You might recall that I announced some time ago that a good friend was hospitalized, struggling with serious diabetes. Three years ago he suffered a stroke due to this disease which caused blindness for about a year. This present period of hospitalization lasted 12 weeks. Sadly, he succumbed to a diabetic coma last night. Please […]
You have heard the concept of “Economical with the Truth” before. This is very similar to the concept of “Selective Truth”. In place of saying to someone, “You are a liar,” you say, “You are economical with the truth” or “You are selective with the truth.” I am certain you understand this very well. One […]
I prepare a message for Sundays that I upload to YouTube. Then on Sunday mornings, Jenny and I watch a church service from a church in Cape Town where we were members many years ago … after which we go for the double feature! Because Jenny has not seen the message I put online, we […]
I penciled some time into my schedule today to rake up and sweep up some leaves. After this, I planted succulents and ground cover into two ‘rooms’ below the Log Rock Garden. Jenny and I were rather pleased with the results and look forward to the growth and development of these plants in the future. […]
Have you ever said or thought something like this: “I’m such a sinner though God blesses me far more than I deserve!” This happened to me today. Jenny and I were in Irene with a close friend. We had just ordered cappuccinos for him and Jenny and a Red Grapetizer for myself when I received […]
I had a meeting in Midrand today at 1pm. I gave myself adequate time to get there via the N1. Once past the Brakfontein intersection, an ambulance overtook me with lights flashing, traveling at a high speed. After a few kilometers the highway slowed down considerably … to a crawl. By the time I past […]
I needed to have a pre-marital course manual printed because my printer seems to have finally decided it “ain’t gonna work no more”. I firstly went to a stationary shop but they do not do printing. Then I visited a PostNet Shop and had the printing done there. Because there is a “plastic store” in […]
I wonder whether you have ever been disciplined in a church or were part of a church were discipline had been exercised. There are so many different opinions and views and beliefs regarding discipline that when you put them all together its looks like an exotic scramble egg mixture. Then, all too often, when discipline […]
I needed to have our trailer’s license renewed today as the license expired on 30 September (though the law gives us 21 days to do the renewal). As we also needed to get Jenny’s prescription at Dischem Pharmacy, I asked her to travel with me. The first stop was the Post Office in Waverly to […]
With all the drama in the State Capture Commission, the arrests this past week of top level politicians for corruption and the battles being played out in political parties, one often overlooks other news items that seem to be drowned out or blurred from sight. Over this weekend, five motorists were caught traveling between 164 […]