The Restory Retreat Centre

  God Happening The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music With our love. George & Matilda

  The Will of God “The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood....” ‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭14‬ ‭(The Message)                         "That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.” “I’m absolutely convinced that nothing - nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable - absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love.....” ‭‭ Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭28; 31‬-‭39‬ ‭(The Message)‬                     The Conversation Elements From The Conversation When we (George & Matilda) ponder on this subject and look at it from the perspective of our own experience, the overarching theme is that God is not far-off, way distant from where He manipulates and guides things. We take Jesus's message seriously - God is with you, in you. So intimately entwined that we cann...

  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.                                 ...

Die Dinge wat Saakmaak Fil 1:3-11 Klankgreep van Oordenking Here, Ek is nie bang nie. Nie op ‘n bewuste vlak nie. Nie as ‘n boodskap van my kop nie. Maar as ek doodstil raak en na my lyf luister, is daar hier oor my skouers en bors wel ‘n bang. Dis nie ‘n vrees vir doodgaan nie. Dis meer vir die groot onbekende wat tans om ons en nog voor ons lê. Ek weet die wêreld gaan verander. Dit gebeur op hierdie oomblik, in ons tyd. Totaal. Dit moet. Dis nodig.  Ek hoop selfs dat dit moet gebeur, want so kan dit nie aangaan nie. Ons het egter soveel slegte gewoontes waarmee ons die nuwe tegemoet loop. Dis wat my bang maak. Ons het gewoontes wat van ons ‘n indringer spesie maak. Noudat ons siek word, word die natuur en ons planeet gesond, slaak hulle ‘n sug van verligting.  Wat sê dit van ons en die manier waarop ons leef? Ek is nie bang vir die virus nie. Ek is bang vir ons. Ek is bang vir ons arrogansie en onwilligheid om aanpasin...

“Francis called all creatures, no matter how small by the name of brother and sister; because he knew they had the same source as himself.”                                                     Saint Bonaventure's Life of St Francis "If humankind could have known God without the world, God would never have created the world."                                                     Meister Eckhart "In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all!"                                                   Colossians 3:11 ...

The world will ask you who you are, and if you do not know, the world will tell you.                                                                                                                  Carl Jung Late have I loved you, beauty so old and so new: late have I loved you. And see, you were within and I was in the external world and sought you there, and in my unlovely state I plunged into those lovely created things which you made. You were with me, and I was not with you.                                                               ...

Notes from a different drummer Learning the unforced rhythms of grace The practical How Soul nurturing Walking One of the most powerful tools to reconnect us with our wider environment, nourish our soul, open us up and ignite creativity is.... walking. Yes, plain walking. No, you don’t need expensive shoes or fancy clothes. Don’t over-complicate things. Most of all, do not make it a competition of sorts in whatever disguise it may come. This is not a training session as such. This is taking your inner child for a stroll and feasting your senses. Most probably it is the best medicine in the cheapest form. But I’ve said enough. Let’s give the floor to some of the great lovers of and believers in walking. George

Christ is the bread, awaiting hunger. St. Augustine Matilda took her father through to the retirement village in Wakkerstroom today. Within a few weeks we’ll be moving as well, so we’ll be close by, living on the farm a little out of town. We know that the retirement facilities and care are very good, but on a personal level we really want him to be happy there. This past weekend we moved his furniture into his new room and furnished it with his favourite chairs, new curtains and linen and put up the family photos he loves. With us doing that, Matilda’s sister Marinetha looked after him and my father here on the farm at Rietfontein. A real logistical exercise to have our hands free and them taken care of. Earlier this afternoon Matilda sent me a picture of him lying on his bed in the sun in his new room, listening to his favourite music and singing along. It is still early days, but he seems to like his new surroundings. To us it is such a relief. This was the fir...