HE LOVES ME. HE REALLY, REALLY LOVES ME!!

God is so amazing and I am so amazed at the depths and heights and lengths of His great love for me. He finds little ways in a time of my life that is trying and troublesome to remind me of his love for me. To reassure me, build me up and encourage me. Small gestures made by people around me that I know come straight from God and I feel so blessed and humbled.

I feel so spoiled and I almost feel like I don’t deserve these small gestures and gifts – but through them He is saying to me: “Hey, I love you. I really, really love you. You are my child and I care for you so deeply. I know times are a little hard right now, but just remember I am always, always here for you. I will never leave your side. You are precious in my sight, the apple of my eye. And I love you. Did you hear me? I. LOVE. YOU.”

 

I cannot express in words the gratitude, humbleness and deep love I have for my Saviour. I am so moved by His love and touched by His grace and it leaves me speechless, breathless and singing my thanks and honour.

 

I love You Lord

And I lift my voice

To honour You

Oh my soul, rejoice.

Take joy my King

In what You hear

Let it be a sweet, sweet sound

In Your ear

 

I love You Lord

And I lift my voice

To honour You

Oh my soul, rejoice.

Take joy my King

In what You hear

Let it be a sweet, sweet sound

In Your ear

 

Let it be a sweet, sweet sound in Your ear

 

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!

So the Bokke took the World Cup. It was a tense game – but we prevailed and came out tops. We took Player of the Year, Coach and team of the Year!! We watched the game at Madams house and had a lamb on the spit and the build up to the game.

It was an amazing experience when we all stood to sing our national Anthem together and to have so many people in one room cheering the Bokke was almost overwhelming. We cheered and clapped and booed and chanted!!!

And there were GREAT celebrations when we won. There were tears of joy in many of the supporter’s eyes.

 

Today our Bokke arrived home and there were at least 2000 people at the airport to welcome them all home. I don’t know if they were even a little prepared for the welcome that was waiting for them. They deserve it, every moment of lime light and celebration.

 

Starting on Friday they will have the Ticker Tape parades in Johannesburg, Pretoria and all over. It is all so terribly exciting!!!

 

I am so Proudly South African at this moment that I am convinced my blood is running green through golden veins!!

 

Bokke – we love you!!!

Well done, I am so proud of you all!

 

RUGBY WORLD CUP FEVER

Ok so the Rugby World Cup final is looming. South Africa vs. England. I am SO very proud of our Bokke for coming as far as they have. And I am very optimistic, history shows a total of 29 matches between SA and England, with 16 wins to SA and 12 to England and only 1 draw. I am feeling very positive as we have made it to the final without ONE loss throughout the entire World Cup!! Plus we beat England 36 – 0 in one World Cup match already.

This is going to be a HUGE game and I am so excited about it. I will be going to the airport to welcome our Boys home when they land and bring home the Gold!! I truly think that the World Cup is even bigger than the Olympics in South Africa, I will never forget the 1995 victory – it was SO amazing and such a proud moment for South Africa.

I am glad we are playing England and not France, playing the home team on home ground with a home crowd in a World Cup Final can be quite daunting, so I am very happy with the way things are looking, and very very excited.

 

GO BOKKE!!!!

 

“WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER!! “

 

I AM BEHIND YOU 200%

 

My blood is green!!!

 

 

RUGBY WORLD CUP

Ok, for those of you not following the Rugby World Cup Australia and New Zealand are both out. I am proud to say that South Africa is in to the semis!! We will be playing Argentina on Sunday the 14 October.

 

The entire World Cup has been very exciting, and France played a fantastic game against NZ. The teams left are England, France, SA and Argentina. Argentina has been a strong, strong team right from the beginning and has played very well. SA has beaten England once already in the matches leading up to the Semis, we clobbered them 36 – 0.

 

So I am saying good luck to the four teams left in the Semis and I am really praying that SA bring home the Gold!!

 

I am very excited and nervous for our next game – but I have faith in our boys and it was obvious in our last game that we have a few little secrets and tricks waiting for the Argentineans. It has been thrilling up to now and I am sure it is going to be thrilling right to the very end!!! There is still much more action and excitement to come, and I am looking forward to it with GREAT antici……………………………….pation!!

 

I am rooting for our boys in the Green and Gold!!

 

GIVE IT HORNS BOYS!!!!!   YEEEHAAAAAAAAA!!!

 

HIER KOMMIE BOKKE!!

 

HIER KOMMIE BOKKE!!

 

 

BOKKE!

 

BOKKE!

 

BOKKE!

 

GO BOKKE!!!!!!

WHERE HAVE I BEEN...

Well, lets see. I can no longer access any blogs from work anymore. Which is a problem cause that’s where I blog blogged from. I have not been able to visit any blogs, so I have NO idea what you are all up to or how you all are either. I miss it all so very much and feel like a huge part of my life has gone on vacation/missing in action/ceased to exist…

 

Anyhoo. Life has been rather busy besides that. I have had Donovan at doctors to test for AD/HD. He doesn’t have a problem with the school work. His reading and writing and spelling etc is fine. He does, however, have a problem sitting still or keeping quiet. And it is this that is driving his teacher a bit batty. There is not a bad relationship between him and his teacher and he is happy in his family life too. So no emotional problems either. (phew!)

We have not yet decided on a medication to use for him yet, it is after-all a big decision and not one to be taken lightly or made hastily.

We also took him to have his eyes tested and he has Astigmatism. So he will be getting spectacle (much to his delight I might add). He chose a very cute blue frame and is rather miffed that he will have to wait a week to get them. LOL!!!

I think that there will already be a HUGE difference for his teacher once he gets his glasses. Because, I think, once he can see better I think his behavior will improve a little too.

Yesterday I took Mark’s cell phone away from him because he refuses to put a ring tone on it. It is always on silent and so he never hears it when it rings, and as a result you can’t get hold of him. It is maddening to say the least. And when I told him to put a ring tone in he got very defiant and challenging about it so I took it. I haven’t decided yet if I am going to give it back, and he has not yet changed his attitude and until that happens I won’t even consider giving it back.

I am all “Kidded Out”. I am up to my eyeballs with my three boys at this point. Donovan who NEVER stops arguing with me (and drives me to desperation), Mark who is extremely stubborn and defiant, and Sean – well he doesn’t really give me any trouble at all except that he never speaks up when he needs something until the very last minute.

I am on the verge of packing a little bag and getting on the next bus, taxi, plane or train to anywhere!! Preferably a Spa or a hotel where there is Room Service!

PLUS it’s that time of the month too so everything seems 1000 times worse than it really is to me at this point. And I won’t even get started on my husband – that is another million and one posts all on their own. Maybe I should start another blog where I can gripe about him…   mmm, something to think about….

 

Technically this post should be titled “SHE’S GONNA BLOW!!”, but I figured I would start with an explanation of where I have been before launching into my rant. LOL !!!

 

Pray for me, jokes aside I am feeling a little emotional and silly and your prayers will mean so much to me.

 

Miss you all, please don’t forget me. I think of you all everyday!!