Tag Archives: Love

SAYING GOODBYE

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Noelene

  This morning we said goodbye to our eldest daughter.  She is spending the next four years at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein studying to be a nurse. Bloemfontein is 1 010 kilometers away from where we … Continue reading →

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A VERSE IN SUPPORT OF EPIPHANY NUMBER THREE

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Noelene

 “Why are you downcast, O my soul?” (Psalm 43:5) “COME AND LISTEN, ALL YOU WHO FEAR GOD; LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR ME. I CRIED OUT TO HIM WITH MY MOUTH; HIS PRAISE WAS ON MY … Continue reading →

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ELEVEN YEARS LATER

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Noelene

“It was whilst I was reading the Book of Exodus that I realized there was still plenty of hope left for me to become the person God created me to be. Like Moses’ example showed me, it was not going … Continue reading →

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A BLESSED NEW YEAR TO ALL BLOGGERS!

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Noelene

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.  See, I am doing a new thing!  Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland” Isaiah … Continue reading →

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MEN AND WOMEN JUST DON’T THINK THE SAME!

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Noelene

In 1992, John Gray wrote a book titled Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. Catchy title, but the notion that there is a vast difference between men and women is so true! My husband and I have been married for twenty-two years and … Continue reading →

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CHRISTMAS IN AFRICA!!

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Noelene

 29 degrees in the shade, the sun is shining and there is not a cloud in the sky! For the  Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favour and honour; no good thing does He withhold from those … Continue reading →

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ALMOST DIVORCED…..

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Noelene

In the seventh year of our marriage my husband and I were contemplating divorce.We had reached a stage where we were finding it difficult to be civil to each other and all pretense of praying together or caring for each … Continue reading →

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“TRUSTY”

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Noelene

“PRESERVING THE PAST SO THAT IT CAN BE ENJOYED IN THE FUTURE” Trusty came into our lives in 1995.  I still remember the day my husband came home and told me that, he and his brother, had bought a truck. … Continue reading →

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THE SEEDS WE PLANT

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Noelene

We need to be mindful of the seeds we plant in our children’s lives. Mary J. Blige, an international recording artist, once said that when she looks in the mirror, she sometimes sees the damaged soul of her past because … Continue reading →

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GROWING OUT OF HYPOCRISY

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Noelene

Seven years ago I made a decision, and since then, there has been major spiritual growth in my life (also physical growth judging by the fact that I no longer fit into certain clothes in my cupboard!). On the 8th … Continue reading →

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