News images of the world bring the chaos of war, natural disasters and poverty to our lounges daily. In our own lives we struggle against chaos every day. We tidy up, clean, categorize, file and plan to ensure an orderly and effective existence. Chaos is like a monster always ready to devour and destroy. It…
Author: Ansophie Joubert
Writer and speaker in women's ministry.
32. Find yourself a border to cross.
Life demands a series of decisions. That is a fact. God gave us choice, the first and foremost gift to mankind. You cannot change it. You have to choose. You have to accept or reject. To stay neutral to most of life’s core issues is a peculiar position and most often than not boils down…
Christmas Pebble – December 2015
Dear Pebble pals, It is the time of year, which nobody can ignore, whether you find yourself in circumstances you wish for or in a place of struggle and heartache. God is mighty and has done great things. He will do it for you. That is the core message of Christmas. Sing the ancient song…
31. It has begun… look up and take hold.
The unspoken, universal announcement has been made. The lights are up, the decoration-plans executed. Retail and wholesale are ready for the harvest and their advertising campaigns spell out the demands of the season. Headaches over gifts and travel plans are painful and real and emphasize the heavy, hurting burden of the so-called time of joy…
30. Clean, clothed and crowned.
A new beginning. What a precious thought. Something new is such a thrill. Everything old, bad and destroyed is overcome by something new. It brings excitement, expectation and that special something that calls for celebration, either a big like a life event or small, like opening a package. We see destruction and decay every day….
29. Come take a bath for a change.
We live the fast life. Morning routines with school-going children and office hours fill the house with hasty showers, wet hair and the smell of shampoo rushing to spend a few minutes on breakfast before the duties of the day chases them out the door. Mothers stand guard, remind, encourage and pack food with one…
Note #2 on Thanksgiving
So often people say – Thank God. Which God? Do they know Him and do they know what He can do? More often than not, it is non-Christians who say it, especially in relief when something unexpectedly turns out for good. The same people smoothly dish out the blame onto the same God for everything…
28. Stand – firm, courageous and victorious.
We are daily bombarded by so much. We have more sources of information and entertainment at our fingertips than at any time in the history of mankind. We know so much of the bad and the horrific in the world, both domestic and international through as much news as we can absorb. We can be…
27. Walk with heaven in your step.
Sitting down in the presence of our Father is the best ever place to be in this life. We are fully protected, cared for and loved in the shadow of the Almighty and the secret place of the Most High. [Psalm 91] However, life demands action. We are purposed beings, living and breathing, going somewhere,…
26. Our perfect host – come and sit.
We are so self-sufficient. We care for ourselves, we have access to food and drink and entertainment on an individual, my-choice-above-all basis. We live alone, by choice or necessity. We control the community in which we live at arms length so that nothing and nobody enter into our space except by invitation, when it is…
Pebbles of Perpetuity 