Every sinner has a FUTURE

Poem received this morning

I was shocked, confused, bewildered
As I entered Heaven's door,
Not by the beauty of it all,
Nor the lights or its decor.

But it was the folks in Heaven
Who made me sputter and gasp--
The thieves, the liars, the sinners,
The alcoholics and the trash.

There stood the kid from seventh grade
Who swiped my lunch money twice.
Next to him was my old neighbour
Who never said anything nice.

Herb, who I always thought
Was rotting away in hell,
Was sitting pretty on cloud nine,
Looking incredibly well.

I nudged Jesus, 'What's the deal?
I would love to hear Your take.
How'd all these sinners get up here?
God must've made a mistake.

'And why's everyone so quiet,
So sombre - give me a clue.'
'Hush, child,' He said, 'they're all in shock.
No one thought they'd be seeing you.'


JUDGE NOT.

Remember...Just going to church doesn't make you a Christian
any more than standing in your garage makes you a car .

Every saint has a PAST....
Every sinner has a FUTURE

'n Maalende bulb moment

Vandat ons begin het, het Mat 11:29 gereeld in my kop gemaal. Ek lees dit die kant toe, dan lees ek die vers daardie kant toe.

Walk with me and work with me--watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace.

I am able to watch Jesus when I learn more, of His unforced rhythms of grace, from the Bible. When I try hard to add the new found wisdom to my live is the not a way of walking with Jesus and working with Jesus?

Terwyl ons deur die tekse/tekste gelees het, het die volgende woorde/phrases vir my uitgestaan.

• Recover your live
• With me
• Watch how
• Do it
• Unforced rhythms of grace
• Keep company
• Learn to live

A bulb moment resulted in the following:-

• Keep company with Jesus, watch how to and recover your live; learn to live with the unforced rhythms of grace. Do I want to do it?

Ek het in 2006 die volgende gesegde (as mens dit ‘n gesegde kan noem) gehoor – ‘Walk the talk’, dit is nou om mense wat Jesus uit leef en nie net praat nie te beskryf. Ek will dit verder uitbry deur te se ‘walk the talk AND talk the walk’

Maak dit deel van ons lewens weg.

Cheers for eers J <><

Yoke results form our search efforts No 2

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http://www.christianchronicle.org/article172~Meditation:_To_understand_'Take_my_yoke_upon_you_and_learn_from_me'

Yoke results form our search efforts No 1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1) Take my yoke - This is a figure taken from the use of oxen, and hence signifying to labor for one, or in the service of anyone. The “yoke” is used in the Bible as an emblem:

(1) of bondage or slavery, Lev_26:13; Deu_28:38.

(2) of afflictions or crosses, Lam_3:27. Klaagliedere 3:27

(3) of the punishment of sin, Lam_1:14, Klaagliedere 1:14

(4) of the commandments of God.

(5) of legal ceremonies, Act_15:10; Gal_5:1.

2) It refers here to the religion of the Redeemer; and the idea is, that they should embrace his system of religion and obey him. All virtue and all religion imply “restraint” - the restraint of our bad passions and inclinations - and subjection to laws; and the Saviour here means to say that the restraints and laws of his religion are mild, and gentle, and easy.

3) Let anyone compare them with the burdensome and expensive ceremonies of the Jews (see Act_15:10), or with the religious rites of the pagan everywhere, or with the requirements of the Popish system, and he will see how true it is that Jesus’ yoke is easy. And let his laws and requirements be compared with the laws which sin imposes on its votaries - the laws of fashion, and honor, and sensuality - and he will feel that religion is “freedom,” Joh_8:36. “He is a freeman whom the truth makes free, and all are slaves besides.” It is “easier” to be a Christian than a sinner; and of all the yokes ever imposed on people, that of the Redeemer is the lightest.

Questions during session/Vrae tydens sessie

Hoop ek het als getik

1. neem juk op
1. wat is die juk
2. juk hoekom sag & lig
3. Juk wat Jesus gedrae het
4. Juk wat ons drae (my eie)
5. Juk wat ek kry
2. waar kry ons die rus
3. slegs vir bemoeides & oorlaaide mense (van watter mense praat Jesus)
1. whom was part of Jesus crowd
4. wat is koppeling met Joodse kultuur & tradiesies
5. wat het die mense in Jesus se tyd moeg en oorlaai laat voel
1. kan dit met vandag in kontekts gebring word
2. wat veroorsaak dat jy moeg & oorlaai is
3. dinge voor teks, wat het aanleiding gegee tot die teks
6. moet ek eers vir myself of sorg vir ander mense ook
1. moet ek sorg dat ekself in die hemel kom
2. moet ek opofferings maak en so ‘n bydrae maak om ander ook van Jesus te vertel
7. burned out on religion?
1. Nie in die afr weergawe
2. Daar is ‘n veskill tussen geloof (religion) & godsdiens (faith)
3. skrywer het ook storie/ervaring van ‘burned out on religion’
8. keep company with me – wie is die ‘me’
1. met Jesus OF sy mense (ander Christene/ongelowiges)
9. wont lay anything heavy or ill-fitting
1. wat is die ill-fitting
10. rus vir gemoed (in OAV) kan dit gekoppel word met unforced rhythms of grace (in Msg)
11. unforced rhythms of grace
1. wat beteken genade
2. wat omvat die genade

Can You Sleep While The Wind Blows

Someone sent me this email quite a while ago, but I have never forgotten it. I eventually pinned it on my notice board by my desk for inspiration.

Years ago, a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast.
He constantly advertised for hired hands.
Most people were reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic.
They dreaded the awful storms that raged across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc on the buildings and crops.
As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received a steady stream of refusals.Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, approached the farmer.
'Are you a good farm hand?' the farmer asked him.
'Well, I can sleep when the wind blows,' answered the little man.Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, desperate for help, hired him.
The little man worked well around the farm, busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work.
Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore.
Jumping out of bed, the farmer grabbed a lantern and rushed next door to the hired hand's sleeping quarters.
He shook the little man and yelled, 'Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down before they blow away!'
The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, 'No sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows.'Enraged by the response, the farmer was tempted to fire him on the spot.
Instead, he hurried outside to prepare for the storm.
To his amazement, he discovered that all of the haystacks had been covered with tarpaulins.
The cows were in the barn, the chickens were in the coops, and the doors were barred.
The shutters were tightly secured.. Everything was tied down.
Nothing could blow away.
The farmer then understood what his hired hand meant,
so he returned to his bed to also sleep while the wind blew.
When you're prepared, spiritually, mentally, and physically, you have nothing to fear.
Can you sleep when the wind blows through your life?
The hired hand in the story was able to sleep because he had secured the farm against the storm.
We secure ourselves against the storms of life by grounding ourselves in the Word of God.
We don't need to understand, we just need to hold his hand to have peace in the middle of storms.