Romans 8:38-39

For I am convinced that

• neither death nor life,
• neither angels nor demons,
• neither the present nor the future,
• nor any powers,
• neither height nor depth,
• nor anything else in all creation,

will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

- God is a God who knows no limits.
- Nothing in the entire world can separate us from His love.
- We work within limitations but God does not work with limitations.

Hoe geseend is ons nie, om so 'n wonderlike GOD in ons lewens te he.

Dit is lekker/fantasties/wonderlik/bevange om vir so 'n GOD te leef.

Excellence and perfection

I’m careful not to confuse excellence with perfection.
Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God’s business.
~ Michael J. Fox

Cherokee Legend

Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth's Rite of Passage?

His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him, and leaves him alone.

He is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove the blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through it.

He cannot cry out for help to anyone.

Once he survives the night, he is a MAN.

He cannot tell the other boys of this experience, because each lad must come into manhood on his own..

The boy is naturally terrified.

He can hear all kinds of noises

Wild beasts must surely be all around him..

Maybe even some human might do him harm.

The wind blew the grass and earth, and shook his stump, but he sat stoically, never removing the blindfold.

It would be the only way he could become a man!

Finally, after a horrific night the sun appeared and he removed his blindfold.

It was then that he discovered his father sitting on the stump next to him.

He had been at watch the entire night, protecting his son from harm.

We, too, are never alone..

Even when we don't know it, God is watching over us, sitting on the stump beside us.

When trouble comes, all we have to do is reach out to Him.

Moral of the story:

Just because you can't see God,

doesn't mean He is not there.

'For we walk by faith, not by sight.'