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  Questions About A Marriage   The Conversation  Elements From The Conversation   Music With much love. George & Matilda 

  Vrae Oor 'n Huwelik Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek  Musiek Met ons liefde George &Matilda 

   Om Eg Te Skep Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Musiek Liefde George and Matilda

  To Create Authentically The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music Love George and Matilda

  Your Dialect "What about you? Who do you say I am?"                                                       Matthew 16:15 The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Grant, Lord, that I may know myself that I may know thee.                                                                                                                          St Augustine Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.                                 ...

  Jou Dialek Maar julle, wie sê julle is ek?"                                                             Matt 16:15 Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Here, gee dat ek myself sal ken sodat ek U kan ken.                                                                                                                           Augustinus Sonder selfkennis is daar geen kennis van God nie.                                   ...

  The Enneagram The Conversation Elements From The Conversation   “Grace transforms our failings full of dread into abundant, endless comfort …  our failings full of shame into a noble, glorious rising … our dying full of sorrow into holy, blissful life. ….  Just as our contrariness here on earth brings us pain, shame and sorrow,  so grace brings us surpassing comfort, glory, and bliss in heaven …  And that shall be a property of blessed love,  that we shall know in God,  which we might never have known without first experiencing woe.” ~ ~ "And God showed me that sin will be no shame, but somehow honor for humanity. . . .  God’s goodness makes the contrariness which is in us very profitable for us."                                                                       ...

  Behind The Scenes The conversations Elements from the conversation  All the beauty that's been lost before wants to find us again                                                                                      U2 (Ordinary Love) Music We try to leave something behind. No monuments or statues, but something that makes life a little bit more beautiful and warmer for people - those current and those that follow. To Leave Something Behind  (Sean Rowe) I cannot say that I know you well But you can't lie to me with all these books that you sell I'm not trying to follow you to the end of the world I'm just trying to leave something behind Words have come from men and mouse Oh, but I can't help thinking that I have heard the wrong crowd When all the water is go...

  Agter Die Skerms Die gesprekke  Elemente uit die gesprek  All the beauty that's been lost before wants to find us again                                                                                                     U2 (Ordinary Love) Musiek  Ons poog om iets na te laat. Nie 'n standbeeld of monument nie, maar iets wat die lewe en die wêreld net so bietjie mooier en warmer maak vir mense - huidiges en dié wat volg. To Leave Something Behind  (Sean Rowe) I cannot say that I know you well But you can't lie to me with all these books that you sell I'm not trying to follow you to the end of the world I'm just trying to leave something behind Words have come from men and mouse Oh, but I can't help thinking that I ha...

Retreats The Conversation Elements From The Conversation "If you don't come away for a while, you will come apart after a while."                                                                               Dallas Willard "It strikes me increasingly just how hard-pressed people are nowadays. It’s as though they’re tearing about from one emergency to another. Never solitary, never still, never really free but always busy about something that just can’t wait. You get the impression that, amid this frantic hurly-burly, we lose touch with life itself. We have the experience of being busy while nothing real seems to happen. The more agitated we are, and the more compacted our lives become, the more difficult it is to keep a space where God can let something truly new really take place."   ...

  Retreats Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek "If you don't come away for a while, you will come apart after a while."                                                                                  Dallas Willard "It strikes me increasingly just how hard-pressed people are nowadays. It’s as though they’re tearing about from one emergency to another. Never solitary, never still, never really free but always busy about something that just can’t wait. You get the impression that, amid this frantic hurly-burly, we lose touch with life itself. We have the experience of being busy while nothing real seems to happen. The more agitated we are, and the more compacted our lives become, the more difficult it is to keep a space where God can let something truly new really take place." ...

  Without Nature We Can't  The Conversation  Elements From The Conversation  Music  Keep well. George and Matilda 

  Sonder Die Natuur Kan Ons Nie  Die Gesprek  Elemente Uit Die Gesprek  Musiek Groete George en Matilda 

    Silence "Be still and know that I am God. Be still and know that I am.  Be still and know.  Be still.  Be."                                                       Ps 46:10 The Conversation  Elements from the conversation Let Your God Love You Be silent. Be still. Alone. Empty Before your God. Say nothing. Ask nothing. Be silent. Be still. Let your God look upon you. That is all. God knows. God understands. God loves you With an enormous love, And only wants To look upon you With that love. Quiet. Still. Be. Let your God— Love you.                                         Edwina Gateley Music  A master of silence in his compositions and music is the Italian composer and p...

    Stilte "Wees stil en weet Ek is die Heer. Wees stil en weet Ek is. Wees stil en weet. Wees stil. Wees."                                                       Ps 46:10 Die Gesprek  Elemente uit die gesprek Let Your God Love You Be silent. Be still. Alone. Empty Before your God. Say nothing. Ask nothing. Be silent. Be still. Let your God look upon you. That is all. God knows. God understands. God loves you With an enormous love, And only wants To look upon you With that love. Quiet. Still. Be. Let your God— Love you.                                                   Edwina Gateley Musiek 'n Meester van stilte in sy komposisies en musiek is die Italiaanse pianis en komponis Ludovico Einaudi....

  Spiritual Direction  “ What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him.  “Teacher,” the blind man answered, “I want to see again.” ‭‭                                                                                             Mark‬ ‭10:51‬ ‭(GNB) The Conversation  Elements From The Conversation "The assumption of spirituality is that always God is doing something before I know it. So the task is not to get God to do something I think needs to be done, but to become aware of what God is doing so that I can respond to it and participate and take delight in it."                                                   ...

  Easter As Message  Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground,  dead to the world,  it is never any more than a grain of wheat.  But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over.  In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that life.  But if you let it go, reckless in your love, you’ll have it forever, real and eternal.                                                             ‭‭John‬ ‭12:24-25‬ ‭(The Message)   Our Conversation Elements From Our Conversation There is death, destruction, grief, sighs and tears.... Scars of a war, Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb 2022 An old, hauntingly beautiful folk song from Ukraine  (Click on the link to listen) Plyve Kacha  The lyrics, translated into English:  A duck swims upon the Tysyna ...

The Restory - A Photo Journey In this conversation we tell about our contemplative journey in broad strokes. We would love to hear about your story as well, and if we can inspire and console each other in the process, we'll be glad.  The words of Brianna Wiest beautifully express our wish for you.  Our story And what is a journey without music? Turn up the volume on the open road! (Click on the link at the bottom of the image to listen to the song) Follow The Sun Warm greetings George and Matilda 

  Our brother-in-law, William, loves the simple things in life – sunsets, a nice cup of coffee, hearty meals with family, a bowl of home made Barrowfield yoghurt, a good joke. Growing up in Douglas in the Northern Cape instilled in him this deep appreciation for the gentle beauty and value of ordinary things. For the largest part of his adult life – 31 years to be exact – he has worked as an electrical engineer at Sasol in Secunda. Not the ideal setting for someone touched by matters that feed the soul.  We weren’t surprised when he started beekeeping a number of years ago. It suits his character and acted as a very good counter-balance to his work at Sasol. He placed 2 hives behind the stone wall in our garden and it has been a wonderful journey for us too, learning through William more about these little miracle workers of nature. And we feel rich beyond belief when our bottles of “liquid gold”, tasting of Barrowfield, stand on the pantry shelf at the end of a good season. I...

  I often use the image of stringing beads when I start to write about things that announce themselves over time. I’ll hear a song or read a line or passage, see a movie, and an unexpected element of a theme that I didn’t choose in the first place will gently arrive and take its place among the other elements already waiting.   Lately it is the relationship, or romantic love, between two people. How we search for it, what we expect to find, how it plays out, the mystery in it all.   In Alexander McCall Smith’s book, The Full Cupboard of Life, the main character, private detective Mma  Precious Ramotswe comes to the conclusion:  “If you were  in the mood for falling in love, or marrying, then perhaps it did not matter very much whom you would see when you turned the corner. You were looking for somebody, and there was somebody, and you would convince yourself that this random person was what you were really looking for in the first place.”   A full...