This has been years in coming. I wonder what Granny would have made of it all. In her younger days she would have watched with great interest and pottered around and spoken Xhosa to the workers and commented on what she wanted. In her older days she would have watched and shaken her head. She will be very pleased with the outcome.
This is what it looked like at the start – a real mess …
They cleared the ground…
And after compacting it, they made sure it was level…
And then they started putting down brick. This is how far they have got…
So much neater already!
And this is how it grows…
It should be finished by tomorrow or Monday. I’ll take more photos as it goes along.
This day cannot pass without reflecting on my brother Arnold. He passed away 9 years ago today. The most dreadful day of my life. You know it’s not bad to reflect with sadness on how I feel this day, but the truth be told, I cannot control the past. All that happened, happened. It is what it is and while there is always a deep sense of sadness that envelops me when I remember the awful events of 9/9/2007, I remind myself that it can’t be changed and in order to be happy, I have to move forward, capture my thoughts and bring them into obedience to Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:5
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
He is the One I trust. He is in control. He was in control on 9/9/2007 and He is today. Nothing has changed. I trust Him.
And so while I remember Arnold with a mixture of fondness and sadness, I press on. He is okay. I can do nothing about the past – it is gone. I can only look to the future and stride into it knowing that nothing will happen to me without the Lord’s presence, His purpose and His permission. There are so many blessings in my life. Those bring with them happier thoughts.
These are the days!
Keep the smile going.
God bless you!
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂