MY PLUMBER IS A MAN WHO LIVES A LIFE OF GRATITUDE

My plumber BernardWhen I received this photograph my first reaction was: Wow! You are looking so satisfied. And he is satisfied. Life treats him with kindness and mercy. He tells me that every night he has a roof over his head; hot water in the taps; food to eat and so the list can go on and on. The other day we had a problem with our one specific toilet and I phoned Bernard. Yes, he can come any time I am ready to receive him. And he came. He had...

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NOSTALGIA: STEAMTRAINS AND CHILDHOOD MEMORIES

 These are my photographs - I grew up with steam-trains.Taken at Germiston YardThese are my photographs - I grew up with steam-trains.Taken at Germiston Yard.Today I am in a very nostalgic mood! Please join me remembering my [or your] childhood days. I grew up [partially] in Vereeniging, old Transvaal Province [now Gauteng Province], South Africa. My first childhood memories are from a railway camp near the Vereeniging town, called Redan....

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HAVE'NT GOT TIME TO ...? COVID-19 LOCKDOWN IS ALSO A GIFT

This is my story for you - in images I saved from the internet.The gift of light; the gift of having time; the gift of having rehabilitating myself.Dare I say this to you not knowing your particular circumstances?I myself have an underlying health conditionMy very good friend is really suffering because covid-19 accentuated his prostate problem. He is still reading and is intellectually activeand he keeps praying. Surrounded by darkness? The...

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LOCKDOWN NEVER REALLY WORKED AROUND EASTER

"Why do you look for the living among  the dead? He is not here; he has risen!" Luke 24: 5 - 6.This is the definitive and everlasting difference between Christianity and any other religion in the entire world. This is the cutting edge - we Christians stand or fall by this. For further reading I recommend  that you read 1 Corinthians chapter 15 - read the entire chapter. If you don't have a Bible, I suggest that now is the best time to get...

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Evidence for the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ of Nazareth?

 Jesus Christ in the TempleHistorically we, the Christians, celebrate the infamous judicial killing of Jesus Christ. Do you believe that? This is not a treatise about the truth and authenticity of those events – it is, I submit to you, just a short write up to whet your appetite to read and to do you own research into these historical events and to respond to it. The society, internationally and locally in South Africa, are corrupt. There...

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I LIFT UP MY EYES TO THE MOUNTAINS = THE SACRED WRITINGS

 THE SACRED WRITINGSMy wife and I spent about a week in the Drakensberg, Kwa-Zulu Natal during November 2020. The mountains are absolutely magnificent and majestic! There are so many write-ups about mountains in the different languages of the world that I cannot and dare not try to copy or to emulate – I will fall flat on my face before I even start. You can search my blog and have a look at my write-up about Cathedral Peak. The Christian Scriptures...

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- JZ - a man of many talents: contradictions, contortionist, chameleon and octopus

ZUMA SHOULD BE PROSECUTED WITHOUT DELAY I am writing as an individual that is extremely concerned about the apparent raping of our legal system and the apparent inaction of the prosecuting authorities to act speedily and decisively against the former President of the Republic of South Africa, Jacob Zuma. The short history behind it is that Zuma was subpoenaed by the Zondo-commission into State Capture to give evidence. Zuma walked out and now refused...

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