We were quite happy going along with what we were taught as children … until a seed of thought was planted … in Sorrento At last, pen to paper. For some considerable time now I have wanted to write my husband’s testimony. My husband, like myself, came from a Jewish background. Whereas...
I remember I sat there wondering what I was doing in a church, yet I knew in my heart that this was the place for me. When I was asked to write my Testimony, I was absolutely delighted! How good it is to let everyone know how God works in our...
Fearbecame an ‘old friend’, predominantly pathological fear of my mum, fear of my dad, fear of arguments between my parents leading to violence, fear of speaking when I shouldn’t, moving when I shouldn’t and fear that there would be no end to the hell I quickly perceived my life to...
All is indeed vanity. “It is a curse to put one’s trust in man and make flesh one’s strength, instead of trusting in God, the Creator of all things.” Guy Kassongo I enjoyed a happy childhood, with my father having been the first Congolese football player in the Belgian professional...
How could I look God in the face and ask for his forgiveness? If I’d had the answer to this, I may have been better able to cope with the events that were unfolding … I suppose like many others born shortly after the war, from a very early age...
My name is Marianne. I was born in Hamburg, Germany; my family, Jewish. We believed in God – the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. ‘You shall love the Lord your God … … and have no other gods beside me.’ (Deuteronomy 6 v 5) I was born in Hamburg, Germany;...
If I were to be asked what was the best gift I had ever received, it could only be one thing, and that is, my salvation. Without it, I would not even be writing this article, because I would be dead… I wonder, if you were asked what was the...