to the invisible
that never ceases
Fleeting is the moment of now
compared to eternity

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.”
‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭4‬:‭16‬-‭18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭40‬:‭28‬-‭31‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Waar is jy Dolfyn
Vra Katryn
Probeer nog my pale
op die vliegtuig kry
Laat weet hy

Hoop daai jongman spring vandag
soos ‘n springbok
Kom ‘n boodskap deur
Later nog een
Dolfyn spring goed
Die boodskappe stroom in
Hy spring al hoër
Tot binne in die span na Marokko
later innie jaar

Dit is Katryn se Dolfyn
Wat hoog spring bo die water
Met sy hart vol lewenslus

Die see kan soms so
omgekrap wees innie winter
Die branders slaan harder
en rowwer
Die seevoëls se vlerke
lyk heel opgetrek teen hul koppe
Van die koue
As hulle vlieg
Asof die see wil sê
Hoekom is jy hier
Terwyl ek besig is om uit te rol
Die gemaal in my binneste
Van al die stormwinde

Maar dan kry mens die dae
Wat die son se gloed
Wondere kom doen
vir die see se gemoed
Amper soos ‘n gesig
Opgetrek in ‘n plooi
Van iets suur op die tong
Maar wat dan weer ontspan
Oop en vriendelik
Uitnodigend
Asof die see wil sê
Kom maak jou voete nat
in my water

Om te dink
selfs die hemel soos dit nou is
gaan verby
Die aarde en see ook
Heeltemal ‘n nuwe aarde
‘n Nuwe hemel
Die nuwe Jerusalem
wat God bring
Soos’n bruid kom sy na vore
God se tempel is by Sy mense
Hy woon by hulle
En hulle by Hom
Al hul trane word afgedroog
Geen dood meer
Of moeite nie
Uit Sy fontein van lewende water
gee Hy vir almal om te drink
Verniet
Die wat oorwin sal alles erf
Vir die sal Hy God wees
En elkeen vir Hom Sy seun

Ons moet dit weet
Ons moet sê
Ja kom Here Jesus

Hemelse Vader
Hoe desperaat nodig het ons U
Maak nie saak wie of wat ons is
Hoe desperaat nodig het ons U
Om so te kan saam leef
Eendag saam met U

Hoe desperaat nodig het ons U
Om hier en nou
Volkome in hart en siel te leef
in U vernuwing en redding
deur Jesus Christus
In die krag van die Heilige Gees
Gee vir ons wysheid
Om sterk te staan in geloof
Om nie vreesagtig te wees nie
Sonder om dwaas
onverantwoordelik, voorbarig
of disrespekvol te wees
Ons heeltemal te weerhou van
gruwelikhede en moord
Hetsy met ons dade of woorde
Te vermy alle onsedelikhede
en toordery
Of om ‘n afgod te maak van iets
Ook nie van onsself nie
Om nie oneerlik te wees nie

Vader U vergifnis het ons nodig
waar ons gefaal en gesondig het
In Jesus Christus
Vegewe asseblief Vader
Sodat ons kan deel wees
van alles wat U nuut gemaak het

Hoe desperaat nodig het ek U

(Gedagtes uit Openbaring 21)

To think Even heaven as it is now
Will pass away
The earth and sea too
A completely new earth
A new heaven
The new Jerusalem
That God brings
Like a bride she comes forth
God’s temple is with His people
He dwells with them
And they with Him
All their tears are wiped away
No more death
Or struggles
From His fountain of water of life
He gives to all thirsty to drink
Freely
Those who overcome will inherit everything
For them He will be God
And each one will be His son

We must know this
We must say
Yes come Lord Jesus

Heavenly Father
How desperately we need You
No matter who or what we are
How desperately we need You
To live together
One day with You

How desperately we need You
Here and now
To live fully in heart and soul
in Your renewal and salvation
through Jesus Christ
In the power of the Holy Spirit
Give us wisdom
To stand strong in faith
Not to be fearful
Without being foolish
irresponsible, presumptuous
or disrespectful
To abstain from
atrocities and murder
Whether by our deeds or words
To avoid all immorality
And magic
Or making an idol of anything
Including ourselves
Not to be dishonest

Father we need Your forgiveness
For where we have failed and sinned
In Jesus Christ
Please forgive Father
So that we can be part
of all that You have made new

How desperately I need You

(Thoughts from Revelation 21, 22:17)

“And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭22‬:‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Soon the sun will shine again
Soon the moon will rise again
Soon the tide will turn again
In this shadow of tears
Of tears
In this shadow of tears

A while to clear our sky so bright
A while to make some things all right
A while to put the dark in light
In this shadow of fears
Of fears
In this shadow of fears

No fear
No fear
Friend dear
In our Shepherd’s care
His care
His care
In our Shepherd’s care
So fair and fair

Soon the candle will burn again
Soon the lantern be filled again
Soon the light will fall again
From the Father of lights
Of lights
From the Father of
lights and Light

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.”
‭‭James‬ ‭1‬:‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

(Drukke vir die lied :
  Father of lights)

Gm                           D/F#
Soon the sun will shine again
F                                   Gm
Soon the moon will rise again
Bb                             F/A
Soon the tide will turn again
            Gm  D/F#  Cm/Eb
In this shadow of tears
     Gm/D
Of tears
            Gm F   C/E Gm
In this shadow of tears

Gm                               D/F#
A while to clear our sky so bright
    F                                    C/E
A while to make some things all right
    Bb/D                    F/A
A while to put the dark in light
            Gm F          C/E
In this shadow of fears
      Gm/D
Of fears
            Gm D/F#    Gm
In this shadow of fears

BRIDGE
Gm
No fear        
              D/F#
No fear
Friend dear
F
No fear
      Gm
No fear
Friend dear
Bb
No fear
      F/A
No fear
Friend dear
          Gm                  F    
               In our Shepherd’s care
      C/E
His care
       Gm/D
His care
            Gm                D/F#
In our Shepherd’s care
      C/E  D     Gm
So fair   and fair

Instrumental Bridge

Gm                              D/F#
Soon the candle will burn again
F                                 C|E
Soon the lantern be filled again
Bb/D                       F/C
Soon the light will fall again
                  Gm/D F/C        Eb/Bb
From the Fa——ther of lights
Eb/A  Gm
Of       lights
                  Bb/D   F/C
From the Fa——ther of
Eb/Bb Dsus/A Gm
lights  and        Light

(James 1:17)

“Elke goeie geskenk en elke volmaakte gawe daal van bo af neer, van die Vader van die ligte, by wie daar geen verandering of skaduwee van omkering is nie.”
‭‭JAKOBUS‬ ‭1:17‬ ‭

(Dankie vir die foto Juan)

Die maan is vol
Bitter vol vanaand
Daar is nie eers plek vir ‘n traan
Van die man op die maan
As hy dalk sy toon
gestamp het nie

The Path
The Path of Salvation
The Path of Healing
Body soul and spirit
The Path of Help
Our path
of receiving the Path
With thanksgiving
Culminating in our resurrection

The sculptured Path
Wounded for our transgressions
Bruised for our iniquities
Chastised for our peace
Striped for our healing
The Path of Jesus Christ
The Path of Forgiveness
Truth and Life
The Path

6/7/2020

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”
‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭53‬:‭5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection,”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

With precious stone foundations
Descending out of God
The Holy Jerusalem
Twelve pearl gates
Streets of pure gold
No need for sun
or moon to shine
For the glory of God
illuminate it
The Lamb is it’s Light
There will be no night
With God
the redeemed will reign
Forever ever

(Gedagtes uit Openb 21 en 22)
(NR 123 is die woorde van ‘n lied wat ek omtrent in 2010 geskryf het. Dit het my so aangeraak dat ek ook saam met dit nog musiek vir koor en orkes geskryf het wat ek die hele samestelling With Precious Stone Foundations noem.

Die samestelling is ‘n kombinasie van wat was, is en wat sal wees. Om uiteindelik uit te kom by die nuwe Jerusalem.

Die musiek is op my website onder Vocals en die orkes+koor onder Orchestrations.
www. twiez.co.za)

Dit reën katjes en hondjes
Dis waternat
Gelukkig val die reën
nie alles op een slag
Stadig en goed uitgedink
daal die water op die aarde neer
Druppeltje vir druppeltje

Ja tyd vir handjes
om ‘n warm beker teetjes
Met kaneel pannekoekjes
Voetjes
by ‘n warm kaggel vuurtje

Is dit nou je of jie
Vandag is dit
Je
Hoe lyk dit met ‘n stukje
melktertje

We know the body stops growing
At a time
But when does the soul

Robyntjie wil hê Katryntjie moet
Moet vertel van ons basaars
Ons kerkbasaars
Van Groot-Brak se gemeente
Waar ons as kinders was

Die gemeente het doerie jare
nie een basaar gehou nie
Nee daar was drie
Elke jaar

Die hoof een was in die kerksaal
Dan was dit vol gepak
Met plaas vleise en groente
Vars gebak soos brode
Pasteie en beskuit
Groot koeke en koekies
Melkterte en nog baie terte
Konfyte en ingelegde vrugte
Gemmerbier tuisgemaak
Fudge en klapperys
Die poeding tafels
Heerlike aansit etes
Allerhande handwerk items
Gebrei en gehekel
Gestik
Uit hout getimmer
Die afwagting tasbaar vir die opening
deur dominee se gebed
As die oë open na die amen
is talle se hand reeds geplaas
Besitlik op die item van begeerte
Soos almal ingedruk staan
langs oorlaaide tafels
Buite die saal word hoenders
lammers en kalfies opgeveil
Die kinders hardloop en skree
Vir ‘n vale op die groen gras

Dan word die vreugde herhaal
Op Gonnakraal
Nou is dit die boere se beurt
van die area om hul slag te wys
In die ou plaasskooltjie
word saamgetrek
Weereens tafels wat kreun
Mense wat druk en steun
Gemoedelik hul spense aanvul
Uit die ryke oes van die kontrei

En Voorbrug
Hulle basaar kom laaste aan beurt
In die plaasskooltjie se gebou
Waar kinderstemme weg is
Behalwe nou
Die skooltjie is toe
Maar die feestelikheid
Die is wawyd oop
Hoe oorvloedig is dit nie

Dan het die Middelbare Skool
ook nog kermis gehou
Tussenin
Hierdie gemeenskap het geken
Van feesvier en gasvry wees

Katryntjie het nog baie vakansietye
die eredienste gaan beleef
By die gemeente wat vra
Besoekers moet tog hul gemeentes
vanwaar hul is
neerskryf as hul uitstap
Sodat hulle kan bid vir hulle
Vakansiegangers word ook genooi
Na die slotgesang
Vir koek en tee
Om hul welkom te heet

Die gemeente kon sing
Nog altyd
Daar word nie terug gehou nie
Almal uit volle bors

Sinksabrug se plaasskooltjie
het ‘n formidabele netbalspan gehad
Van Sub-A af het Katryntjie
teen hulle gespeel
Hulle was net so goed
Al was die sewe speelsters
seker ook maar soveel dogters
as wat daar in hul jaargroep was
Die spannetjie het altyd gewen
Met hul wit hempies
En swart rompies
Spierwit seil tekkies
Met Shoe Shine wit gemaak
Ja ons tekkies was weer wit
Soos nuut
As ons die wit goed
daarop gesmeer het
Ons rompies was bottelgroen

Rustyd kry speelsters
opgesnyde lemoenskyfies
Na die wedstryd gee die tuisspan
vir haar teenstander ‘n koeldrankie
So gasvry was ons

Toe Katryntjie later jare
in Outeniqua Hoërskool is
speel drie bekende gesiggies
van die swart rompies
Provinsiale netbal
Nou ja toe weet sy
Toe weet sy waarom
Hulle spannetjie met groen rompies
so hard moes speel

Daar sit hy
Op sy stoel vas gegom
Amper soos die stukkies
van die puzzle
Wat hy vaslym
Op die groot wit bord
Gewapen met rosyne
Peanuts en neute
Vergeet hy al sy pyne
En skete
Laat weet Sonskyn

Hello jou geitjie
Jy maak glattie
‘n mistykie
Om so in die wintersonnetjie
te sittie

Look and see
See for yourself
The Lord is good
So good

Many are the trials
and afflictions
Of Christ believers
Though He pulls us out
Every time
All the time
Encircled by angels
He delivers us

Stay pure
Stay clean
Your back to
With heart and mouth
pursue peace
His eyes
are on His servants
His ears hear their cry

To the heart too weak
The spirit cracked and dry
Brings He some water
Reviving the soul
The soul
Blessed soul
Trusting Him

“Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭34‬:‭8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.”
‭‭Colossians‬ ‭4‬:‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be babes, but in understanding be mature.”
‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭14‬:‭20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭1‬:‭3‬-‭4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Ontbyt was vir Katryn en Samesyn
baie belangrik
Om verskeie redes
Waarvan honger seker uitstaan
Dit het hul gehelp
om gemaklik op te staan
As die ontbytklok lui

Terughou was irrelevant hier

Skakerings van pers
In die vroeë oggendlig
Betree my sintuie
Sagte glybane
vloei uit op ‘n rapsie geel

In sagte wit rondings en vorme
Woon en werk en speel ons
Pastelkleurige ligte
aan palms
en vertoon winkelname
Palms se blare is gerond
en op die punte die ligte
Iemand op ‘n silwer fiets
ry op pypvormige bane
Rusbankies
soos oester sampioene
is perfek gevorm
Dis amper soos om te woon
in ‘n roos
Die sagte voue van ‘n roos

Jy sit op jou stoel
Sien uit dat die eksamen eindig

Jy sit op jou stoel
Sien uit na daai vakansie

Jy sit op jou stoel
Sien uit na die hemel

I received it
Grant me grace
To do it justiice

”Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all of whose works are truth, and His ways justice. And those who walk in pride He is able to put down.“
‭‭Daniel‬ ‭4‬:‭37‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Hartseer sand
spoel deur haar vingers
Nat sand
Uit die seewater poeletjie
Soos ‘n stalagmiet
in die Kango grotte
maak dit ‘n sandtoring

Sterk soos volstruiseier dop
vorm ‘n kors in haar wese

Verlange en trane sement
vir die fondament
Van haar huis van Hoop

Ja en ja
Restourasie van elke mens
Herstel

Maar haar grootste hoop
is die einde
van die tragiese skeiding
Die herstel van samesyn
Volkome
Tussen God en Sy mense
Sy wil Hom sien juig en sing
En elke mens op aarde
Net soos sy nou kan sien
hoe die bome bot in die lente

(Sef 3:17, Jak 1:2-3, Rom 8:20-26)
”Die Here jou God is by jou, 'n held wat verlossing skenk. Hy verheug Hom oor jou met blydskap; Hy swyg in sy liefde; Hy juig oor jou met gejubel.“
‭‭SEFÁNJA‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

”AG dit louter vreugde, my broeders, wanneer julle in allerhande versoekinge val, omdat julle weet dat die beproewing van julle geloof lydsaamheid bewerk.“
‭‭JAKOBUS‬ ‭1‬:‭2‬-‭3‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

”Want die skepping is aan die nietigheid onderworpe — nie gewillig nie, maar ter wille van Hom wat dit onderwerp het — in die hoop dat ook die skepping self vrygemaak sal word van die slawerny van die verganklikheid tot die vryheid van die heerlikheid van die kinders van God. Want ons weet dat die hele skepping tesame sug en tesame in barensnood is tot nou toe. En nie alleen dit nie, maar ons self ook wat die eerstelinge van die Gees het, ons sug ook in onsself in afwagting van die aanneming tot kinders, naamlik die verlossing van ons liggaam. Want ons is gered in hoop; maar die hoop wat gesien word, is geen hoop nie; want wat iemand sien, waarom hoop hy dit nog? Maar as ons hoop wat ons nie sien nie, dan wag ons daarop met volharding. En net so kom ook die Gees ons swakhede te hulp, want ons weet nie reg wat ons moet bid nie, maar die Gees self tree vir ons in met onuitspreeklike sugtinge.“
‭‭ROMEINE‬ ‭8‬:‭20‬-‭26‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Ek dink aan jou vandag

Jou stem is sag
Maar dit het volume
‘n Klein aanduiding
van jou talente se amplitude
Mag jy altyd dit gebruik
met respek vir ons Here
en binne Sy wil
Binne Sy plan
vir jou lewe en die lewe
Respek vir Jesus Christus
die enigste weg en waarheid
tot ewige lewe
Ook respek vir jou medemens
en vir jouself
Alles met die grootste krag
tot ons beskikking
Van die Gees van God
Kies vir nederig en sagmoedig
Vir liefde

17 Augustus 2020

(1Tim 2:5-6)

”wat Homself gegee het as 'n losprys vir almal, as die getuienis op die regte tyd, waartoe ek aangestel is as 'n prediker en apostel — ek sê die waarheid in Christus, ek lieg nie — 'n leraar van die heidene in geloof en waarheid. Ek wil dan hê dat die manne op elke plek moet bid en heilige hande ophef sonder toorn en twis.“
‭‭I TIMÓTHEÜS‬ ‭2‬:‭6‬-‭8‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Just look
at the shining little star
Little Red Ruby
In the centre of the attention
With those oh so pretty ponytails
Neatly finished with silky ribbons
She is so happy to be at the place
The place she longed for
Even creating her own version of it
At home
Before she went there
And that place was school
Real school
Where her big brother Bassoon
and older sisters
Velvet and Cupcake were
She was named after our Mother
This little jewel

With this scaffolding
of five children
A house could be painted
any colour you want
But our home was multi coloured
Indicating the wide variety
in personalities of the siblings
A dull moment was nowhere
to be found around

20th August 2020
Our precious Mother would be
two years short of hundred
Today
This was also the day that the man
with love in his face
Love in his voice asked
Are you open to a miracle
Today
All you need is a prayer
and a sincere heart
Trusting God to do
what is right

(Eseg 36:37)

Not what
But that

No so much
what it is
So much
that it is
Thinking about different parts
of the body
Because one is useless
on its own

The perfect example
To be
Of being

(1Cor 12:25-26)

”that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.“
‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭12‬:‭25‬-‭26‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

I trust the next chapter
I know the author
Red Ruby said

Oh
How I wish
How I long
How I hope
The next chapter
Will be the rapture

(1 Thess 4:16-18)

”For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.“
‭‭I Thessalonians‬ ‭4‬:‭16‬-‭18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Stukkie vir stukkie
word die lemoen afgeskil
Totdat net die kale lemoen
in die bordjie lê
Gereed
Om te eet
Om sy doel te vervul
Waarvoor lemoen gemaak is

Elke sel
van die sagte oranje weefsel
Ontpop
Bedien die ontvanger daarvan
met verruklike geur
en lafenis

Valerig vuilerig beelderig
Lê die versameling klippe
Nadat die dam oorvol was
Toe terug gesak het
Modderig en glad
Met ‘n groen mosserigheid
wat op rondinge skyn
Dis stil
G’n mens
sal enige beweging oplet
Tog was daar so baie
Die water het beweeg
Van hoog na laer

Soos standbeelde
Vir die beduidende verandering
Lê die oop klippe

Versigtig word dit lente
Kan dit wees
Is die winter verby
Is dit regtig verby

Die lewe gaan aan
Soos gewoonlik
In die wildtuin
Die diere is onbewus
Van al die onrus
Waar mense woon

Die voëltjies in ons tuin
Nog net so vrolik
Soos altyd
Ook ons kat
is min gespin
Alhoewel sy meer spin
Sy sien haar huismense
dan nou soveel meer

Die profiel van die skaduwee
lyk of sy leef
Hier en nou
Maar dis net die beeld
van wie sy was
Se skaduwee

Die beeld is ‘n skaduwee
van wie sy was
Wie sy is
Wie sy kan wees

Sy is gemaak
na God se beeld

(Gen 1:27)

”En God het die mens geskape na sy beeld; na die beeld van God het Hy hom geskape; man en vrou het Hy hulle geskape.“
‭‭GÉNESIS‬ ‭1‬:‭27‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Daar is ‘n hart wat klop
Heeltyd klop
heeltyd klop
In jou en my
in jou en my
Ook harte wat so maklik
seer kan kry
Kan kry
Aah daar is liefde
Liefde
liefde
Wat ons kan lei
Om ander se harte te spaar
Te spaar
Bewaar

When you know you’re down
Under the surface
When you know you’re deep
and look for the surface

Under the water
Into the blue
Behind a wall
Within the walls
The walls
of water

Turned on its side
Your heart of light
Entangled by branches
Covering the bright

Under the water
Into the blue
Surrounded by water
Within the blue
The blue
of water

Ha lle
lu jah
Ha lle lu jah

All you can do
Is float where you are
Your wings to heal
Then try to fly

Low medium high
Fall
More try
Into the sky
Clear sky
Pink sky
Blue sky Lullaby

Ha lle
lu jah
Ha lle lu jah

Ha lle
lu jah
Ha lle lu jah

Flying away
Into the stars
Into the sky
Night sky
Free sky
Blue sky Lullaby

(Jes 43:1-2)

“….Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭43‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“He sent from above, he took me, He drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: For they were too strong for me.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭18‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

/: Fm Fm/Eb Eb Bb/G

Fm Cm/Eb Fm Cm/Eb

Fm Ab/Eb
When you know you’re down
Eb Bb/D
Under the surface
Fm Ab/Eb
When you know you’re deep
Cm/Eb Fm
and look for the surface

Fm Eb
Under the water
C#
Into the blue Fm Eb
Behind a wall
Bb/D
Within the walls
C#
The walls
Fm
of water

Fm Ab/Fm Fm Ab/ Fm
Bb/F Ab/Fm

Fm C#
Turned on it’s side
Eb Bb/D
Your heart of light
Fm Fm/Eb
Entangled by branches
Cm /Eb Fm
Covering the bright

Fm Eb
Under the water
C#
Into the blue
Fm Eb
Surrounded by water
Bb/D
Into the blue
C#
The blue
Fm
of water

Fm
Ha lle
Ab/Eb
lu jah
Eb Fm
Ha lle lu jah

Fm Ab/Eb
All you can do
Eb Bb/D
Is float where you are
Fm C#
Your wings to heal
Eb C/E
Then try to fly

Fm Eb
Low medium high
Cm/Eb
Fall
Fm
More try
Fm Eb
Into the sky
Eb
Clear sky
Bb/D
Pink sky
C Fm
Blue sky Lullaby

Fm
Ha lle
Ab/Eb
lu jah
Eb Fm
Ha lle lu jah

Fm
Ha lle
Ab/Eb
lu jah
Eb Fm
Ha lle lu jah

Eb Fm
Flying away
Eb Fm
Into the stars
Eb Fm
Into the sky
Eb
Night sky
Bb/D
Free sky
C Fm
Blue sky Lullaby

Fm Bb/F G7/F F

(Jes 43:1-2)

“But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭43‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“He sent from above, he took me, He drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: For they were too strong for me.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭18‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Perskeblom
kan jou nie beskerm
Van haar swaar
in jou eie swaar Appelblom
Dankbaar vir die Sagte hand
wat harte verbind
Smeek sy
vir Liefde se genade
In droogte laagtes

Perskeblom voel beweging
op haar blomblare
Soepel kom lê ‘n druppel reën
Soos ‘n vergrootglas
knus op haar

Peach blossom
cannot protect you
From her dire thirst
in your own thirst Apple blossom
Grateful for the Soft Hand
that binds up hearts
She pleads
for Love’s grace
In drought valleys

Peach blossom feels movement
on her petals
A drop of rain gently lies
Like a magnifying glass
cosy on her

““Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects; Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty. For He bruises, but He binds up; He wounds, but His hands make whole.”
‭‭Job‬ ‭5‬:‭17‬-‭18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Delicate
Softly brushes the senses
Like light
Where there was not
Leaving you astounded
Wanting to see more
To have more
Of this source
Narrative imagery attraction
Innovative
But wait
Before getting too verbal
Let the artwork
do it’s own speaking

Invite received

Dance with me
In the night
In the light
of flickering stars bright

Swim with me
Plunge with me
In moon sky
silky river streams

Never ending twirling
Chabbeling
No goodbye
Collaborating
to smudging chocolate years

Water turtles in the sand
Surfing waves of our lives
Flower circles in the fields
Crossing mountain chains

Respond

Snowy horses
trotting my mind
Recuperating frosty chimes
Whisking again
new melody charm

There is cream in my feet
And strawberries
When we open
the dance floor
Of galaxies

Silent strength
is spilling over
Leading
Through the atmosphere

Packed with smiles and laughter
Hand in hand
with certainty and security
No one is left behind

The race
to know your place
Immaculate
As a child of our Father
In heaven

Pacing yourself
To have this dinner
With Jesus Christ
Of a lifetime
For a lifetime
And beyond
A child
In the house of our Father

The blossom with the branch
The branch with the tree
Some grapes from the branch
The branch in the Vine

A privilege
Incomparable
Indescribable

Identity

( Rev 3:20, John 15:4,Isiah 64:8,
Ps 23:6, Rom. 8:14-15, Joh 1:12)

“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” Revelation 3:20 KJV

“Want almal wat deur die Gees van God gelei word, dié is kinders van God. Want julle het nie ontvang 'n gees van slawerny om weer te vrees nie, maar julle het ontvang die Gees van aanneming tot kinders, deur wie ons roep: Abba, Vader!”
‭‭ROMEINE‬ ‭8:14-15‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Maar aan almal wat Hom aangeneem het, dié wat in Hom glo, het Hy die reg gegee om kinders van God te word.”
‭‭JOHANNES‬ ‭1:12‬ ‭AFR83‬‬"

I feel the need
of an eternity
To understand
the mystery of life

Vat my saam met jou
Dat ons nog stories kan toevou
Jy weet mos
Hartsgeskenke
In ligte ligte blou
Vir my en jou

Trek vir my lyne op die sand
Onder by die see
Jy weet mos
Sulke lyne vir note
Dan skryf ons nog musiek
Vir ons lewensbote

Bring vir my ‘n warm somerwind
In jou oranje rugsak saam
Jy weet mos
Sodat die ys kan smelt
Van hierdie Noordpool
van verlange

Jy vang met jou hand
die glinster
van piepklein waterdruppels
Jy weet mos
Toe jakkels en wolf trou
Jy herinner my alles is moontlik
Vir ons Sonskynmaker

Vat my saam met jou
Om oor ‘n reënboog te stap
Jy weet mos
Na al die baie reën
Dan is daar
soveel kleure om ons voete
Op hierdie brug van belofte

Roospienk
soos jou glimlag
Stap jy eerste
in by ons
Die geur
van Turkish Delight
Bring jy saam met jou
Omhul
in die klassieke ritme
Van sjokolade

Geel sag
Soos vla
gemaak met botter
Soos jy
Die gevoel
van Custard Slice
in Switserland eet
Nostalgies aan jou sy
So stap jy
ook in by ons

Geel en Pienk
Pienk en Geel
Die twee nuwe soprane
In ons koor

23 September 2021

‘n Reuse sukses en seën
Was jul opvoerings
In duet
21-12-21
Rooi Bas en Pienk
2-2-22
Groen Bas en Geel

Liefdesbuie van seën
Vir alle optredes
Elke dag
Elke oomblik

The peace
of my soul will
not cease
Not cease
The peace
of my soul will
increase
Increase
As I stand still
Watching my Father

Like a sheep
between wolves
But with my Father’s wisdom
Even among wolves
camouflaged as sheep
But not by might or power
My soul and mouth
can be as harmless
as a dove
And my mind wise
When relying on the Spirit
The Holy Spirit

Oh how much
do I need
To keep on
Remembering
Asking
Our Comforter to help
being harmless
To love all
Even my enemies
It is not by might or power
But by my Spirit
Says our Lord

Joyful joyful will
not cease
Not cease
Joyful joyful will
increase
Increase
As I rely and request
the will of my Father
Our Father

As I stand still
Watching my Father
Taking care
How much are You to be loved
Praised and worshipped
Our Father of mercies
God of all comfort

My soul
Incline your attention
To the Spirit of God
It is not by might or power
But by the Holy Spirit
The seamless Ocean of
Love Peace Joy
Kindness Gentleness Patience
Goodness Faithfulness
and Self Control
To dive into
How much are You to be loved
Praised and worshipped
Our Helper

Take joy oh my soul
Take it
Hold it
Nurture it
The invitation of Christ
To go to Him
With all your burdens
Take His soft yoke
His light burden
His direction
To find rest
And He will teach you
With humility and gentleness
Amen
The joy of Jesus Christ
your Lord and God
His joy of victory
Undiminishable unlimited
That joy is your strength
How much is Christ to be loved
Praised and worshipped

My soul
Be at rest
Today is your opportunity
to be a vessel
Of honouring our Father
To participate in His will
That is what you prayed
That He will let it happen
In the perfect prayer
Our Lord’s Prayer

As I stand still
To love our God
With all my heart
mind and strength
To love people
As myself
Regardless dire straits
It is not by might or power
But by my Spirit
Says our Lord

Holy Spirit of God
My soul rely on You
To be

And now
My heart
Soul and mind say
Praise the LORD
For His mercy
endureth for ever

Fear not
Nor be dismayed
Go out against them
For the Lord will be with you
These words encourage me
To say
In the authority of Jesus Christ
In His Name
I resist the devil against me

It is written
Submit to God
Resist the devil
And he will flee from you

( Matt 10:16, Matt 7:15, Zech 4:6
Matt 6:9-13, 1Cor 1:3-4, Isaiah 26:3,
Matt 5:44-46 , 2 Chron 20:17, James 4:7 )

“Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.”
‭‭2 Chronicles‬ ‭20:17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
‭‭James‬ ‭4:7‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5:44-46‬ ‭KJV

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”
Isaiah 26:3 KJV

“Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;”
2 Corinthians 1:3 KJV

Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.”
Zechariah 4:6 KJV

“And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.”
‭‭2 Chronicles‬ ‭20:21-22‬ ‭KJV‬‬

THE LORD’S PRAYER

“After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:9-13‬ ‭KJV‬‬"

Jou swart sirkel word omring
Met ‘n goudgeel kroon
Feestelik en vreugdevol
Warm en vriendelik

Uit jou swart sirkel
kom daar saad
Om te voed
Te olie

Jy draai jou swart sirkel
na die groot lig
Jou kop volg dit
So slim is jy sonneblom

Kom ons sak weg
in ‘n groooot
bos sonneblomme
Die geel oral om ons heen
Elke sinapse en senuwee
nou sag en ontspanne
Dan bly ons so lê
Soos ‘n uitgeswelde droë perske
Wat lê en prut
In sy eie suiker sousie

Jy word waardeer
Jy wat saam my
in die blomme lê

Reg langs die son
is die rym gevang
Oor kinderskoene
wat verruil word
vir kinderskoene

Reg langs die son
gly ons verby
Ongemerk
in ons wentelbaan
Om dan weer
na skaduwee te draai
Om ons eie aarde se as

Buite staan ‘n perd
Binne hou ons konsert
Na die tyd eet ons koek en tert
Is dit die moeitewerd
Vra Gert

Vir ‘n sekere sewejarige ja
Want daar was gesê
‘n Pa in die hemel
kan mens hê
‘n Vir altyd Pa
Sy vir altyd kind

Reg langs die son
Draai ons vir dag en nag
Dit was ‘n uitstaande dag
Minstens 50 keer 365 keer
draaie terug

Reg langs die son
In die son
In die Seun
In Jesus Christus

( Joh 3:16 )

”Want so lief het God die wêreld gehad, dat Hy sy eniggebore Seun gegee het, sodat elkeen wat in Hom glo, nie verlore mag gaan nie, maar die ewige lewe kan hê.“
‭‭JOHANNES‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Kombuis se gedagtes

Laat dit sommer simmer
As jy dit nie in die pan
aanmekaar kan timmer

Vee en suig
Die stoffies ruig
Was en skrop
Elke top
Stryk en reik
na die sterre
Droom is mos
‘n lekker affêre

Die vreugde bly
Want vol geëet en skoon
Beloon

Dear little child
Today is your birthday
Buon compleanno
Italian Afrikaans English girl
So many fingers now
To count
A whole handful

Did you know
Abbiamo un Padre celeste
We have a heavenly Father
Ti ama
He loves you
And all the people
in the world

Did you know
when we are rude
and do wrong
He wants us to say
Sorry forgive me
To Him
And to those
we were rude to
Our Father also want us
to do something
To show we are sorry

Long long ago
People gave
the life of an animal
But our Father decided
He will prove His love
for all people
No more animals
He will give His only Son
to give His life
For what we do wrong
All we must do
is to believe that

Maybe
you know this Father
and Son
The Father is God
And His Son
is Jesus Christ

When we believe this
we also
become a child of God
And will have
eternal life

Lots of joy
Peace
and abundant life
To you
With love
Tossie Maria

17 March 2022

“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:”
‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭12‬ ‭KJV‬‬

”For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.“
‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Maar almal wat Hom aangeneem het, aan hulle het Hy mag gegee om kinders van God te word, aan hulle wat in sy Naam glo; wat nie uit die bloed of uit die wil van die vlees of uit die wil van 'n man nie, maar uit God gebore is.”
‭‭JOHANNES‬ ‭1‬:‭12‬-‭13‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

'n Gaaitjie
Maak vir my ‘n gaaitjie
Innie appeltjie
‘n Haakplekkie
Vi my anne tanne
Sien my voortanne
Hulle is weg

‘n Sakkie appels
Dis al by haar
Sy kon drie ‘n byt gee
Die lig raak groen
Sy ry verder

In die truspieëltjie
sien sy hom staan
Die man
Met sy sakkie appels

En wat van die happies
Wat jy afgebyt het
Vra ‘n vriend
Innie kar neergesit
Sê sy
Sy hou nie van appels nie

So is die toneeltjie
Oorvertel aan my
Dit moes net inne reëltjie
Vasgepen bly
Of wat sê jy

Breekbare erdekruik
tot breekbare erdekruik
Al wat ons kan doen
Om te probeer
Die las te verlig
Vir mekaar
Selfs net vir ‘n oomblik

Versoek binne krag
Maar verdruk buite krag
Selfs ver bo krag
Geen vertroue
In self
Alle vertroue
op God

( 2Kor. 1:8 )

”Want ons wil nie hê, broeders, dat julle onbekend moet wees met ons verdrukking wat oor ons in Asië gekom het nie, dat ons dit bo ons krag uitermate swaar gehad het, sodat ons selfs aan ons lewe gewanhoop het.“
‭‭II KORINTHIËRS‬ ‭1‬:‭8‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

From a bird’s eye
Right under the tree
Jubilee
Something took place

Sing sing sing
Praise to our God
Echo the phrases
In my heart

21-12-21 & 02-02-22

You better not run bare feet
Said Mommy Bear
As Goldie Locks
came up the stair
I can’t
She said
I’m not a bear

Fang u show mush

Just say it
Then you’ll know

Still not
Here’s a hint
The English for the French
Merci beaucoup"

Love has one way

Love has one God

To wash our shame away

( 1Tim 2:3-6, John 3:16 )

”For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,“
‭‭I Timothy‬ ‭2‬:‭3‬-‭5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

”For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.“
‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

There is so much
We do not understand
But what a relief
We have the Light
To look unto

Sou die wolwe daar dans
By die Wolwedans
Die dam vasgevang
tussen heuwel op heuwel

Die diep donker rivier
wat verder weg gly
Vanaf die dam
Amper in ‘n sirkel
Tussen ruig hoë bome
See toe

Die hele dorpie rondom
die groot passiewe water
Die afgelope vyftig jaar
lyk alles amper dieselfde
Die lappie grond vir groente
skuins oorkant die skool
Nogsteeds bewei met beeste
So drie en twee perde
Wat ook die grond ploeg
Voor planttyd
Ingespan in ‘n harde hout juk
Met ‘n swaar ploeg om te trek

Ongemerk vloei die water
Wat soos die riviermond nader
stadig in groenblou verander
Die mooiste kleur soms
Om in te dryf
Sag oppie lyf

Die helder water die kleur
in my gedagtes van die sagte juk
Op my skouers
Met die mooi kleur bande
Wat die mooi kleur las
Die ligte las trek
As die vrag te swaar word
word dit in dankbaarheid
oorgegee
Aan die juk se Eienaar

“Kom na My toe, almal wat vermoeid en belas is, en Ek sal julle rus gee. Neem my juk op julle en leer van My, want Ek is sagmoedig en nederig van hart, en julle sal rus vind vir julle siele; want my juk is sag en my las is lig.”
‭‭MATTHÉÜS‬ ‭11‬:‭28‬-‭30‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Werp al julle bekommernis op Hom, want Hy sorg vir julle.”
‭‭I PETRUS‬ ‭5‬:‭7‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Are there any wolves
dancing there
At the Wolwedans
The dam captured
between hill on hill

The deep dark river
that slips further away
From the dam
Between dense tall trees
Towards the village
Almost in a circle it moves
Further to the ocean

The whole village around
the big passive shining water
The past fifty years
everything is almost the same
The vegetable patch
across from the school
Still grazed by cattle
About three
They also plough the land
Before planting time
Straining in a hard wooden yoke
With a heavy plough to pull

Unnoticed the water flows
As it approaches the river mouth
slowly turns to green-blue
The most beautiful colour sometimes
To drift in
Soft on the body
Invigorating to the mind

The clear water the colour
in my thoughts of the gentle yoke
On my shoulders
With the transparent green-blue ropes
That carry the green-blue watery burden
The light burden they pull
When the load becomes heavy
It is surrendered
To the yoke’s Owner

“Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.””
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11‬:‭28‬-‭30‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
“Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.”
‭‭I Peter‬ ‭5‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
‭‭Philippians‬ ‭4‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Fall it Father
Fall it please
with patience
Patience
With peace
Your peace

We urge
for Your clarity
Clarity clarity
Your sanity
In Your family
of families

So we can be one
In unity
One voice
To live Your wonder
Yonder
Yonder yonder

Fall it
Fall it Father
Most precious God
In Jesus Christ
By Your Holy Spirit

We bring hearts of praise
For Your mercy mercy
And more mercy
Never ends
Never ever
Our God

Ha-
llelujah

CHORDS for Fall It

Cm
Fall it Father
Fm/C Cm
Fall it please
Ddim (DFAb)
with patience
Ddim/C
patience
Cm
With peace
G/B
Your peace

Fm
We urge
Cm/Eb
for Your clarity
C# Fm/C
Clarity clarity
C/E
Your sanity
Bbm/F C#/F
In Your family
C/G Bbm/F C/G Bbm/F C/E
of families

F7
So we can be one
F#/Eb
In unity
Ab/Eb
One voice
F#/C# C#
To live Your won—-der
Bb/D
Yonder
Ab/Eb Eb Bb/D Cm (EbAbC#)
Yonder yon——der

Cm
Fall it
Ab
Fall it Fa—ther
F C
Most pre-cious God
G C
In Jesus Christ
Am/F G/F C/F G/F C Am/F F C
By Your Ho——ly Spi—rit

Cadd6 C
W—e bring
Gadd2 G
hearts of prai——-se
Gadd2 G
F—or Your
Gadd2 G Csus C
mercy mer—-cy
Cadd6 C
A—nd more
Gadd2 G
mercy ne—-ver ends
Gadd2 G Gadd2 G
Ne——-ver ever
Cadd6 C
Our God
G7 G G7 Csus C
Ha—lle——lu——-jah
G Gadd6 G C
Ha—llelu————jah

“By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11‬:‭30‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.”
‭‭2 Chronicles‬ ‭20‬:‭21‬-‭22‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.”
‭‭Daniel‬ ‭12‬:‭3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Maar wie die Here aanhang, is een gees met Hom.”
‭‭I KORINTHIËRS‬ ‭6‬:‭17‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Die effense suurlemoen icing
op vlaskywe
Die chocolate coconut omhulsel
van ystervarkies
Klein sakkies vol hope geur
Wat die hele smaak laat gebeur
So is die woorde van oë
As dit lewe met vreugde
Stil is met vrede
Vasberade met vertroue
Reguit kyk met eerlikheid
Sag is met vriendelikheid

Aren’t you ashamed
of where you come from
Asked the lady chauffeur
A quiet no
slip from his lips
As he was sitting in the backseat
With his young wife
Directing to the Football Awards
A prestige Gala Night

She was talking about his town
His home
With warm beds
Hearty dinners
Enough clothes to wear
Family prayers
Altogether his happy childhood
A place that she reckoned
as shameful

Thirty years later
The memory still vivid
Many blessings
Many battles
And victories
Everything converges
to knowing his nothingness
Everything diverges
from knowing his worth in Christ

Nothing is equal to zero
Zero is equal to zero
We all know
zero cannot be greater than zero
Neither less
It will be foolishness
to have such an understanding

Now his answer to her question
will be more questions
If we are all zeroes
that can only be turned into value
by Jesus Christ
Should it bother me lady
Being in Him a citizen of heaven
Should it bother me

Would it bother you
To tell
From where you are
Dear chauffeur
May we have it similar
Our citizenship
If not
It is an open invitation you know
An invitation of love

( Ps 62:10, Fil 3:20, John 3:16 )

“For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,”
‭‭Philippians‬ ‭3‬:‭20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

”For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.“
‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

”Do not trust in oppression, Nor vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them.“
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭62‬:‭10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Loof loof loof loof
loof loof loof die Here
Die Lied in harte
Die Vreugde en Rots
van lewe
Die Alles van bestaan

You are conducting the words
Into a superb harmony
Of impressions
Complimented
by a temperamental melody
of scenery
Intriguing as pulsating stars

One city
In one country
Ancient
And the national name
The same
Of a big bird
Yes as the famous same old
Big Birdish Delight
Probably the only correlation
of the traditional flavour
Roses to turkeys

This was Constantinople
Once the centre of
Eastern Christianity
For thousand years

Die water loop van berghoogtes
Tot vallei laagtes
Afdraand

Die vliegtuig vlieg noord
Opdraand is dit nie
Die vliegtuig vlieg suid
Afdraand is dit nie

Wat is regtig hoog
Wat is regtig laag
Hier in ons habitat

Ek woon in die hoogte
Het die Hoë en Verhewene gesê
En by die verbryseldes en
die nederiges van gees

Op berge en in dale
En oral is my God
Het ons baie gesing

Wie is regop
Die man oppie noordpool
Of die man oppie suidpool
Want soos mannetjie magnete
Hang ons almal anie aarde
In alle rigtings staan ons koppe
En saam met ons allie plante
Allie diere en geboue

Hoog en laag
Regop
Word so vaag
Fisies

Ek woon in die hoogte
Het die Hoë en Verhewene gesê
En by die verbryseldes en
die nederiges van gees

Hy laat ons harte herlewe
Maak die siel en gees staande
Regop

U wat oral om en by ons is
Ons plat geslaandes
Ons wat weet net U kan
Laat U glimlag ons bereik
Vir herstel en verlossing
Oorwinning

( 1Kor 15:57, Ps 80:20, Jes 57:15,
Ps 34:19 )

”Maar ons dank God dat Hy aan ons die oorwinning gee deur ons Here Jesus Christus.“
‭‭1 KORINTIËRS‬ ‭15‬:‭57‬ ‭AFR83‬‬

”o Here, God van die leërskare, herstel ons; laat u aangesig skyn, sodat ons verlos kan word!“
‭‭PSALMS‬ ‭80‬:‭20‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

”Want so sê die Hoë en Verhewene wat in die ewigheid woon, Heilig is sy Naam: Ek woon in die hoogte en in die heilige plek en by die verbryselde en nederige van gees, om te laat herlewe die gees van die nederiges en te laat herlewe die hart van die verbryseldes.“
‭‭JESAJA‬ ‭57‬:‭15‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Menigvuldig is die teëspoede van die regverdige, maar uit dié almal red die Here hom.“
‭‭PSALMS‬ ‭34‬:‭20‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

This time
It’s not about which side
It’s about
taking people out
As always

Without doubt
The reason behind
senselessly warring

A long planned
game of chess
Setting up some pieces
To get all involved

The battlefield
must be for real now
Those in movies
and digital games
Do not plunder enough

June 2022

‘n Belhamel is mos
‘n moeilikheidmaker
In juffrouens Vee en Tee se klasse
was daar van die hamels
Wat gehou het van bel
Selfone was daar nie
En ook nie telefone in die klas
Die hamels het gebel
deur plat getrek te lê agteroor
in hul lessenare
Met koppe wat rus
op die lessenaar agter hul
Dan word allerhande
opmerkings uitgeroep
Terwyl somme verduidelik word

Na vele probere
Om die hamels te behere
Kom die plan
Hoofhamel kry ‘n taak
Volgende Wiskunde periode
is die swartbord syne
Om nommer 3(a)
oor te dra
Aan die klas
En as gas
maak juffrou Vee onverwags
haarself teenwoordig

Julle
Hier kom ‘n ding
Vee en Tee trek hul plat
In twee lessenare
Terwyl hoofhamel sowaar
sy som verduidelik
Vee en Tee roep ook uit
Net soos die hamels
En maak opmerkings
Hopelik pedagogies van aard

Die oefening was geslaagd
Hoofhamel word soos ‘n lam
‘n Plesier in die klas
B y G r a c e A l o n e
Hoop dit gaan goed met hom
Meer as dertig jaar later

Hul eerste skoolhou dae
was vir juffies Vee en Tee
soos ‘n tienerdrama op TeeVee
Die goeie seisoen van hul lewe
was van korte duur
Toe begin hul oë
buite skoolhekke tuur
Ja en juffrou Vee
Wel sy het haar pad oop gevee
Tot by die direksie tafel
Van ons eens nasionale brouery
Exceptionally W e l l D o n e
Wonder of daai pad
ook hamels had
Wat bel

In die Naam van Jesus Christus
Staan op en loop
Word genees

Soortgelyk het ons gesing
Silwer en goud het ek nie
Maar dit wat ek het gee ek jou
In die Naam van Jesus Christus
Van Nazareth
Staan op en loop
Singend en juigend
En loof die Heer
Singend en juigend
En loof die Heer
In die Naam van Jesus Christus
Van Nazareth
Staan op en loop

Ons het niks makeer
As ons dit so sing nie
Maar was altyd vreugdevol
en uitbundig daarna
Wonder of iemand geweet het
Dit was dissipel Petrus
se woorde aan ‘n kreupele
Van geboorte af
Die kreupele het dit ontvang
Die genesing
Nog ‘n wonderwerk
Hy kon dadelik loop

Maar kan ons die woorde
vir mekaar sê
Sal dit so gebeur
As een van ons lê
Net moet lê

Sonder twyfel is dit ons hoop
Sonder twyfel weet ons
Jesus Christus het gewen
Teen sleg
Hy wen altyd
Hy verloor nie
Hy het klaar gewen

This joy of the Lord
is my fortress
His victory
Hosanna

Alles wat ons doen
moet wees in liefde
In dankbaarheid
En in die Naam van Christus
Jesus Christus van Nazareth

Word gou genees
Asseblief kom ons glo
Sê dankie vir ons Here
Die genesing is klaar
Hoe nou verder
Laat Gees van God
Ons lei

( Kol. 3:17, Hand. 3:6-8 )

”En wat julle ook al doen in woord of in daad, doen alles in die Naam van die Here Jesus en dank God die Vader deur Hom.“
‭‭KOLOSSENSE‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

”Maar Petrus sê: Silwer en goud het ek nie; maar wat ek het, dit gee ek vir jou: In die Naam van Jesus Christus, die Nasaréner, staan op en loop! Toe gryp hy hom aan sy regterhand en rig hom op, en onmiddellik het sy voete en enkels sterk geword. En hy het opgespring en gestaan en rondgeloop en saam met hulle in die tempel ingegaan terwyl hy rondloop en spring en God prys.“
‭‭HANDELINGE‬ ‭3‬:‭6‬-‭8‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

En skielik
word sinne versag
Deur eenvoud
van wilde diere
Maar ook die wonder
van hul skoonheid
Agter misterie skerms
van afstand
Tussen hulle en ons
In ‘n gedeelde habitat
van aarde

Bring my na wilde diere
Na wilde veld
Dat dit saggies teen my skuur
Met aanraking
van wat my oë sien
En my oor hoor

Om dan gespe vas te bly
in my geheue
Vir lafenis besoeke
van onthou

I had a dream
Not of a farm in Africa
It was
of a dusty pink room

In ‘n hospitaal
Iewers in Europa
Dusty pink is net ‘n kleur
Alles was silwerskoon
In die kamer
het ‘n pasgebore baba gelê
Met net ‘n doek aan
Twee verpleegsters
wou sy asemhaling toets
Op ‘n tafel
op ‘n matrassie
laat hul hom regop sit
Hul hande agter sy ruggie
En onder sy kennetjie
Hy het pragtige blink swart hare
Sy lyfie is sterk en kompak
Regop en lê
Regop en lê
Vir ‘n paar keer
Hy gee voluit sy samewerking

Die droom het my bygebly
Besef toe dit kon my pa wees
Swart blink hare
Sterk en kompak gebou

Nooit daaraan gedink nie
Hy was ook gebore
Amper 100 jaar gelede
In ‘n hospitaal
Iewers in Duitsland
Ook net ‘n hulpelose baba
Soos ons almal

Daar het so ‘n deernis
in my hart gekom
Vir hom

Geen onsteltenis meer
Net vreugde en dankbaarheid
Meer en meer
Vrede

“LAAT julle hart nie ontsteld word nie; glo in God, glo ook in My.”
JOHANNES‬ ‭14‬:‭1‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Tarzan het ‘n bloubessie geëet
Hy het sy oë gerol en laat stol
Sy tong vinnig uitgesteek
Die bessie
van die stokkie afgeraap

Die hele oerwoud
was sekerlik nie
in rep en roer hieroor
Die gorillas en apies
het nie op en af gespring
Of met hul toue rond geswaai
uit pure opwinding
Oor die nuus nie

Nee hulle het glad nie
Want Tarzan
is ‘n verkleurmannetjie
In die binne-tuin van ‘n huis
In ‘n aftree-oord

Ja die nuus was toe groot
Die nuus
van die troeteldiertjie

Die poreuse menswees
van die amusante dame
Dit laat ruimte vir soveel
lekplekkies van omgee
Die voedsaamheid
van haar bestaan syfer deur
Vir tydsame versadiging
En volop geur
Om haar te ken
speel altyd ‘n nuwe wysie
Dartelend op ‘n dwarsfluit
Positief en behulpsaam
Meelewend en simpatiek

Dis yntlik imyzieng
dat ons almal alis
dieselfde spel
Of minstins proebeer
Daar is sofeel maniere
wat mens i woord kan spel
Ov uitspreek
Sovil mense
sofel spellings
soveel ytspraake

Die vuurtjie knetter behaaglik
In die kaggel
Van ‘n plaashuis
in die Koue Bokkeveld
Die lieflike soet reuk
van vrugtebome hout wat brand
Ons mee seën
Aange aangename kennis
vrugtehout kaggelvuur
Jy bederf my koesterend
En smeulend

Hoe gaan dit met jou bottelborsel
Seker vol robynrooi blomme
Met duisende bye
wat jou boom laat zoem
Soos hulle oral nektar suig
Vir lekker heuning in hul huis

Onthou jy die keer
wat my boom afgesaag was
Met net ‘n stam oor
En die asemrowende ontploffing
van groei wat daaruit gevloei het
‘n Groen fontein van blare

Hier koop ons ander bottelborsels
Borsels om bottels skoon te maak
Bottels om babas melk te gee

Dankbaar om te sê
Ons bottelborsel staan ook
Lekker vol in blom
Die kuif kort wel ‘n knip
Sodat die blaartjies onder
almal mooi gelyk opwip

September 2022

Palmboom slaap vas
as die gordyne oopgaan
Sesuur in die oggend
Vars luggie stroom in
Droomland weer my voorland
Toe my oë oopgaan aguur
is palmboom ook wakker
Wawyd wakker
Palmboom glimlag ook
Palmboom glimlag saam
Meestal later innie dag
Glimlag palmboom
Plataanboom het ook ontwaak
Nogals met ‘n glimlag

‘n Ligte briesie help die plante
Litte losmaak
Dis glad nie ‘n strawwe workout
wat stormwinde veroorsaak nie
Of ‘n detokswind
wat al die dooie blare uitwaai nie
Ja rus en vrede speel steeds
die hoofrol in die toneel

Vyf kindertjies het daar gespeel
Onder palmboom
Maar hulle is nou almal weg
Daar kan weer kom
Dan sing ons
Tissie Tassie Tessie
Wat’s die nuwe naam
Tissie Tassie Tessie
Stokkielekkers om te suig
Tissie Tassie Tessie
Nuwe speelgoed wat kan buig
En kinderstemmetjies wat klingel
Saam geelvinkies in hul nessies

Kom ons maak daai vet ogies
van jou
Net ‘n bietjie maerder

Dan sal die knopies vasbly
En jou hemp nie oopgly
As die knoopsgatjies kleiner is

Het almal genoeg kerse
En komberse
Want Ouma gaan nou begin
om te lees van haar verse

Lank lank gelede
Was daar drie houtmannetjies
Ja hulle was van hout gemaak
Hulle het behoort
aan die drieling seuntjies
Ratie
Gatie
En Natie

Hulle het nooit gewonder
wie se mannetjie
is wie se mannetjie nie
In elke houtmannetjie se handjie
Se linkerhandjie
Het daar ‘n voorletter gestaan
Van elkeen se naam
‘n R
‘n G en ‘n N
Op die regterhandjie
was daar ‘n B en S

Die houtmannetjies
was sorgvuldig weggepak
Na jare se speel
Natie het eerste getrou
Dis toe wat die houtmannetjies
weer uitgehaal word
Die drie seuns word saam geroep
Deur hul mamma
Julle weet mos sê sy
Die letters op jul mannetjies
was om hul uit te ken
n R n G n N
Weet julle waarvoor B en S
op die regterhandjie is vra sy
Dit staan vir Basson en Stegmann
Twee van jul oumagrootjies
se nooiensvanne

Julle weet die R
G en N staan vir jul name
Maar al hierdie letters staan ook
vir iets besonders
R staan vir reg
G vir genade
en N vir nederigheid
Leef Reg sover jul kan
Met Genade vir mense
In Nederigheid teenoor mekaar

Nou kom ons
by die regterhandjie se letters
B en S
Dit het mos gestaan vir
Basson en Stegmann
Hierdie Oumagrootjies
was baie lief
vir ons hemelse Vader
Maar so ook hul mans
Oupagrootjies De Swardt
En Van Wyk
Hierdie manne was omgee mense
Soos herders wat kyk na hul skape
Maar ook sag soos lammers
Barmhartig en Sagmoedig
het hulle gemeentes van Christus
gelei en opgepas
Elke dag
Dit was hul werk
Julle weet seker nou al
Die B staan ook vir barmhartig
En S vir sagmoedig

Manne Raat
Gaat en Naat
Vat nou maar jul houtmanne
Sê hul ma
As jy wil
Hou dit
As aandenking van lekker speel
Lag en soveel meer

Blaas nou maar dood jul kerse
Ouma is eers klaar
met haar verse
Lekker slaap liefstes

“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”
‭‭Micah‬ ‭6:8‬ ‭KJV‬‬"

Ons praat so van die ruimte
So of ons nie
In die ruimte is

We are travellers
In the space of time
And in space

We are travellers
Just travellers
All the time

Dan sê mens na vlieg
Dis lekker terug
Hier op vaste aarde

Maar waar
Waar kan aarde
Tentpenne vasslaan

Will there ever be a day
That we can say
We are out of space

In ons Kindertuin
Was daar juffrouens
Interessante juffrouens
Takies gedoen en gemerk
Gee vir dogtertjies ‘n plek
Om juffrou se hare te kam
Tweede klaar mag rug kielie
Derde en vierde oppie kuite

Een dag
Terwyl juffrou merk
Het dogtertjies ongemerk
Saggies saam die bene kielie
Wol ingewerk
Daar was toe ‘n deurklop
Soos gebruiklik roep juffrou
B I N N E
Die skoolhoof stap inne
Of juffrou kon opstaan
Met haar bene al wolvas

Katryntjie kannie verder onthou
Die wol was koningsblou
Sy het ook van juffrou gehou
By haar het sy leer polka
By haar het sy leer netbal

Kindertuin
So vriendelike naam
vir die eerste drie skooljare
Destyds

Die preekstoel behangsel
was diep maroen met goue letters
Elke Sondag kon ons lees
God is liefde

“Hy wat nie liefhet nie, het God nie geken nie, want God is liefde.”
‭‭I JOHANNES‬ ‭4‬:‭8‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Maar bo alles moet julle mekaar vurig liefhê, want die liefde sal 'n menigte sondes bedek.”
‭‭I PETRUS‬ ‭4‬:‭8‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Die groot skare moedig aan
By die massiewe sportstadion
Ons sien dit

Die mense lag en gesels
Kuier saam mooi musiek
Ons hoor dit

Die skoon gewasde klere
Wat iemand vir jou kon doen
Ons ruik dit

Met toewyding word kos gemaak
So smaaklik en vullend verby
Ons proe dit

Die hand op hand
Wat hartlik groet of gelukwens
Ons voel dit

Dis ons sintuie
Maar ook meer as sien
Ruik en proe
Hoor en voel
Dis ook impulse wat behaag
Ervarings wat gelukkig maak

Wat mag wees en reg is

Klein aanrakings van euforie
Wanneer mens sommer net
maklik lief is vir jouself en ander
Dit word ‘n ervaring van liefde
Sonder dat ons daarvan weet
In elke dag se lewe
Wat mense onbewustelik
en bewustelik aan mekaar gee
Wat kom en gaan

Maar kan dit bly
Die konstante van ‘n euforie
Van liefde gee en ontvang
Liefde is tog nie in ‘n potjie
soos konfyt wat op raak nie
Dis oneindig meer
Want liefde eindig nie

Nou weet ons
Niks kan ons skei
van Christus se liefde
Vir jou en my
Dis ‘n konstante
Verhouding van liefde kry
Van liefde gee
Die euforie van ‘n ewige
verbintenis van liefde
Omring deurdring menswees
In Goddelike liefde

En dit bly
Want niks kan ons skei
Hierdie bly kan bly
Niks kan dit onder kry
Dit maak my bly
Om altyd hieroor bly te bly

Die ballerinas dans hul harte uit
Die gehoor borrel aanskoulikheid
Vreugde dans op gesigte
In tyd
Ja natuurlik
In tyd
In tyd is daar dan eenheid
Eenheid van plesierigheid

Die eintlike opvoering
Nog nie eers begin nie
En die afwagting
Is so groot
So groot
Kannie wagnie groot

“Dié wat swaar kry, sien op na Hom en straal van blydskap, hulle word nie teleurgestel in hulle verwagting nie. Ek is een van die ellendiges wat geroep het.”
‭‭PSALMS‬ ‭34‬:‭6‬ AFR83‬‬

…, en hoe geweldig groot sy krag is wat Hy uitoefen in ons wat glo. Dit is dieselfde kragtige werking van sy mag wat Hy uitgeoefen het toe Hy Christus uit die dood opgewek….”
‭‭EFESIËRS‬ ‭1‬:‭18‬-‭21‬ ‭AFR83‬‬

“En as die Gees van Hom wat Jesus uit die dode opgewek het, in julle woon,…..”
‭‭ROMEINE‬ ‭8‬:‭11‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Die woord leer
roep baie betekenisse
By my roep dit nou
Sykouse wat leer
Veral swart sykouse
Van skoolmeisies doerie tyd
Wat soms groot gate
In kouse kon late

As dit maar so maklik
Om die groot gate
In leer
Die leer van denke
Die groot gate
sukkel ons
Die groot gat te sien

Terug by sykouse
Loop die leer tot innie gat
Tog ook uit die groot gat
Soos met die leer
in ‘n gat innie grond
Dis nou ‘n helpende leer
Wat mens uit die groot gat vat

Uit die groot gat bekeer
Ons denke reg leer
Dit blyk
Ons leer meer
As ons vra
Leer my Helpende Leer
Ons Heer
Goddelike Heilige Gees

Ook die Bruid bly leer
Op haar pragsitplek van leer
In die swierlike oop lang koets
Haar Bruidegom tegemoet

Soos haar hart
is haar sykouse heel
In geheel

Sy weet
Die Woord leer

“EN Jesus het weer deur gelykenisse met hulle begin spreek en gesê: Die koninkryk van die hemele is soos 'n koning wat 'n bruilof vir sy seun berei het”
‭‭MATTHÉÜS‬ ‭22‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭AFR53

So this is a peach tree
With a story
Said Norman our gardener

About thirty years back
My father planted the tree
in my sister’s garden
Can’t remember her reason
But she passed it on to me
Our garden grew shady
Peach tree had to go

Good old man as Philip was
Our gardener then
Replanted the tree
in an unused space
of our garden
To take it to his home later
Which never happened

Poor peach was discovered
Still surviving in the shade
After more than twenty years
The trunk was broken
But a courageuos branch
made its way to life
Growing from what was left

Surely this one earns some sun
During winter so it was done
Norman replanted peach
Once again the tree delivered
Spring rewarded us blossoms
Generously in soft pink
Green leaves followed
With small green peaches

Tiny tiny hairs on the fruit
Glistens happily in the sun
What a survivor is this one

Our centeredness
needs an exchange
The self with Christ
A dedication
to the relationship
with Christ
To the encapsulating
newness and love
Realising the new you
That has everything
in Christ
To live a Godly life

The mind needs
to be trained
With commitment
To the wisdom of Christ
Wisdom that is pure
Peaceable and gentle
Easy to ask from
Merciful
Full of good fruits
Without partiality
Without hypocrisy

Superiority and inferiority
are unwelcome
In the new mind
Both do the same thing
Occupying the mind
with self
Either by looking down
on others
Or looking down
on yourself
Both look down
on a human being
The high and low of pride
Pride
The door to bad
In all its forms
Starting with contention
strife and envying
Enemy territory
A place of destruction
and confusion

Fighting and arguing
Envy
They are deadly poison
Opening up to all evil
And it starts with
the high and low of pride

Self depending
Self defending
Self realisation
Taking offense
All opening the heart
for feelings of hurt
Anger
Bitterness
Unforgiveness
Resentment
Disappointment
Jealousy
Taking offense
is a measurement
for the self still alive

On the opposite
Leaving the self behind
Moving
from self-centeredness
to Christ centeredness
opens the door to good
More than we can imagine
Life in abundance
The life Christ brought
Depending on Him
for the defending
Caring
Realising His plans for us
Because He is able
More than able

Jesus Christ brings the love
The peace and the joy
Himself that teaches us
The Holy Spirit empowering
And a heavenly Father
Who is love
Our exemplification
God is love

Most precious Father
My mind and emotions
belong to You
Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit
Please teach me
Help me
To live in all things new
An epistle of Your love
God of all

“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.”
‭‭Philippians‬ ‭2‬:‭13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Moenie iets doen uit selfsug of uit ydele eer nie, maar in nederigheid moet die een die ander hoër ag as homself. Julle moet nie elkeen na sy eie belange omsien nie, maar elkeen ook na die ander s'n. Want hierdie gesindheid moet in julle wees wat ook in Christus Jesus was.”
‭‭FILIPPENSE‬ ‭2‬:‭3‬-‭5‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Only by pride cometh contention: But with the well advised is wisdom.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭13‬:‭10‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.”
‭‭James‬ ‭3‬:‭14‬-‭18‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”
‭‭John‬ ‭10‬:‭10‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭4‬:‭8‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭6‬:‭28‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Then my eyes opened
When seeing you
Child of God
There you stand
With Jesus Christ in you
Loving Him with all your heart
There you are
So much power working in you
The same power that raised
Jesus Christ from death
The Holy Spirit

Loving you
gets a Godly dimension
Child of God
Loving God
becomes tangible
Cause loving Him
means loving Him in you
as well

There is a new perspective
when seeing you who
Is invited to start
a relationship with Christ
Potential in you
To be a temple of God
Fills me with utmost respect
With love and care
Sincere hope that you will
turn your expectancy of life
Into one of eternity in heaven
Of this life going over
into a life in Jesus Christ

“But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭11‬, ‭15‬-‭17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Maar almal wat Hom aangeneem het, aan hulle het Hy mag gegee om kinders van God te word, aan hulle wat in sy Naam glo; wat nie uit die bloed of uit die wil van die vlees of uit die wil van 'n man nie, maar uit God gebore is.”
‭‭JOHANNES‬ ‭1‬:‭12‬-‭13‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭2‬:‭10‬-‭11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Were we on the committee
that decided about our creation
We all know the answer is no
We had no choice in this
Neither in the creation of ourselves

It is time to be honest about this
We do not a have a choice
about many things in life
Surely we will not find a volunteer
to switch the sun on or off

It is time to be honest again
Humans are described
as the crown of creation
But what is a crown without a head
Just an ornament that looks good

It is also time to be honest about
the soft voice that can speak to us
At least once and in multiple ways
According to who each individual is
But with the same content for all

It is all about love
The love of Jesus Christ
Apart from Him
is described as unbearable
Once again even more love
To inform us directly
existence without Him
Without love
Is impossible
We were created to love
And be loved

Yet it is a choice
It is a matter of free will
We are not forced
to live in a Kingdom of love
Neither to
co-operate in perfection
Godly perfection

Our Father in heaven
Made and make
many choices for us
Because He
is the only One that can
Only He
can take that responsibilty
But He does not choose for us
To choose Him

A lady once said to a man
Why do you pray for me
It is my own choice
to choose God

My prayer is revelation
To this girl
The answer
to the question is
Jesus Christ Son of God
Yes this is the answer
to the question
How does a person
find true life
True love
The Truth

For sure
We need fresh air
To breathe
However it is our choice
To breathe
While our hearts
are still beating

We are made for fresh air
We did not have a choice
We are made for pleasure of God
We did not have a choice

Yet we can choose to breathe
Yet we can choose
to have a relationship
With God
We can choose to find out
What is it about
To be a pleasure

“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭4‬:‭11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Wie ken nog die klank
Van ‘n groot antieke horlosie
Hier is nog van ons mense
wat groot geword het met dit
Alles was meganies
Die horlosie moes opgewen word
Alle horlosies moes
Anders gaan staan dit

Die ou groot horlosies
Alleen staande of op mure
Het ‘n nimmer eindigende
tik tok geluid gemaak
Tik tok
Tik tok
Tik tok

In Engels natuurlik was dit
Tick Tock
As ons die woorde vandag hoor
dink ons nou videotjies
Baie baie videotjies
Overgelykbaar meer
stroom hul in
op Tik Tok
Teen ‘n spoed waarteen
geen horlosie kan
tik tok

Maak oop julle boekies
Jul elektriese boekies
Op jul fone of tablette
Dan maak julle oop
by Ouma se App
Dan lees ons verse

Is almal
se elektriese komberse
al lekker warm
En laat brand maar nog
jul elektriese kerse
Oupa onthou tog
om jou elektriese kar
se battery in te prop
Dan kan ons begin lees

Lank lank gelede was
Boekies net van papier

What is pure happiness

Finding it

Sharing it

Where ever

Jesus Christ told His disciples
Go and tell people
Teach them to follow Me

Yes about the most beautiful
love story of all times
Of true happiness

Of God’s love of the world
And people answering His love
Loving God and one another

A dear father
once told his daughter
Even if you do not feel to it
Go to the meeting
Perhaps there is someone
you can mean something to

Where ever
Perhaps there is someone
you can mean something to

Wat gemaak met die pyle
Op hart en verstand
Afgevuur deur ander
Ja wat gemaak
Ons kan soos Jesus Christus
dit sien vir wat dit is
Toe Petrus verkeerd praat
Pyle van die vyand

En die pyle op ander
Wat ons kan sien
Ons kan maak soos Hy
Ek bid vir jou Simon
Het Christus gesê

Die pyle
wat ons op ander skiet
Hoe nou
Gaan reg maak
Minstens probeer

“Maar Hy het omgedraai en vir Petrus gesê: Gaan weg agter My, Satan! Jy is vir My 'n struikelblok, omdat jy nie die dinge van God bedink nie, maar die dinge van die mense.”
‭‭MATTHÉÜS‬ ‭16‬:‭23‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“EN die Here sê: Simon, Simon, kyk, die Satan het vurig begeer om julle soos koring te sif. Maar Ek het vir jou gebid, dat jou geloof nie ophou nie; en as jy eendag bekeerd is, moet jy jou broeders versterk.”
‭‭LUKAS‬ ‭22‬:‭31‬-‭32‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“En wanneer julle staan en bid, vergeef as julle iets teen iemand het, sodat julle Vader wat in die hemele is, ook julle jul oortredinge mag vergewe.”
‭‭MARKUS‬ ‭11‬:‭25‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“As jy dan jou gawe na die altaar bring en dit jou daar byval dat jou broeder iets teen jou het, laat jou gawe daar voor die altaar bly en gaan versoen jou eers met jou broeder, en kom dan en bring jou gawe.”
‭‭MATTHÉÜS‬ ‭5‬:‭23‬-‭24‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11‬:‭1‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Oh come children
let us bow down
And kneel
Praise to our Maker
Father God
His Son Jesus Christ
And the Holy Spirit
For unto our family
A baby boy was born

Becoming a granny
What a celebration
A tangible reflection
and reminder
of Jesus the Christ
That was once born
Our ransom for being
Being born into
the Royal Kingdom of God
For all who believe

Oh that we will be wise
To live the Wonder

14 December 2022

“O come, let us worship and bow down: Let us kneel before the LORD our maker.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭95‬:‭6‬ ‭KJV‬‬
3 En die verstandiges sal glinster soos die glans van die uitspansel, en die wat baie tot regverdigheid lei, soos die sterre vir ewig en altoos.
(‭‭‭DANIËL‬ ‭12‬‬:‭3‬ ‭AFR53‬‬)

“And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.”
‭‭Daniel‬ ‭12‬:‭3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Het jy 'n man gesien wat wys is in sy eie oë? Daar is meer hoop vir 'n dwaas as vir hom.”
‭‭SPREUKE‬ ‭26‬:‭12‬ ‭AFR53‬‬


“En as iemand van julle wysheid kortkom, laat hom dit van God bid, wat aan almal eenvoudig gee sonder om te verwyt, en dit sal aan hom gegee word.” ‭‭JAKOBUS‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬ ‭ AFR53

Hoe lyk heerlikheid
Goddelike heerlikheid
Liefde
Heilig
Suiwer
Lig
Majesteit
Glorie
Loflik
Aanbidding
Verhewe
Dis woorde wat beskryf

En dan ook
Waarheid
Genade
Die heerlikheid
van Jesus Christus
Wat ons kan ken
Van Sy lewe

En die Woord het vlees geword en het onder ons gewoon — en ons het sy heerlikheid aanskou, 'n heerlikheid soos van die Eniggeborene wat van die Vader kom — vol van genade en waarheid.
(‭‭‭JOHANNES‬ ‭1‬‬:‭14‬ ‭AFR53‬‬)

How does glory look
Divine glory

Majesty
Resplendence
Praise
Worship
Sublime
These are words that describe

And then also
Truth
Grace
The glory
of Jesus Christ
Which we can know
From His life

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.”
‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭14‬

25/12/2022

Heers oor alles
op aarde
Dis bekend
Heers oor sonde
Dis min bekend

Jy moet heers
oor die sonde
wat vir jou lê en loer
Het God vir Kain gesê

Jy moet sterk staan
Die loerder
laat lewe taan
Het Salomo deur gegee

“Is daar nie verheffing as jy goed doen nie? En as jy nie goed doen nie — die sonde lê en loer voor die deur, en sy begeerte is na jou; maar jy moet daaroor heers.”
‭‭GÉNESIS‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“My seun, as die sondaars jou wil verlei, moet jy nie inwillig nie;”
‭‭SPREUKE‬ ‭1‬:‭10‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“So gaan dit met almal wat onregverdige wins maak: dit ontneem sy besitter die lewe.”
‭‭SPREUKE‬ ‭1‬:‭19‬ ‭AFR53‬‬"

Rule over everything
on earth
It is known
Rule over sin
It is less known

You must rule
over the sin
that lies in wait for you
God said to Cain

You must stand strong
The lurker
makes life wither
Solomon passed on

“If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.””
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭1‬:‭10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭1‬:‭19‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Niemand weet nie

Ook jy wonder hoe dit werk

Jy wonder
En dit werk
Dan's dit 'n wonderwerk

As jy gevra het
Vir Jesus Christus

His eyes looked at the city
And filled up with tears
He tried many times
To gather the people
Taking them under wings
Loving and nurturing
Protecting and providing
Like a hen her chickens
If only they knew
what is the subject
of what they reject

He knew the meaning
of spilling tears
Symphathetically

He looked at the man
Lying without breath
On the bed
The tears flowing in silence

He knew the meaning
of spilling tears
Empathetically

He cried in full emotion
To be released from death
His own martyr death

He knew the meaning
of spilling tears
Faithfully

Do you know Him
The One who cried

Just go quietly on
The gracious old lady said
With your hand in His hand
When it is hard

“When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, and said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept.”
‭‭John‬ ‭11‬:‭33‬-‭35‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭5‬:‭7‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭19‬:‭41‬-‭42‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭23‬:‭37‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“En Hy antwoord en sê vir hulle: Ek sê vir julle, as hulle swyg, sal die klippe uitroep. En toe Hy naby kom en die stad sien, het Hy daaroor geween en gesê: As jy tog maar geweet het, ja, ook in hierdie dag van jou, die dinge wat tot jou vrede dien! Maar nou is dit vir jou oë bedek.”
‭‭LUKAS‬ ‭19‬:‭40‬-‭42‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭139‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Kmy kniggie kwoon in Knysna
Kvir kjare al

Knysna se spelling
sou nogal implikasie kon hê
Of selfs komplikasie
In ons taal
As die letter k
‘n kversiering kwas
Kvoor enige kwoord
kbeginnende kmet ‘n kkonsonant

Of wat nou gemaak
As die k voor enige konsonant
nie uitgespreek word nie
Soos die knaap kry ‘n knou
Op sy knie
Word dan die naap ry ‘n nou
Op sy nie

Dis seker ook maar
‘n (k)wessie van gewoonte
Almal weet tog Nysna is Knysna

Wie is Elia
Hy het opgestaan
teen Isébel
Die Baäl profete

Wat sê Maleagi
God stuur ‘n Elia profeet
Om die vaders en kinders
se harte te versoen

Wie is Johannes die Doper
Jesus Christus sê
Hy is die Elia profeet
Wat die baan moes weg
Vir Hom

Wat sê Jesus Christus nog
Thiatire se gelowiges
word beïnvloed deur Isébel
Alweer sy
Of is dit steeds sy

Waar is hulle
Wat soos Elia sal maak

Soos Elia
Soos Elia

( 1Konings 18 en 19, Maleagi 4:5-6,
Mattheus 12:23, Openbaring 2:21-29 )

“Kyk, Ek stuur julle die profeet Elía voordat die groot en vreeslike dag van die Here aanbreek. En hy sal die hart van die vaders terugbring tot die kinders, en die hart van die kinders tot hulle vaders, sodat Ek nie hoef te kom en die land met die banvloek tref nie.”
‭‭MALEÁGI‬ ‭4‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Want dit is hy van wie daar geskrywe is: Kyk, Ek stuur my boodskapper voor u aangesig, wat u weg voor U uit sal regmaak. Voorwaar Ek sê vir julle, onder die wat uit vroue gebore is, het daar nie een opgestaan wat groter is as Johannes die Doper nie; maar die kleinste in die koninkryk van die hemele is groter as hy. Maar van die dae van Johannes die Doper af tot nou toe word die koninkryk van die hemele bestorm, en bestormers gryp dit met geweld. Want al die profete en die wet het tot op Johannes geprofeteer. En as julle dit wil aanneem: hy is Elía wat sou kom.”
‭‭MATTHÉÜS‬ ‭11‬:‭10‬-‭14‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Is stilbly ‘n antwoord
Of is ‘n sagte antwoord
‘n antwoord

Is stilbly dalk hard in stilte
So hard
soos ‘n harde antwoord

Die bome hammer aan deure
Van die volgende dag
Hulle boor gate
In die nate
Van die nag
Sodat die plakkate sigbaar is
Al die advertensies
Van dagbreek
Ons is ingelig
Ons weet
Wat om te verwag

Raak my hand
By die rand van die rant
Van onbeligte kommunikasie
Dan belig ons dialoog
In die strale van liefde
Koppe in een mus
Vir sielerus

( Spreuke 15:1 )

“'n SAGTE antwoord keer die grimmigheid af, maar 'n krenkende woord laat die toorn opkom.”
‭‭SPREUKE‬ ‭15‬:‭1‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Die hemelse Koninkryk
is soos ‘n groot fees
Wat gehou word by ‘n troue
Die Bruidegom se Pa
is die Man wat dit reël

Moses se vrou
het sy lewe gered
Deur haar seun te besny
Toe noem sy vir Moses
haar bloedbruidegom

Die Bruidegom van die bruid
Vir haar het Hy
Sy eie bloed laat vloei
Vir die nuwe Jerusalem
Die wat geskryf is in Sy boek
Mag die stad ingaan
Die bloedbruid

“Die koninkryk van die hemele is soos 'n koning wat 'n bruilof vir sy seun berei het”
‭‭MATTHÉÜS‬ ‭22‬:‭2‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“En op die pad in die herberg het die Here hom teëgekom en wou hom doodmaak. Toe neem Sippóra 'n skerp klip en sny die voorhuid van haar seun af en gooi dit voor sy voete en sê: Waarlik, jy is vir my 'n bloedbruidegom! En Hy het hom laat staan. Toe het sy gesê: Bloedbruidegom! — met die oog op die besnydenis.”
‭‭EXODUS‬ ‭4‬:‭24‬-‭26‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“En ek, Johannes, het die heilige stad, die nuwe Jerusalem, sien neerdaal van God uit die hemel, toeberei soos 'n bruid wat vir haar man versier is.”
‭‭OPENBARING‬ ‭21‬:‭2‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“EN een van die sewe engele wat die sewe skale gehad het, vol van die sewe laaste plae, het na my gekom en met my gespreek en gesê: Kom hierheen, ek sal jou die bruid toon, die vrou van die Lam.”
“En hy het my in die gees weggevoer op 'n groot en hoë berg en my die groot stad getoon, die heilige Jerusalem, wat uit die hemel van God neerdaal;
OPENBARING‬ ‭21‬:‭9‬-10AFR53‬‬

En daarin sal nie inkom iets wat verontreinig en gruwelikheid en leuens doen nie; maar net die wat geskrywe is in die boek van die lewe van die Lam.”
‭‭OPENBARING‬ ‭21‬:‭10‬, ‭27‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Die wit weerkaats
Op die blink vannie blou
Oomblikke voordat dit wegrol
Reeds omgetol
Die groot watermassa
Wat neerslaan
Op groter watermassa
Net ‘n wit voetspoor bly agter
Wat vinnig weer vermeng
Met onvergelykbaar groot blou
Amper asof dit nie was nie
Die eenheid van die wit en blou
Kan niks teen stand hou

“Werp al julle bekommernis op Hom, want Hy sorg vir julle. Wees nugter en waaksaam, want julle teëstander, die duiwel, loop rond soos 'n brullende leeu en soek wie hy kan verslind. Hom moet julle teëstaan, standvastig in die geloof, omdat julle weet dat dieselfde lyding opgelê word aan julle broederskap wat in die wêreld is.”
‭‭I PETRUS‬ ‭5‬:‭7‬-‭9‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Saggies rus sy nog
Die berg
Op haar wolke matras
Die blou lig nog dof
So vroeg in die oggend
Rustig kan sy ontwaak
Op hierdie someroggend

Vanoggend is die berg
Is die berg se kop
Se kop weer oop
Gesuiwer deur die nag
se donkerstilte
Op hierdie herfsoggend

The too good to be true
However it is true
And nothing but the Truth

The one Who
with unsurpassed love
Wants to be your First love
And nothing but that

To be with you forever
Living in love
With you and all

Do you know the name
Of First Love
Multitudes know the name
Jesus Christ Son of God

His voice
is full of majesty
He bless His people
with peace
( Thoughts from Revelation 2:1-7,
John 3:16 )

“The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth: The LORD is upon many waters. The voice of the LORD is powerful; The voice of the LORD is full of majesty. The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; Yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire. The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: And in his temple doth every one speak of his glory. The LORD sitteth upon the flood; Yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever. The LORD will give strength unto his people; The LORD will bless his people with peace.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭29‬:‭3‬-‭11‬ ‭KJV

“Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭2‬:‭4‬ ‭KJV‬‬
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬ ‭KJV‬‬

And yet
In this time
Eunoia is remembered
The beautiful mind
When ineffable love
entered the earth
The Son of God
accomplished victory
Over sin

In this time
A baby girl was born
Into our family
As we celebrate Redemption
Oh that we will turn many
to share in the Victorious

Let us kneel
Let us bow down
In adoration and worship
Before our Maker

29th March 2023

“O come, let us worship and bow down: Let us kneel before the LORD our maker.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭95‬:‭6‬ ‭KJV‬‬

3 En die verstandiges sal glinster soos die glans van die uitspansel, en die wat baie tot regverdigheid lei, soos die sterre vir ewig en altoos.
(‭‭‭DANIËL‬ ‭12‬‬:‭3‬ ‭AFR53‬‬)

“And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.”
‭‭Daniel‬ ‭12‬:‭3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Het jy 'n man gesien wat wys is in sy eie oë? Daar is meer hoop vir 'n dwaas as vir hom.”
‭‭SPREUKE‬ ‭26‬:‭12‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“En as iemand van julle wysheid kortkom, laat hom dit van God bid, wat aan almal eenvoudig gee sonder om te verwyt, en dit sal aan hom gegee word.”
‭‭JAKOBUS‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Vanoggend speel die dolfyne
Heeltyd hier voor ons innie water
Hulle kom verby en by
Soos ‘n lang trein
Volg groepe mekaar op
Soos ‘n lang trein
Vol liefde en vreugde
Hou dit aan en aan

So sorgvry
Soos dolfyne innie water

Kom ons gaan na Woolworths
Vanoggend
Ons koop poffer baadjies
Vir babas

Daar is bodemlose dankbaarheid
In my hart
Want kan dankbaarheid
‘n bodem hê

They could just not believe
The too good to be true

Yes surely it can’t be that simple
Too just believe
The power of God
works through One of us
Just One of us

Look unto the dead snake
The copper snake on the pole
Then you’ll be healed
That waz easy to believe
That waz

“But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.”
‭‭Mark‬ ‭6‬:‭4‬-‭6‬ ‭KJV‬‬

And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.”
‭‭Numbers‬ ‭21‬:‭8‬-‭9‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭53‬:‭4‬-‭5‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.”
‭‭Mark‬ ‭6‬:‭13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

My words
my words
must be a cushion to your head
Nourishing your soul
A bridge for your path ahead
Nothing more has to be said

It’s so easy to be anything but
That is why only try is insufficient
A heart committed to talking
words of life
That is what to practice too

Let me learn
from interacting with you
So we can reach the perfect circle
Circle circle
With a smooth edge edge edge
Like playing artistic piano

It could be like this
When self action and satisfaction
is nothing but an empty attraction

Selfless communication
the pure transaction
for all future interaction

My words
my words
must be a cushion to your head
Nourishing your soul
A bridge for your path ahead
Nothing more has to be said
Said said

Ons bly in blou
Baie baie blou
Die see is blou
Die oseane
Die lug is blou
Die hemelruim
As dit dag

Replenish my emptiness
With the relish of Your goodness

The milk and wine
Priceless to be mine

“Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭55‬:‭1‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Do not say
Just pray
Then say
If you may

Not to judge
To save
Not to judge
To serve

“For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” And they went to another village.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭9‬:‭56‬ ‭NKJV‬

“just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭20‬:‭28‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“want die Seun van die mens het nie gekom om die mense se lewe te verderf nie, maar te red. En hulle het na 'n ander dorp vertrek.”
‭‭LUKAS‬ ‭9‬:‭56‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Want die Vader oordeel ook niemand nie, maar het die hele oordeel aan die Seun gegee,”
‭‭JOHANNES‬ ‭5‬:‭22‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“En as iemand na my woorde luister en nie glo nie, Ek oordeel hom nie; want Ek het nie gekom om die wêreld te oordeel nie, maar om die wêreld te red. Wie My verwerp en my woorde nie aanneem nie, het een wat hom oordeel: die woord wat Ek gespreek het, dit sal hom oordeel in die laaste dag.”
‭‭JOHANNES‬ ‭12‬:‭47‬-‭48‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Blaas die trompet
As dit goed gaan
Blaas die trompet
As dit sleg gaan

“En as julle in jul land in oorlog kom teen die vyand wat met julle veg, moet julle met die trompette alarm blaas; dan sal aan julle gedink word voor die aangesig van die Here julle God, en julle sal van jul vyande verlos word. Op die dag as julle vrolik is, sowel as op julle feestye en by die begin van julle maande moet julle by jul brandoffers en by jul dankoffers op die trompette blaas: hulle sal dien om julle in gedagtenis te bring voor die aangesig van julle God. Ek is die Here julle God.”
‭‭NÚMERI‬ ‭10‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“As ek ongeregtigheid bedoel het in my hart, sou die Here nie gehoor het nie.”
‭‭PSALMS‬ ‭66‬:‭18‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Bring alles in smeking en danksegging
Word ons uitgenooi

Smeek is opreg
Dankie is glo

Glo is leef
Asof die oorwinning
In gees
Reeds is
In die vlees

“Wees oor niks besorg nie, maar laat julle begeertes in alles deur gebed en smeking met danksegging bekend word by God. En die vrede van God, wat alle verstand te bowe gaan, sal julle harte en julle sinne bewaar in Christus Jesus.”
‭‭FILIPPENSE‬ ‭4‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“En wat julle ook al in my Naam mag vra, dit sal Ek doen, sodat die Vader in die Seun verheerlik kan word.”
‭‭JOHANNES‬ ‭14‬:‭13‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“En dit is die vrymoedigheid wat ons teenoor Hom het, dat Hy ons verhoor as ons iets vra volgens sy wil.”
‭‭I JOHANNES‬ ‭5‬:‭14‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“En Hy het vir hulle gesê: Gaan die hele wêreld in en verkondig die evangelie aan die ganse mensdom. Hy wat glo en hom laat doop, sal gered word; maar hy wat nie glo nie, sal veroordeel word. En vir die wat geglo het, sal hierdie tekens volg: in my Naam sal hulle duiwels uitdryf, met nuwe tale sal hulle spreek, slange sal hulle opneem; en as hulle iets dodeliks drink, sal dit hulle geen kwaad doen nie; op siekes sal hulle die hande lê, en hulle sal gesond word.”
‭‭MARKUS‬ ‭16‬:‭15‬-‭18‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Toe sê die Here vir Moses en Aäron: Omdat julle in My nie geglo het om My voor die oë van die kinders van Israel te heilig nie, daarom sal julle hierdie vergadering nie in die land inbring wat Ek aan hulle gegee het nie.”
‭‭NÚMERI‬ ‭20‬:‭12‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“En kyk, jy sal swyg en nie kan praat nie tot op die dag dat hierdie dinge gebeur, omdat jy my woorde wat op hulle tyd vervul sal word, nie geglo het nie.”
‭‭LUKAS‬ ‭1‬:‭20‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

My Ma het lekker kos gemaak
Daar was nie vir my ‘n gunsteling
Haar gemoedelikheid en humor aan tafel
Bly my altyd by
Die prentjie van my Ma
wat skud soos sy lag
Vir een of ander kwinkslag
Van klomp kinders aan tafel

Tot dusver verloop dit goed
Sebastien neem deel
Hy vorder rondte na rondte
In die Franse Ope

Sy bewegings is snel
Akkuraat
Onemosioneel en saaklik
Sy bene en arms sekuur

Sebastien het geen behoefte
Nie eers om oorwinning te vier
Na die wedstryd wag hy
Vir die volgende instruksie

Die eerste robot tennisster
Gaan van krag tot krag
Wie sal weet wie hy is
Wat hy regtig is

Een man saam God
Is die meerderheid
Was die woorde
van God se Smokkelaar
Broer Andrew

“Waarheen moet ons optrek? Ons broers het ons hart laat versmelt deur te sê: Dit is 'n volk groter en hoër van gestalte as ons; die stede is groot en tot aan die hemel versterk; en ons het daar ook die kinders van die Enakiete gesien. Toe het ek aan julle gesê: Word nie verskrik en wees nie bevrees vir hulle nie.”
‭‭DEUTERONÓMIUM‬ ‭1‬:‭28‬-‭29‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Toe het ek aan julle gesê: Word nie verskrik en wees nie bevrees vir hulle nie. Die Here julle God wat voor jul uit trek, Hy sal vir julle stry net soos Hy voor julle oë met julle in Egipte gedoen het en in die woestyn, waar jy gesien het hoe die Here jou God jou gedra het soos 'n man sy seun dra, op die hele pad wat julle getrek het, totdat julle tot by hierdie plek gekom het.”
‭‭DEUTERONÓMIUM‬ ‭1‬:‭29‬-‭31‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Want U het ons getoets, o God, U het ons gelouter soos 'n mens silwer louter. U het ons in die net gebring, 'n swaar las op ons heupe gelê. U het mense oor ons hoof laat ry; ons het in die vuur en in die water gekom, maar U het ons uitgelei in die oorvloed.”
‭‭PSALMS‬ ‭66‬:‭10‬-‭12‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“As die Here jou God hulle voor jou uit verjaag, moet dan nie in jou hart spreek en sê: Die Here het my ter wille van my geregtigheid ingebring om hierdie land in besit te neem nie; want weens die goddeloosheid van hierdie nasies verdryf die Here hulle voor jou uit. Nie ter wille van jou geregtigheid en die opregtheid van jou hart kom jy in om hulle land in besit te neem nie, maar weens die goddeloosheid van hierdie nasies verdryf die Here jou God hulle voor jou uit, en om die woord te vervul wat die Here vir jou vaders, Abraham, Isak en Jakob, gesweer het. Weet dan dat die Here jou God nie ter wille van jou geregtigheid jou hierdie goeie land gee om dit in besit te neem nie, want jy is 'n hardnekkige volk. Dink daaraan, vergeet nie hoe jy die Here jou God in die woestyn vertoorn het nie; van die dag af dat jy uit Egipteland uitgetrek het, totdat julle by hierdie plek gekom het, was julle wederstrewig teen die Here.”
‭‭DEUTERONÓMIUM‬ ‭9‬:‭4‬-‭7‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Ons moet die vreemdelinge liefhê
Want ons was vreemdelinge

Ons moet ons vyande liefhê
Want die Allerhoogste doen

“Want die Here julle God is die God van die gode en die Here van die here; die grote, magtige en gedugte God wat die persoon nie aansien en geen geskenk aanneem nie; wat reg verskaf aan die wees en die weduwee, en die vreemdeling liefhet, sodat Hy hom brood en klere gee. Daarom moet julle die vreemdeling liefhê, want julle was vreemdelinge in Egipteland. Die Here jou God moet jy vrees, Hom moet jy dien en Hom moet jy aanhang en by sy Naam sweer. Hy is jou lof, en Hy is jou God wat hierdie groot en vreeslike dinge wat jou oë gesien het, aan jou gedoen het.”
‭‭DEUTERONÓMIUM‬ ‭10‬:‭17‬-‭21‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Maar julle moet jul vyande liefhê en goed doen en leen sonder om iets terug te verwag, en julle loon sal groot wees; en julle sal kinders van die Allerhoogste wees; want Hy self is goedertieren oor die ondankbares en slegtes.”
‭‭LUKAS‬ ‭6‬:‭35‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Dis Vrydag
Koshuiskinders haaltyd
Onluste en klippe spat
Die kar is in rat
Mams vat gevaarpad
Katryn en Ouma
lê gepantser op haar bed
Basuin se windbuks
Oorgehaal vir wiks
Op gereedheidsgrondslag
Ingeval

Dit het tussen my oë
Tussen my oë geslaan
Vreugde en vrolikheid was ver
Ver van harte

Gekraakte reënbakke wat lek
Heeltyd lek
Dit bly leeg
Dis gekies
bo ‘n Standhoudende Fontein

Omring soos ‘n oogappel
Op die vlerke van die groot arend
Kon die kleintjies sweef
Om te ry op aardse hoogtes
Uit die veld te eet
Heuning suig uit rotse
Olie uit klippe
Net die beste vleis
Koring en wyn

Dan word die Steenrots verwerp
Vergeet

“Omdat jy die Here jou God nie met vreugde en vrolikheid van hart weens die oorvloed van alles gedien het nie, sal jy jou vyand wat die Here teen jou sal stuur, dien in honger en in dors en in naaktheid en in gebrek aan alles; en hy sal 'n ysterjuk op jou nek sit totdat hy jou verdelg het.”
‭‭DEUTERONÓMIUM‬ ‭28‬:‭47‬-‭48‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Want my volk het twee verkeerde dinge gedoen: My, die fontein van lewende water, het hulle verlaat om vir hulle reënbakke uit te kap, gebarste reënbakke wat geen water hou nie.”
‭‭JEREMIA‬ ‭2‬:‭13‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“LUISTER, o hemele, dat ek kan spreek, en laat die aarde hoor die woorde van my mond. Laat my leer drup soos die reën, my woord vloei soos die dou, soos reëndruppels op die grasspruitjies en soos reënbuie op die plante. Want die Naam van die Here roep ek uit: Gee grootheid aan onse God! Die Rots — volkome is sy werk; want al sy weë is strafgerigte; 'n God van trou en sonder onreg; regverdig en reg is Hy. Hulle het verderflik teen Hom gehandel — die wat sy seuns nie was nie, maar hulle skandvlek — 'n verkeerde en verdraaide geslag. Durf julle dit die Here vergelde, o dwase en onwyse volk? Is Hý nie jou Vader wat jou geskape het nie; het Hý jou nie gemaak en jou toeberei nie? Dink aan die dae van die ou tyd, let op die jare, van geslag tot geslag; vra jou vader, dat hy jou dit bekend maak; die ou mense, dat hulle jou dit sê. Toe die Allerhoogste aan die nasies 'n erfdeel gegee het, toe Hy die mensekinders van mekaar geskei het, het Hy die grense van die volke vasgestel volgens die getal van die kinders van Israel. Hy het hom gevind in 'n woestynland en in 'n woeste wêreld, vol gehuil van die wildernis; Hy het hom omring, op hom ag gegee, hom bewaak soos sy oogappel. Soos 'n arend sy nes opwek, oor sy kleintjies sweef, sy vlerke uitsprei, hulle opneem, hulle dra op sy vleuels — die Here alleen het hom gelei, en daar was geen vreemde god by hom nie. Hy het hom laat ry op die hoogtes van die aarde, en hy het die opbrings van die veld geëet; en Hy het hom heuning uit die rots laat suig en olie uit die klipharde rots; dikmelk van beeste en melk van kleinvee, met die vet van lammers en ramme; stiere van Basan en bokke, met die niervet van koring; en druiwebloed het jy gedrink, skuimende wyn. Toe het Jesúrun vet geword en agterop geskop — jy het vet geword, dik geword, spekvet geword — en hy het God verwerp wat hom gemaak het, en die steenrots van sy heil geminag. Hulle het deur vreemde gode sy ywer gewek; deur gruwels Hom geterg. Hulle het aan die duiwels geoffer, wat nie-God is, gode wat aan hulle nie bekend was nie; nuwes wat kort gelede opgekom het, vir wie julle vaders nie gehuiwer het nie. Die Steenrots wat jou verwek het, het jy veronagsaam; en jy het die God vergeet wat jou voortgebring het. Toe die Here dit sien, het Hy hulle verwerp, uit ergernis oor sy seuns en dogters. En Hy het gesê: Ek wil my aangesig vir hulle verberg, Ek wil sien wat hulle einde sal wees; want 'n heeltemal verkeerde geslag is hulle, kinders in wie geen trou is nie. Hulle het my ywer gewek deur wat nie-God is, My geterg deur hulle nietige afgode. Ek sal dan hulle ywer wek deur die wat 'n nie-volk is, deur 'n dwase nasie sal Ek hulle terg. Want 'n vuur is aangesteek in my toorn en het gebrand tot in die doderyk daaronder, en dit het die aarde met sy opbrings verteer en die fondamente van die berge aan die brand gesteek. Ek sal onheile op hulle ophoop; my pyle sal Ek op hulle wegskiet. As hulle uitgeput is van honger en verteer deur koorsgloed en dodelike siekte, sal Ek die tand van wilde diere teen hulle loslaat met die gif van stofkruipers. Buitekant sal die swaard beroof, en in die binnekamers die verskrikking; die jongman sowel as die jongedogter, die suigling saam met die grysaard. Ek sou gesê het: Ek wil hulle wegblaas, hulle gedagtenis onder die mense uitroei — as Ek nie vir die terging van die vyand bedug was nie, dat hulle teëstanders dit sou misverstaan en sê: Ons hand was hoog, en die Here het dit alles nie gedoen nie.”
‭‭DEUTERONÓMIUM‬ ‭32‬:‭1‬-‭8‬, ‭10‬-‭27‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Hoe is jou hart
Daar is mos nie twyfel
Jou intensies is die beste
Vir jou kind

Hoe is jou hart
Jy verwag mos nie
akrobatiese toertjies
om jou baba lief te hê

Hoe is jou hart
Dis mos nie verward
Om te dink perfek wees
is jou deur na ouerhart

Hoe is jou hart
Daar is nie vergelyk
As dit kom by kyk
Na seën uit Vaderhart

What difference is there
Between people
Those with lots of money
Those with enough
When departing this life
It is clear
We will travel for free
Money will be irrelevant

What is enough
Can we disagree with Timothy
He said enough is food to eat
and clothes to wear
Even profit is defined
Godliness and contentment
That is great gain
Being like God
In whose image we are created
And be extremely happy about it
Rapturous
Ravenous for exploring Him
Getting to know more of His character
And who we are in Jesus Christ
For that we need an eternity
Having this Love is perpetual
Perpetually relevant

It will be contraindicated
To be drawn to the opposite
The short momentarily
Loving money
The root of all evil

Money money money
Must be funny
In a rich man world
As they used to sing
And yet
There can’t be anything funny
About chasing money
If destruction and perdition
Is the end of it

Loving God
Dependent on Him for all
Even to help us
Loving Him above all
To stay away
from the snare
Of having it all
About money

“But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.”
‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭6‬:‭6‬-‭9‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”
‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭6‬:‭10‬ ‭KJV‬‬

It’s a shame
it is just a story
Said Cat

But if you see
The wonder is believing
For the story to come alive
Said Dove

It is not a wonder
It ain’t real
It’s fiction
Added Cat

Okay another say way
The miracle is believing
For seeing the reality
Contributed Dove

It is Psalm 121
They conversed about
Cause Dove described it
as a favourite psalm

Before departing
Dove’s uncle used to read it
To the family
Before he prayed

“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, From whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, Which made heaven and earth. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: He shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in. From this time forth, and even for evermore.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭121‬:‭1‬-‭2‬, ‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭KJV‬‬

”But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.“
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11‬:‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Toetse
Ons doen toetse
Moeilik
Ons het Iemand nodig
Om dit deur te kom

“Salig is die man wat versoeking verdra, want as hy die toets deurstaan het, sal hy die kroon van die lewe ontvang wat die Here beloof het aan die wat Hom liefhet.”
‭‭JAKOBUS‬ ‭1‬:‭12‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Dis vars
Gevorde jare
is ‘n seën
Vir die familie

“Kyk, die dae kom dat Ek jou arm en die arm van jou vader se huis sal afkap, sodat daar geen bejaarde in jou huis sal wees nie. Dan sal jy die benoudheid van my woning aanskou, in alles waarin Hy aan Israel goed sal doen; en in jou huis sal daar al die dae geen bejaarde wees nie.”
‭‭I SAMUEL‬ ‭2‬:‭31‬-‭32‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

All people get a chance
at the goodness of God

“The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; Slow to anger, and of great mercy. The LORD is good to all: And his tender mercies are over all his works.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭145‬:‭8‬-‭9‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Get. Genadig en barmhartig is die Here, lankmoedig en groot van goedertierenheid. Tet. Die Here is vir almal goed, en sy barmhartighede is oor al sy werke.”
‭‭PSALMS‬ ‭145‬:‭8‬-‭9‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Hulle was dadelik daar
Waar hul wou wees
Moes wees
Uit die storm
Toe Jesus saam hul is
Toe Hy innie boot klim

“En toe hulle omtrent drie of vier myl geroei het, sien hulle Jesus op die see loop en naby die skuit kom; en hulle het bang geword. Toe was hulle gewillig om Hom in die skuit te neem, en dadelik het die skuit by die land aangekom waar hulle na toe gegaan het.”
‭‭JOHANNES‬ ‭6‬:‭19‬, ‭21‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Vir Homself geen
Vir ons Vader alleen
Eer

“Hy wat uit homself spreek, soek sy eie eer; maar Hy wat die eer soek van dié Een wat Hom gestuur het, Hy is waaragtig en daar is geen ongeregtigheid in Hom nie.”
‭‭JOHANNES‬ ‭7‬:‭18‬ ‭AFR53‬‬"

Hoe sal
‘n skaap oppasser weet
Om ‘n nasie te regeer

G’n mens sal weet nie
Maar die Gees weet

“Samuel neem toe die horing met olie en salf hom te midde van sy broers, en die Gees van die Here het van dié dag af en verder oor Dawid vaardig geword. En Samuel het klaargemaak en na Rama gegaan.”
‭‭I SAMUEL‬ ‭16‬:‭13‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Daar is nie ‘n moes
Moes dit gedoen
Moes dit nie gedoen
Moes dit gesê
Moes dit nie gesê
Met bely en vergifnis
Dan is moes verby

Daar is nie ‘n moet
Moet dit doen
Moet dit nie doen
Moet dit sê
Moet dit nie sê
Met liefde is daar
‘n Hart wat wil
Alles binne Sy wil

Bring me to a place
To tell of Your grace
To Your people
And people
More more
More more

Why would I put myself out there
To share
Why wouldn’t I if I found treasure
More than I can measure

Especially when the gold
is nothing to hold
All for myself
It is there
To share
Cause what is love
All on your own
Desolated alone
Infinitely just you
Just you
And your desire
Existing in endless tire

Look away
Stay away
From wondering why
Rather give it a try
Relentlessly find the way
Do not stay astray
Open your door
To unthinkable more

I love you
Yes there is Someone today
That say
I love you
I care for you
The proof of my love
Cannot fly away
Like a dove

1John 4:9, John 3:16-21, Romans 5:8

“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭4‬:‭9‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”
‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬-‭21‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Chair in the air
With lots of flair
One can hardly bear
the glare
Of leaving
the bargain behind

Ons het alle rede
Om sag sag sag te wees
Te wees te wees
Te wees met mekaar
Mekaar mekaar
Kom ons hou mekaar
Bymekaar
Kom ons mekaar
Dan trek ons laer
Om die raar van mekaar

Praat jy padda
Of praat jy nagtegaal
Die een is goed
Bou aan harte
Ja nagtegaal oortref
Sonder om te wonder

When love lives
Lives in our hearts
Hearts
We can be dressed
Dressed up
Perfectly perfectly
In love
Love
My love
Love
First love

D
When love lives
A/C#
Lives in our hearts

Hearts

Am/C
We can be dressed

Dressed up
G/B
Perfectly perfectly
Gm/Bb
In love
Love
D/A
Our love

Love
A D/A
First Love

”Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.“
‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭12‬-‭14‬ ‭NKJV

How old can be the jersey
In New Jersey
In the city of jerseys
Jersey City

Don’t worry
This is so true
But how
Being so imperfect
Having huge challenges

We have to decide
Who will it be
Having the right of decision
The Lone Ranger in danger
Or the Brilliant Conqueror
Winner of every encounter
Sitting in between is a duck
A sitting duck

Its about
who we are
When Jesus Christ
lives in us
We can forget about
who am I
Its about
Who is He
Living in me

We have to get
A grip on that
Not to stay Lone Ranger
Share thoughts
With the Master Mind
About that
He is the Brilliant Conqueror
He is the Son of God
He is Jesus Christ
Humble and gentle

I AM
God said
So it is all about
Finding I AM
Living in me
In every situation

”I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.“
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭2‬:‭20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

”And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”
‭‭Exodus‬ ‭3‬:‭14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Dis ‘n nuwe dag
‘n Nuwe week
‘n Nuwe begin
Sal ons dit ontgin

We all want to be loved
We all want to be adored
It has been showed to us
All of us are loved
All of us are adored
Now is the moment
Start the journey
Start mining
Start digging
That place of Love
Is to be found

Who rejects love
God is love
He proved His love
Rejecting His proof
rejects His love
Rejecting His love
rejects Him
Rejecting Him
rejects love

Believing in love
is believing in who God is
God is love
Apart from God
there is no love
Now is the moment
Believe what He say
The proof of His love
is His Son Jesus Christ
He is the door
to that place of Love

Die vissies swem innie water
O nee
Dis wolkies
Innie lug
Die skynblou lug
Van sonsopkoms
Wat die wolkies se rante
So goudsilwer verkleur
Sommige raak raak
aan die bokante
Van die donker massa
Dis die berge daar onder
Daar is min weerkaatsing
Innie bietjie water
Waar die dam lê in ‘n holte
Ons wag vir goeie reën
Al is dit amptelik gister winter

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Stel jou voor
‘n Houtverhoog spesiaal gebou
Vir hierdie geleentheid
Daarop staan ‘n man
Met nog ses man regs
En ses man links van hom

Toe hy ‘n boek oopmaak
Staan die massas mense op
Toe loof Esra die Here
Ons grote God
Almal lig hul hande op
Met die woorde
Amen Amen
Toe buig hul met koppe af
En aanbid ons Here

Dis vroeg
Baie vroeg
Dit het net begin lig word
Toe Esra begin wetboek lees
Tot laatmiddag
Ook geleer oor betekenis
Almal kon verstaan

Maar hierdie dag is heilig
Aan ons God afgestaan
Moenie huil
Moenie hartseer wees
Stel Nehemia gerus
Want almal het gehuil
toe hul die woorde hoor
Gaan eet nou lekker kos
Met soet drinkgoed
Deel met die wat nie het
Ons vreugde oor ons God
Is ons veilige plek

(Gedagtes uit Nehemia 8:1-19)

“En Esra, die priester, het die wet voor die vergadering gebring, manne sowel as vroue en almal wat met verstand kon luister, op die eerste dag van die sewende maand. En Esra het die boek oopgemaak voor die oë van die hele volk, want hy het bokant die hele volk gestaan; en toe hy dit oopmaak, het die hele volk opgestaan.”
‭‭NEHEMÍA‬ ‭8‬:‭3‬, ‭6‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“En Esra het die Here, die grote God, geloof, en die hele volk het geantwoord: Amen, amen! met opheffing van hulle hande; en hulle het hul gebuig en die Here aanbid met die aangesig na die aarde toe. En Jésua en Bani en Serébja, Jamin, Akkub, Sábbetai, Hodía, Maäséja, Kelíta, Asárja, Jósabad, Hanan, Pelája en die Leviete het die volk in die wet onderrig, onderwyl die volk op hulle plek bly staan. En hulle het uit die boek, uit die wet van God, duidelik voorgelees en dit verklaar, sodat hulle verstaan het wat voorgelees is. Daarop het Nehemía — hy was die goewerneur — en Esra, die priester, die skrifgeleerde, en die Leviete wat die volk onderrig, aan die hele volk gesê: Hierdie dag is heilig aan die Here julle God; treur nie en ween nie! Want die hele volk het geween toe hulle die woorde van die wet hoor. Verder het hy vir hulle gesê: Gaan, eet lekker spys en drink soet dranke en stuur porsies aan hulle vir wie niks berei is nie; want hierdie dag is heilig aan onse Here. Wees dan nie bedroef nie, want die blydskap in die Here — dit is julle beskutting. En die Leviete het die hele volk tot bedaring gebring en gesê: Wees stil! want hierdie dag is heilig; wees dus nie bedroef nie. Toe het die hele volk weggegaan om te eet en te drink en porsies te stuur en groot vreugde te bedrywe; want hulle het ag gegee op die woorde wat aan hulle bekend gemaak is. En op die tweede dag het die familiehoofde van die hele volk, die priesters en die Leviete by Esra, die skrifgeleerde, vergader om naamlik die woorde van die wet te ondersoek. Toe vind hulle uit dat in die wet wat die Here deur die diens van Moses beveel het, geskrywe was dat die kinders van Israel op die fees in die sewende maand in hutte moes woon, en dat hulle moes afkondig en rondstuur deur al hulle stede en in Jerusalem om te sê: Trek uit op die gebergte en bring olyftakke en oliewenhouttakke en mirtetakke en palmtakke en takke van digte bome om hutte te maak soos geskrywe is. En die volk het uitgetrek en dit gebring en vir hulle hutte gemaak, elkeen op sy dak en op hulle erwe en in die voorhowe van die huis van God en op die plein van die Waterpoort en op die plein van die Efraimspoort. En die hele vergadering wat uit die gevangenskap teruggekom het, het hutte gemaak en in die hutte gewoon; want van die dae van Jésua af, die seun van Nun, tot op daardie dag het die kinders van Israel nie só gedoen nie; en daar was baie groot blydskap. En hy het dag vir dag, van die eerste dag af tot die laaste dag toe, voorgelees uit die wetboek van God; en hulle het sewe dae lank fees gehou en op die agtste dag 'n feestyd volgens verordening.”
‭‭NEHEMÍA‬ ‭8‬:‭7‬-‭19‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Ja selfs hul klere het gehou
Hulle voete nie geswel
Veertig jaar in die woestyn
Gees van God is so goed
Leer die mense
As hul ‘n goue kalf aanbid
Met vergifnis en sorg
van ‘n versorgende Vader
kry hul steeds kos en water

“Selfs toe hulle 'n gegote kalf vir hulle gemaak en gesê het: Dit is jou gode wat jou uit Egipte laat optrek het! — en hulle groot, afskuwelike dinge gedoen het, het U in u grote barmhartigheid hulle tog nie verlaat in die woestyn nie; die wolkkolom het nie bedags van hulle gewyk om hulle op die pad te lei nie, en die vuurkolom ook nie snags om vir hulle die pad te verlig waar hulle langs moes trek nie. En u goeie Gees het U gegee om hulle te onderrig, en u manna het U nie van hulle mond teruggehou nie en aan hulle water gegee vir hulle dors. En veertig jaar lank het U hulle onderhou in die woestyn; hulle het nie gebrek gehad nie; hulle klere het nie verslyt en hulle voete nie geswel nie.”
‭‭NEHEMÍA‬ ‭9‬:‭18‬-‭21‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Terug uit die seewater
Na ure se swem en baljaar
Dan spring Katryntjie op haar fietsie
Net na gou afgespoel
onder die buite stort
Netso in haar swemklere

Dink sy was darem al in die skool
Om met die klein blou fietsie te jaag
Was pure plesier
Oom Willa was buite vir ‘n geselsie
So wat wil jy word eendag
Vra hy
Sy wil ‘n komponis word
Antwoord die klein wilde dogtertjie
Ja sy was wild
Innie see
Op perde
By die skool
By die huis
En baie lief vir ‘n klavier
Haar Ouma s’n

If we can come to a place
Where our only motivation
Is love
Then this could only be
Near heaven

‘n Boerseun
het die pofadder gevang
Dood in ‘n sak
het Katryntjie en Cobus
die vonds ontvang
Eerste pouse word begin
met afslag vir die vel
In die laboratorium nogal
Gesout en gespalk in die son
Die Wetenskap klas word
later behang
met die vel van slang
Toe dit lekker droog glinster
Op die swart kartonbord

Met sy mooi rooi hare
Het Cobus ons klas versier
Die omgee hart en maklike glimlag
Wil met sy lewe later
Vir ander help
Hy is besig met sy doktoraal
Toe ons baie jare later praat

Hierdie woorde moet behou word
Van Louis Barnard
Van Groot-Brakrivier
Ounooi jy is ‘n mooi mens
Maar die pleister
was nie gedoen
Deur ‘n goeie messelaar
Onthou jy bly
in God se tempel
En Hy
maak net mooi

Dit raak hierdie vergelyking
Van pleister aan mekaar
Pleister aan onsself
Maar maak ons ook mooi
Want God maak net mooi
Aan ons

Is mooi pleister maklik
Altyd lekker
Sou ons kon vra

Meneer Toit sal goed weet
Hy was baie keer messelaar
Juis ook vir sy leerling Louis
Wat soos die bok
aan ‘n styfgespande tou
om ‘n vaste punt moes stap
Om te snap
In die klaskamer
Moeilik word toe lekker

Dit lyk mooi pleisterwerk hou
Maar soms vra dit herstel
Selfs oordoen
Daar kan ons ook help
Vir ons Messelaar
wat net mooi maak
Vir ander
En onsself

Ons almal pleister
Dit kan ons weet
Ons almal pleister
Soms verkeerd
Genade hê vir mekaar
Vergifnis vra en vergewe
Dit help
Dat swak pleisterwerk
Sommer net verkrummel

Goeie pleisterwerk
kan dissipline vra
Selfbeheersing en geduld
Ons weet mos
Veral ook aan onsself
Dink net aan atlete
Wat dit van hul vra
Om goed te pleister
Aan hulself

Die wedloop van die lewe
Maak ons almal atlete
Wat goeie pleisterwerk vra
Kan ons so swaar las dra
Om goed te kan pleister
Ons kan ja
Wanneer ons weet
Die mens is ‘n tempel
Vir God
En Hy is daar
Ons af te rig en te leer
Hoe dit moet gebeur
Om te messel
Om te hardloop
So na Sy hart
Mooi te doen soos God
Ons Vader innie hemel

In die ou dae
Was dit nog so
In die ou dae kon mens nog
Soveel dinge
Soveel meer

Natuurlik mag ons onthou
Met koestering
Van goeie tye
In die verlede
Tot op hede

Tog is elke nuwe dag
Nader
Elke nuwe dag
Kry die nuwe krag
Uit Vaderhand soos nodig

Ons kom nader
Elke oomblik
Aan die nuwe hemel
En die nuwe aarde
Wat kan beter wees as dit

“Moenie sê nie: Hoe kom dit dat die vorige dae beter was as die teenswoordige? want nie uit wysheid vra jy hierna nie.”
‭‭PREDIKER‬ ‭7‬:‭10‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Who can walk the talk
Perhaps the same ones
that can talk the walk
Nobody can do that

Does this mean
No more walk
Of course not
Or no more talk

We need to walk
And talk
We need that
Even in our imperfection

“For there is not a just man on earth who does good And does not sin. Also do not take to heart everything people say, Lest you hear your servant cursing you. For many times, also, your own heart has known That even you have cursed others.”
‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭7‬:‭20‬-‭22‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Both are defences
Wisdom gives life
The same can’t be said
about money

“For wisdom is a defense as money is a defense, But the excellence of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it.”
‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭7‬:‭12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Can we look back in time
Some say yes
However for that we need
a start
To have a theory like that

It will stay at thinking
Soloman said
It will stay a theory
We will not be able to find
The start

“then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.”
‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭8‬:‭17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Waarvan daar is
Daarvan kan ons gee
Waarvan daar nie is
Daarvan kan ons nie gee

“Want ek bedoel nie dat daar vir ander verligting moet wees en vir julle verdrukking nie, maar dat volgens gelykheid julle oorvloed in hierdie tyd hulle gebrek kan aanvul, sodat ook hulle oorvloed julle gebrek kan aanvul en daar gelykheid kan wees.”

No doubt
It’s about
Our First Love
Who is everywhere
Also in you and me
Who answers His love
Secondly equal in weight
To loving others as ourselves
Then that is what is
To love our First Love
In ourselves
The same as in others
Or the same
As He loves others

“Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭22‬:‭37‬-‭39‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Was daar vlerke aan my
Sou daar wegvlieg gebeur
Wegvlieg
Wegbly
Bitter ver

Die wete was heeltyd daar
Ons Here verlos

Nie net sorge word gewerp
Maar die hele wese
Op Hom
Wat sorg
Wat onderhou

Red

“Toe het ek gesê: Ag, had ek maar vlerke soos 'n duif, dan sou ek wegvlieg en wegbly!
Maar ek, ek roep God aan, en die Here sal my verlos.
Werp jou sorg op die Here, en Hy sal jou onderhou; Hy sal nooit die regverdige laat wankel nie.”
‭‭PSALMS‬ ‭55‬:‭7‬, ‭17‬, ‭23‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Kan jy jou voorstel
Die wolf wei langs die skape
‘n Luiperd lê langs ‘n bokkie
Deur ‘n klein seuntjie
word vetgemaakte vee
en leeus aangeja
Soos ‘n os eet leeus strooi
Bere en koeie
se kleintjies lê saam
Terwyl hul ma’s saam wei
Babatjies speel
by slange se gate
Steek sommer
hul handjies daarin

So lyk voorspoedige regering
Van die takkie wat uitspruit
Uit die stomp van Isai
Die Gees van die Here
is op Hom
Die Gees van wysheid
Verstand
Raad
Sterkte
Kennis
Respek vir God
So sal Hy regeer
Nie met wat Hy sien
Of hoor

(Gedagtes uit Jesaja 11:1-8)

“MAAR daar sal 'n takkie uitspruit uit die stomp van Ísai, en 'n loot uit sy wortels sal vrugte dra; en op Hom sal die Gees van die Here rus, die Gees van wysheid en verstand, die Gees van raad en sterkte, die Gees van kennis en van die vrees van die Here. En Hy het 'n welgevalle aan die vrees van die Here; en Hy sal nie regspreek na wat sy oë sien nie, en nie oordeel na wat sy ore hoor nie; maar aan die armes sal Hy in geregtigheid reg doen en die sagmoediges van die land met billikheid oordeel; maar Hy sal die aarde slaan met die roede van sy mond en met die asem van sy lippe die goddelose doodmaak. En geregtigheid sal die gordel van sy lendene en trou die gordel van sy heupe wees. Dan wei die wolf by die lam, en die luiperd gaan lê by die bokkie, en die kalf en die jong leeu en die vetgemaakte vee bymekaar, en 'n klein seuntjie sal hulle aanja. Die koei en die berin wei, en hulle kleintjies lê bymekaar; en die leeu eet strooi soos die os; en die suigling speel by die gat van 'n adder, en die gespeende kind steek sy hand uit na die kuil van 'n basilisk.”
‭‭JESAJA‬ ‭11‬:‭1‬-‭8‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Trane in ‘n bottel
In ‘n bottel
God se bottel
Kan dit wees
Selfs ons omswerwinge
Hulle word getel

“Ú het my omswerwinge getel; hou my trane in u kruik; is hulle nie in u boek nie?”
‭‭PSALMS‬ ‭56‬:‭9‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Daai videotjie
Dis nie goed genoeg

Die videotjie is reg
Dis nie wat jy doen nie
Dis wat Ek gaan doen

Prys die Here
Ons kan rus
Van ons eie werke

20 September 2024

The little video
It’s not good enough

The little video is fine
It’s not what you’re doing
It’s what I’m going to do

Praise the Lord
We can rest
From our own works

20 September 2024

Al die môresterre
Die seuns van God
Hulle was uitbundig bly

Daar was ‘n môrester
Wat moes val
Hy wou homself verhef
Gelyk aan die Allerhoogste

Die blink Môrester
Dis vir Hom
wat ons wag
Gratis
Gee Hy water van lewe

“Toe die môresterre saam gejubel en al die seuns van God gejuig het?”
‭‭JOB‬ ‭38‬:‭7‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Hoe het jy uit die hemel geval, o môrester, seun van die dageraad! Hoe lê jy teen die aarde neergeslaan, oorweldiger van die nasies! En jý het in jou hart gesê: Ek wil opklim in die hemel, my troon verhef bo die sterre van God en sit op die berg van samekoms in die uithoeke van die Noorde. Ek wil klim bo die hoogtes van die wolke, my gelykstel met die Allerhoogste!”
‭‭JESAJA‬ ‭14‬:‭12‬-‭14‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Ek, Jesus, het my engel gestuur om hierdie dinge aan julle voor die gemeentes te betuig. Ek is die wortel en die geslag van Dawid, die blink môrester. En die Gees en die bruid sê: Kom! En laat hom wat hoor, sê: Kom! En laat hom wat dors het, kom; en laat hom wat wil, die water van die lewe neem, verniet.”
‭‭OPENBARING‬ ‭22‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Dit was nog altyd glo
Glo in God
Soveel wat ons moes leer
Na Abraham
Om ook geregtig te wees
In geloof
Deur Jesus Christus
Seun van God

“Net soos Abraham in God geglo het, en dit is hom tot geregtigheid gereken. Julle verstaan dan dat die wat uit die geloof is, hulle is kinders van Abraham. En die Skrif wat vooruit gesien het dat God die heidene uit die geloof sou regverdig, het vooraf aan Abraham die evangelie verkondig met die woorde: In jou sal al die volke geseën word. Sodat die wat uit die geloof is, geseën word saam met die gelowige Abraham.
‭‭GALÁSIËRS‬ ‭3‬:‭6‬-‭9 ‭AFR53‬‬

“En as julle aan Christus behoort, dan is julle die nageslag van Abraham en volgens die belofte erfgename.”
‭‭GALÁSIËRS‬ ‭3‬:‭29‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Die koue loop laat die jaar
Want dit het laat begin
So asof die aarde
se vlug vertraag was
Om die son
Ons beweeg mos
Om die son
Hier op ons ruimtetuig
Die aarde
Ons het so bietjie vasgeval
Daar naby die son
Hier in die Suide
Die arme mense in die Noorde
Het seker baie koud gekry

A son has been born
For us
His name will remind us
Of a song that will be sung
In the land of Judah
When the Lord of hosts
will have a celebration for all
Lovely wine and fatty meat
No more tears
No more death
The minds of people
In perfect peace
Trusting in God
Our Father

20 September 2024

“And in this mountain The Lord of hosts will make for all people A feast of choice pieces, A feast of wines on the lees, Of fat things full of marrow, Of well-refined wines on the lees.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭25‬:‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“He will swallow up death forever, And the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; The rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; For the Lord has spoken.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭25‬:‭8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; God will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭26‬:‭1‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭26‬:‭3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Ons kan uitsien
As Jesus Christus regeer
Dan is elkeen ‘n windskuiling
Ook beskerming vir storms
Soos baie lekker water
Vars en koel vir die dors
Heerlike skadu teen die hitte

Hier sal almal kan sien
Wat ons moet kan sien
Mense sal hoor
En daarna luister
Onbedagsames nou bedagsaam
Hakkel word egalige gesprek

Uiteindelik word daar nie opgekyk
na dwase en skelms
Wat dwaas
die Here verkeerd uitbeeld
Wat skelm met jokstories vernietig
Ander se honger en dors ignoreer

Gelukkig
Hoe gelukkig
Dit alles is verby
Nou kan edel uitgedink
Gedoen
En behou word
Hierdie is lieflik lieflik

Lieflike riviere en strome
En almal bly gesond

“KYK, 'n koning sal regeer in geregtigheid, en die vorste sal heers volgens reg. En elkeen sal wees soos 'n toevlug teen die wind en 'n skuiling teen die stortreën, soos waterstrome in 'n dor streek, soos die skaduwee van 'n swaar rots in 'n land wat versmag. Dan sal nie meer verblind wees die oë van die wat sien nie; en die ore van hulle wat hoor, sal luister; en die hart van die onbedagsames sal leer om te verstaan, en die tong van die hakkelaars sal gou wees om duidelik te spreek; die dwaas sal nie meer 'n edele genoem word nie, en van die skelm sal nie gesê word dat hy vernaam is nie. Want 'n dwaas spreek dwaasheid en sy hart bring onheil voort, deur goddeloosheid te bedrywe en dwaling te spreek oor die Here, deur die begeerte van die hongerige onvervuld te laat en die drank van die dorstige te laat ontbreek. En die skelm — sy middele is sleg, hý beraam skandelike dade om die ellendiges te ruïneer met leuentaal, ook as die behoeftige spreek wat reg is. Maar die edele beraam edele dade, en hý hou stand in wat edel is.”
‭‭JESAJA‬ ‭32‬:‭1‬-‭8‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Aanskou Sion, die stad van ons feestelike samekoms! Jou oë sal Jerusalem sien as veilige woonplek, as tent wat nie wegtrek nie, waarvan die penne nooit meer uitgeruk word nie en geeneen van sy toue ooit losgeskeur word nie. Maar daar sal die Here vir ons heerlik wees; dit sal 'n plek van riviere wees, van breë strome; geen vloot van roeiskepe sal daarop vaar nie, en geen trotse skip sal daaroor gaan nie. Want die Here is ons Regter, die Here is ons Aanvoerder, die Here is ons Koning: Hý sal ons verlos.”
‭‭JESAJA‬ ‭33‬:‭20‬-‭22‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“En geen inwoner sal sê: Ek is siek nie; aan die mense wat daarin woon, is die skuld vergewe.”
‭‭JESAJA‬ ‭33‬:‭24‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

We don’t need money
To buy truth
All we need
Are ears and eyes
Of our hearts
Of our spirits
To hear and see

Truth found
Keep it
The wise man taught

Wisdom
Instruction
Understanding
All up for owning

“Buy the truth, and do not sell it, Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭23‬:‭23‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Die oggend se opstaan
Die skemer se neerlê
Van die dag
Jubel

Die gebruis van die see
Die gebruis van die golwe
Word deur ons Here bedaar
Die berge besing Sy mag
Soos die lande vol koring

Soos my hart

Ons Vader in die hemel
Gee oorvloed

13 Otober 2024
(Gedagtes uit Psalm 65)

“U laat die uitgange van die môre en die aand jubel.”
‭‭PSALMS‬ ‭65‬:‭9‬(b) ‭AFR53‬‬

“Wat die berge grondves deur u krag, wat omgord is met mag, wat die gebruis van die seë stilmaak, die gebruis van hulle golwe en die rumoer van die volke;”
‭‭PSALMS‬ ‭65‬:‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Die weivelde is bekleed met troppe kleinvee, en die dale is bedek met koring; hulle juig, ook sing hulle.”
‭‭PSALMS‬ ‭65‬:‭14‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“U het die land besoek en oorvloed gegee; U verryk dit grootliks; die stroom van God is vol water. U berei hulle koring; ja, so berei U die land.”
‭‭PSALMS‬ ‭65‬:‭10‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Yes I want to be still
Standing broken
before our God

Broken
However completely new
Whole and holy
In Jesus Christ

That excites me
So much
I can hardly be still

Yet it is the rest
of our heavenly Father
That puts the inner me
To peace
When the outer me
wants to jump around

Hoe treffend is die berg Basan
Tog is Sion
Uitgekies vir altyd
Vir ons Here
Om te woon

“'n Berg van God is die berg Basan, 'n berg met toppe is die berg Basan. Waarom kyk julle afgunstig, o berge met toppe, na die berg wat God begeer het vir sy woning? Ja, die Here sal daar woon tot in ewigheid. Die waens van God is tienduisende, duisend maal duisende; die Here is onder hulle; dit is Sinai in heiligheid.”
‭‭PSALMS‬ ‭68‬:‭16‬-‭18‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Weer opgelig en verlig
Met Sy woorde
Kan ons weer aangaan

Hy het nie teruggestaan
Vir houe op Sy rug
Sy baard wat uitgetrek word
Of mense wat spoeg na Hom
Na Sy gesig

Onse Verlosser
Jesus Christus

“DIE Here Here het My 'n geoefende tong gegee, dat Ek kan weet om die vermoeide te verkwik met woorde; Hy wek elke môre, Hy wek my oor om te hoor soos die leerlinge. Die Here Here het my oor geopen, en Ek was nie wederstrewig nie; Ek het nie agteruitgewyk nie. Ek het my rug gegee vir die wat slaan, en my wange vir die wat die hare uitpluk; my aangesig het Ek nie verberg vir smaadhede en bespuwing nie. Maar die Here Here help My; daarom kom Ek nie in die skande nie; daarom het Ek my aangesig gemaak soos 'n keisteen, en Ek weet dat Ek nie beskaamd sal staan nie.”
‭‭JESAJA‬ ‭50‬:‭4‬-‭7‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Dan spoel die wit skuim
Van die blou see
Op die strand

Maar hier by my voete
Is spoortjies van goggatjies
Innie sagte sagte sand
Skoon sand
Droog en lig
Wat afloop deur
klomp pers blommetjies

Weer tot by nog korreltjies
sand
Van die strand

Op hierdie mooie middag
Die son is al uitgebak

Is dit
Sout en sand
Of sand en sout
Wat so ruik

Mens hoor dit
Wat dan nou
Kyk hoe lyk dit
Waar is Hy dan

Maar
Ja maar
Daar is woorde
Reeds wat aandui

Kyk dan nou
Verkeerde dade
bring sy gevolge
Slegte gevolge

Hoor ook
Wegdraai van God
Dis bitter
Dit werk nie

“Jou eie boosheid sal jou tugtig, en jou afkerighede sal jou straf; weet dan en sien dat dit verkeerd en bitter is dat jy die Here jou God verlaat het, en dat my vrees nie by jou is nie, spreek die Here, die Here van die leërskare.”
‭‭JEREMIA‬ ‭2‬:‭19‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Stop hom
Die jaar
wat weghardloop
Met jou

Ja beter om te stop
Net nou moet jy
al die pad
terug hardloop

Stop hom
Innie kop
Trek hom in
Die perd wat galop

We love a treat
Joy it gives
When the treat misses
Pain it gives

The presence
misses the treat
By absence
Or absence in presence

Love is a treat
In care
In words
In touch

“This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.”
‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭12‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Meer
kan ons nie vra
Vir bewaring
Van wat wag
Terwyl ons
vir Jesus wag
Jesus Christus
Seun van God
Uit die hemel

“Want hulle vertel self aangaande ons watter ingang ons by julle gehad het en hoe julle jul van die afgode bekeer het tot God, om die lewende en waaragtige God te dien en sy Seun uit die hemele te verwag, wat Hy uit die dode opgewek het, Jesus wat ons van die toekomstige toorn verlos.”
‭‭I THESSALONICENSE‬ ‭1‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Dit is nie
‘n Uitstalling van krag
Om bevele te blaf
Of te kwaad
Selfs net kortaf
Dit kan ons weet
As ons hand
in eie boesem steek

Liewer nie
Praat en sê
Die Here het gesê
Dit moes God se volk hoor
Met profete wat
eie woorde praat
Eie drome droom

Ons moet baie seker wees
Voor ons praat
Namens ons Here

“Ek het die profete nie gestuur nie, tog het hulle geloop; Ek het nie met hulle gespreek nie, tog het hulle geprofeteer.”
‭‭JEREMIA‬ ‭23‬:‭21‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Kyk, Ek het dit teen die profete, spreek die Here, wat hulle eie tong gebruik en sê: Die Here spreek! Kyk, Ek het dit teen hulle wat leuenagtige drome profeteer, spreek die Here, en dit rondvertel en my volk verlei met hulle leuens en hulle grootpratery, terwyl Ek hulle nie gestuur en aan hulle geen bevel gegee het nie, en hulle vir hierdie volk hoegenaamd geen voordeel bring nie, spreek die Here. As hierdie volk of profeet of priester jou dan vra en sê: Wat het die Here gelas? — dan moet jy vir hulle sê: Júlle is die las. En Ek sal julle afwerp, spreek die Here.”
‭‭JEREMIA‬ ‭23‬:‭31‬-‭33‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

She wanted a miracle
The pinnacle was
the blessing
was already available

So much changed
But not God
God our Father
He is the Father
of everyone
Our Father in heaven

His Son Jesus Christ
our key to the door
Of our Father’s house
His rest

The Holy Spirit
of our Father
Our ability
to live in victory

The perpetual victory
of Jesus Christ
Now
Into infinity

Dis diep waar
Sonder twyfel
Sê maar solank
Dankie
Met verwagting
Op ons Here
Ons Vader wat sorg
Ons Helper Gees van God
As dit swaar
As dit sukkel

“Want Ek verkwik die vermoeide siel en elke kwynende siel versadig Ek.”
‭‭JEREMIA‬ ‭31‬:‭25‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Tot in die gryse
Sal hul groei
Die onskuldiges
Onskuldig verklaar
Binne die onskuld
Die prys betaal
Deur Jesus Christus

“Maar U verhoog my horing soos van 'n buffel; ek is met vars olie gesalf. En my oog sien met welgevalle neer op die wat my voorlê, my ore hoor van die wat teen my as kwaaddoeners opstaan. Die regverdige sal groei soos 'n palmboom; hy sal opgroei soos 'n seder op die Líbanon. Geplant in die huis van die Here, sal hulle groei in die voorhowe van onse God. In die gryse ouderdom sal hulle nog vrugte dra, hulle sal vet en groen wees, om te verkondig dat die Here reg is, my rots, en in Hom is geen onreg nie.”
‭‭PSALMS‬ ‭92‬:‭11‬-‭16‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Oral word gesoek
Vir groot dinge
Dis verniet
Hou maar op
Tog was die belofte
Om te vind wie jy is

Wie is ‘n mens
Ons weet
Ons weet eintlik

“En sou jý vir jou groot dinge soek? Soek dit nie; want kyk, Ek bring onheil oor alle vlees, spreek die Here; maar Ek sal jou siel vir jou as buit gee in al die plekke waarheen jy sal gaan.”
‭‭JEREMIA‬ ‭45‬:‭5‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Wie gryp sommer net
‘n hond aan sy ore
Dis soos dit is
Om ‘n baklei nader te trek
Van ander

“Hy wat 'n verbylopende hond aan die ore gryp, is een wat hom vererg oor 'n twis wat hom nie aangaan nie.”
‭‭SPREUKE‬ ‭26‬:‭17‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Daar was ‘n liedjie
Vergeet om te vergeet
Onthou om te onthou
Vergeet om te vergeet

Dan is daar nou
Vergeet om te onthou
Onthou om te vergeet
Van self

Onthou Wie nou
Wie nou
Leef in jou
My en jou

Vandag in Dwarskersbos
Kersbos
Naby Laaiplek
Digby Vellerif

Wat kan jy nog onthou
Van amper veertig jare terug
Se skoolhou
In Vredenburg

Die weskus
Wat gehard is
Maar tog ook sag
Soos ‘n mooiste sonsak

Knowledge becomes faith
when we can act accordingly

Always well as always
Thank you

We can’t see it
But we know it
Our salvation

We can’t see it
But we know it
Our forgiveness

We can’t see it
But we know it
Our healing

We know
We will see it
When nothing hinders it

Can we be forgiven
without belief
Can we be healed
without belief

Believers do not always
heal from illness
But why

Why do we believe
the wrong so easily
The right so hard
to believe

Unbelief is not an insult
It iz
not understanding
Not knowing
The absolute truth
can be our compass
The cross of Jesus Christ
is that

Then the conversation
begins at Jesus heals
If not
Why

If unbelief stands in the way
There is a way
The man prayed
I believe
Help my unbelief

“Bless the LORD, O my soul: And all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases;”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭103‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

"Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, 'Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!'
Mar 9:24 NKJV

Wat is waardeer se teenpool
Die ander kant van waardeer
Dis nou soos waardeer
die hulp van ander
Die omgee en liefde

Daar is geen verweer
Vir ‘n kop wat sweer
Van jaloesie

Daar is wel hoop
Vir die slegte emosie
Om dit te oorwin

Vir Vaderkinders
Jesus leef in ons
Ons het die meeste

Die Heilige Gees
Sal wys hoe
Wanneer ons vra

“Woede is wreed, en toorn kook oor; maar wie kan voor jaloersheid standhou?”
‭‭SPREUKE‬ ‭27‬:‭4‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

What is it
Forgiveness
Part is our wrong
forgiven by God
Part is us forgiving
others their wrong
Part and part
Makes a whole
Of forgiveness

Forgive me my sins
as I forgive others

"And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses."
Mark 11:25 NKJV

"And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors."
Matthew 6:12 NKJV

Faith is to believe
what we know is true
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
Hebrew 11:1 NKJV

Wie het dit uitgedink
Dat stilbly ‘n antwoord is

You’re still you
You simply become
the godly version
of you
When you give reigns
to Jesus Christ

What happens then
That is wondrous

Jesus Christ living in you
Nothing is more special
Equalizing us all
Growing the soul
To become His expression
Of you

Ek is
Omdat God is

No need
for new
Only for neat
And clean

The name of the place
was Sin
Another was No

Multitudes of No
will be eradicated
And Sin in great pain

No to Jesus Christ perishes
Sin has a tail
that hurts

“I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt; I will cut off the multitude of No, And set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall have great pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be in distress daily.”
‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭30‬:‭15‬-‭16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Living on the farm
Someone tried
to jump the fence
We can defend

Living in the world
Someone tried
to offend
We might defend

The intruder
jumps the personal fence
We might defend
By taking no offence

Taking offence
let the intruder
imprison the innocent
in (of)fence

The young man said
Nobody can say anything
People just take offence
All the time

Freedom of speech
we freely advocate
However how free
Are we

No jumping of fences
No imprisonments
by intruders
Could be an intention

So that we can be free
To enjoy the glee
Of living on the farm

In the world

Die uitsonderlike het gebeur
Leeus se bekke is gesluit
Die hitte van vuur is weg

Maar dan ook
Hulle kry krag
As hul swak is

Vrouens kry mense terug
Selfs uit die dood
Martel bo bevryding gekies

Hulle is bespot en geslaan
Tronke
In stukke gesaag

Gebrek
Verdruk
Mishandel

Hul belofte moes wag
Ten spyte van
Dis om te glo

Dis om te weet
Wat is waar
Om daarby te hou

“wat deur die geloof koninkryke oorweldig het, geregtigheid uitgeoefen, beloftes verkry, bekke van leeus toegestop, die krag van vuur uitgeblus, die skerpte van die swaard ontvlug, krag uit swakheid ontvang het, dapper gewees het in die oorlog, leërs van vreemdes op die vlug gedryf het. Vroue het hulle dode deur opstanding teruggekry, en ander is gefolter en wou geen bevryding aanneem nie, om 'n beter opstanding te kan verkry. Ander weer het die proef van bespottinge en géselinge deurstaan, ook van boeie en gevangenis. Hulle is gestenig, in stukke gesaag, versoek, deur die swaard vermoor. Hulle het rondgeloop in skaapvelle en in bokvelle; hulle het gebrek gely, hulle is verdruk, mishandel — die wêreld was hulle nie werd nie — hulle het in woestyne rondgedwaal en op berge en in spelonke en skeure in die grond. En alhoewel hulle almal deur die geloof getuienis ontvang het, het hulle die belofte nie verkry nie, omdat God iets beters oor ons beskik het, sodat hulle nie sonder ons volmaak sou word nie.”
‭‭HEBREËRS‬ ‭11‬:‭33‬-‭40‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Dink aan die boom
se weerkaatsing op water
As ons opkyk
dan sien ons die boom

So seker soos ons is
van die weerkaatsing
So seker kan ons wees
van die boom

Die waarheid is daar
Ons kan dit vind
Want wie soek sal
Weerkaatsing is waarheid

Die oorwinning is daar
van Jesus Christus
Wie vra kan dit kry
Weerkaatsing is oorwinning

Eers sien ons
net weerkaatsing
Waarheid en
oorwinning
van Jesus Christus
Maar ons weet
die boom is daar

Later sien ons die boom
Dit wat ons nie kon sien nie
Kan ons nou sien

Soos ons meer weet
Wat is waarheid
Wat is oorwinning
deur Jesus Christus
Wanneer ons
die weerkaatsing meer verstaan
kan ons meer glo die boom
is ook daar

Geloof is dinamies
Dit het ‘n vaste beginpunt
Dis ons verlossing
Bewerk deur Christus
Tog leer ons daarna
wat dit insluit
Meer en meer
Hoe meer ons weet
wat is Waarheid
en Oorwinning
hoe meer kan ons glo
vir die realiteit daarvan
in ons lewens

Ons wil graag groei
In geloof
As gelowiges almal reeds
volgroeid was in geloof
Sou ons almal
minstens kon doen
wat Jesus vra
Soos siekes genees

Soos ons kan glo
kan ons anders optree
Onsienbare geloof het
‘n sienbare uitwerking
Groei in geloof
maak nuwe realiteite

Die Heilige Gees leer ons
om te groei
In waarheid en geloof
Wanneer ons vra

Bitachon
is ‘n Hebreeuse woord
vir geloof
Dit beteken om te glo
in ons Here
Om sekerheid te vind
by Hom
Sekerheid en sekuriteit
Vir alles

Ons onvermoë om te oorleef
Sonder water
Sonder kos
Dis wat ons wys

Dit wys ons
Hoe breekbaar ons is

As ons val vir versoekings
Dis wat dit wys
Ons is feilbaar
Ons kan foute maak

Kan ons dan nou net val
Ons weet elke val
het ‘n gevolg
‘n Slegte gevolg
Altyd vir jouself
Maar ook ander

Die gevolg
kan permanent wees
Onuitwisbaar
So erg kan dit wees

Daarom
Dis noodsaaklik
Om weg te draai
Van verkeerd

Daar is tog nie
geen beheer
Daar is selfbeheer
Dit kan ons doen

Die vrug
van die Heilige Gees
In Sy krag
reg en heilig kies

Ons kan nie
verkeerd toelaat
Dit aanvaar
Of toesmeer

Verlos
Bevry
Nuut leef
Vir jou en ander

Elke oomblik
Nou
Waar daar ‘n wil is
is daar verseker ‘n weg

Ons oordeel mekaar nie
Wie is onfeilbaar
Dit maak ongelukkig
nie verkeerd reg

Verkeerd is onwelkom
Altyd
Die deur is toe
Vir dit

Die deur is oop
Vir belydenis
Vergifnis
Vasberade vir heilig

Krag en liefde
Selfbeheersing
Dis die Heilige Gees
Wat ons hemelse Vader gee

“Want God het ons nie 'n gees van vreesagtigheid gegee nie, maar van krag en liefde en selfbeheersing.”
‭‭II TIMÓTHEÜS‬ ‭1‬:‭7‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“WAT sal ons dan sê? Sal ons in die sonde bly, dat die genade meer kan word? Nee, stellig nie! Ons wat die sonde afgesterf het, hoe kan ons nog daarin lewe?”
‭‭ROMEINE‬ ‭6‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“En moenie julle lede stel tot beskikking van die sonde as werktuie van ongeregtigheid nie, maar stel julleself tot beskikking van God as mense wat uit die dode lewend geword het, en julle lede as werktuie van geregtigheid in die diens van God. Want die sonde sal oor julle nie heers nie; want julle is nie onder die wet nie, maar onder die genade. Wat dan? Sal ons sonde doen, omdat ons nie onder die wet is nie maar onder die genade? Nee, stellig nie! Weet julle nie dat aan wie julle julself as diensknegte tot beskikking stel om hom gehoorsaam te wees, julle diensknegte is van hom aan wie julle gehoorsaam is nie — òf van die sonde tot die dood, òf van die gehoorsaamheid tot geregtigheid?”
‭‭ROMEINE‬ ‭6‬:‭13‬-‭16‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Laat niemand, as hy in versoeking kom, sê: Ek word deur God versoek nie. Want God kan deur die kwaad nie versoek word nie, en self versoek Hy niemand nie. Maar elkeen word versoek as hy deur sy eie begeerlikheid weggesleep en verlok word. Daarna, as die begeerlikheid ontvang het, baar dit sonde; en as die sonde tot volle ontwikkeling gekom het, bring dit die dood voort.”
‭‭JAKOBUS‬ ‭1‬:‭13‬-‭15‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Dwarsoor die wêreld
Word hulle ingetrek
Na die land
Deur ons hemelse Vader gekies

Vir altyd vir hul kinders
En hul kinders
Die heiligdom van ons God
By Sy nasie Israel

“en sê vir hulle: So spreek die Here Here: Kyk, Ek gaan die kinders van Israel haal tussen die nasies uit waarheen hulle getrek het, en Ek sal hulle van alle kante bymekaar laat kom en hulle bring in hul land. En Ek sal hulle een volk maak in die land, op die berge van Israel; en een Koning sal vir hulle almal koning wees; en hulle sal nie meer twee nasies wees nie en verder nie meer in twee koninkryke verdeeld wees nie. En hulle sal hul nie meer verontreinig met hulle drekgode en hulle verfoeisels en met al hulle oortredinge nie; en Ek sal hulle verlos uit al hulle woonplekke waarin hulle gesondig het, en sal hulle reinig. So sal hulle dan vir my 'n volk wees, en Ek vir hulle 'n God wees. En my kneg Dawid sal koning oor hulle wees, en hulle sal almal een herder hê; en hulle sal in my verordeninge wandel en my insettinge onderhou en daarna handel. En hulle sal woon in die land wat Ek aan my kneg Jakob gegee het, waar julle vaders in gewoon het; ja, húlle sal daarin woon, hulle kinders en hulle kindskinders tot in ewigheid; en my kneg Dawid sal hulle vors wees vir ewig. En Ek sal 'n verbond van vrede met hulle sluit, dit sal 'n ewige verbond met hulle wees; en Ek sal hulle daar bring en hulle vermenigvuldig; en Ek sal my heiligdom in hulle midde vestig vir ewig. En my tabernakel sal oor hulle wees, en Ek sal vir hulle 'n God wees en hulle vir my 'n volk wees. En die nasies sal weet dat Ek die Here is wat Israel heilig as my heiligdom vir ewig in hulle midde sal wees.”
Esegiël 37:21-28 AFR53‭

What more can we say
Bread and water
Will be blessed
Enough to eat and drink
They will have
Even taken away
From them sickness
No miscarriage
Nor barrenness
Their number of days
Completed

These are
for believers in Christ
As well
To bring the promises
to our Father in heaven
For applying in our lives

““So you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you. No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.”
‭‭Exodus‬ ‭23‬:‭25‬-‭26‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Die gedagtes
Die woorde
Die doen en late
Alles oorgegee
Aan die Heilige Gees
Om te kan wees

“As iemand onder julle meen dat hy godsdienstig is en sy tong nie in toom hou nie, maar sy hart mislei, die godsdiens van hierdie man is tevergeefs. Reine en onbesmette godsdiens voor God en die Vader is dít: om wese en weduwees in hulle verdrukking te besoek en jou vlekkeloos te bewaar van die wêreld.”
‭‭JAKOBUS‬ ‭1‬:‭26‬-‭27‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Daar is nie ‘n inspuiting
Vir selfbeheersing
Ook nie vir wysheid
Of kennis

Die Heilige Gees
gee krag
liefde en selfbeheersing
Vir Jesus Christus volgelinge

Ons hemelse Vader
gee wysheid
Wanneer Sy kinders vra
Sonder eers fout te vind

Die Woord van God
Gee kennis
In oormaat
Vir elke vraag

The leader of rebellion
We know who it is
Being rebellious
is compared
to occultic activity

We know idolatry
People and things
become idols
Being stubborn
is compared to that

“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, He also has rejected you from being king.””
‭‭I Samuel‬ ‭15‬:‭23‬ ‭NKJV

Die skrywer
van Psalm 118
Was toegewy
Om die Here
te verkondig
Al was hy
tot die dood
gekasty
Deur die Een
wat hy verkondig

“Ek sal nie sterwe nie, maar lewe en die werke van die Here vertel. Die Here het my hard gekasty, maar my aan die dood nie oorgegee nie.”
‭‭PSALMS‬ ‭118‬:‭17‬-‭18‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Melk wat onvervals is
Want wie oorweeg
vervalste melk

Baba’s is mal oor melk
Dis hul oorlewing
Groei en versterking

Dis hoe ons proe
Die goedheid van God
Sy Woord is onverdun suiwer

“LÊ dan af alle boosheid en alle bedrog en geveinsdheid en afguns en alle kwaadpratery; en verlang sterk soos pasgebore kindertjies na die onvervalste melk van die woord, dat julle daardeur kan opgroei, as julle ten minste gesmaak het dat die Here goedertieren is.”
‭‭I PETRUS‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Die vorige is verby
Onbereikbaar verby
Toe hulle deur is
Deur die Rooi See

So ook vir Noag
Toe die ark hom bewaar
Vir hom en sy gesin
En al die diere

Dis ook hoe dit is
Die doopwaters in Christus
In Jesus Christus
Die vorige is verby

Heeltemal verby

“WANT ek wil nie hê, broeders, dat julle nie sou weet nie dat ons vaders almal onder die wolk was en almal deur die see deurgegaan het, en almal in Moses gedoop is in die wolk en in die see,”
‭‭I KORINTHIËRS‬ ‭10‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“wat eertyds ongehoorsaam was toe die lankmoedigheid van God een maal gewag het in die dae van Noag, onderwyl die ark gereed gemaak is, waarin weinig, dit is agt, siele deur water heen gered is; waarvan die teëbeeld, die doop, ons nou ook red, nie as 'n aflegging van die vuilheid van die vlees nie, maar as 'n bede tot God om 'n goeie gewete — deur die opstanding van Jesus Christus”
‭‭I PETRUS‬ ‭3‬:‭20‬-‭21‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Dit maak alles soveel makliker Wanneer beantwoord met sëen Nydig Te na kom Jaloesie Beledigings Onbeskof Wat ook al Met onthou Tog net onthou Alltyd net onthou Ek en jy Jy en ek Ja ons Maak ook foute Moet ook nog groei Moet ook nog leer Ingesteld Om dit makliker te maak vir ander “Vergeld geen kwaad met kwaad of skeldwoorde met skeldwoorde nie, maar seën inteendeel, omdat julle weet dat julle hiertoe geroep is, sodat julle seën kan beërwe. Want wie die lewe wil liefhê en goeie dae wil sien, moet sy tong bewaar vir wat verkeerd is, en sy lippe dat hulle geen bedrog spreek nie. Hy moet afwyk van wat verkeerd is, en doen wat goed is; hy moet vrede soek en dit najaag.” ‭‭I PETRUS‬ ‭3‬:‭9‬-‭11‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

A superlative key
We have in reverence

“Happy is the man who is always reverent, But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭28‬:‭14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Onbevange teenwoordig
Dis die eerste bestanddeel
In die resep
Vir goeie kommunikasie
Goeie verhoudinge

It is a mindshift
It becomes an opportunity
To bless
Instead of retaliate against

To be present
We need that
With our mind
With our body
With our blessing
Our good intentions

This is an antidote
For PA and AA
Temptations in our way
In this time and day

Presence abuse
PA
Being there
Without the good
The good intentions
and attention

Absence abuse
AA
Not there
Absent
Mostly
Unavailable

To be present
With our best
Intention
Attention
In words
Deeds
That is what we need

Dit lyk erg
Nie ‘n plek
om te wees

Is daar hoop
Vir dit

My hoop is
die redding van gees

“Want as hulle, nadat hulle deur die kennis van die Here en Saligmaker, Jesus Christus, die besmettinge van die wêreld ontvlug het, hulle tog weer deur hierdie dinge laat verstrik en oorwin word, dan het vir hulle die laaste erger geword as die eerste.”
‭‭II PETRUS‬ ‭2‬:‭20‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“om so iemand aan die Satan oor te lewer tot verderf van die vlees, sodat die gees gered kan word in die dag van die Here Jesus.”
‭‭I KORINTHIËRS‬ ‭5‬:‭5‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Dis met kinders wat hy praat
Kinders van ons hemelse Vader

Mense wat die waarheid ken
Op wie die salwing is
Van die Heilige Gees

Ons kan weet
Ons mag weet

Die Gees woon in ons
Wat in Waarheid bly
In Jesus Christus

Die Heilige Gees kan
Kan ons alles leer
Kom ons vra
Kom ons klop
Kom ons soek

“En julle het die salwing van die Heilige en weet alles. Ek het nie aan julle geskrywe omdat julle die waarheid nie ken nie, maar omdat julle dit ken en omdat geen leuen uit die waarheid is nie.”
‭‭I JOHANNES‬ ‭2‬:‭20‬-‭21‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Bid, en vir julle sal gegee word; soek, en julle sal vind; klop, en vir julle sal oopgemaak word. Want elkeen wat bid, ontvang; en hy wat soek, vind; en vir hom wat klop, sal oopgemaak word.”
‭‭MATTHÉÜS‬ ‭7‬:‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“Of weet julle nie dat julle liggaam 'n tempel is van die Heilige Gees wat in julle is, wat julle van God het, en dat julle nie aan julself behoort nie?”
‭‭I KORINTHIËRS‬ ‭6‬:‭19‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Die sand is skoon gespoel
So skoon
Elke keer
Na hoogwater

Nuut en vars
Kan daar gestap word
Asof eerste spore
Die oues is weggewas

Heeltemal nuut
Lê dit oop
Vir ons gedoen
Elke keer

Daar is ‘n plek vir alles

Wie loop in onderklere
In ander mense se huise

Wie kyk vasgenael
Na mense intiem

In die regte lewe

Waarom dan
In beeldmateriaal

Die massiewe slaggate
In ons pad

Wat ons karre breek

When the power
of the holy people scattered
All these things will be finished

“And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.”
‭‭Daniel‬ ‭12‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Wanneer is mens
ontrou
aan jou vrou
Jou man

Kyk en dink
met begeerte
Word ons geleer
Dis buite selfbeheer

Wie kyk skaamteloos
Na intimiteit
Of harteloos
Na wreedheid

Wie deel privaatheid
Met enige mens
Of ‘n ontblote liggaam
Sommer net

Om verkeerd te wys
Om verkeerd te kyk
Ontneem
Sonder uitsondering

Meer as versadig
Word die siel
Van spot
Veragting

Ook van te veel
Te veel
Liefdeloosheid

Wees ons genadig
o Here
Help ons omdraai
Van dit
Maar ook van
kritiseer en ondankbaar
Onvergenoegd en kla
Foute uitwys
Onvrede en onvergifnis
Te na kom en mislik wees

Waarom ‘n toeskouer bly
Van opregte en ware lewe
Van verhoudinge in vrede

Waarom mekaar uitput
Met diskoerse van verslawing
Om gate te probeer vul
Wat net ons hemelse Vader kan

Daar hoef nie gate te wees

Wees ons genadig
o Here

Waarom soek mens roem
Eer van ander

Wees ons genadig
o Here

“Wees ons genadig, o Here, wees ons genadig, want meer as versadig is ons van veragting; meer as versadig is ons siel van die spot van die oormoediges, van die veragting van die trotsaards!”
‭‭PSALMS‬ ‭123‬:‭3‬-‭4‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“My kinders, bewaar julleself van die afgode. Amen.”
‭‭I JOHANNES‬ ‭5‬:‭21‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Die behae
van ons hemelse Vader
is liefde

Kan Sy liefde verskeur
Kan Sy liefde slaan
Dit kan

Om te genees
Om te verbind
Met suiwer as einddoel

Altyd terug na Hom
Altyd najaag
Om God te ken

Ons Here sal ons verkwik
Soos laat somerrëens
So seker soos sonsopkoms

“Want Ek het 'n behae in liefde en nie in offerande nie, en in kennis van God meer as in brandoffers.”
‭‭HOSÉA‬ ‭6‬:‭6‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“KOM en laat ons terugkeer tot die Here; want Hy het verskeur en sal ons genees, Hy het geslaan en sal ons verbind.”
‭‭HOSÉA‬ ‭6‬:‭1‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

“En laat ons ken — laat ons dit najaag om die Here te ken; sy opgang is so seker soos die dagbreek, en Hy sal tot ons kom soos die reën, soos die laat reëns wat die aarde besproei.”
‭‭HOSÉA‬ ‭6‬:‭3‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Die lekker ding van ‘n vuur
Is dat mens heeltyd
kan karring daaraan
Die een stompie bietjie so
Die ander stompie weer bo
Alles dat dit vrolik brand
Om warm te maak
as dit koud

The wisdom we need
Is pure and gentle
No sign of partiality
Nor hypocrisy
Yes always willing to help
To give
Considerate
With a heart of grace

Wisdom is always at our disposal
Ask and you will have
It is available
Oceans full of it
And more

No walk over it is
Not a give-in to all
Wisdom taps from power
From strength
To keep guard for good
For what is right

The Spirit of God
Living in believers
Is abundant in love
Mighty in strength
Masterful in self-control
Perfected in thoughts

This is the immaculate
believers have within

We are made for power
No wonder all chase after power
Unfortunately counterfeit power
is presented everywhere
The power we need
is the Spirit of God
Anything else will never satisfy
Anything else is a deadlock

Wisdom activated in power
God’s power
His love and self-control
This wisdom says no
Stands against
The unholy pressure
of the world we inhabit
Even when being despised for it

Love is not a walk over
It may not obey
the call and appeal
Of what is just wrong

Tears are flowing
from my eyes
Correction is never easy

"But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace."
‭‭James‬ ‭3‬:‭14‬-‭18‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen.”
‭‭Jude‬ ‭1‬:‭24‬-‭25‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.”
‭‭James‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
‭‭II Timothy‬ ‭1‬:‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Ons gooi ou papiere weg
In die vullisdrom met dit

Ons gooi nie verhoudinge weg
In die werkskamer met dit

Verhoudinge met mense
Word bewerk

Soos yster op yster
Skaaf ons mekaar

“Yster slyp yster, so slyp die een mens die persoon van die ander.”
‭‭SPREUKE‬ ‭27‬:‭17‬ ‭AFR53‬‬

Sex appeal
Now that draws attention

Dressed or not dressed
For that

Is it ignorance
Or is it desperate for attention

Waarom gebeur dit
Skeiding
Tussen ouers en kinders

Sekerlik klomp redes
Kinders voel so daaroor
Ouers voel so daaroor
So en so verskil dan soms

Ouers se harte
By hul kinders
Kinders se harte by hul ouers

Ons hemelse Vader
en Sy Seun Jesus Christus
Dis die ideaal
Die rolmodel

Dis waarheen ons werk
Ouers wat daar is
Kinders wat lojaal is

Vader teenoor Seun
Versorg en bemagtig
Seun teenoor Vader
Getrou selfs tot die dood

Die Vader het alles gedeel
Met Sy Seun

Sterk staan
ter wille van goed
Hou kommunikasie kanale oop

Onverbiddellik verstok in stilte
Of blaf kru woorde
wat krenk

Kom ons help mekaar
Met kanale
Wawyd oop

Bang vir mense
Versoek en besoek
Geaardheid is van onbelang

Liefde vir mense
Dien en geniet
Geaardheid is van onbelang

Dit hoef nooit
skipbreuk te ly nie
Verhoudings
in wedersydse liefde

Die goeie verhouding
bly ‘n gegewe konstante
Dan kan daar
gewerk word daaraan

Die verhouding dan
kan gebytel word
Sonder vrees
Na beter en meer
Nr 368 University is in a sense like a pressure cooker Of knowledge Forming friendships And many more ships of relations Especially the university of life Nr 369 Me myself and my little world in I My lonely lonely world in I In search of never finding comfort Because it’s all a lie That we can exist only for me myself and I Nr 370 Really Forgive to be forgiven Forgive me As I forgive others If we forgive others We will be forgiven Really Child of God There is a huge difference Between being redeemed And forgiven First we forgive Then pray ““For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭14‬-‭15‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ ““And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.”” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭11‬:‭25‬-‭26‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Nr 371 Think before you ink I heard someone say Think before you talk We also heard “Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭29‬:‭20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Nr 372 First things first What is it If an ailment Why not me Be healed Why only other people Through His crucifixion Jesus Christ heals If you look to Him now To cure your illness Jesus Christ heals you Do you believe that Then you are healed Even if you do not feel it All praise to our God The lady decided This rock wall will be descended By trusting in God It is different For anything else that happens To our bodies Outside our abilities To restore For that A miracle is needed One that we can ask According to the will Of Father God Poison is not an illness Neither unhealthy habits These are two examples However there are many more It can be multiple situations We need help of God From the Holy Spirit To discern To know How to handle this Being overlooked By our heavenly Father Is just not compatible To His love and care We can rest in that My deepest empathy For your struggle Please remember All believers grow In faith None of us have reached perfection May the miracles The healings Deliverances Give hope Motivate To lessen your frustration Your discouragement It must end It has an end My prayer for you Is our Father’s ending In His perfect time