My thoughts and my life

A reminder for today Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. (James1:2) Don’t you just love this verse? It is so awesome. James says when trouble comes your way you must be happy. Have you ever felt like that? When you are facing massive amounts of obstacles and your work load is about to drive you insane, are you happy and laughing? I must say I fail miserably when it comes to being happy about trouble, but let’s look at the rest of what James says: For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. (Verse 3-4) Trouble tests our faith and when we succeed our faith grows and grows, because we keep our trust in Jesus knowing it will all be well in the end. This is what I love so much about this scripture. You see instead of breaking down we must stand up and take the...

A reminder for today Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be. (Luke 12:34) I realised yesterday that my process to reconciliation is not going to be as easy as I hoped. I spoke to my father in law yesterday and after this conversation I realised that our focus is entirely different and that I do not agree with his requests. And as you know me by now I lied awake in my bed contemplating over this in a million different ways. I must say I am disappointed and hurt in a sense, because I expected something different than what I got. So you might ask what was my conclusion after hours of arguing with all my personalities. I realised that my wife is my focus point and our happiness is more important to me than the ideas of other. Our success is more important than the perspectives of other and I really don’t care what people think of me. I know that our problems was not one sided and that we both are guilty and both of us made mistakes. It i...

A reminder for today Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying. (Romans 12:12) I am terrible with patience and it is very difficult for me to be patient. God is definitely on a mission to teach me patience and I am grateful for it. There is no reason to be hasty and to rush into decisions. Sometimes we need a moment to stand and watch from a distance just to get the full perspective and even if you think you are ready and all is in place it is good to take one last moment and just make sure you see everything the way God wants you to see it. Patience is not a loner, because patience needs hope. Together they can be a powerful tool in the successes we need in life. Patience together with hope can bring us so much closer to God, because the minute we combine the two it affects the way we have faith and how we trust God. Finally this will bring us back to our knees in prayer and that is where we win battles. When we are patient and in fa...

A reminder for today Then Peter came to him and asked, "Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?" "No, not seven times," Jesus replied, "but seventy times seven! (Matthew 18:21-22) Forgiveness – so hard to give and so easy to ask for. Yesterday I decided to ask for forgiveness from my wife’s family and in the same process forgive everyone that I am angry with. I asked forgiveness from all of them and as I forgave I felt a huge burden fall away that I carried with me all this time. I felt how Jesus just lifted this darkness that surrounded me and I felt free for the first time in a long time. I also decided to stop worrying what other think of me, for they will see the work of my Father in me and they will be amazed, because the Lord has already done so much.  Peter asked Jesus if he should forgive seven times and Jesus relied that he should forgive seventy times seven. My dear friend, how can we accept the forgi...

A reminder for today But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! (Galatians 5:22-23) Today my Dad’s is seventy four years old and what a blessing to still have him with us. It is wonderful to see all the amazing blessings the Lord showers over my life. This weekend with my boys on the farm was so awesome. We had so much fun that we did not want to return to the busy life here in the city. But today I am more blessed than ever before. I have been given the most wonderful gift any man can ever have and that is to have my love and my life back. It has taken a few months for us to work out our differences and I suppose there will be a few more that needs to be resolved but it is just amazing how God has blessed us in this healing process and how He is working with my heart. The changes that has happened in past week has bee...