Friday, 9 May 2014

“Without suffering, there'd be no compassion.” ― Nicholas Sparks


Haloes J
 
“Without suffering, there'd be no compassion.” ― Nicholas Sparks
 
Numbers 23:19 
 
“God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?”
 
John 4:13-14
 
“Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
 
Hier is 'n gedig wat my lewe aangeraak het...  Ek dink dis iets wat elkeen van ons moet onthou, en toepas in ons lewens...  Dis 'n gedig wat 'n vrou vir 'n man geskryf het, terwyl hy in die Vietnamiese oorlog geveg het... Enjoy :)
 
But you didn't...  by Merrill Glass
 
Remember the day I borrowed your brand
new car and dented it?
I thought you'd kill me, but you didn't…
 
And remember the time I dragged you to the beach,
and you said it would rain, and it did?
I thought you'd say, "I told you so." But you didn't.
 
Do you remember the time I flirted with all
the guys to make you jealous, and you were?
I thought you'd leave, but you didn't.
 
Do you remember the time I spilled strawberry pie
 all over your car rug?
I thought you'd hit me, but you didn't.
 
And remember the time I forgot to tell you the dance
was formal and you showed up in jeans?
I thought you'd drop me, but you didn't.
 
Yes, there were lots of things you didn't do.
But you put up with me, and loved me, and protected me.
 
There were lots of things I wanted to make up to you
when you returned from Vietnam.
 
But you didn't.
 
Remember the day I borrowed your brand
new car and dented it?
I thought you'd kill me, but you didn't.
 
And remember the time I dragged you to the beach,
and you said it would rain, and it did?
 I thought you'd say, "I told you so." But you didn't.
 
Do you remember the time I flirted with all
the guys to make you jealous, and you were?
I thought you'd leave, but you didn't.
 
Do you remember the time I spilled strawberry pie
all over your car rug?
I thought you'd hit me, but you didn't.
 
And remember the time I forgot to tell you the dance
was formal and you showed up in jeans?
 I thought you'd drop me, but you didn't.
 
Yes, there were lots of things you didn't do.
But you put up with me, and loved me, and protected me.
 
There were lots of things I wanted to make up to you
 when you returned from Vietnam.
 
But you didn't…
 
Ons dink altyd - ja...  daar is nog baaaaiee tyd om die sonsondergang te loop kyk, of om saam met vriende te eet, of om vir daardie persoon te sê dat ons hulle liefhet...  Of om jammer te sê vir dit wat ek gedoen, of nie gedoen het nie...  Ons is almal hier op geleende tyd...  Elkeen se tyd is uitgestippel soos 'n tydlyn, en alhoewel ons weet wat die begin datum van daardie lyn was, weet nie een van ons wanneer die einde van ons tydlyn gaan aanbreek nie...
 
Die belangrikste is om dit wat ons wil sê en doen - soos die meisie in hierdie gedig, NOU te doen...  Moenie wag vir die "perfekte"geleentheid nie, want dit is BAIE SELDE dat daar wel so iets is...  "SEIZE the day"...  Dis ook baie maklik om hierdie te lees, en dan te dink - sjoe ja, ek moet sorg dat ek voluit leef, en voluit gaan vir dinge...  Maar sodra die dag dan weer aan die gang kom, vergeet ek van hierdie, en jaag ek sommer net aan waar ek gister opgehou het...  MAAK tyd...  Print hierdie gediggie vir jou uit, en plak dit op waar jy dit elke dag kan sien...  Dat dit vir jou 'n herinnering kan wees om in die HIER EN NOU te leef...  Elke sekonde :)  VOLUIT vir Jesus...  En ook, om NOOIT SPYT te wees oor dit wat ek NIE gedoen het nie...  Waag 'n kans - al moet jy 'n fout maak...  As jy nie probeer nie, sal jy nooit weet waartoe jy saam met Jesus in staat is nie…  Jy is tot ALLES in staat deur Hom wat jou die krag gee (Fillipense 4:13)…
 
blessings!
 
Anel xx

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