I have been wondering :
In the greater scheme of things of God's majesty and might , what does my little insignificant life with my insignificant problems matter to God.
How can I, in this time of Easter, pray for my little problems or for things that influence my happiness if their are such greater and worthier things to pray for. What is my happiness or my life worth compared to the salvation of the world. Why should God care about my puny (maybe selfish) problems?
Friday, March 21, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
Clearing the Temple
I realize that I actually need to post one extra post about what happened to us in the last two months and how God led us to be where we are now.It is a rather long and remarkable story. Let me just however say at the moment that my wife got the Job as Youth Pastor( Does that make me Mev jeug pastoor now?) and that we are settled in in Uitenhage,.
Last night( as every Sunday night) we had a youth evening service. At this service we have about 100 young people between 13 and 25 who come to worship. Well that is the problem . About 50 of them are there to worship. The other 50 sit around, listen (or try to because the music is loud) to their Ipods , or talk (scream) to each other while the worship team is trying to lead the rest in worship.
And I for one find it extremely annoying and distracting. Last night , as with the previous Sunday, I had to really bite my tongue and stop myself from not chasing and dragging those kids out of the church.
This morning in my quiet time I read amongst other things , how Jesus cleared them temple and said :"It is written in the Scriptures that God said, 'My Temple will be called a house of prayer.' But you are making it a hideout for thieves!" (Matt 21:13 GNB)
And this is essentially what these kids are doing. They are robbing other people , and themselves, of an opportunity to draw near to God. They are acting like they are more important than the other people who want to worship. They are acting like they are more important than God.
And so , maybe I should chase them out next Sunday. Problem is , it is not my job to do so . And making a scene would probably not help either.
But , this needs to stop. They are spoiling what could be a very meaningful experience for a lot of people by their arrogant and selfish behavior.
Last night( as every Sunday night) we had a youth evening service. At this service we have about 100 young people between 13 and 25 who come to worship. Well that is the problem . About 50 of them are there to worship. The other 50 sit around, listen (or try to because the music is loud) to their Ipods , or talk (scream) to each other while the worship team is trying to lead the rest in worship.
And I for one find it extremely annoying and distracting. Last night , as with the previous Sunday, I had to really bite my tongue and stop myself from not chasing and dragging those kids out of the church.
This morning in my quiet time I read amongst other things , how Jesus cleared them temple and said :"It is written in the Scriptures that God said, 'My Temple will be called a house of prayer.' But you are making it a hideout for thieves!" (Matt 21:13 GNB)
And this is essentially what these kids are doing. They are robbing other people , and themselves, of an opportunity to draw near to God. They are acting like they are more important than the other people who want to worship. They are acting like they are more important than God.
And so , maybe I should chase them out next Sunday. Problem is , it is not my job to do so . And making a scene would probably not help either.
But , this needs to stop. They are spoiling what could be a very meaningful experience for a lot of people by their arrogant and selfish behavior.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Monday, March 3, 2008
Goetertjie
Since we moved into our new house in Uitenhage about a month ago we have been sharing our home with these little guys. We seem to have at least one of them in every room. I have gotten so used to them that I invariably look up at the ceiling when I enter a room to see where they are.
My wife and I have started to call them "goetertjies" which translated to English would probably be translated as " thingy" .
This afternoon my wife rescued one in her office from the dog who wanted to play with it , and after some trouble i got this one to pose for a couple of photos.
so here you go :
My wife and I have started to call them "goetertjies" which translated to English would probably be translated as " thingy" .
This afternoon my wife rescued one in her office from the dog who wanted to play with it , and after some trouble i got this one to pose for a couple of photos.
so here you go :
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Weekend away
I spent a part of this weekend with my brother who is a ranger at Shamwari Game Reserve near Alicedale in the Eastern Cape.
Here are some of the pics I took this morning.
Here are some of the pics I took this morning.
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