White Flag

 
"White Flag" Chris Tomlin, from the album Burning Lights

The battle rages on
As storm and tempest roar
We cannot win this fight
Inside our rebel hearts
We're laying down our weapons now

We raise our white flag
We surrender
All to You
All for You

We raise our white flag
The war is over
Love has come
Your love has won

Here on this Holy ground
You made a way for peace
Laying your body down
You took our rightful place
This freedom song is marching on

We raise our white flag
We surrender
All to You
All for You

We raise our white flag
The war is over
Love has come
Your love has won

Your love has won

We lift the cross
Lift it high lift it high [x8]

We raise our white flag
We surrender
All to You
All for You

We raise our white flag
The war is over
Love has come
Your love has won

We raise our white flag
We surrender
All to You
All for You

We raise our white flag
The war is over
Love has come
Your love has won

We lift the cross
Lift it high lift it high [x4] 
I love this song... It describes how we should surrender to God and lay everything at his feet.

Gonna mis you Myoo...

Always Photogenic

Always ready for something silly

Stunning eyes.

Always finding a weird place to take a nap.

Myoo 19/07/2004 - 07/05/2013 Nine happy years.
And something she liked doing as well when I was using the computer...
"I have my favorite cat, who is my paperweight, on my desk while I am writing." Ray Bradbury

The theme song form MMC Karoo 2013

Genoeg is genoeg! Enough is enough! It is time to stand for Jesus and our values and not to be afraid to proclaim who we belong to!

Matthew 7:15-20

New King James Version (NKJV)

You Will Know Them by Their Fruits

¹⁵ “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. ¹⁶ You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? ¹⁷ Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. ¹⁹

"Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them."

Jesus Messiah

 
Love so amazing!

You will never again wake up With silence in your heart

"Silence In Your Heart"

You will never again wake up
With silence in your heart
You will never again wake up
With silence in your heart

You will never again wake up
With silence in your heart

You will never again wake up
With your whole world torn apart
And I will be your shelter and
These tears will be your last
You will never again wake up
With silence in your heart

And I will be your shelter and
These tears will be your last
You will never again wake up
With silence in your heart

You will never again wake up
With silence in your heart
You will never again wake up
With your whole world torn apart
And I will be your shelter and
These tears will be your last
You will never again wake up
With silence in your heart

Who will be your shelter? Who will mend your shattered world? Who will wipe away your tears?
For me the answer is plain to see... Jesus my Savoir! So my heart cannot stay silent anymore!
Amazing how the lyrics echo the word of God and the music itself has this amazing uplifting beat that makes one want to dance and shout out for joy!
Sing to the Lord with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp. Psalm 147

Is the sun going to sleep?

The video:
  

• Composer: Tuomas Holopainen
• Lyrics by: Tuomas Holopainen

"Sleeping Sun"
The sun is sleeping quietly
Once upon a century
Wistful oceans calm and red
Ardent caresses laid to rest
For my dreams I hold my life
For wishes I behold my night
The truth at the end of time
Losing faith makes a crime
I wish for this night-time
to last for a lifetime
The darkness around me
Shores of a solar sea
Oh how I wish to go down with the sun
Sleeping
Weeping
With you
Sorrow has a human heart
From my god it will depart
I'd sail before a thousand moons
Never finding where to go
Two hundred twenty-two days of light
Will be desired by a night
A moment for the poet's play
Until there's nothing left to say
I wish for this night-time...
I wish for this night-time...

The science:

The pictures show very few sunspots for what should be the most active part of the sunspot cycle, many scientists now believe that this is cooling our planet due to lower levels of radiaton from the sun.

We should not let politicians jump to conclusions...

"As a species, we human beings have become so blind with conceit and self-love that we genuinely believe that the fate of the planet is in our hands — when the reality is that everything, or almost everything, depends on the behavior and caprice of the gigantic thermonuclear fireball around which we revolve."  Boris Johnson

9:54PM GMT 20 Jan 2013

When you see a big flash in the sky...

duck... wait for the boom... then take a look outside.
Rule #1 from the Meteor Strike Survival Guide, adapted from the "How to survive a nuclear strike handbook.". 
Jokes aside it must have been an awesome and somewhat frightening experience to have been in the Ural mountains Friday last week.
This all happened while MD and I were on our way to a real Boeretroue in Hoopstad. For those that have not attended one and wish to maintain some form of diet... do not accept the invitation!
It was virtually non stop eating from the moment we arrived on the farm until we left on Sunday morning late. Biltong by the bucket load and other delights, then at the reception even more followed by salads and bykosse to die for and enough braai to feed a small army.


Coming back to the meteor... it reminds me of this passage from Matthew 24;
36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,[f] but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. 

Let us therefore be prepared and live our lives as if each day is the day we will meet Jesus face to face.

Walking in His Will...

Without Faith this would be impossible to do.
Hebrews 11.1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Probably the most profound truth in a short sentence.
We believe in something that is foolishness for those still walking in darkness or those that have rejected the gift of Love Divine.
When the world throws it's disbelief at you keep in mind this verse and remember that you have the Word of God to fall back on. However when one considers that in the time of Acts the New Testament was still largely inaccessible or unwritten, all those Christians had was Faith in what they had heard from other followers of Jesus and the support of fellow believers. 
^{Verse 6 explains this process as well.}
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Our Faith is what opens up our walk in His will and enables us to be the tools that the Holy Spirit can use to be an example to others.

Remember... our God is the God of Angel Armies, whom shall we fear? Enjoy the video and hope it will inspire you to walk in His will this year.
 

Chris Tomlin - Whom Shall I Fear (God Of Angel Armies)

You hear me when I call
You are my morning song
Though darkness fills the night
It cannot hide the light
Whom shall I fear

You crush the enemy
Underneath my feet
You are my Sword and Shield
Though trouble lingers still
Whom shall I fear

Chorus:
I know Who goes before me
I know Who stands behind
The God of angel armies
Is always on my side
The One who reigns forever
He is a Friend of mine
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

My strength is in Your name
For You alone can save
You will deliver me
Yours is the victory

Chorus:
I know Who goes before me
I know Who stands behind
The God of angel armies
Is always on my side
The One who reigns forever
He is a Friend of mine
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side
Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear

Bridge:
And nothing formed against me shall stand
You hold the whole world in Your hands
I’m holding onto Your promises
You are faithful
You are faithful
You are faithful

Chorus:
I know Who goes before me
I know Who stands behind
The God of angel armies
Is always on my side
The One who reigns forever
He is a Friend of mine
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

Chorus:
I know Who goes before me
I know Who stands behind
The God of angel armies
Is always on my side
The One who reigns forever
He is a Friend of mine
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

The God of angel armies is always by my side

Our Gift from God

 
For it is written...
For God so loved the world.

Do you...

stand with Israel? 
"The nation of Israel lives... forever."