Saturday
Dear Elsie
Today was a quiet, restful day. We started by going to the beach early. By 7am, it was already buzzing.
Julian left today so we got home at about 8am, so we could have coffee with him before he headed off to the airport.
There was cricket on, which we watched. SA has done very well at Newlands!
But it was this kind of day. Cricket lunch break!
It has been a beautiful day in Cape Town. The cricket broadcasters showed a few photos of Cape Town from the air, including a shot from above Table Mountain. It was just so spectacular. It took me back 42 years to January of 1983 when I first arrived in Cape Town. It was my first Sunday in the city and it was a day like today. Perfect sunny weather with very little wind. I wrote about my first Sunday in Cape Town on my blog in 2016. You can read it here. Part of the first day turned out to be a motorbike ride around the Peninsula. I clearly recall going up Chapman’s Peak from Hout Bay and looking out over the sea – from the back of a bike it was so dramatic. I remember pinching myself and thinking of all the places in the all the world God could bring me, He chose this! I was 18 & 2 months old and was in awe of the incredible views, looming mountains and majestic sea that made up Cape Town. I felt so privileged that I would get to call this city home. That has never changed. How honoured we Capetonians are to live in such a wonderful place.
Chapman’s Peak Drive
Hout Bay
City from Table Mountain.
Table Mountain.
Cape Town, the city that keeps on giving! We’ll enjoy the windlessness while it lasts.
Throughout the last couple of years (it will be 2 years on 15th February) since David began his chronic health struggle, my Bible became littered with pencil scrawlings, “David Long Covid “. I knew that the years would pass and while the emotional pain of the moment was intense, it wouldn’t be forever. I want to remember the comfort in suffering the psalmist passed onto me.
Psalm 4:1
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!
God is faithful & now I’m writing thank you Jesus. While David is not completely better, he has seen a great improvement compared to a year ago. How grateful we are. We appreciate each good day.
It’s not about now – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx 🙂