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Written by Bron : Radiokansel | 
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Chuck Swindoll vertel van 'n man wat vir hom en sy vriendin kitskos gekoop het. Op een of ander manier het die opbrengs van die dag se verkope, en nie die kos nie, in die wegneemhouer beland; 'n emmer geld en nie middagete nie. By hulle piekniekplek aangekom, het die paartjie ontdek hulle het veel meer as kos gekry! Die man was ánders - hy het die geld teruggesit en teruggery. Die bestuurder van die kitskosplek was teen daardie tyd natuurlik al rasend. 'Meneer Eerlik' stap toe in en word 'n kitsheld. "Ek het kom kos koop, maar toe al dié geld gekry," het hy gesê. Die bestuurder was verheug en het gesê, "Jou foto moet in die koerant kom, jy is regtig een van die eerlikste mense wat ek nog ooit teëgekom het." Waarop die ander man dadelik reageer, "Nee, moenie dít doen nie!" Toe het hy nader geleun en gefluister, "Jy sien, die dame saam met my is iemand anders se vrou."
Paulus skryf, 'Staan dus vas deur waarheid as 'n gordel om julle heupe te dra en trek God se vryspraak as borsharnas aan.' (Efesiërs 6:14 NLV). Paulus het na die leergordel wat Romeinse soldate om hulle middel gedra het om hulle lende te beskerm en wat ook die skede vir hulle wapens was, verwys. Die gordel het die Romeinse tuniek in plek en bymekaar gehou, sodat dit nie aan iets kon vashaak nie. So is dit met jou geestelike weerbaarheid gesteld: integriteit beskerm jou en hou alles bymekaar.
Bron : Radiokansel
Written by Rocky Henriques | | |
In his book, “Lee: The Last Years,” Charles Bracelen Flood reports that after the Civil War, Robert E. Lee visited a Kentucky lady who took him to the remains of a grand old tree in front of her house. There she bitterly cried that its limbs and trunk had been destroyed by Federal artillery fire. She looked to Lee for a word condemning the North or at least sympathizing with her loss. After a brief silence, Lee said, "Cut it down, my dear Madam, and forget it."
What did the woman want Lee to do about it, anyway? His perspective was quite a bit different than hers. He had lost a bloody war; she had lost a tree. Perhaps his silence was due to his struggling to maintain control of himself. His answer to her reminds us that at times it is far better to forgive whatever injustices there may be than to allow bitterness to control or even destroy us. And some things just aren't that important anyway. They may be very important to us, certainly. But in the grand scheme of things, aren't there a few things which deserve our energy more?
Rocky Henriques
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Ek is wawyd wakker en nou probeer ek die snork naboots om te probeer vasstel of die ouens dit dalk kon gehoor het. Met my eerste probeer slag skrik ek so groot (gits!) dat ek nie verder probeer eksperimenteer nie. Ek sien hulle in elkgeval nooit weer nie, "so what". Wel ek het my naam geruk - dis verseker!. Ek kan al sien hoe hulle hierdie een met smaak oorvertel. |
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Here, ek kom huis toe Adoniram Judson se pa, 'n pastoor, het gehoop en gebid dat sy seun in sý voetspore sou volg. Adoniram het die bediening egter as 'n vermorsing van tyd en talent beskou. Hy was 'n selferkende ateïs. Op universiteit het hy Ernest [Jacob] Eames, 'n mede-ateïs, wat sy eie oortuigings versterk het, ontmoet. Judson was 'n losbol en het 'n wilde, roekelose bestaan gevoer. Een aand moes hy in 'n hotel oornag waar die enigste beskikbare kamer langs dié van 'n sterwende man was. Judson het gesê, 'Ek neem die kamer. Ek is ... Read more |
Toll road to success An airline passenger struck up a conversation with a stranger who was sniffling, apparently due to a recent head cold. "Look at me!" the healthy one boasted. "Never a day's sickness in my life, and all due to simple food. Why, from the age of twenty to that of forty I lived an absolutely simple, regular life -- no pampering, no late hours, no extravagances. Every day, in fact, I was in bed regularly at nine o'clock and up again at five in the morning. I ate a plain meal at noon and, after that, exercised ... Read more |
Ywer Die Bybelse woord vir passie is ywer. Daarsonder kan die lewe maar saai wees; alles is 'n 'moet' en niks is 'n 'wil' nie. Ywer hou jou aan die gang wanneer ander tou opgooi. Ywer dra jou deur die moeilikste tye en verskaf energie wanneer jy stokflou is. Niks kan die plek daarvan inneem nie. Geleenthede kan nie; geleenthede kan die deur oopmaak, maar jy het ywer nodig om jou geleenthede te benut en jou lewensdoel te bereik. Howard Hendricks het gesê, 'Mens plaas nie lewende eiers onder dooie hoenders nie'. Dís ... Read more |
The Richest Man In The World I was doing my monthly budget today. That is when you divide one check by ten bills and pray that there is a little something left over. The whole kitchen table was covered with bills, notebooks, stamps, envelopes, labels, money orders, and my oversize calculator. I had just hit the wrong button on that calculator for the third time and was groaning with frustration when suddenly my little Beagle, Snoopy came racing out of my bedroom. Without breaking stride she bounced up on the chair next to mine and then leapt up ... Read more |
Help hulle op! Onthou jy die vrou wat op owerspel 'betrap' is? Die Fariseërs het gebuk om klippe op te tel. Jesus het gebuk om haar op te help. Ons moet nie kieskeurig wees oor wie ons help nie en jy kan nie net mense wat soos jy glo help nie. Nee, '... ondersteun die swakkes, wees geduldig met almal.' (1 Tessalonisense 5:14 NLV). 'n Man het in 'n put geval en kon nie uitkom nie. 'n Subjektiewe persoon het verby geloop en gesê, 'Ek is jammer vir jou daar onder.' 'n Objektiewe persoon het verby ... Read more |
Struck By Lightning On A Pretty Day Fourteen-year-old Savannah Vowers was washing her mother's SUV in the family driveway in Littleton, Colorado, on Monday, August 16, 2010. It was a pretty day, with only a few clouds in the sky. Suddenly lightning struck the wet driveway, and traveled to where Savannah was standing with sponge in hand. She suffered only some minor nerve damage, but it left her pretty shaken. We might be going through life just like that--pretty day, good circumstances, no problems, taking care of the to-do list. No apparent problems in sight. But trouble comes even ... Read more |
Hou hoop lewendig Sir Ernest Shackleton het in 1914 probeer om Antarktika oorland te deurkruis. Sy skip, die Endurance, het egter in die ys vasgesit en is verpletter. Shackleton en die 27 bemanningslede was 1,200 myl van die beskawing gestrand. Hulle het op ysskotse gedryf met net drie reddingsbote, 'n paar tente en baie min voorrade. Die groep het uiteindelik op 'n klein eiland beland, waar die bemanning gewag het terwyl Shackleton en 'n paar ander 'n seetog van 800 myl na 'n walvisstasie aangepak het. Shackleton het wel teruggekeer, en almal het die ... Read more |
Paying attention to habits There was a fire one night at a convent and several nuns who lived on the fourth floor were trapped. They were praying for divine providence to show them a way out of the fire when one of the sisters screamed, "We need to take off our robes, tie them together, and climb down to safety." Later as they were recounting the event to reporters, they were asked if they were afraid that the crude rope might not hold up. "Oh, no," they said, "Old habits are hard to break." Do you know ... Read more |
Wanneer jou planne belemmer word Probeer jy iets doen wat jy glo God se wil is, maar die een struikelblok na die ander verhinder jou? Jy is nie alleen nie - Paulus het dit ook ervaar! Die Engelse woord 'hindered' is afkomstig van die Griekse woord 'egkopto', wat gebruik word om 'n pad te beskryf wat só agteruitgegaan het dat dit onbegaanbaar is. Jy ry op so 'n pad, net om op 'n stadium te besef dat jy sal moet omdraai om 'n ander roete te soek. Maar die woord 'egkopto' word ook in 'n atletiek-konteks gebruik: dit beeld ... Read more |
Squeezed Walking through a park, I passed a massive oak tree. A vine had grown up along its trunk. The vine started small--nothing to bother about. But over the years the vine had gotten taller and taller. By the time I passed, the entire lower half of the tree was covered by the vine's creepers. The mass of tiny feelers was so thick that the tree looked as though it had innumerable birds' nests in it. Now the tree was in danger. This huge, solid oak was quite literally being taken over; the life ... Read more |
A man who lives what he dreams "I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free." (Psalm 119:32) I first noticed Jake when he was praying. We were traveling with a Russian singing group that was appearing in U.S. and Canadian churches. Jake handled the sound equipment, and I drove the van. We often stayed in homes of church members to save money along the way, and on this occasion he and I were roommates. I awoke after some minutes asleep and noticed a bedside light still on. There, on the other side of his bed, Jake was kneeling on the floor ... Read more |
Veg vir jou gesin Die hoëpriester, Eli, het die hartseer beleef dat sy twee seuns sneuwel, die Verbondsark deur die Filistyne gebuit word, en sy skoondogter haar seuntjie Ikabod ('die eer is uit Israel weggeneem') doop. 'n Les is hierin vervat. Vandag probeer die duiwel om die Ark - God se invloed - uit ons huise te buit. Deur die media en groepsdruk poog die magte van die duisternis om ons kinders te buit deur hulle aan verkeerde waardes bloot te stel. Ma, Pa, wat word oor jou huis geskryf? 'Die eer is uit Israel weggeneem', ... Read more |
Putting love into practice The following story seen in "Sunshine Magazine" about a professor of psychology illustrates how difficult it is to love others. Although he had no children of his own, whenever he saw a neighbor scolding a child for some wrongdoing, he would say, "You should love your boy, not punish him." One hot summer afternoon the professor was doing some repair work on a concrete driveway leading to his garage. Tired out after several hours of work, he laid down the towel, wiped the perspiration from his forehead, and started toward the house. Just then out of ... Read more |
Die waarde van ‘n koei Dit is op 'n sekere eiland diep in die oseaan, waar die gewoonte was dat, indien 'n jongman wil trou dan het hy dit eers vir die hele dorpie vertel. Daarna was die gewoonte dat almal in die dorp dan saam met hom sou gaan na die vader van die dogter se huis vir die onderhandelinge. Die pa en die jongman sal dan in die teenwoordigheid van die hele dorp onderhandel oor die waarde van die bruid. Die hoof item op die eiland was dan die koei. Die jongman sal dan , ... Read more |
Providing what we cannot A store manager overheard a clerk saying to a customer, "No, ma'am, we haven't had any for some weeks now, and it doesn't look as if we'll be getting any soon." Alarmed, the manager rushed over to the customer who was walking out the door and said, "That isn't true, ma'am. Of course, we'll have some soon. In fact, we placed an order for it a couple of weeks ago." Then the manager drew the clerk aside and growled, "Never, never, never, never say we don't have something. If we don't have it, say we ordered it and it's ... Read more |
Stap sáám met God Sy dissipels het alles agtergelaat en Christus gevolg, al het hulle Hom nie begryp nie. Hulle het verwag dat die Messias 'n aardse koninkryk sou stig en die oorheersing van die Romeine omvêr sou gooi. Sy kruisiging het hulle heeltemal onkant betrap. So ook Sy opstanding. Hulle moes nou 'n boodskap verkondig wat hulle lewens sou kos. Jesus was soms vir hulle 'n raaisel: 'Toe die dissipels Hom so op die see sien loop, was hulle verskrik ...want hulle het gedink dis 'n spook.' (Matteus 14:26 NLV). Toe Hy na Sy opstanding ... Read more |
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Good News, New Passport, Interview Good News Dewey Olga phoned her husband, Dewey, at work for a chat. "I'm sorry dear," said Dewey, "but I'm up to my neck in work today. I don't have time to chat." Olga replied, "But I've got some good news and some bad news for you, dear." "OK, darling," said Dewey, "but as I've got no time right now, just give me the good news." "OK," agreed Olga. "Well, the air bag works!" New Passport Unfortunately, getting a new passport required a new photo. As I handed my ten-year-old passport and the new picture to the clerk, I sighed. "I like the original be... Read more |
Bedtime Attire, Well done, Bureaucracy Bedtime Attire Frequent hand washing in my job as a medical technologist and the harsh weather combined give me very dry skin. One night as I prepared for bed, I rubbed my hands with petroleum jelly and covered them with an old pair of white gloves. As I sat in bed reading a book with my gloves on, my husband finished showering and came into the room wearing a towel. Drying himself off, he went to the closet, selected a tie and put it on. "What are you doing?" I asked. "Well" he replied, "if you are going to be formal, so... Read more |
Midde Age Wisdom, In the Dorm, Last Serv Midde Age Wisdom Middle age is when you want to see how long the car will last instead of how fast it will go. Middle age is when you're asked to slow down by the doctor instead of the police In the Dorm In the dorm, one of the favorite intramural sports was water fights: dousing and bombarding one another with water from squirt guns, glasses, balloons, even wastebaskets. Since each room had a sink, there was endless ammunition. The most frequent target was the resident assistant. Approaching his room one afternoon, the resident assistant noticed his door was a... Read more |
Math Symbols, Child Safety, Court Wisdom Math Symbols While reviewing math symbols with my second-grade pupils, I drew a greater-than ( > ) and a less-than sign ( < ) on the chalkboard and asked, "Does anyone remember what these mean?" A few moments passed, and then a boy confidently raised his hand. "One means fast-forward," he exclaimed, "and the other means rewind!" Child Safety I recall a time when my son was about 18 months old. I had him strapped into a backpack and was rushing to catch the bus. Apparently I mis-stepped and fell down an entire flight of stairs (13 ... Read more |
Medical Bill, Children Shopping, Doctor Medical Bill Call Many patients call the pathology group where I am office manager to discuss their medical bills. One irate woman demanded that I describe every laboratory test on her statement. Reluctantly, I complied. Starting with the first test on her bill, I read, "No. 1, urinalysis." She interrupted me at once. "I'm a what?" Children Shopping My first grade daughter and her friend both needed new boots as winter approached. The friend got in the car one morning and finally had gotten her boots. "Beth," I commented, "I see you got new boots. Where did you get them?" "At th... Read more |
IBA, Knowledge Pills, Gallantry IBA A South American scientist from Argentina, after a lengthy study, has discovered that people with "IBA" or insufficient brain activity read their e-mail with their hand on the mouse. Don't bother taking it off now, it's too late… Knowledge Pills A somewhat advanced society has figured how to package basic knowledge in pill form. A student, needing some learning, goes to the pharmacy and asks what kind of knowledge pills are available. The pharmacist says, "Here's a pill for English literature." The student takes the pill and swallows it and has new knowledge about English literature! "What else do you ha... Read more |
Who’s the Boss, Parsonage, Freshmen, Com Who’s the Boss Bill, the boss, was concerned that his employees weren't giving him enough respect, so he tried and old fashioned method of persuasion: He brought in a sign that said "I'm the Boss" and taped it to his door. After lunch, he noticed Willie had taped another note under his: "Your wife called. She wants her sign back!" Leaving the parsonage A pastor places his order at the pet store: "I need at least 50 mice, 2,000 ants and as many of those little silverfish you can get." The clerk replies, "We can probably do that, bu... Read more |
Lit Match, Recycling, Family Cleaning Lit Match On my first day working at the petrol station, I watched a co-worker measure the level of petrol in the under-ground tanks by lowering a giant measuring stick down into them. "What would happen if I threw a lit match into the hole?" I joked. "It would go out," he replied very matter-of-factly. "Really?" I asked, surprised to hear that. "Is there a lack of oxygen down there or some safety device that would extinguish it before the fumes ignited?" "No," my co-worker continued. "The force from the explosion would blow out the match." Recycling My friend's father is... Read more |
Pitkos met 'n punch In Pitkos met 'n punch gee Ewald van Rensburg vir in 365 dagstukke jou daaglikse "kos" met interessante opskrifte soos: Vandag se special (Skrifgedeelte), die hoofmaaltyd (oulike storie), Red Hot Chilli Peppers (iets om jongmense uit te daag) en 'n ... Read more |
Because You Believe Because You Believe will help readers to rediscover the joy of believing, so that they can turn to the Lord, our Savior, feeling inspired with renewed hope. Then they will realize that they can live a life of abundant joy, ... Read more |
Totdat jy vry is In Totdat jy vry is ... laat gewilde outeur Maretha Maartens die Woord van God op 'n unieke manier ons diepste gesindhede blootlê. Totdat jy vry is ... sal jou opnuut die geheim laat ontdek dat ware vryheid net gevind ... Read more |
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I cannot tell you how grateful I am -- I am filled with humidity. Gib Lewis, speaker of the Texas House |
| Interesting Facts # 455 |
At latitude 60 degrees south you can sail all the way around the world. Mice, whales, elephants, giraffes and man all have seven neck vertebra. Sunbeams that shine down through the clouds are called crespucular rays.
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