The Legacy My most “recent” near-death experience was my fifth one, and it happened when I was 14 years old. As I was a teenager, and older than during my previous experiences, I was much more aware of how quickly life can end. After that experience, my desire to leave a legacy in …
Prayer During my years of being chronically ill and growing up in a family that taught me a lot about a healthy Biblical lifestyle, I had the opportunity to learn early on about prayer. Prayer, a word that most of us know and a subject that a few include in their daily lifestyle, yet …
God is able How prepared are you? The 5th of May 2015 was a day that changed everything with regards to how I trust God; the way I handle difficult situations; and the way I remove bad thoughts in my mind. It was the day that I got a message from my brother saying that …
Overlooked Have you ever felt overlooked? Maybe someone didn`t notice your hard work faithfulness, ability, talent, strength, potential or gift? Or maybe people ignore you in the multitude from time to time? As a chronically ill person, there have been many moments and still are, when I feel overlooked by someone or the surroundings I …
Seek first… Have you ever desired something right now, but at the same time heard a soft voice telling you to wait, as there is more in store for you if you do wait? These days, we have such easy access to things! We can get whatever we want very quickly. We want to have …
The Store Have you ever experienced the pain of knowing that somebody got something or did something that you really wanted to get or do, before you did? On my journey of being chronically ill, I`ve had many situations in which people could do something or have got something that I really wanted, but because …
The Thorns In my close to twenty-eight years of living on planet Earth I have noticed something remarkable: most of the people who literally have nothing; who are going through lots of hardship, or who have experienced great loss in their lives time and time again, are usually the happiest and most joyful people we …
Conqueror Have you ever been in a situation where you’ve realised that all the dreams you once had have stopped? Maybe you still have the dream but there is only a glimpse of it? Maybe you`re in a life phase where nothing lines up with the dream you have? People like me, who are chronically …
Achievable! A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to meet with a professional motivational speaker. My goal for this meeting was to connect and get some speaking engagements in different places. My vision is to build a global ministry that inspires and encourages people to live their life to the fullest, no matter what …
Never Alone! Recently, I took a weekend off from everything I normally do. I drove for four hours, down to the south coast in Australia. The previous few days had been difficult for me, as I have had huge challenges in my spiritual, physical and emotional lives. I felt like I had to get away, …
In what do you spend most time? During my nearly twenty-seven years of being chronically ill, where my condition is very limited physically compared to a healthy person, I have frequently been asked where I get the strength and will to keep going, even when the situations are thrown at me! As a child and …
Where does your focus lie? Is it in the right direction? In this blog I want to share three thoughts with you about what it means to have a strong spiritual focus in your life, in order to overcome the bad things with the good things! The way we think, the way we believe and …