by CLF | Dec 11, 2023 | Devotional
Bernard Groenewald was sleeping in his truck near Touws River when a petrol bomb was thrown into the cabin at 01:00 in the night. He was the son of my sister, Betsie, and her husband, Pieter. Twelve days later, Betsie wrote on the WhatsApp groups: “Bernard has...
by CLF | Mar 6, 2023 | Devotional
Frans Buys had to pick up a friend from just outside the entrance to a large building in Leiden, Holland. He wanted to park in front of the entrance but didn’t turn in time and hence parked behind a large bus. He got out and went to wait in the parking area at the...
by CLF | Feb 13, 2023 | Devotional
“Vandag se kinders hou van weelde; hulle het slegte maniere, en minag gesag; hulle toon oneerbiedigheid teenoor ouer mense.” Klink dit deesdae bekend? Wel, dit is meer as 2 400 jaar gelede deur Sokrates (470 – 399 vC), ʼn beroemde Griekse filosoof, gesê. Salomo skryf:...
by CLF | Feb 6, 2023 | Devotional
On a mountain near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is a statue representing “Christ the Redeemer”, with outstretched arms as a gesture of welcome; an expression of Jesus’ role as the Saviour. The statue (with pedestal) stands 38 m high, more or less the height of a 13 storey...
by CLF | Jan 16, 2023 | Devotional
Dedicated to my friend Louis van der Westhuizen (19/05/1938 – 21/06/2012) When I wanted to go and show this email message to my friend Louis to hear whether he agrees that I distribute it, I had to learn that he had died a couple of hours earlier. My friend...
by CLF | Sep 30, 2022 | Blogs
“Out of every hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them for they make the battle. Ah, but the one..the one is a Dragon Hunter.” – Aangepas van Heraclitus, circa 460 BC Leierskap...
by CLF | Aug 1, 2022 | Blogs
Lente is om die draai. Hierdie seisoen word tradisioneel geassosieer met ´n nuwe begin, hoop, groei, nuwe lewe… en diëte! Jy is wat jy eet, en aan die einde van die winter is die meeste van ons ´n mengsel van winterbredies, warm poedings, beskuit en koppies...
by CLF | Jul 18, 2022 | Devotional
The greatest gift you can give someone is your time because when you give your time, you are giving a portion of your life that you will never get back. – Anonymous This is the beginning of a new day. God has given us to use this day as I will. I can waste it or use...
