List of Posts

• Where do you live?
• God Will Take Care of You
• An infinite love!
• Worry the Thief of Worship:
• A Prayer to turn around Worry (the Thief of Worship):
• Routine:
• Do you know God?
• faith in troubled times...
• Fear:
• "As your days--so shall your strength be!" Deuteronomy 33:25
• Can't resist the temptation to show off our littlest darlings...
• One of my favourite passages....
• I asked God for strength...
• Courage in the face of grief and pain
• Because He lives, just for my precious Jessica
• Make me a captive, Lord. By George Matheson, 1842 - 1906
• When peace like a river and how great thou art
• Why? Understanding the Sovereignty of God
• Penitence, a Puritan Prayer from the “Valley Of Vision” , edited by Arthur Bennet, Banner of Truth
• Your good things are all yet to come!
• Grace Gem's on the Sovereignty of God again.
• Fly into the bosom of Christ for refuge and safety!
• Oh sacred head sore wounded....
• Dear Lord and Father of mankind By John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892
• All things work together for good!
• I cannot be trusted for one moment! (from Grace Gems)
• How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord
• Divine sovereignty, Romans 8:28 applied well!
• A Spurgeon Quote re being a Peacemaker:
• Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face
• Our world would have been one continuous Hell!
• God moves in mysteryious ways by William Cowper 1731 - 1800
• Anger...
• Speak oh Lord, By Stuart Townend and Keith Getty
• Memories, what do you do with them?
• Trials and sorrows (James Smith, "Comfort for Christians!")
• I have hope....(Lamentations 3, NKJ)
• Zebra post from Botswana....
• Do we have too much?
• Christ's love, by Smauel Rutherford
• I exhort you in the Lord to go on in your journey to heaven by Samuel Rutherford
• Let not the Lord's dealings seem harsh by Samuel Rutherford
• Oh "Stone of Israel", Chief Cornerstone...
• Run to your Father's arms by James Smith, from Grace Gems.
• Feeling Old? The best way to grow old! (from Grace Gems)
• What is your idol?
• What do you do on a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day?
• It is strange how little use we make of the spiritual blessings which God gives us, but it is stranger still how little use we make of God himself.
• O the deep, deep love of Jesus! Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free!
• Live much in Heaven
• The Lord has kept us in times of trouble, blessed be the name of the Lord!
• "Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you." 1 Peter 5:7
• He lives
• Do you say thank you for your gifts?
• Remedial Reading
• A Closer Look at Sadness 3: Jesus wept. What sadness do we bear?
• A Closer Look at Sadness 2: Gethsemane Night
• What should I do when feeling completely overwhelmed . . . ·
• A Closer Look at Sadness: 1 (The Emmaus Walk)
• Sharing: It is more blessed to give than to receive.
• Providence is not merely the outworking of a mechanical system, or the beneficent operation of wise and good laws. It is rather--the thoughtful, sleepless, loving care of our Heavenly Father!
• "UtekefyeUmutima"; "be patient."; "put your heart [down]"; "hold on to it"
• Storms: 2
• Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. ~Maori Proverb
• Storms:
• Does contracting flu have a genetic link?
• Grace Gems again:
• Where do you go in times of trouble?
• Book quotes
• Hope!
• Mental Health and physical causes (in the area of Autism):
• George Muller, a man of prayer who listened to God.
• Christ's moment of greatest suffering....
• The omnipotent God is your God!
• Do Not Be Surprised at Trials and Afflictions
• Our tears...(from Grace Gems)
• Life in all it's fullness...
• 2 Peter 1:3-11 (ESV)
• Family fun...
• God's love is a gift, it is free, Dit Komos Niks
• Indelible impressions!
• Marks of the True Christian (ESV)
• The Character of God:
• Is your Christianity a 'cultural Christianity' that is worth nothing?
• February: Science experiments, puppies and garden tucker
• He Makes No Mistakes
• Will you do this for me?
• God often sends us trials that our graces may be discovered
• Growing worse?
• In what do you boast?
• Robinson Crusoe's text:
• When Children Suffer
• Philippians 4:
• Limitless access to God...
• Do Not Be Surprised at Trials and Afflictions
• On Thee, when waves of trouble roll, My fainting hope relies.
• Beloved, let us then go forward into the future, leaning on our beloved; and let us rejoice in the fact that though we do not know what may befall us — yet he knows! And so deep is his interest in us, that he will not allow anything to harm us — but will cause all things to work together for our good.
• Be still, my soul:
• Trusting God in His providence through Suffering: (various quotes)
• God's child
• My joy should have no regard for my circumstances...
• God chose me.....the story of Gracia Burnham
• What if your blessings come through raindrops?
• Is God 'all wise' even in Sufferings? A Quote from J.I.Packer
• Dim or indistinct views of sin (Grace Gems)
• Holiness, J.C. Ryle
• No Cross, No Crown
• True Christianity is a fight!
• Earth is crammed with Heaven....
• A Borrowed Prayer, author forgotten/unknown
• God at work! And if God had not helped us! by James Smith
• The Believer's Daily Remembrancer by James Smith In every thing give thanks. - 1 Thessalonians 5:18
• What is the chief end of Man? What is the purpose of our existence?
• Troubles, By James Smith, from Grace Gems
• Jude
• Your present affliction (James Smith, "The Believer's Companion in Seasons of Affliction and Trouble" 1842) "God is love!" 1 John 4:8
• How do all things work for the good of those who love Him?
• The Believer in affliction and trial:from Grace Gems again:
• One of the best books for free this month, a must get! See
• John Newton's Letters: How to walk with God:
• Praying about trials!
• What is the chief end of Man? What is the purpose of our existence?
• Bible Reading Plans
• Too wise to be mistaken, Too good to be unkind.
• Hymn and Prayer for Times of Trial and Thorns:
• How happy I am...
• Where are you going in 2012?
• Speak, o Lord by Keith Getty
• O God beyond all praising
• Celebrating...
• The perfect husband
• Blessings to you all at Christmas Time:
• How do we worship?
• Divine Sympathy! (by John MacDuff) "I know their sorrows!" Exodus 3:7
• Lead me to the rock that is higher than I (4)
• Lead me to the rock that is higher than I (3)
• Lead me to the rock that is higher than I (2)
• Lead me to the rock that is higher than I (1)
• My Favourite verse...
• Do not Fret....
• "O that I knew where I might find him!"
• Hymn and Prayer for Times of Trial and Thorns Joshua Condor
• The Holy Spirit's Presence By G.D. Watson
• It is I! -- Octavious Winslow
• The only refuge in sorrow
• O royal privilege, inestimable blessing, to be under the care of heaven, and tutelage of God!
• Conservative, Biblical Couselling Web Site: http://www.ccef.org/
• Behold your God!
• The Attributtes of God:
• O glorious refuge! O sure defense! O everlasting fortress! Here do I defy the worst that earth and hell can do
• Worship: Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us! ( Hebrews 12 1-3)
• Lamentations 3:
• Psalm 27
• Psalm 37
• The King of love my shepherd is
• What a kind Friend I have who brings me comfort in the sweetest sweetest of ways!
• Our view of Eternity: Does it spur us on to good works
• The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me
• Oh Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness...For truth in its beauty, and love in its tenderness, These are the offerings to lay on His shrine
• May the God of endurance and encouragement ....
• Spurgeon’s Evening, October 22 "He shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you." John 16:15
• Trusting God even when life hurts:
• Psalm 63: (ESV)
• My Favourite verse... comfort sandwiched by God's reasurance of His love.
• Hebrews 12:1(b) ….let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.
• What is a Biblical Christian?
• Christian Education:
• It is well with my Soul by Horatio G. Spafford
• The LORD is good to those who wait for Him
• Who is the victim?
• God is my helper:
• My daughter's testimony:
• more precious than gold...
• Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!
• Isaiah 61 again, I do so love it, I can't help but put it on my blog again!
• Refining Silver - anonymous author
• A Still small voice! Kings 19:12 By Spurgeon
• Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer, Nor His mercy from me!
• Holiness
• Encouragement: Fear not
• To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
• And after the fire came a gentle whisper(NIV) the sound of a low whisper(ESV) or after the fire a still small voice(NKJ);
• You are My friends!
• Should Christians always be happy? (With some more George Muller quotes)
• Some of my Olive Shoots...
• We should learn a lesson from the old heathen artist!
• Seek my face
• The most beautiful words in the world are the words of God... for they are true and they abide forever, what joy!
• 'Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for He is with me.'
• Disabiltity: Is it part of God's design? Read a free book online:
• Sanctified Suffering
• If Jehovah is your God?
• Faithfulness: our new family motto
• My hope is built on nothing less
• Who is He?
• Oh Church Arise
• Jessica sent me these lovely George Muller quotes last night:
• Wisedom with Words:
• Encouragement that never ends....
• Jesus I am resting, resting
• At calvary
• In Christ Alone
• How deep the Father's Love for us.
• It is well with my Soul by Horatio G. Spafford
• Make me a captive, Lord by George Matheson 1842- 1906
• I've found a friend, oh such a friend:
• He talks to us....
• Fascinating African Wildlife
• South Africa's Weaver Bird:
• child development
• The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
• Good preaching:
• Is there a place for feeling inferior in the church?
• Come and see...
• Oh Love that will not let me go, by George Matheson 1842-1906
• Comfort
• Flying to our Father's arms
• Free children's books online
• God's tender love
• This saying is trustworthy:
• A Parents Prayer/Hymn by Thomas Haweis 1734-1820
• Gems
• God cares about our little needs
• More encouragement:
• Timely words of encouragement:
• When grief presses you to the dust (Spurgeon)
• When the tears trickled down His blessed face! From Grace Gems emails
• Visiting Ephesian 4 again:
• God signature of Love and Grace
• Where do our tears go?
• Job: Blessed be the name of the Lord
• Faith and Hope:
• The Lord's My Shepherd Lyrics By: Townend Stuart
• Doing good....
• Surely we are not sufficiently sensible of the infinite tenderness of Jesus!
• The Lord's my Shepherd
• My prayer
• My Hope...
• the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit, Isaiah 61:3
• My favourite bookshops!
• Divided: A brilliant free movie!
• A Free Blank Timeline Book: By Joy Murray © 2011
• The runaway's unconditional love....
• King's Beach: Early May 2011
• Assignments are finished!
• Anger
• Failed Adoption and Fertility
• What is the process of healing after an abortion?
• Understanding Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder
• How would you counsel a woman whose husband displays the traits of a narcissist?
• How can a wife love a husband with Aspergers?
• How do I think rightly about recurrent miscarriages?
• Vaccinations
• Skatjie has puppies:
• June Birthdays
• Do you do vaccinations?
• Our zoo has flue - how about you?
• A noah's ark quote came today.....
• Underwater World: Cheap Tuesdays!
• Xenophobia Erupting again in South Africa:
• The amazing cat:
• Quotations: when I say I am a Christian....
• Encouragement to a person struggling with ADD related issues and feelings of failure.
• cake decorating and chocolate collars
• Silver Bliss Bomb: Shih Tzu Mommy to be:
• Ephesians 4
• Autism??????
• Disorder of the day, in marriage:
• Forgiveness, a quotation by CS Lewis
• Holding
• A friend emailed these John Owen Quotes to me today!
• 'Let the Little Children Come': some more thoughts on abortion...
• 'Let the Little Children Come': some thoughts on abortion...
• Walk the Talk!
• A thousand gifts
• to the city by train....
• A homeschooling artist:
• An Island or an Oasis........Living Openly As A Family With Hidden Disabilities.
• Screening for Autism and Devopmental Delays in Early Days
• Late 2004 and Early 2005
• Piano Concert 2006: Josh and Jo
• Aunty Sally visits April 2005, Tim the baby.
• October 1995: the day before Joshua was born.
• October 2004
• Visiting the Endeavour: On board 2
• Visiting the Endeavour: On board 1
• Visiting the Endeavour: Waiting to board, the modern/young and the ancient/old together.
• Visiting the Endeavour: Contrast - In Brisbane; a First Glimpse
• Visiting the Endeavour: On the Ferry/ Story Bridge
• Visiting the Endeavour: Waiting for our ferry - Mowbray Terrace
• School snapsots of the day:
• Schools arrange secret abortions, NZ
• Courage has a crimson coat by Nancy Byrd Turner
• How do you cope with Homeschooling?
• How Homeschoolers get into Uni in QLD:
• Tanglewood's Secret and other stories by Patricia St John
• Do you Drink Ethical Tea?
• Saints and Sinners - should art be G-rated?
• G Rated Outdoor advertising!
• At the park 2
• At the park
• Try this on for size...
• Art Study: Alfredo Rodriguez
• an interesting food web site
• Oh, to see the dawn
• In Christ Alone
• Happy Easter
• Why do you celebrate Easter....
• Easter Links again
• Feeding sheep or amusing goats?
• Albert Einstein: Intelligence
• An Australian Secular view of Easter:
• Some More Easter Activity Links
• Passover/Easter
• Adventure: a quotation
• My Car is an Aeroplane
• Art Curriculum:
• Japan Still Weeps
• Eucation, why?
• Education: Thinking out the box
• More homeschooling memories
• Homeschooling memories
• Go Carting
• Mt Cootha
• Socialising
• New Blog and some family news
• ABC's of Life
• Guide Horses for the Blind
• World's smallest horses!
• Japan: Images and News
• What do you do that is of value?
• 16 Mistakes, from How to Home School
• To adopt or not to adopt; to start an orphanage or not?
• Japan, continues bravely on
• Pro life?
• Education: what are we aiming to do?
• At last the promise of help for poor Libya - but at what cost?
• Japan: 1 Week after disaster
• Aboslom
• Stories of Hope Amongst the Tragic Sadness:
• Sunday School / Bible study resources for younger children.
• Free Sunday School Resources
• Emmanual Fellowship has Dissolved:
• Fear, how do you handle your fear?
• Christchurch's Second Earthquake.
• My mother: I love her
• Ann Owed Two the Spelling Checker
• Baby Hatches
• Homeschooling Special Needs Kids: Curriculum Choices and Methods
• An Education Quote
• Queensland, Australia needs continued prayer
• Crisis Management, a few ways to cope when things go wrong:
• Flood Recovery....random snippets of memories.
• is our hurdle set too low?
• Before and After: 2011 Floods
• Why couldn't we all turn on our taps to empty the dam and prevent the flood?
• 6 year old quote
• Quotations from my cousin in law
• Emma and I enjoyed this tonight
• Water subsiding, streets emptying but the slog of recovery still continues:
• Found below a flood evacuation centre today...
• From Flood Crises to Mud Crises
• Brisbane Flood Mop Up.
• Floods in QLD very serious
• Latest fashion in QLD
• Flood pictures in Australia
• Please pray for South Africa
• Smile!
• Shocking Christmas Gift available in US
• Christmas Cartoon
• More on Swedish HSing persecution case - you can help!
• Has teaching changed with the times?
• How is this for architecture?
• Some Lessons I have Learned as a Home Schoooling Teacher
• Happy Birthday JB
• Homeschooling Persecution in Sweden
• Imagine this!
• Blessings
• Preparing our hearts to make Christ our focus this Christmas
• Today We Visted a Fish and Chips Shop...Or...Am I Homophobic?
• About having a gratitude attitude!
• Adoption, Orphanages, and the African Extended Family System
• Do we treasure each Moment?
• More Starfall: The Best!
• Are you a post modernist?
• “Education is not the filling of a pail,
• Losing a child
• October catch up: Mt Cootha
• Everyone sick, what we do on a day off.
• Who will hear their cry?
• Happy Birthday Jessica
• Bethany Farm, South Africa
• Immigration 2
• Immigration 1
• Happy Birthday Granny Murray
• Kisses from Katie: I still love this blog!
• Indonesia is suffering
• We've been quiltly at it again...
• Wivenhoe Dam Spilliage: October 2010
• Our Youngest Son's Birthday Today
• Our Oldest Daughter's/Big Sister's Newsletter. (I love her so much and I am so proud of her! )
• Suppose your child was dying...
• So what about women's rights? So what about terrorist's rights?
• Nails in the fence: Anonymous author
• Why abort abotion?
• Are you Prolife? Do you know that The Pill does cause abotions? (2)
• Are you Prolife? Do you know that The Pill does cause abotions?
• Blindness to Nature
• Jarryn's ice cream truimph
• China: Some Statisics
• Seasons of mists by John Keats
• Childish Corners
• New South African Curriculum:
• Do you have an hour or two?
• Politics/Education in Australia
• Would you stop to listen to this violinist? It is all about goosebumps!
• An amazing 107 year old recording of Grieg playing his own music
• Our favourite piano piece
• Some of our favourite family pieces
• Frescoes
• Write right now the 'rite' way:
• Children, a blessing
• Are we becoming internet Zombies?
• Vitamin D Deficiency - could you have it?
• New Hymns
• New Zealand Friends in Earthquake
• "Who are you?" And "Do you argue with God?"
• Ministries of Mercy
• How much do you earn?
• Fetal Alchohol Syndrome:
• Are you voting below the line?
• Voting:
• Can Horses really Dance?
• Good free maps!
• Voting for Women!
• Barking Owls:
• "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose."
• Green Tree Pythons:
• What is it?
• The Hobbits of Hobbitton have a footshaving holiday
• Immunity Against Storms;
• Wendy Francis 4 senate
• America pro building a mosque near ground zero:
• Australia votes
• Must Look...Good Book
• The Problem we live with...
• Breakfast with Granny and Grandad, by Timothy
• Kurumidza the Shih Tzu is on his way...
• Our Joshua, 4th in Australia for Maths:
• Homeschooling: My Favourite Curriculum Stores , Things I Use, and Ozzie Distance Schools:
• Praying for our children
• Birthday Boy: Jono
• A picture tells a thousand words
• Are you Free?
• An absolutely, totally and competely must listen to....
• Brilliant, 'Must-Get' Devotional Book
• Flies on the wall and flies in the ointment:
• Do not worry:
• Quotes from some people with Aspergers
• Happy bir'day 'Nannyhouse'
• Happy Birthday Tim
• Athletic's Day
• Oupa sings with the angels:
• The only effectual reformer of the world!
• When our children hurt....
• "Dare double dare, meet up the top of the... Wet and Wild Surf-rider
• Burning Down the Shack
• One Million Arrows
• A beautiful Blog posting:
• Angel Voices
• I Need Africa More Than it Needs Me!
• Church History in the making! What is happening in Churches Today ?
• New Evangelicalism
• Calvinism and other such very interesting matters in life...
• Can you handle Handel?
• Aspergers Myth Busters
• Aspergers diagnosis and the DSM 5 proposed changes …
• To Diagnose or not to Diagnose?
• 11 tips about life, by Bill Gates
• Mother's Day
• Grace Gem's Today: Go to Him just as you are--and receive from Him all you need!
• Grace Gems devotional for today: Do not be anxious
• Mother Hen Close...
• Aspie/family crisis, can't give details, please think of us at this time, thanks!
• Easter Fest 2010: So what was so wrong about it?
• Piper/Warren debate. A reflection of where the church is going?
• Stop, and read....
• Snippets of my South African Heritage:
• Saying the important things....
• The Best 8 year old Gift a Mom could have....
• Missing you too and Maths etc
• More Free Reformed Baptistic Sunday School Materials
• G rated outdoor advertising in Australia
• Grief
• Post-mortem kindesses
• FREE Reformed Baptist SS materials
• Free Bible Story Colouring Pages for children:
• Today in history
• Blessed is the man....
• Volcanoes
• God is grieved
• Good Worship
• Good Preaching: What is it?
• Grace Gems devotional for today: Nursing a viper!
• Ready, Steady, Sweetie
• Politically Correct: Which feet are better?
• Suffering, what is my/our response to alleviate suffering in the world?
• Loganlea Station’s Umbrella Caterpillar:
• Why is there so much suffering?
• Love is Patient (The Love Dare, Fireproof)
• Make your Own Animation Movie for Free
• World Maths Day
• Jonathan has started his own blog!
• Free colouring in pages for kids
• Pampoen Sop/ Pumpkin Soup, serves at least 10!
• My Heart is Filled with Thankfulness 2
• My Heart is Filled with Thankfulness 1
• Invictus.
• Suffering, can we make a difference?
• Books to read on Suffering
• Zadza/Pap recipes
• My sweet hubby sent this quote to me today : - ) Number Two
• My sweet hubby sent this quote to me today : - )
• Destiny
• Coetzee Family: answer to prayer
• Granny and Grandad's new house brings childhood memories with the unpacking:
• Free Art Lessons
• Developmental delays or a different wiring!
• New Things Happening...
• Bus Party
• Zimbabwe, please pray!
• Haiti
• Douglas is fine, results are negative, thanks be to God
• Happy Birthday Joseph, My Fantastic Master Chef of 2010!
• A wonderful love quote that Doug sent me today
• Let us remeber, lest we forget....
• WHY? Grace Gems devotional for today
• Haiti Earthquake
• Lolly baskets are empty, but hearts are full:
• Lift up your eyes...
• A Ramble About Getting Ready for School
• Jessica's Poem:
• Dear people who pray for me every single day! Thank you so much!
• Muslim Work in South Africa
• What do we do in the school holidays?
• Have a New Husband by Friday (?????)
• Who is God?
• Interesting Ethical Dilema
• "Let's Party" 2010
• Post Christmas...Desiring God Blog
• Grace Gems again....more on suffering
• Boxing Day
• Celebrating Christmas
• Blessings to you this Christmas
• Aspergers, a brilliant write up!
• Please Pray
• Dear Dorothy
• Tarry Home this Christmas
• 'Gogo' Joy is having knee surgery
• Treasuring God in our Traditions
• Joy'zown Tzus
• Jessica's new posts
• John Piper's poems
• Gratitude and Despair
• Sew, I have another new blog
• Jessica is starting a blog too
• Christmas is coming
• The greatest artist ever...
• Anorexia
• Do people eat penguin eggs?
• Getting Political Over Private Midwifery Care in Oz
• I can't make a diffrence!
• Mud, Mud Glorious Mud
• How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds and How Deep the Father's Love for Us:
• Lack of bitterness when suffering comes our way
• When God's answer is 'no'
• another answer to prayer
• answer to prayer!
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• what is the point?
• 100 orphans....5000 men
• Louis Pasteur- on children
• What can you do with a used tea bag?
• To Narnia We go...
• Suffering...
• Miscarriage
• Feeling Sorry for Myself....
• Dust storm
• Gone Fishing:
• Be Challanged!
• In Christ Alone
• Nanny
• Living a lovely life
• verse of the day
• Student Y
• Trails and Happiness
• Do we see beauty?
• Adoption theology and practice
• Anger, further thoughts
• Keeping calm in the face of naughty children
• Be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord!
• Some of my favourite web sites!
• Correction re free books I told you about a few days ago
• Feeling Unmotivated?
• Terrorism and True love....St James Massacre
• Free e-books until the 4th August
• The longer we live, such pleasures as this world can afford, will, more and more, lose their power of pleasing.
• Horses: the cutest horse I have ever seen! Also good colouring pages
• Zim again
• Stress does go out the window eventually:
• Sing it from the roof tops, rejoice and be glad ... a new little soul has entered the world!
• Wolston House By Joseph, Wednesday 3rd June 2009
• Wolston House Narrated By Emma –Jane 3rd June 2009
• Wolston House By Timothy (with some help from Mommy) Wednesday 3rd June 2009
• Wolston House: By Erica – Ruth, Wednesday 3rd June 2009
• Nevada Tea Packing Factory: 15/06/09
• Family Photo's : At The Airport
• Murray's 'Night at the Movies' :