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….
Author: Ansophie Joubert
Writer and speaker in women's ministry.
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…
25. It’s not easy – let’s do this.
Life is hard, unfair and sometimes overwhelming. Do not be discouraged. Be strong and very brave says the Lord to Joshua before Jericho and the Jordan in flood. [Joshua1] You can do it, even if it looks impossible. God calls us to greater works and impossible tasks. John 14:12: “Most assuredly, I say to you,…
24. Celebrating the wilderness.
In this world there are a variety of esteemed rewards given to people in fields like academics, literature, art and science. Every year the movie world is rewarded in multiple ceremonies, one more glamorous and entertaining than the other. Achievement is celebrated – public and extravagant. The glitzy parties ooze expectation, and unavoidably disappointment. For…
23. Check the cartridge.
How could we ever measure love? Is it an all or nothing, a little bit when things are rough and a lot when we feel accepted and valued? We are studying the role of the Holy Spirit in our life and learning the immeasurable love of God by realizing the riches of His glory in…
22. Where is your God?
Post modern people sneer at believers. They rant about alleged inconsistencies in the Bible and nurse their bitterness about church hurt and disappointment with God. They cling to a twisted perception of what God should be in their unchallenged, intellectual approach to things unseen, beyond the realms of the mind. Christians rarely have the answers…
Pebbles of Perpetuity 