Stille verdowing

Wat sal mens sê?
Wat kon ons nou eintlik doen?
Jy’s van ons geneem
sonder druk
sonder soen

So baie wat nog kon gebeur
betwyfel vir geen oomblik
wie jy was
en wat jy nou is
jy is ons oorwinnaar

Ewig in slaap gedompel
bevind ons jou rus as
pyn
as iets uit die euwels,
tog het jy die rus nodig gehad

Jy was moeg
Jy’t te veel gesien
te veel ervaar
jy was dapper
tot die rustende
einde

Jy kom in ons drome
vervul ons met vrede
jy wals
jy glimlag
want jy weet

ons almal is oorwinnaars

**vir Chris Greyling: geliefde vriend, seun en broer

Ons gaan jou mis

I can’t stand your face

How much more do you want me to take
How much pain should still pass through my blood
How can you expect another chance
Just so you can hurt me again…

Why am I doing this
Why can’t I learn
Why do I put myself through suffering
Why do I yearn

For your touch so soft
For your lips to embrace mine
In a moment of great passion
And understanding

I have nothing more to give
I have nothing left to show
But the small piece of my heart
That’s still beating upon mercy

Don’t you see
Haven’t you done enough
I can’t stand your face
Get out of my life!!!!!

We occasionally find ourselves in a world full of hatred and sadness.  Yet we also find happiness, once you know where to look.

As humans we love, but sometimes we also want to be loved.  Or sometimes we want something we know what we can’t have.  One of these things is happiness.  Especially when you’re talking about relationships.

Picture yourself in a relationship.  You are absolutely crazy about the other person, but like your luck: he has someone else.  Being the best friend you are devastated.  So what do you do you ask?  That is the wrong question.  The question you should be asking is: “Do I want him/her to be happy?”.  If you answer yes, you will do anything you can just to make the other one happy, no matter what it takes.  Even if it means sacrificing your own feelings for this person and stepping back, so that he/she can be with the one he/she loves.

That my friends is true friendship.  It is exactly what Jesus has done for us on the cross.  He died so that we can be happy and free of sin.  He sacrificed a lot more than we can ever wish to repay.  Maybe it’s time we think more about others than about ourselves.

What will you do to make someone happy?  Will you sacrifice yourself for the happiness of another?

  We will never forget the smiles you brought us.

We love and miss you dearly

**************

Hierdie is opgedra aan Chris Greyling gebore 1990 en sterf op 26 September 2008.

Sal jou nooit vergeet nie Klien Chris.

Ons Chris

In our world there are many beliefs.

There are Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists etc etc.  But then you get those people who don’t have any beliefs, atheists.  Someone who denies the existence of God.

Johan wrote a post about Nathan Bond’s post.  In short,  Nathan is an atheist.  Johan is a Christian.  These are two people with very different views.

Since Christianity (I believe) came into existence, there was a struggle between atheists and Christians.  Their beliefs counter each other.  It’s mostly a struggle between who’s right and who’s right.  It’s as if the two parties are always trying to convince each other of their own views. (This is not applicable on Nathan or Johan)

My question is this:  How can Christians and Atheists live together in peace and harmony.  Without fighting unnecessarily?  As Christians, we were given order to preach the word of God, yet also we have to respect others at the same time, so what do we do?

One morning you just wake up and realize somethings wrong, you don’t quite know what it is, but it’s there.  It haunts you untill you can’t stand it anymore.

Today was one of those days.  And then we got the news.  A small group of matrics took off fot a weekend at Heyshope dam.  On the way there was an accident.  Only one person got hurt.  This was horrible news.  The message came out wrong to our side and we heard he was dead.  Luckily he isn’t, just very badly injured in ICU in Middelburg.

His mother has cancer, brain cancer.  She’s not well at all.  And now this happens.  Is it a blessing or a tragedy?? Who knows what God’s plan is.  All we can do is to keep on praying and hoping for the best

Ons is lief vir jou Chris

Jou gesin en jou vriende.  Ons bid elke oomblik vir jou.  Ons sal jou nooit alleen los nie, steun op ons soos ons al op jou gesteun het

moenie opgee nie

Realizaton

So many times I wish
I were you
So many times I wish
you can see me crying
So many times

You don’t realize
what you have
You have no idea
what they have given to you
what I have given up for you

You’ll never know
how much it
hurts

to see you throw it all away

Have you ever had something you wanted to do before you die?  Just ONE thing?  What would it be?

I’ve watched the movie The Bucket List starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, two of my favourite actors by far.

The movie is about two elderly men in the same hospital, in the same ward, in the same room.  Total and complete strangers.  Both diagnosed with cancer.  Carter (Morgan Freeman) wrote a list, he called the bucket list…

A list of things to do before you cick the bucket..

They became friends in the hospital, got well together.  They each added on to the Bucket List. And together they started to complete the list by traveling the world.  Overcoming obstacles, bonding closer.  Coming to terms with their nearing deaths.

This movie was in all sense spectacular.  Not because of a miracle, or a handsome hero, but because of its simplicity.  There is nothing out of the ordinary in this picture, just two elderly men making their dreams come true, it makes one appreciate the smaller things in life.

In watching this, I’ve realized that there hasn’t have to be a miracle to witness God.  It can be something so ordinary like this film.  It is sad, heartbreaking, captivating, an absolute must-see.

One of the things on the list was:

Helping a complete stranger for the good

Something I think everyone (not only Christians) should make part of their own Bucket List.

Why?

Because we are human, and every human has the right to be treated with the respect and love he or she deserves.

In the end, we will all witness something majestic, whether they’re Christian, Muslim or Buddhist…

What is achievement?

Is it something that you consider worth talking about, or something that others find worthy enough to talk about.

Now matter how hard you try, you will always be disappointed in some matter.

God gave each of us unique talents and skills.  I see disappointment as a lesson from our heavenly Father.  Maybe he wants to tell us that we don’t belong there, maybe he pushes us to our limits because he knows that we can do more.

The word TEAM can be read as follows

T – together

E – everyone

A – achieves

M – more

You and God are a team.  Without working together and communicating in your team, you fail to achieve what you want most in life, be it a distinction, an athletics scholarship or even just to buy that pair of shoes you’ve had your eye on for so long.

Sometimes you get what you want, other times you live with the disappoint of missing out, whether you worked hard for that one thing or not…live doesn’t always go your way.