Month: November 2021

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Om agteroor te buig

“Hou jou rug reguit wanneer jy die kettlebell swing doen.” Instruksies wat deur Tonia, ons afrigter by Cross Fit gegee word. “Jy moet jou tegniek reg kry anders gaan jy jou rug seermaak. Moet nie jou rug agteroor buig nie.”

Ek hoor wat sy sê en selfs terwyl ek oefen, is dit asof die Heilige Gees in my gees net laat val dat ek hieroor moet blog. Die tydsberekening is nie wat wonders nie want ek sweet, sukkel om asem te haal en is in die middel van ‘n tegniek wat ek probeer leer met geen hande beskikbaar (of penne) om nota’s te maak nie. MAAR ek het geleer om mental notes te maak.

‘n Paar dae gaan verby en weer die afgelope Maandag (gister om presies te wees) sê sy dieselfde ding. Nou begin ek lag (stil-weg by myself natuurlik want NIEMAND om my gaan die persoonlike grappie wat ek met die Here deel verstaan nie en die oefening wat ons besig is om te doen is vir seker nie ‘n lag wêrd nie) en ek sê vir Hom, OK dis reg so Here, ek sal hieroor blog. So hier is ek nou besig om hieroor te blog.

Wat die Here vir my gewys het oor dit, is dat, wanneer jou fisiese liggaam oefeninge doen en jy doen dit verkeerd, gaan jou spiere in spasma in en gewoonlik dan kan jy nie behoorlik loop nie en ook nie jou take verrig soos jy veronderstel is om dit te doen nie. Jy hoef ook egter glad nie die verkeerde beweging of oefening oor en oor te herhaal vir so iets om te gebeur nie. Nee, slegs so min as een keer se verkeerde beweging kan jou verskriklike pyn laat ervaar….en omdat ons liggame so wonderlik geskape is om jou te waarsku wanneer jy iets verkeerd doen, stop ons gewoonlik waarmee ons besig is en vat dinge rustiger vir ‘n paar dae tot die spasma uitgesorteer en weg is.

Die volgende vraag of ding wat ek in my gees ervaar, is, is dit nie dieselfde met ons emosionele mens en gees mens nie? Seker eerder die emosionele mens (die een waar al ons emosies en gevoelens plaas vind – daar waar ons die moegheid, angs, geluk of ekstase ervaar) sou ek sê.

Jy sien, God het ons liggaam, siel EN gees geskape. Die sielsdimensie is die een wat uitgeput raak, sonder lewenslus dag in en dag uit deur swoeg en sweet, mismoedig raak, enige negatiewe ding, in my opinie gebeur hier (natuurlik die positiewe gevoelens en emosies gebeur ook hier – ek is seker jy verstaan wat ek bedoel).

Wanneer jou emosionele mens agteroor buig (jy kan maar erken, ons almal is op een of ander manier people pleasers) maak jy soms jou “spiere” seer wat jy daar gebruik. Die verskil tussen hierdie persoon en ons fisiese liggaam, is dat ons soms sukkel om te onderskei en identifiseer wanneer die emosionele persoon seergekry het en in pyn is. Ons weet nie wanneer ons daardie persoon moet laat rus en NIE die oefening herhaal wat die pyn aangewakker het in die eerste plek nie.

MAAR, wat doen ons? Ons gaan bloot net aan en aan en aan. Wanneer dit vakansies is of oor naweke, wonder mens soms hoekom jy nie behoorlik kan slaap nie of hoekom jy skuldig voel omdat jy rus of iets doen anders as werk. Ek weet ek is een van hulle!

Vir my persoonlik, was 2020, die Pandemie en die hard lockdown of grendeltyd (dit klink mooier in Afrikaans maar was glad nie ‘n mooi tyd nie), ‘n rugbreker tyd. Dit was die spreekwoordelike strooihalm wat die kameel se rug gebreek het. Dit is hoe ek (en ek is seker die hele wêreld) dit ervaar het. Ek gaan nie eens sê “meeste van ons” nie, soos wat ek al te gereeld lees in artikels of hoor op video’s wat mense maak. Nee, ek maak ‘n standpunt hier dat dit ALMAL geaffekteer het.

Deur dit alles was God goed vir my. Hy is steeds, tot op hede, besig om my stadig maar seker te genees op ‘n emosionele vlak. Van al die agteroor buig oor al die jare, nie net gedurende 2020 nie. Ek meen, in ons lyn van werk gaan ons die ekstra myl (dis hoe ons dit sien en ervaar) en doen baie goed uit geloof uit, net vir dit om terug gegooi te word in ons gesigte propvol kritiek en in sommige gevalle sonder om vergoed te word vir ons tyd. Dit gebeur nie altyd nie en is vir seker in die minderheid (dis so min dit kan seker op een hand getel word reken ek). Maar die kere wat dit wel gebeur, maak dit so seer dat jy voel of jy in ‘n grot moet gaan wegkruip en wag vir die sneeustorm om verby te woed.

Ek het al oor en oor hierdie gesprek met die Here gehad – HOEKOM maak die minderheid so seer? HOEKOM affekteer dit ons so erg op ‘n emosionele vlak? Ek het nie dadelik my antwoord gekry nie, maar terwyl ek die beroemde kettle bell swings gedoen het laas week en gister, het ek wel my antwoord gekry.

Jy sien, dis eintlik baie eenvoudig. Dit vat net een, of 2 of 10 verkeerde bewegings om jou amper lam te lê (nie regtig lam nie maar dit affekteer jou in so ‘n mate dat jy nie soos normaal kan funksioneer nie) en dit is dieselfde beginsel wat van toepassing is op ‘n emosionele vlak. Selfs al is die mense wat mens seermaak in die minderheid, maak dit steeds seer, soveel so dat ons voel of ons nie kan aangaan nie.

Wat ek wel geleer het van hierdie hele ervaring is, dat as ek so voel oor iets, dan moet ek begin luister vir my emosionele spiere en dadelik ophou waarmee ek besig is. Dit gaan my so negatief affekteer dat ek nie konstruktief iets sal KAN doen vir die meerderheid mense wat nie mens seermaak nie.…

Dit is wel makliker gesê as gedaan, dit sal ek vir seker erken. Maar, dag-vir-dag is die Here besig om my te genees, my te leer om op te hou doen wat ek nie moet doen nie, wat om te los en waarop om wel te fokus. As Hy dit vir my kan doen, kan Hy dit vir seker vir ENIGE IEMAND doen. Ons moet net LEER om Hom te VERTROU en te luister na die instinkte en boodskappe wat Hy aanwakker in ons Gees. Op die ou einde van die dag is dit tog maar ons Geestelike mens wat ons lei en as ons nie in sync is met die Here nie, dan gaan die resultate nie wees soos Hy dit bedoel het nie.

Bending over backwards
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Bending over backwards

“Keep your back straight when you do the kettlebell swing.” Words spoken by Tonia, our instructor at Cross Fit. “You need to get the technique right, else you will hurt your back. Do not bend over backwards.”

I hear what she is saying and even while exercising, it is like the Holy Spirit dumps into my spirit that I need to blog about this. The timing for me sucks as I am sweating, struggling to breathe and in the middle of trying to learn a technique with no hands (or pens) to make notes. BUT I have learnt to make mental notes.

A few days pass and again this past Monday (yesterday to be exact) she says the same thing. Now I start laughing inside and silently (because NO one around me will understand my own personal joke with God and no one will think that the exercises we are doing at that moment is worth a laugh) and I say to Him, OK I will blog about this. So here I am blogging about this.

What God showed me about this, is, when your physical body exercises and you do exercises incorrect, your muscles go into spasm and then usually you cannot walk or perform your usual tasks due to this. You do not need to repeat a movement done incorrectly too many times for this to happen. Nope, just as little as one wrong move can cause you severe pain….and because your body is so wonderfully made to warn you when there is something wrong, we normally do not continue the exercise or just take it calmly for a few days until the spasms are sorted out.

The next question or thing that I felt in my spirit is, that, is this not the same with our emotional person and our spiritual person? More the emotional side (the one where all our emotions are and whether we are happy, or tired and exhausted or elating with joy) I would say than the spiritual side.

You see, God created us Spirit, body and soul (mind). The soul dimension is the one that gets exhausted, not wanting to do something, discouraged, you name any negative thing, in my opinion, it happens there (and of course all the positive things also happen here – I am sure you catch my drift).

When your emotional person bends over backwards (you can admit it – we are all people pleasers in one way or another) you sometimes hurt your “muscles” that you have there. The difference between this person and your physical person is, that, one often struggles to identify when the emotional person is hurt and in pain, needs to rest and NOT repeat the movement that brought the pain on in the first place.

BUT, what do we do? We just go on and on and on. When it is holidays or weekends, one often wonders why you cannot sleep properly or why you feel guilty when you are resting or doing something other than work. I for one am one of those people!

For me personally, 2020, the Pandemic and the hard lockdown that we had, was a back breaker. It was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back. That is how I (and I am sure the entire world), experienced it. I am not even going to say “most people” as I often read in articles and hear on videos that people made. No, I am making a statement here that it affected EVERYONE.

Through it all, God was good to me. He is still, to this day, slowly healing my emotional person. From all the bending over backwards that happened over all the years, not only in 2020. I mean, in our line of work, we go the extra mile and do a lot of things out of faith only for it to be thrown back into your face with criticism and in some instances non-payment of our accounts. Not always, but the few times that it does happen (which can be counted on one hand by the way) hurts so badly that you feel like hiding in a cave until the snow storm has passed.

I have had a conversation with God so many times, asking Him WHY do the few people, the ones that are in the minority, hurt us so badly and affect us so badly on an emotional level? I did not get my answer right away, but I did while doing the famous kettlebell swings last week and yesterday.

You see, it is actually very simple. It only takes one or 2 or even 10 incorrect movements to almost paralyze you (not really paralyze you but it affects you so that you cannot function as you usually did) and it is the same on an emotional level. Even if the people who are hurtful to us are the minority, it still hurts and paralyzes us to not be able to go on.

What I have learnt from this whole experience is, if I feel this way about something, then I should listen to my emotional muscles and stop it immediately. It is going to affect me so badly that I will not be able to do anything constructive for the majority of people who are not hurtful….

It is easier said than done, that I will admit. But day-by-day God is busy healing me, teaching me what to stop doing, what to let go of and what to focus my attention on. If He can do it for me, He can surely do it for ANYONE. We only need to learn to TRUST God and the instincts and messages that He instills within our Spirit. After all, the Spiritual person is the one guiding us and if we are not in sync with God then the results may not be as He intended it to be.

Om agteroor te buig
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The Pink Feathers range – the online shop

What felt like forever (which was in reality only one week since I released my first advertisement on Whatsapp) I can confirm that the online shop is READY! I did it with my own two hands and let me tell you, it is not necessarily difficult but rather time consuming.

Between everything else this past week, including and not limited to the tax return deadline that I had to tend to, I made time and worked on this project and I am very proud to say that EVERYTHING – digital and physical items, are now available on this page.

After I released my advertisement last week Sunday via Whatsapp, I received such a positive response from people wanting to order items and wanting to place their orders via Whatsapp. The positive feedback was overwhelming and that forced me to immediately type a message with the instructions that I will only take orders via e-mail and that items will only be supplied based on orders.

Well, that idea was quickly blown out the front door with a tornado named Reality. You see, the Reality is that I still have to design an order form and what must that look like??? How do I ensure that I do not order or deliver the incorrect items? How do I get it to people? These are just a few of the questions that were twisting around in my mind.

Just as I was approaching the big barren desert of hopelessness (something that seemed to happen a lot during this process) I felt a nudge from the Holy Spirit. You cannot get this far to quit NOW. There are REALLY people that WILL benefit from this. You must push through.

I share the hopelessness to someone very close to me (she is more like a little sister or friend than an employee), and she tells me that she read something in the past week that God does not call the equipped, He equips the called. I sit for a moment, I read it and understand it, yet I decide to still reply with emojis crying streams of tears because that is just how I felt.

I decide to move forward and just to STOP trying to THINK about this and HOW I am going to do it all. God will surely not let this thing happen out of nothing if I cannot handle it. My answer to everyone who asks about why or how this started is very simple – it just happened. I did not think anything through, I just did it! If I thought about it I would not have done it.

I leave you on this cold wet afternoon from the North West province (it is raining here if you were wondering). Select the menu at the top, browse through my shop and order something if you feel in in your heart to do so. If you are in the Hartbeespoort area choose the collection option when checking out and I will contact you to meet up with you somewhere to collect the items when I am in the area. Of course those of you in the Magaliesburg, Hekpoort, Skeerpoort and other surrounding areas can also choose collection and then we can arrange a date and time for you to collect.

I will be placing my first order with the printers on Monday 29 November 2021. If everything goes well and according to plan and they have no load shedding (something that I am praying about because I know that God will not disappoint me) then I should have it within the next 5 to 7 business days, thus around 7 or 8 December 2021.

The week thereafter, 6 December 2021, I will be placing my second order so that it will be ready around mid-December. This will be my last order for 2021 after which it will be delivered, so do not miss out on making your workspace for 2022 something to motivate and inspire you or to get the last items gifts wise for Christmas!

All the glory be to God and the Holy Spirit who guided me during this entire process. Without Him I am not able to do ANYTHING, because I am surely not as tech-savvy as those who do this for a living. Please excuse the Afrikaans and English pages that are mixed on my website (this is at the menu options), I am working on it to translate it so that there are both English and Afrikaans pages for all.

Die Pienk Vere reeks – die aanlyn winkel
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Die Pienk Vere reeks – die aanlyn winkel

Na wat voel soos ‘n ewigheid (wat eintlik net ‘n week was sedert ek my eerste advertensie gedoen het) is die aanlyn winkel REG! Ek het dit met my eie twee hande gedoen en laat ek jou vertel, dis nie noodwendig moeilik nie maar dit vat tyd.

So tussen alles deur die afgelope week, onder andere die belastingopgawe sperdatum wat ek aan moes aandag gee, het ek tyd gemaak en daaraan gewerk en kan ek nou trots sê dat ALLES – digitaal asook fisiese items, is nou beskikbaar op hierdie blad.

Na ek my advertensie vrygestel het laas week Sondag het daar sommer heelwat Whatsapp boodskappe deur gekom van mense wat belangstel en bestellings via Whatsapp wou deurgee. Die positiewe reaksie het my absoluut oorweldig en het my genoodsaak om DADELIK ‘n boodskap met instruksies te stuur in die lyn van dat ek slegs per e-pos bestellings sal neem en dat voorraad slegs op bestelling aangekoop gaan word.

Vinnig is daardie voorneme by die voordeur uitgewaai met die tornado genaamd Realiteit. Jy sien, die Realiteit is, dat ek nog ‘n bestelvorm moet ontwerp en hoe moet dit lyk??? Hoe maak EK seker dat EK nie verkeerde goed bestel nie? Hoe kry ek dit by mense uit? So maal al die vrae deur my kop.

Net toe ek weer op moedverloor se vlakte sit (wat baie was tydens die projek) por die Heilige Gees my aan. Jy kan nie so ver kom en NOU moed op gee nie. Daar is REGTIG mense wat SAL baat hierby. Jy moet deur druk.

Ek deel my mismoedigheid met iemand baie na aan my (sy is meer soos my klein sussie of vriendin as ‘n werknemer), en sy vertel vir my dat sy in die week gelees het dat God does not call the equipped, He equips the called. Ek sit vir ‘n oomblik stil en lees dit. Ek verstaan en hoor, maar tog stuur ek ‘n boodskap terug met emoji gesiggies wat strome trane huil want dis net hoe ek voel.

Ek besluit om voort te beur en net te ophou dink aan HOE ek alles gaan doen en HOE dit gaan werk. Die Here sal wragties nie so iets net uit niks uit laat gebeur as ek dit nie kan hanteer nie. My antwoord aan almal as hulle vra maar hoekom en hoe het die reeks ontstaan, is my antwoord dood eenvoudig – dit het net gebeur. Ek het dit glad nie deurdink nie. Net gedoen. As ek daaroor gedink het, sou ek dit vir seker nie gedoen het nie.

Ek los julle nou op ‘n nat koue Saterdagmiddag vanuit Noord-Wes (dit reën by ons as jy gewonder het). Gaan kies die menu bo, gaan browse deur my winkel en bestel as jy dit op jou hart voel om iets te bestel. As jy in die Harties omgewing is, kies collection opsie met die uitteken proses en ek sal jou kontak en by jou uitkry wanneer ek in die Harties omgewing is. Diegene wat in die Magalies, Hekpoort, Skeerpoort en ander omliggende areas is kan ook die collection opsie kies en dan sal ons ‘n datum afspreek wat dit afgehaal kan word by my.

Ek plaas eerskomende Maandag, 29 November 2021 my eerste bestelling by die drukkers. As alles goed gaan en hulle het nie load shedding nie (iets waaroor ek nou nog bid ook want ek weet net die Here sal my nie teleurstel nie) behoort ek dit binne 5 tot 7 werksdae na dit te ontvang, dus rondom 7 of 8 Desember 2021.

Ek gaan dan die week daarna, 6 Desember 2021 weer ‘n bestelling plaas sodat dit weer teen middel Desember 2021 reg sal wees. Dit sal my laaste bestellings en lewering vir 2021 wees, so moet nie uitmis om jou werkspasie vir 2022 mooi te maak nie, of om die laaste klein ietsie “geskenkerigs” te kry vir Kersfees nie!

Alle eer aan God en die Heilige Gees wat my deurentyd gelei het in die proses. Sonder Hom sou ek NIKS kan doen nie, want ek is vir seker nie so tech-savvy soos mense wat die vir ‘n lewe doen nie. Verskoon asb. die Afrikaans en Engels gemeng op die blad (by die “menu” opsies), ek werk daaraan om al die hoof bladsye nog te vertaal sodat alles in beide Afrikaans en Engels daar is.

The Pink Feathers range – the online shop
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The Pink Feathers- the confirmation

Can I tell you how Mr. Doubt tried to destroy the Pink Feathers ever since I collected the proofs from the printers last week? He comes and then he sows seeds of doubt between that which I have felt God had laid on my heart, and the weeds of doubt almost, very close to ALMOST started to grow, trying to oppress (this word I had to Google because I could not think of the English word for Verdruk) the Pink Feathers.

This morning, we attended church at Doxa Deo Hartbeespoort campus. As always, Kobus Windt is marching up and down the stage (I am SURE it is a stage and not another fancy word to describe what is used as a stage), giving his sermon. He is so passionate and uses examples that we all can relate to, to UNDERSTAND what God is trying to say.

He always uses the saying that sleeping in a garage does not make you a car. The same is applicable to our Christianity. You cannot ONLY attend church on a Sunday and call yourself a Christian. You have to LIVE like one too. Today’s message was no different and certainly portrayed God’s message.

The name of the Series that is being discussed is Reageer (in Afrikaans) or React if you wish to translate it in English. We must react on God’s voice. As I am listening and making notes in my notebook, I can hear the Holy Spirit talk with me and I can sense that he is throwing weed killer over all the little plants of doubt that is trying to grow. Again, He presses on my heart to say “This is what I want YOU to do.”

Just this morning, while getting ready for church, doubt comes yet again and tries to sow negativity all over my mind. The thoughts? How can God use YOU, really? You fail at pretty much everything in your life. Your YouTube video that you tried to make, you called an Epic Fail yourself and laughed about it. What makes you so special and different than other people? You don’t even know the books of the Bible in order and off the top of your head. Not even to talk about the Bible itself.

Doubts similar to the previous ones repeat and continue in my mind. But God is faithful. In the sermon I receive my confirmation that this ís what God wants me to do. I must do thís, I have to reach a certain demographic area, Career woman, as this is where God wants to use me. If I am not going to do it, who will?

For the first time since I started the blog, I heard God speak to me through an Afrikaans song (they are normally English songs). While Kobus closes off the sermon, the worship team walks back onto the stage. Carindé sings in her gorgeous voice Stuur My, so passionate, you can see she is overflowing with God. He invites us to stand up while they are singing the song, if you feel you want to make an impact on a certain demographic environment.

I want to jump up immediately, but as per usual, I am self-conscious. Why I cannot tell you, because NO ONE in the church is observing who stand up and who remain seated. I ask my husband if I heard correctly – can we stand up? He does not answer me immediately, he is sitting with his eyes closed, worshipping God. After a while I hear him say – you may stand up.

I stand up and the moment I did that, I felt the Holy Spirit in a tangible form in my spirit. My eyes shoot full of tears. Not tears of heart ache, just tears that I have NO control over. From experience I KNOW that this is the Holy Spirit. I am on the right track, I am doing what God is expecting from me.

With that being said I am closing off this entry with what I perceive to be better YouTube videos. Shorter videos that explains each individual item better. I am busy working on price lists and I am just going to do it. I am not going to use my technical Accounting skills to try and work out and calculate complex formulae. I am just going to trust God. He will let it happen the way it should. After all, it is all about Him and not about me, so why doubt?

Die Pienk Vere – die bevestiging
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Die Pienk Vere – die bevestiging

Kan ek vir jou vertel hoe het Mnr. Twyfel probeer om die Pienk Vere te vertrap en te verpletter in my gedagtes sedert ek die voorbeelde gaan afhaal het by die drukkers laas week? Hy kom en saai twyfel tussen dit wat die Here op my hart gelê het, en amper, net so bietjie AMPER het die twyfel onkruid opgekom en die Pienk Vere verdruk.

Vanoggend sit ons in die kerk, by Doxa Deo Hartbeespoort kampus. Kobus Windt marsjeer oudergewoonte op en af op die verhoog (by gebrek aan ‘n beter woord vir daar waar hy nou eintlik op staan – ek sien dit as ‘n verhoog en is nou nie seker of daar een of ander fêncy woord is wat ander mense sou gebruik nie). Hy is passievol en gebruik voorbeelde wat mens mee kan vereenselwig om te VERSTAAN wat die Here vir jou probeer sê.

Hy sê mos altyd – as jy in ‘n garage slaap maak dit jou nie ‘n kar nie, net so is dit van toepassing op ons Christenskap. Jy kan nie NET Sondae kerk toe kom en jouself ‘n Christen noem nie. Jy moet dit UITLEEF. Vandag se boodskap was geen uitsondering nie en het vir seker weer God se boodskap oorgedra.

Die naam van die Reeks wat behandel word is Reageer. Ons moet reageer op God se stem. Soos wat ek sit en luister en nota’s maak in my boekie, hoor ek hoe die Heilige Gees met my praat en die onkruiddoder spuit op die twyfel plante wat probeer opkom. Hy druk op my hart om te sê “Dit is wat Ek wil hê JY moet doen.”

Net vanoggend toe ek regmaak vir kerk, kom twyfel weer en probeer weer net nog ‘n ietsie vir oulaas saai in my gedagtes. Die gedagte? Hoe kan die Here JOU gebruik, regtig? Jy kry dan amper niks in jou lewe reg nie? Jou YouTube video’s wat jy gemaak het, het jy dan self ‘n “epic fail” genoem en daaroor gelag. Wat maak jou so “special” en anders as ander mense? Jy ken dan nie eens die Bybel boeke in volgorde uit jou kop uit nie. Nie eens te praat van die Bybel nie.

So gaan die gedagtes aan en aan. Maar die Here is getrou. In die diens kom bevestig Hy vir my wat dit ís wat ek moet doen. Ek moet díe doen, ek het ‘n demografiese area van mense, Beroepsvrouens, wie die Here wil bereik. As ek dit nie gaan doen nie, wie gaan dit dan doen?

Vir die eerste keer sedert ek die blog begin het, praat die Here met my deur ‘n Afrikaanse liedjie. Terwyl Kobus afsluit, stap die worship (worship klink net so mooi vir my) span op die verhoog. Carindé sing in haar nagtegal stem Stuur My, so passievol, jy kan sommer sien sy loop oor van die Here. Hy nooi ons uit, as jy voel jy wil ‘n impak maak op ‘n sekere demografiese omgewing, staan op terwyl hulle dit sing.

Ek wil amper dadelik opstaan, maar is soos gewoonlik self-bewus. Hoekom weet ek nie, want NIEMAND in die kerk kyk wie staan op en wie sit nie. Ek vra my man of het ek reg gehoor – mag ons opstaan? Hy antwoord my nie dadelik nie, sit met sy oë toe en luister en aanbid die Here. Na ‘n rukkie hoor ek hom sê – jy mag opstaan.

Ek staan op, en die oomblik toe ek dit doen, ervaar ek die Heilige Gees tasbaar in my wese. My oë skiet vol trane. Nie hartseer trane nie, net trane wat ek GEEN beheer oor het nie. Uit ervaring WEET ek net, dis die Heilige Gees. Ek is op die regte pad, ek doen wat die Here van my verwag om te doen.

Met dit gesê, sluit ek af met wat ek dink beter YouTube video’s is. Korter video’s wat elke item individueel verduidelik. Ek is besig om die pryslyste uit te werk en gaan dit net doen. Ek gaan nie tegnies raak en my Rekeningkundige skills probeer toepas en allerhande gekompliseerde formules probeer bereken nie. Ek gaan net die Here vertrou. Hy sal dit laat gebeur soos dit moet. Dit gaan in elkgeval oor Hom en nie oor my nie, so waaroor twyfel ek?

The Pink Feathers- the confirmation
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The Pink Feathers Range – the YouTube advertisement

I had this perfect plan in my mind, one with high expectations to make this perfect YouTube advertisement of the Pink Feathers Range that is changing from something that was just a dream and a thought to something tangible and realistic.

Can I tell you? That balloon stuffed full of expectations was popped in the blink of an eye with the pin called REALITY. You see, I have a day job too that I need to work on and tend to, so I do not have time to sit and play around on software programs to edit things until I have the perfect end result, exactly like the one I have in my mind.

The English version of the video I had to retake probably around 10 times (it feels like 500 times and probably even was not 10 times but certainly more than 3 times). Each time, just as I am getting the hang of it and feeling more comfortable, someone walks into the room where I am recording, or someone yells from another room something (we all do that so no judgement here), or the phone rings or the dogs bark too hard or the parrot is too noisy or the cars ZOOM too loudly past our house.

Yesterday morning, when the house was quiet and everyone was somewhere, I decided this is IT. I have been trying to do this video since collecting the proofs on Saturday. Yesterday was the proverbial D-Day. I record it (for the umpteenth time in English) and thankfully the Afrikaans one was just once and I decide this is it. I am not redoing it again. It will be released to the world as it is, because this is how it will be. It is what it is.

I invite you, if you are on Facebook (I am still struggling with Instagram and you may not judge me for that too), to like my page and feel free to share this entry with others or even only the YouTube video. I am still busy setting up the shop on Facebook and truly hope that it is approved now. If not approved then I will make another plan to take orders.

With that being said, I am closing off this entry. I truly hope I am not judged too harshly for my attempt at a YouTube video. This is my first time and I am not one to look at the camera and talk. So you will not see my face, but you will be able to hear my voice…..

Die Pienk Vere Reeks – die YouTube advertensie
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Die Pienk Vere Reeks – die YouTube advertensie

Met hoë verwagtinge het ek hierdie perfekte plan in my kop gehad om ‘n YouTube advertensie te maak van die Pienk Vere Reeks wat besig is om te verander in iets wat net ‘n gedagte en droom was na iets tasbaar en werklik.

Kan ek net vir jou vertel? Daai ballon propvol verwagtinge was in ‘n oogwink gebars met die spelt genaamd REALITEIT. Jy sien, ek het ‘n day job ook wat ek moet handhaaf, so ek het nie tyd om te sit en speel op sagteware programme om goed te edit tot dit perfek en reg is volgens dit wat in my kop is nie.

Ek het die Engelse weergawe van die video seker nagenoeg 10 keer (dit voel soos 500 keer en was dalk nie eens so baie as 10 keer nie maar vir seker meer as 3 keer) probeer opneem. Elke keer as ek lekker op spoed is, dan stap iemand in, of iemand skree iets uit ‘n ander kamer uit (ons almal doen dit so geen judgement hier nie), of die foon lui, of die hond blaf te hard of die pappagaai raas te veel of die karre ZOEM net te hard en vinnig verby.

Gister oggend, toe die huis stil was en almal weg was iewers heen, toe besluit ek dis nou SO. Ek probeer sedert verlede Saterdag, na ek die proewe opgetel het, om die video te maak en kry dit net vervlaks nie reg nie. Gister was dit nou die spreekwoordelike D-dag. Ek neem hom op (eers vir die hoeveelste keer in Engels) en Afrikaans slegs een keer en ek het besluit dis dit. Ek doen hom nie weer nie. Hy word so aan die wêreld bekend gestel net soos hy is want dis hoe dit is.

Ek nooi jou uit, as jy op Facebook is (ek sukkel regtig nog met Instagram en julle mag my nie veroordeel vir dit ook nie), om my blad te gaan like en voel vry om die inskrywing te deel met ander of net die YouTube video. Ek is ook besig om die winkel op Facebook op te stel en hoop wragties hulle het dit nou goed gekeur, as dit nie goedgekeur is nie sal ek ‘n ander plan maak om bestellings te neem.

Met dit gesê sluit ek hierdie inskrywing af. Ek hoop nie ek word te veel veroordeel vir my poging tot ‘n YouTube video nie. Dit is my eerste keer en ek is nie een vir die kamera kyk en praat en goed nie, so julle sien nie my gesig nie maar sal darem my stem kan hoor……

The Pink Feathers Range – the YouTube advertisement
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The Pink Feathers – digital platform launch

This is probably going to be one of the shortest entries ever! After what felt like for ever, I managed to get one of the first digital platforms linked and live ready for the launch…

The name of the platform is Buy me a Coffee….on this platform I will release digital designs.

So without typing too much, click the link below and view the welcome page.

The digital designs are in both Afrikaans and English….on that platform the main language of communication will be English, however, the Afrikaans will not fade and disappear! It is just easier to keep it to English on that platform.

With that being said – go and enjoy that which has been made available!

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Beroepsvrou/welcome-page-768866
Die Pienk vere – digitale platform bekendstelling
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Die Pienk vere – digitale platform bekendstelling

Hierdie gaan seker die kortste inskrywing nog wees! Na wat vir ewig gevoel het, het ek een van die eerste platforms gekoppel gekry en live gekry om te kan bekendstel….

Die naam van die platform is Buy me a Coffee….op hierdie platform gaan digitale ontwerpe bekend gestel word.

So sonder om nog verder iets te tik – kies die skakel hier onder en gaan besigtig my verwelkomingsblad (dit is daar slegs in Engels gedoen).

Die digitale ontwerpe is in beide Afrikaans en in Engels – so moet nie bekommer nie, die Afrikaans gaan nie verlore nie….dis net makliker om op hierdie platform in Engels te kommunikeer….

Met dit gesê – gaan geniet dit wat beskikbaar gestel is!

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Beroepsvrou/welcome-page-768866
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The Pink Feathers – The Grand Finalé

It is time for the Grand Finalé! Drum roll please…..The moment everyone has silently been waiting for, with the exception of one person, Lynn Grobler, who was prepared to share her curiosity on Facebook…..The great reveal! The reason for the delay in publishing this post will be better understood while you read this entry….

With that being said, I can stop the cryptic messages, I feel that now I may TALK with EVERYONE about the divine heavenly download that God laid on my heart! The Pink feathers was actually a clue with regards to the new season of Beroepsvrou and that which will start to form part of the logo and so forth.

Last weekend, Francis Hartzer (Woordkuns) guessed right about what she perceived the pink feathers represented. I tried to bluf, not sure if I got it right. It is a Flamingo. You see, these days, for some odd reason, I have this fondness and liking to Flamingos. The pink and the prettyness of it all just grabs my attention.

I did one of Woordkuns’ Bible journaling kits that had a Flamingo in it. But this was long before I started noticing the Flamingos. At that stage, I had this preset idea of not sticking ANYTHING in my new Illustrating bible. NO, I shall only paint and draw (I almost sound Shakespearian here…)

Ha ha, biggest joke EVER! Because I then attended the Adorned camp and then it was over. I got over my preset idea. Now you see, the kit from Francis, had a pink flamingo sticker that you can stick in your bible.

The scripture of the kit? Isaiah 60:1-2. The more I read the scripture, the better I understand the association that she had made with the Flamingo and why I decided to use that scripture as part of this project, to further connect the dots with a Flamingo so to speak. That is just one POWERFUL awesome scripture.

The main message in my very secretive project is from Colossians 3:23-24. ALWAYS do your work as if for God and not for man. You see, even if you report to a human being on earth, you still serve God. This is what I have taken out of this scripture – my dumbed down version if you want to call it that.

Is the blog not called Beroepsvrou? We all work for someone. Some for themselves and ultimately for the clients who support their businesses, others for bosses, others are what we call in Afrikaans tuisteskeppers or Home Executives (that just sounds better than stay-at-home-mom). But at the end of the day, we all have to report to someone on this earth. However, God remains above all so we are actually serving Him.

The purpose of this entry is to unravel that cryptic messages and to reveal the big secret. Soooooo……with that being said. God laid it on my heart to create items that will be printed and advertised with scripture on it – aimed at Business Women. Irrespective of what you do for a living and whether you feel you are only a secretary or only the head of a business. By the way, no one is just only somebody. You ARE someone.

Every month of 2022 will have a certain scripture and then God laid it on my heart to blog a bit more in depth on that scripture for that month. God wants to reach ALL business women, even if you do not sit behind a computer and desk the whole day long, there will be something that you can use.

I tried to think of a rhyme for 2022 but could not come up with one in Afrikaans, only English. You see, 2020 was the year of plenty – which ended up being plenty of washing, plenty of school work, plenty of everything we did not have planned.

2021 was no different, but I proclaimed it as 2021 the year we get things done. And it was like that! Still is! Things we wanted to do in and around our house, but never got round to it, happened, some even early in January. I stand in amazement when I look back at the year that passed, at everything that was achieved, and we still have a little less than 2 months left to continue achieving goals, climbing mountains.

So what will the rhyme be for 2022? I thought about it long and hard. The only thing I could come up with, was from a childhood nursery rhyme. Apparently I am the only one that knows this – my husband looked at me strangely when I said it, and someone else if not mistaken, but I cannot remember who.

2022 Buckle my shoe (from the rhyme One, two buckle my shoe, thre four, knock on the door….). I sit and think about this for a while, why buckle my shoe? Then the penny drops in my spirit. We must fasten our shoes to be ready to stand up against the enemy’s attacks and spread the word of peace. It can be found in Ephesians 6:15, if you were wondering where this is written in the bible…

Back to the items that are being made. The aim is to have an A3 sized desk pad calendar printed (this will be the one with the scriptures on). Then there will be a notebook, a mousepad and a small calendar that looks like a tent (which is called a tent calendar) and of course a few digital goodies to brighten up your computer and cellphone. At the Adorned camp, God also laid it on my heart to make aprons and to have them embroidered. I am pleased and excited to say that the first (small) order has arrived!

I will blog in more depth about the background and why I chose WHAT, else this blog will become too long to read. But here is a fun fact about Flamingos. One that I read in my son’s one facts book (he has been intrigued by facts since he was small and still is).

Do you know why the feathers of a Flamingo are pink? There is Beta carotene (I hope Google translate is correct here – the fact book is in Afrikaans) in their food. Should they be moved to another place with different nutrients in their food, their feathers will become grey. Flamingos in a Zoo get carrot juice to maintain the pink feathers. Source: Helen Lewis’ “Vinnige Feite”.

That brings me to the next thing that God dropped in my spirit (just like that). What are you filling your spirit up with? Do you present yourself grey to the world? How PINK are your feathers for God? Do you eat enough spiritual food to maintain the pink color of your feathers or do you eat very little or almost nothing that results in your feathers being dull and grey?

You must remember, you cannot fill your spirit sporadically with something spiritual. It is a constant feed, almost like a drip, directly to your veins, that will ensure that your feathers stay pink. I ask again – how pink are your feathers for God? The words from I am SOLD OUT are dancing around in my mind again. I certainly have PINK feathers for God and I am totally SOLD OUT to follow Jesus. Always, irrespective of the circumstances.

The platforms on which the said items can be acquired from will be made known soon (I am still working on some of them and hence the delay in the publishing of this final chapter) and I certainly do not want this to sound like a Verimark Ad….But wait, there’s MORE! With that being said I close off this Grand Finalé and know that everyone will be as excited as I am about the news that has just been made public knowledge!

Die Pienk Vere – Slot hoofstuk
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Die Pienk Vere – Slot hoofstuk

Dis tyd vir die Grand Finalé! Drum roll please…..Die oomblik waarvoor almal stil-stil gewag het en net een persoon, Lynn Grobler, bereid was om uit te vra op Facebook…..The great reveal! Die rede vir die lang wag sal jul wel beter verstaan soos wat julle die inskrywing lees….

Met dit gesê, kan ek maar ophou kripties wees en voel ek dat ek nou kan PRAAT met ALMAL oor dit wat die Here op my hart gelê het! Die Pienk vere was eintlik net ‘n clue van die nuwe seisoen van Beroepsvrou en wat deel gaan word van die logo en net alles wat saam met dit saam gaan.

Laas naweek het Francis Hartzer (Woordkuns) reg geraai waaroor die pienk vere gaan. Maar ek het probeer bluf, ek weet nie of ek dit reg gekry het nie. Dis ‘n Flamink. Jy sien, deesdae is ek net vir een of ander rede versot op Flaminke. Die pienk en die mooi trek net my aandag.

Ek het een van Woordkuns se Bible journaling kits gedoen wat ‘n Flamink in gehad het. Maar dit was voor ek so Flaminke begin opmerk het. Op daardie stadium, toe ek die bladsy gedoen het, het ek hierdie vooropgestelde idee gehad dat ek NIKS in my nuwe Illustrating bybel gaan plak nie. NEE ek gaan net verf en teken.

Ha ha, grootste grap ooit! Want toe woon ek die Adorned kamp by en toe is dit verby. Ek het oor my vooropgestelde idee gekom. Nou Francis se kit het ‘n flamink plakker in gehad wat jy kan plak op die bladsy.

Die skrif van die kit? Jesaja 60:1-2. Hoe meer ek die skrif lees, hoe meer verstaan ek hoekom sy die assosiasie met die Flamink gemaak het en hoekom ek daardie skrif gebruik in hierdie projek en self verder die konnetasie met Flaminke kon maak. Daardie is net een van hierdie GROOT en Powerful teksverse.

Die oorhoofse boodskap in my baie geheimsinnige projek kom uit Kolossense 3:23-24. Doen jou werk ALTYD asof vir die Here en nie vir mense nie. Want, jy dien die Here al rapporteer jy aan ‘n mens. Dis nou my vereenvoudigde vertaling van die skrif en wat EK uit dit neem.

Die blog is tog Beroepsvrou nie waar nie? Ons almal werk vir iemand. Sommige vir onsself maar eintlik vir kliënte, ander vir base, ander is tuisteskeppers. Maar op die ou einde van die dag het ons almal iemand aan wie ons rapporteer op aarde. Maar God is bo alles op aarde, so eintlik rapporteer ons aan Hom.

Die doel van hierdie inskrywing is om die kriptiese boodskappe te ontrafel en bekend te maak. Sooooo…..met dit gesê. Dit wat die Here op my hart gelê het om te doen, is om artikels te druk en te bemark met skrif op – gerig op Beroepsvrouens. Ongeag wat jy doen. Of jy voel jy is net ‘n sekretaresse of jy is net die grootbaas van ‘n organisasie. Net so tussen ons – niemand is net iemand nie. Jy IS iemand.

Elke maand van 2022 gaan ‘n bepaalde teksvers hê en dan het die Here dit op my hart gelê om te blog daaroor. Meer in diepte in te gaan oor dit. Die mense wie die Here wil bereik is ALLE beroepsvrouens, en, selfs al sit jy nie pal agter ‘n rekenaar nie, is daar tog ietsie wat jy sal kan gebruik.

Ek het probeer dink aan ‘n rympie vir 2022, maar kon aan niks in Afrikaans dink nie. Jy sien (en die moet jy nou engels lees anders gaan dit glad nie sin maak nie) – 2020 was the year of plenty – wat opgeëindig het in plenty of washing, plenty of school work, plenty of everything we did not have planned.

2021 was geen uitsondering nie, maar ek het dit proklameer as 2021 the year we get things done. En dit was toe so gewees! Is steeds! Goed wat ons in en om die huis nooit by uitgekom het nie, het gebeur, sommer vroeg in Januarie al. En as ek terug kyk na die jaar wat verby is, en met net so bietjie minder as 2 maande oor om nog doelwitte te bereik, staan ek in verbasing oor alles wat gebeur het.

Wat is my rympie vir 2022? Kyk ek het gedink en gedink. Al wat ek mee kon opkom, was iets wat ek uit ‘n kinderrympie onthou van toe ek groot geword het, wat klaarblyklik niemand anders ken nie (my man het my vreemd aangekyk toe ek dit sê en nog iemand – ek kan nie onthou wie nie).

2022 Buckle my shoe (van die rympie – One two, buckle my shoe, three four, knock on the door….) . Ek sit vir lank en dink daaroor, hoekom buckle my shoe? Toe val dit net so in my gees. Ons moet ons skoene van ons wapenrusting aantrek en vasmaak. Jy moet die Skoene aantrek van bereidheid om die Evangelie van Vrede te verkondig sodat jy kan vas staan teen die aanslae van die vyand. Efés 6:15 as jy gewonder het waar dit in die Bybel staan…

Terug by die items wat gemaak gaan word – die mikpunt is om ‘n A3 tafelkalender (deskpad) te druk (hy is die een wat die skrifverse op gaan hê). Dan sal daar nog ‘n notaboek wees, ‘n mousepad (ek weet nou wragties nie WAT dit in Afrikaans is nie – ‘n muishuis klink nie reg nie), ‘n klein kalender wat soos ‘n tent staan (wat hoeka ‘n tent calendar genoem word) en natuurlik bietjie digitale goedjies ook om jou rekenaar en selfoon te versier. Op die Adorned kamp het die Here dit ook op my hart gelê om voorskote te laat maak en borduur en ek is opgewonde om te sê die eerste (klein) besending het gearriveer!

Ek sal nog ‘n meer in diepte blog doen oor die agtergrond van hoekom ek WAT gekies het, anders is die net te lank om te lees. Maar, hier is ‘n fun fact oor Flaminke. Een wat ek uit my seun se een feite boek uit gekry het (hy was van kleins af versot op feite en is nogsteeds).

Weet jy hoekom Flaminke se vere so pienk is? Daar is Betakaroteen in hul kos. As hulle na ‘n ander plek met ander voeding sou skuif, sal hul vere grys word. Flaminke in dieretuine kry wortelsap om hul vere pienk te hou. Bron: Helen Lewis se Vinnige Feite.

Dit bring my by die volgende ding wat die Here in my gees laat val het – sommer net so sonder dat ek te veel daaroor gedink het. Waarmee vul jy jou gees op? Vertoon jy grys vir die wêreld? Hoe PIENK is jou vere vir die Here? Eet jy baie geestelike kos wat jou vere pienk hou of eet jy min of niks wat dit vaal en grys laat vertoon?

Jy moet nou onthou, jy kan nie elke dan en wan ietsie geesteliks inkry nie. Dis ‘n konstante voeding wat sorg dat die vere pienk bly. Ek vra weer – hoe pienk is jou vere vir die Here? I am SOLD OUT….dans die woorde weer deur my kop. My vere is beslis PIENK vir die Here en ek is UITVERKOOP om Jesus te volg. Altyd. Ongeag die omstandighede.

Ek sal binnekort die platforms bekendstel waar die betrokke items aangeskaf kan word (ek werk nog daaraan en daarom dat die slot hoofstuk so bietjie langer geneem het om te publiseer) en wil nou nie hierdie soos ‘n Verimark advertensie laat klink nie….But wait, there’s MORE! Met dit gesê sluit ek die Grand Finalé af en weet ek sommer net dat almal so opgewonde sal wees oor dit wat pas bekend gemaak is, soos wat ek is!

The Pink Feathers – The Grand Finalé
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The Pink Feathers – Penultimate chapter

In a world full of followers, I’ll be a leader! In a world full of doubters I’ll be a believer! I am stepping out without a hesitation ’cause my soul is like a stadium! Nananananana na naananana (words that I cannot remember but sing along to on the beat of the music)…..I’m SOLD OUT!!!

I have been walking and singing the song Sold Out by Hawk Nelson for days now, no wait, weeks. I search for the song on Spotify every time I sit behind my laptop to do my day job. I dance to the beat of the music (on my chair which is a funny sight) while slaving away.

I decide to Google the lyrics. I read it. It feels like this song has been written JUST for ME, for this very secretive project that I am sharing bit-by-bit with the rest of the world. It is just WOW. I cannot help but feel like this! I am totally sold out to Jesus. I always was, but now even MORE than before.

Every time when Doubt tries to whisper something in my ear, I read the scripture, the promise, that God gave me for this project. “Do not remember the former things, Or ponder the things of the past. Listen carefully, I am about to do a new thing, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even put a road in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:18‭-‬19 AMP

With such a powerful piece of scripture, how can one even THINK of Doubt, let alone listen to him? Then I think of the other confirmation that I received. For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11 AMP

Wow! With that being said I push forward with the project. I am on a mission as they would say….I am SOLD OUT…..nannnannanna nana SOLD OUT! I continue to sing this while I work on the project. God will make a path in the wilderness!

To be continued with the Grand Finalé…..

Die Pienk Vere – Voorlaaste hoofstuk
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Die Pienk Vere – Voorlaaste hoofstuk

In a world full of followers, I’ll be a leader! In a world full of doubters I’ll be a believer! I am stepping out without a hesitation ’cause my soul is like a stadium! Nananananana na naananana (woorde wat ek nie kan onthou nie en saam sing op die maat van die musiek)…..I’m SOLD OUT!!!

So loop en sing ek die liedjie van Hawk Nelson se Sold Out vir dae, nee wag weke. Elke keer as ek by my rekenaar sit, gaan soek ek die liedjie op Spotify en speel hom. Ek dans lekker saam in my stoel terwyl ek hom luister en my day job doen.

Ek gaan Google die woorde. Lees dit. Jitte maar dit voel vir my of hierdie liedjie geskryf is net vir my, vir hierdie geheimsinnige projek wat ek bietjie vir bietjie met die wêreld deel…Dis net soos in, WOW. Ek kan nie anders as om so te voel nie. Ek is totaal uitverkoop aan Jesus! Was nog altyd maar nou NOG meer as voorheen.

Elke keer as Twyfel in my ore iets probeer fluister, gaan lees ek die skrif wat die Here vir my gegee het vir die projek. Dink nie aan die vorige dinge nie, en slaan geen ag op wat vroeër gebeur het nie. Kyk, Ek gaan iets nuuts maak; nou sal dit uitspruit; sal julle dit nie merk nie? Ja, Ek maak ‘n pad in die woestyn, riviere in die wildernis. Jes. 43:18‭-‬19 AFR53.

Met so ‘n magtige skrifvers, hoe kan mens enigsins DINK aan Twyfel en luister vir hom? Dan dink ek aan die ander bevestiging wat ek ontvang het. Want Ék weet watter gedagtes Ek aangaande julle koester, spreek die Here, gedagtes van vrede en nie van onheil nie, om julle ‘n hoopvolle toekoms te gee. Jer. 29:11 AFR53.

Wow! Met dit gesê stoom ek voort met die projek. Op ‘n mission soos mens sou sê….I am SOLD OUT…..nannnannanna nana SOLD OUT! Sing ek verder terwyl ek werk aan die projek….Die Here gaan die pad maak in die Wildernis!

Grand finalé volg…

The Pink Feathers – Penultimate chapter