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From The Restory - Conversations On The Journey (188)

  Control   The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music In our attempts to control everything, including God, and place it in predictable boxes and compartments, we lose far more than we gain. Our lives do not become as safe as we had hoped. It becomes sterile. A blessing originally written by Ruth Fox for students receiving degrees at Dickinson State University in America.  May God bless you with Discontent with easy answers, half-truths, superficial relationships, so that you will live from deep within your heart. May God bless you with Anger at injustice, oppression, abuse, and exploitation of people, so that you will work for justice, equality, and peace. May God bless you with Tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation and war, so that you will reach out your hand to comfort them and to change their pain to joy. May God bless you with the Foolishness to think you can make a difference in this world, so that you will do the things wh...

Vanuit Die Restory - Gesprekke Tussen Reisgenote (188)

Kontrole   Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Musiek In ons pogings om alles, ook God, te beheer en in voorspelbare boksies en vakkies te plaas, verloor ons baie meer as wat ons wen. Ons lewens word nie veilig soos ons gehoop het nie. Dit raak steriel. ‘n Seën oorspronklik geskryf  deur Ruth Fox vir studente wat graad ontvang by Dickinson State University in Amerika.   Mag God jou seën met ‘n ontevredenheid met maklike antwoorde, halwe waarhede, en oppervlakkige verhoudings, sodat jy vanuit die diepte van jou hart sal leef; Mag God jou seën met ‘n onteltenis oor onreg, onderdrukking, mishandeling en die uitbuiting van mense, sodat jy sal werk vir regverdigheid, gelykheid en vrede; Mag God jou seën met trane wat gestort word vir hulle wat ly onder pyn, verwerping, hongersnood en oorlog, sodat jy jou hand sal uitsteek om hulle te bemoedig en om hulle pyn in vreugde te verander. Mag God jou seën met ‘n dwaasheid wat jou laat dink dat jy ‘n verskil in hierdie wêreld kan maa...