'Be gracious to yourself.' 'Be kind to yourself.' 'God forgives you, so you should forgive you!' I've heard these words quite a few times. Mostly they are spoken by friends that love me and want me to stop fretting about confession, forgiveness and sanctification and to move on, trusting and continuing. I believe in confession.... Continue Reading →

What are you known as? Are you ‘the '...' guy’ or ’the '…' girl’?Here is a list of some people you may have heard of. I won’t tell you what they have in common, I’ll let you guess. Please make your guess in the comments. Oh, and don't google, that makes you 'the 'cheating' guy'.... Continue Reading →

Jesus wants to be near us. That's something I believe. When I start the day, or when I'm in the car with my friend, about to go somewhere, there's this thing we ask in prayer... "Jesus be with us today, or on the road, or..." And I'm always reminded that He already ís with us.... Continue Reading →

Dear friends, I would like to introduce you to a fundraising-effort. I will explain further, but for those who might not want to read the whole text: the final goal is to ship 500 Bibles to Uganda. My friends Greg and Kilby Helms work as missionaries in the Arua District in Uganda, where they share... Continue Reading →

Imagine yourself, or whatever, imagine myself!Sitting on a balcony, waiting for the sunrise. On the left, I see a mountain-range, on the right, I see the Mediterranean Sea. Actually, there's a tree-line between me and the sea. And right in the middle, there is a lower tree. Because of this, I can see one patch of Mediterranean... Continue Reading →

Not just hope, also recipes... Pannekoeken, not pancakes, not crepes, pannekoeken. They have the size of your biggest frying pan and the thickness of 2 crepes.  Not sure if I want to give you a recipe, but I will say that you need flour, eggs, milk, butter and salt, also make sure today is a... Continue Reading →

They say that in your life, you see more of the surface of the moon than you see of earth.This is probably true for most people. I recently went to a training about God and me. Having grown up in a Christian community, I have seen many things of God. I thought I had covered... Continue Reading →

I see: When life is beauty in the sunshine,    Your love endures forever.When friends show kindness with a smile,    Your love endures forever.And when the blessings keep on flowing,    Your love endures forever. The broken hearted find a healer,    In Him Who loves forever.The lowly sinner sees forgiveness,    And knows He loves... Continue Reading →

Why is everything so opposite? Why do we yearn for things that are bad for us? Are we created in a way that opposes what really matters? Why don’t I naturally want good things? Ok, I need to move back to the real beginning. We were actually created good but got ourselves tempted in choosing... Continue Reading →

Ok, you have been here: You’re sitting on a chair, reading a book and you’re leaning on your legs with your elbows. You lose track of time and suddenly you realise what you did, and you sigh or laugh. You’ve compressed the nerves in your legs and now they are ‘sleeping’. Maybe you experienced this... Continue Reading →