6.) Rethinking scenarios
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Val daar mossies sonder God se wil?
Op ’n dag sit ek by ’n gesinnetjie wat pas deur rowers in hul huis aangehou is. Hulle was erg getraumatiseer. Die Pa van die huis het gelukkig koelkop gebly en deurgaans probeer om sy kinders kalm te hou. Dit was ’n deurslaggewende rede hoekom hulle oorleef het. Maar na afloop van die roof is hy kwaad. “Waarom het God sy gesin deur hierdie trauma gesit?” Ek was ietwat uit die veld geslaan om te hoor dat Hy dink God agter hierdie gewelddadige roof sit. God sal immers nie iets veroorsaak, wat Hy in sy Woord verbied nie (?!). Toe ek hom in groter diepte daaroor uitvra, kom ek agter…
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The reason we treat others with respect
I heard a beautiful story this week. A father related how his little girl would bring her doll for him to safeguard. The doll was very old. It was tainted and torn. Yet it remained his daughter’s favourite doll. Everytime he held the doll, he would think about buying his girl a new one. It would be so much nicer to the eye – and easier to love. Even though he personally did not like this specific doll, he made sure to look after it well when it was “put under his care”. He knew it would devastate his daughter if she saw him “neglecting” her favourite doll. Suddenly it…