The Restory Retreat Centre

Pause We are tired. The week was and the weekend is very busy and there was little time to just catch our breath. We need it. That's why we create this moment of silence first and foremost for ourselves, but we like to share it. Nothing deep. Just peaceful. So that, when that little gap in your day opens up, you can put your feet up, pour a cup of tea and take a deep breath. ~ ❖ ~ Clearing   Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose. Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there patiently, until the song that is your life falls into your own cupped hands and you recognize and greet it. Only then will you know how to give yourself to this world so worth of rescue.   – Martha Postlewaite                                                             ~ ❖ ~ With much love. George & Mati...

Verposing Ons is moeg. Die week en naweek was en is baie besig en daar was min tyd om net 'n bietjie asem te skep. Ons het behoefte daaraan. Daarom skep ons hierdie oomblik van stilte in die eerste plek vir ons, maar ons deel dit graag. Niks dieps nie. Net rustig. Sodat, wanneer daardie klein gaping in jou dag oopval, jy jou voete kan lig, 'n koppie tee kan skink en diep kan asemhaal. ~ ❖ ~ Clearing   Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose. Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there patiently, until the song that is your life falls into your own cupped hands and you recognize and greet it. Only then will you know how to give yourself to this world so worth of rescue.   – Martha Postlewaite                                                             ~ ❖ ~ Met ons liefde. George ...

Love Your Enemy “You’re familiar with the old written law,  ‘Love your friend,’  and its unwritten companion, ‘Hate your enemy.’  I’m challenging that.  I’m telling you to love your enemies.  Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst.  When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the supple moves of prayer,  for then you are working out of your true selves, your God-created selves.  This is what God does.  He gives his best—the sun to warm and the rain to nourish— to everyone, regardless: the good and bad, the nice and nasty.  If all you do is love the lovable, do you expect a bonus?  Anybody can do that.  If you simply say hello to those who greet you, do you expect a medal?  Any run-of-the-mill sinner does that.  “In a word, what I’m saying is, Grow up.  You’re kingdom subjects. Now live like it.  Live out your God-created identity.  Live generously and graciously toward others,  the ...

  Jy Moet Jou Vyand Liefhê “Julle het gehoor dat daar gesê is:  ‘Jou naaste moet jy liefhê en jou vyand moet jy haat.’  Maar Ek sê vir julle:  Julle moet julle vyande liefhê, en julle moet bid vir dié wat vir julle vervolg,  sodat julle kinders kan wees van julle Vader in die hemel.  Hy laat immers sy son opkom oor slegtes en goeies,  en Hy laat reën oor dié wat reg doen en oor dié wat verkeerd doen.  As julle net dié liefhet wat vir julle liefhet,  watter loon kan julle dan nog verwag?  Maak die tollenaars nie ook maar net so nie?  En as julle net julle broers groet, wat doen julle meer as ander?  Maak die heidene nie ook maar net so nie?“ ‭‭ Matt 5‬:‭43‬-‭47‬ ‭                               Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek   "The acceptance of oneself is the essence of the whole moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook on life. That I ...