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  My Purpose The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music In the song, the "plan" she gives God is a plea for an end. • She is not asking God for a new path, but she is giving God a proposal or a roadmap to end this chapter of suffering ("To close this affair"). • It is an act of surrender: she can no longer bear the weight of the past, so she reaches out and says to the Creator, as it were, "Here's how we can end this pain. Help me to end it." There is an irony in the lyrics. Sometimes the only "plan" we can form is to admit that we have run out of plans. By saying "I'm giving God a plan," she may be saying, "I've decided that this 'affair' with sorrow is over; now God, you have to do the rest to make it happen." It is a shift from passive victim to someone who sets a boundary. May you gradually, through discovery, come home to your purpose. With our love. George & Matilda

  My Doel Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Musiek In die liedjie is die "plan" wat sy vir God gee, 'n pleit vir 'n einde. • Sy vra God nie vir 'n nuwe pad nie, maar sy gee vir God 'n voorstel of 'n padkaart om hierdie hoofstuk van lyding te beëindig ("To close this affair"). • Dit is 'n daad van oorgawe: sy kan nie meer die gewig van die verlede dra nie, so sy reik uit en sê as't ware vir die Skepper: "Hier is hoe ons hierdie pyn kan klaarmaak. Help my om dit af te handel." Daar is 'n ironie in die lirieke. Soms is die enigste "plan" wat ons kan vorm, om te erken dat ons planne opgeraak het. Deur te sê "Ek gee vir God 'n plan," sê sy dalk eintlik: "Ek het besluit dat hierdie 'affair' met hartseer verby is; God, nou moet U die res doen om dit te laat gebeur." Dit is 'n skuif van passiewe slagoffer na iemand wat 'n grens stel. Mag jy algaande, ontdekkend, in jou doel tuisko...

  Aonther Story Please! Ariana listening to stories. The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music Now hére is a story. With our love. George & Matilda

  Nog 'n Storie Asseblief! Ariana luister na stories. Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Musiek Nou híér is 'n storie. Met ons liefde. George & Matilda

Guilt As Motivation The Conversation Elements From The Conversation ~ ❖ ~ "I am convinced that guilt and shame are never from God. They are merely the defenses of the False Self as it is shocked at its own poverty — the defenses of a little man who wants to be a big man. God leads by compassion toward the soul, never by condemnation. If God would relate to us by severity and punitiveness, God would only be giving us permission to do the same (which is tragically, due to our mistaken images of God, exactly what has happened!)." Richard Rohr                 ~ ❖ ~ "It is about as hard to absolve yourself of your own guilt as it is to sit in your own lap. Wrongdoing sparks guilt sparks wrongdoing ad nauseam, and we all try to disguise the grim process from both ourselves and everybody else. In order to break the circuit we need friends before whom we can put aside the disguise, trusting that when they see us for what we fully are, they won't run away ...

Skuld as Motivering Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek ~ ❖ ~ "I am convinced that guilt and shame are never from God. They are merely the defenses of the False Self as it is shocked at its own poverty — the defenses of a little man who wants to be a big man. God leads by compassion toward the soul, never by condemnation. If God would relate to us by severity and punitiveness, God would only be giving us permission to do the same (which is tragically, due to our mistaken images of God, exactly what has happened!)." Richard Rohr                 ~ ❖ ~ "It is about as hard to absolve yourself of your own guilt as it is to sit in your own lap. Wrongdoing sparks guilt sparks wrongdoing ad nauseam, and we all try to disguise the grim process from both ourselves and everybody else. In order to break the circuit we need friends before whom we can put aside the disguise, trusting that when they see us for what we fully are, they won't run away screaming w...

  Today We're Not Talking The feature that stands out the most for us about Tafelkop is the fog. In the 9 months we have been living here, it has been and is a constant – winter and summer, early morning, late afternoon, at dusk when we go for a walk, then the fog rolls in through the gap where the road goes through Kastrolnek. As if it were constantly pressing against the back of Tefelkop, discovering the opening, breaking through and spilling over roofs, yards, fields. With the thick veil drawn over everything, we know there are still big trees in the lane. We hear them dripping. Other than that, it is dead silent.   In between. Not quite rain and not quite sky. Not totally dark, but not really light either. Early morning recording at Tafelkop - Holy Saturday Today is Silent Saturday.   The foggy day. Somewhere between death and life, where something has passed, but the new is not yet. Where the familiar beacons that provide our coordinates and make us feel safe are gon...

Vandag Praat Ons nie Die eienskap wat vir ons die sterkste uitstaan van Tafelkop, is die mis. In die 9 maande wat ons nou hier bly, was en is dit ‘n konstante – winter en somer, vroegoggend, laatmiddag, teen skemer wanneer ons gaan stap, dan kom die mis ingerol deur die keep waar die pad deur Kastrolnek gaan. Asof dit die heeltyd teen die agterkant van Tefelkop druk, die opening ontdek, deurbreek en oor dakke, werwe, lande spoel. Met die digte sluier oor alles getrek, weet ons daar is steeds groot bome in die laning. Ons hoor hulle drup. Verder is dit doodstil.   Tussenin. Nie heeltemal reën nie en nie heeltemal lug nie. Nie totaal donker nie, maar ook nie regtig lig nie. Vroegoggend-opname op Tafelkop - Stil Saterdag Vandag is Stil Saterdag.    Die mistige dag. Êrens tussen dood en lewe, waar iets verby is, maar die nuwe nog nie is nie. Waar die bekende bakens wat ons koördinate verskaf en ons veilig laat voel weg is. En vae buitelyne geen aanduiding van nuwe lewe is nie...

  Is God Calling Contrary To Our Loves? The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music The process where God is journeying with us, especially in the discovery and living of our deep passions and loves, reminds one of a dance. Love George & Matilda

  Roep God Teen Ons Liefdes In? Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Musiek Die proses waar ons saam met God op reis is, juis ook in die ontdekking en uitleef van ons diep passies en liefdes, herinner sterk aan 'n dans. Liefde George & Matilda