Blog From A Bed…

9-45am

Now that I’ve got all the feeling back, I’ve got an idea of the full extent of the pain. Embrace the pain, baby, embrace the pain! In the light of having a baby, this pain is not nearly as bad. It twinges to about a 5/10, but mainly it hovers around 3/10, going down to a massive “stitch in your side” kind of pain. But today, I am gratefully hopeful that I will be able to go walking soon, albeit not at my normal brisk pace.

So this is a blog from a bed…with this the view…

Could be a lot worse!

So one of the things I have managed to do while having this time off is look at a retirement investment I decided to make with a certain finance company that said they would light my way to financial prosperity.

So, I’ve been putting money into this ‘portfolio’ for the last 12 years. 12 x 12 = 144 months at an average of R400 a month = R57 600 altogether. Right now, it’s worth R66 000, so over 12 years, I’ve made less than R10 000. Now if I was one of the men in the Bible who got the talents and invested them, I don’t think I would have been the one who did a good job. It’s time to cut my losses and move on. The penalty? R6000. Ouch!  I will take my R60 000 and move it to a more profitable place! I wrote to my financial adviser and asked him if he had anything he could switch it to that would bring me 15% return without a R6000 penalty. I haven’t heard back from him. When you know better, you do better.

Yesterday Victor and Miranda visited me. Vic has had an inguinal hernia op and we compared notes, which was very helpful. Sue popped in. David came and Riana bought a quiche. Do you know how blessed I felt?  Miranda bought me this little card…

Miranda is an amazing person. I’ve often said, ‘it’s the little things’  that count. In her well years, Granny had never met Miranda. When shut-in, Miranda used to come up to see Granny and bring her a flower and a Bible verse. When I got home, Gran always showed me the things Miranda had bought. There is much to be said for a person who does things for others with no thought of them being able to do things in return. Miranda is that kind of person!

So it is Easter and this morning my Bible reading included Luke 18. Sometimes it is not for us to know. As Jesus was heading towards Jerusalem and His crucifixion , He explained to the disciples what was going to happen to Him. Speaking in the 3rd person, in Luke 18 vss 31-34, we read these words of Jesus:

” ‘We are going up to Jerusalem and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock Him, insult Him, spit on Him, flog Him and kill Him. On the third day, He will rise again.’ The disciples did not understand any of this. It’s meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what He was talking about.”

Jesus knew His fate. He knew what was ahead. Tough to know how bad things will be and still go through with it. But sometimes it is not for us to know about things that God is about to do in our lives. He works in mysterious ways, completely outside the realm of our understanding, sometimes blinding our eyes to what He has ahead. That’s why we are called to have faith. If there is something going on in your life that you just cannot fathom, hang on. Keep trusting God & walking closely with Him. He will reveal His plan in due course.

God bless you abundantly this Easter.

In His Grip,

Helga xx 🙂

Gratitude Pic…Granny has a new body in heaven, but here on earth, the cross-stitch of her 1944 photograph is coming to life…what an enormous amount of pleasure I have had from doing this….