“I’m Okay,” says Hannelie

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When I first heard about Werner Groenewald and his two children being killed in Afghanistan and leaving behind their wife and  Mom, I thought to myself, “I bet she wishes she had been there to die as well.” The idea of continuing life with your nearest and dearest not by your side, almost makes life not worth living. As I processed the events that had happened and imagined her devastation, another thought came to mind – “She is a strong woman of faith.” This was reinforced today when I looked up news reports on her to find she had given an interview to Beeld and published in The Citizen

The report had other statements that allude to her strong faith…

The report in the Citizen says,

Start “In a phone interview with the Beeld newspaper, Hannelie Groenewald said she would have wanted to die with her husband and two teenage children, “but God clearly has other plans for me”.I have peace in my heart. I know where my husband and children are,” she said in Afrikaans. According to a Beeld newspaper report on Tuesday, Groenewald said people from all over the world were carrying her in their prayers.

“I am okay.”

She was currently staying with friends and hoped to be back in South Africa within about a week. End

These things take time. Healing does not happen over night. But she is absolutely right. God has a special plan for her and people from all over the world are praying for her. I have it on my fridge

As a medical doctor practising in Afghanistan, she would have been trained to be calm, to be strong, to be in control. But this is too close to her, for her to keep emotionally distant. She needs our prayers en mass.

She needs to hear God’s comforting words.

Job 5:11: “The lowly He sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety”

Isaiah 41:10: “Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand”

Hebrews 13:5: “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Psalm 147:3 “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”

And so many, many more.

God DOES have a plan for her life and it IS for good. She won’t understand right now, and maybe she never will in this life, but it’s not about now and here – it’s about eternity and heaven. Her family may have left this earth, but they are more alive than they have ever been.

What the Bible says is true. Jesus is God. He will take care of everything.

God bless you.

Keep trusting Him.

In His Grip,

Helga xx 🙂

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