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Tag Archives: God’s love
What God Can Do!
2-54pm It is amazing what God can do. I have got hooked onto You Tube and spending some time hearing stories of what God has done in people’s lives, in people’s marriages. How God can take a situation and restore … Continue reading
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Tagged Chapman's Peak, God's Grace, God's love, Gosling, marriage;
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A Bit Of A Wake-Up Call…
2-10pm I’ve been reading Kay Warren’s book on joy. It’s called “Choose Joy” because happiness isn’t enough… A couple of things caught my attention in it. I’m blessed with an optimistic personality. I am happy most of the time, cheerful, … Continue reading
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Tagged God's love, Granny, Joni Eareckson Tada, Joy, Kay Warren
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I Need Rest!
2-40pm Last night Mike & I went out for our weekly (red meat) meal! I have been only trying to have red meat once a week and that’s when we have a steak! We normally go on a Saturday evening … Continue reading
Protein vss Carb – Twin Noakes…
3-31pm It was great fun to have twins Jax and Jeanne on the Rise and Shine show today. They have teamed up with members of the health fraternity to do an ‘in public interest’ dietary experiment. Jax is taking the … Continue reading
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Tagged bread, Carbohydrates, cholesterol, diets, eating plan, God's love, Granny, The Bible
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Blogging from the Old Age Home!
2-25pm Do they call them Old Age Homes? They did when I was young! I’ve bought Granny along to Nerina Gardens where a few dozen elderly folk have gathered for an hour of delightful classical music courtesy of David! There … Continue reading
Yeah! Casual (Rise and Shine Open) Day!
1-36pm I just love Rise and Shine open days! They are exciting and fun. It’s always fun having an audience IN the studio. I appreciate Wayne so much because he does all the talking and entertaining and I get on … Continue reading
A Day For Granny…
5-18pm Today, Rene came and cut Granny’s hair. She looked and felt much better. Then Mike took the afternoon off. Earlier this week, he had gone down to the bank to draw money from her account and the ATM swallowed … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible verse, God's love, Granny, His Banner Over Me Is Love, Song of Songs
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Eavesdropping on my conversation with Stacey….
3-14pm What am I going to write about today? Quite often what happens with my blog is that something happens…it may be small…like the haddock I bought today that is going to turn into tomorrow’s dinner! But today I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian & Stacey, Bible verse, Forgiveness, God's love, Grace, Malaysia, Yellow Rose
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26 Reasons Why We Have A Fabulous Marriage by Mike & Helga van Niekerk
2-08pm 9th August 1986, I walked down the aisle at Cape Town Baptist Church and at about 2-30pm, we said, “I do!” 26 years have passed. That’s 9497 days – 227928 hours. We can confidently say that there has not … Continue reading
Why Granny Made Me Cry…
2-47pm I woke up this morning soon after 6am and just did not feel like getting Granny up. I didn’t feel like dealing with her smells and her slowness and having to be excessively patient and kind. I didn’t want … Continue reading
Prostitute Finds New Life…
I’m airing this on 107.5 CCFm (www.ccfm.org.za) on Monday 12th March 2012 at 7-22am. Such a wonderful testimony of how God can change unbelievable circumstances… CBN Story of Annie Lobert founder of Hookers for Jesus