The GIRLS DO!!!!!!! 
Just a Holla to Moozh, Cath and Sands for a Brilliant and EXHILLIRATING night of Good food, Good friends and some VERY, VERY good FUN!!!! :)
Thanks Girlies, keep thinking of the next BIG THING!
Love D
Im looking down the road of life
and along the way there is pain and strife
But though these things may come my way
I choose to look to God and PRAY
PRAY for God to come on through
PRAY for Him to clear the blue
PRAY for Faith to Trust He is there
PRAY for trust to know he cares
PRAY for life to turn around
PRAY for JOY to come on down
PRAY that Jesus shows His face
and i PRAY that i will Feel His GRACE
I believe bad times must come around
because these times is where Wisdom's found
Wisdom teaches us to learn
How this life we can discern
Wisdom to know what Not to do again
Wisdom that shows us How To avoid the pain
Wisdom that shines light on what Hurts us SO bad
Wisdom that says STOP that makes you really sad
Wisdom that knows the good from the not
Wisdom that shows the Right from the rott
Wisdom that keeps us from continually hurting others
Wisdom that says Shhhhh don't go there don't bother
Wisdom that teaches us when to just listen
and Wisdom that teaches us to go where we will Glisten
Ahhh the things that Wisdom does just go on and on
and If we but obey them we will grow wise and STRONG!
So don't take hardships wrongly and swiftly wish them away
But Thank God for teaching you and making your path straight
Ask him for Wisdom for Every hard, hard time
And Use the dark valley this large life mountain to climb.
Thank you Jesus
Amen
The oppressed look to Him and are glad;
they will never be dissapointed.
As i look out on the blue
Help me see just only You
Not the things that Drag me down
Or make me live life with a frown
But YOU my Saviour
The one who Free's
Please set my heart on wings with Glee...
JJ you are one of those friends that travel through life with you for a lifetime, no matter how busy we get or how our life dynamics change or where life may take us we will always be friends.
No matter how often, or not so often we get to talk, hang out or pray together you will always be my VERY special friend!
Thank you for all the years of BRILLIANT advice, the best listening ear i know, timeless belly laughs, piano songs, making you sing for me, driving you places, praying together, praying constantly for me and my family, crying together and so much more...
You are really and truly One in a very HUGE million!
Thank you for being you and all the very BIGGEST Blessings for the most exciting journey of all, THE REST OF YOUR ADULT LIFE!
Love Dessie
Rules of Game: Copy and paste the following questions in a comment post with your answers.
Then copy the questions onto your own blog for other people to answer and do the same...
1. Who are you?
2. Are we friends?
3. When and how did we meet?
4. How have I affected you?
5. What do you think of me?
6. What's the fondest memory you have of me?
7. How long do you think we will be friends?
8. Do you love me?
9. Physically, what stands out?
10. Emotionally, what stands out?
11. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.
12. How long have you known me?
13. Describe me in 3 words
14. What was your first impression?
15. Do you still think that way about me now?
16. What do you think my weakness is?
17. Do you think I'll get married?
18. What makes me happy?
19. What makes me sad?
20. What reminds you of me?
21. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?
22. Do you think I could kill someone?
Third Day Offering:
Magnificent Holy Father
I stand in awe of all I see
Of all the things You have created
But still You choose to think of me
Who am I that You should suffer
Your very life to set me free
The only thing that I can give You
Is the life You gave to me
This is my offering, dear Lord
This is my offering to You, God
And I will give You my life
For it's all I have to give
Because You gave Your life for me
I stand before You at this alter
So many have given You more
I may not have much I can offer
Yet what I have is truly Yours
This is my offering, dear Lord
This is my offering to You, God
And I will give You my life
For it's all I have to give
Because You gave Your life for me
Amen
Isnt that just beautiful and raw and what God wants to hear and the way we should feel...
Oh that was next door, so anyway yeah i am gonna decorate the tree today too i have one pressie to put under it already YIPEEE :) Thanks Cath.
So the song i love from the Offerings 2 album is called offering and it goes a little like this
Ill have to get back to you Greg is here :)
I am up realy, really really really early, wel really early for my day off that is! Well there are reasons for it like going to breakfast with Greg for his work do thingie so i think that is worth it...
Then shopping for Christmas after that :) I LOVE that part!
I have to buy my mom her birthday present too which is shocking because her day was on the 18th of November ARGHHH Could her offspring have been any worse :)
I need to have some God time too I am listening to the Third day offerings Cd's at the moment, and let me tell you if you have never heard third day well you are best off starting with the offerings cd's they are BRILLANT just so draw you into the presence of the Almighty.
I think i hear a car door so im gonna go and check ;)
Reality is a sad sad sad thing!
The oprah show is airing the sex workers that get trafficed from the age of 12 it is disgusting what happens to these girls!
Getting burnt with cigarettes and beaten and almost choked to death if they do not do the gross things that these disgusting men are asking them to do...
It makes me ill, it makes me sad, and it makes me not even want to watch.
But by running away i lock myself in my comfortable first world cucoon and am oblivious to the heinous acts that are commited every second as we live in peace, health, wealth and fatness!
Think about what happens beyond this complacent first world bubble
Pray for these little girls and boys that are being Grossly abused.
PRAY PRAY PRAY
Please Pray!
What an inspirational show, it was AWESOME look at this woman if Suzie can do it, and she did THEN WE ALL CAN!
Ce Ce Winans has been a huge inspiration to me over the years, she has the ablility to draw anyone into the presence of God by her music and she is definately used by God Almighty to do amazing things to hearts through the beautiful gift of her voice.
Thank you God and Thank you Ce Ce for allowing God to use you.
You are such an inspiration.
I think far too often i get caught up in the world, and the things of it, it seems so easy to do because it is right there in my face whereas God is right there but more mysterious and i have to draw near to Him to feel Him drawing Nearer to me...
Romans 8:5-11
For those who live according to the flesh set their mind on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
For to be carnally minded is DEATH, but to be spiritually mindes is LIFE and peace.
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
So then those who are in the flesh CANNOT please God.
But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is LIFE because of righteousness.
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
Feeding the flesh is a bad bad thing, and by dwelling and focusing on lustful thoughts, jealousy, angriness, slothfulness, being lazy, getting annoyed and being offended, and the list goes on just puts us on the path of drawing away from God.
All this stuff is fleshly thinking and dwelling on it is going to make you fall so far from God so fast you will be surprised when you even realise it happened.
Dwelling on Gods word on the other hand will help you to stay foccused, to stay away from that kind of thinking and cause your Spirit to grow, to be come SO STRONG and to be able to beat all of that stuff out of your head!
Stay strong Everyone
God loves you and is watching over you all!
Love Des
You know living life backwards really sucks because there is always going to be a better memory, because everything looks better when its not yours anymore! All the times Back THEN were good weren't they? Even the poorest memory seems better than the moment that i have now at times, i was younger, i seened smarter, i seemed more on track, i seemed to love life, well HELLO WORLD lets live the moment we have not and let go of stuff like "The life of no commitments back then was so great and stuff seemed SO GOOD, or gee life in Africa was so sweet time just slid by oh so lazily, or man how good was it on that holiday we went on that time..." Always looking back and wishing i was Back THERE, or doing that or enjoying THAT time! Well i am SICK of looking back on "how good it was then" I wanna live in this moment! JUST DO IT...
I AM
Alan and Emma.
Greggie and I mucking about at home.
Greg and I at Gelato on Mommies Birthday!
Maya and I getting our faces painted at Allison and Daniels house with everyone else for the end of year banquet for Leadership college.
Me and Kissey Face Greggie at Al and Dans :-)
Us again.
Allison and Dan.
Bernie, Mina, Al, Me and Maya.
From left Greg, Me, Bern, Al, Dan, From Bottom Left Mya, Lam V and Mina
Funny Ryan!
Bob and Crusty the masked men...
The Lord is my Shepherd
That's Relationship!
I shall not want
That's Supply!
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures
That's Rest!
He leadeth me beside the still waters
That's Refreshment!
He restoreth my soul
That's Healing!
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
That's Guidance!
For His name sake
That's Purpose!
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
That's Testing!
I will fear no evil
That's Protection!
For Thou art with me
That's Faithfulness!
Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me
That's Discipline!
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies
That's Hope!
Thou annointest my head with oil
That's Consecration!
My cup runneth over
That's Abundance!
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life
That's Blessing!
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
That's Security!
Forever
That's Eternity!
Face it, the Lord is CRAZY about you!
In honour of women's history month and in memory of Erma Bombeck who lost her fight with cancer.
Here is an angel sent to watch over you.
IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER - by Erma Bombeck
(written after she found out she was dying from cancer).
I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.
I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.
I would have talked less and listened more.
I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded.
I would have eaten the popcorn in the 'good' living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.
I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.
I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.
I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.
I would have sat on the lawn with my new clothes and not worried about grass stains.
I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and more while watching life.
I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn't show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.
Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.
When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, "Later. Now go get washed up for dinner.
"There would have been more "I love you's.
" More "I'm sorry's."
But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute...look at it and really see it .
live it and never give it back.
Stop sweating the small stuff.
Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what.
Instead, let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us.
Let's think about what we are doing each day to promote ourselves mentally, physically, emotionally.
5 RANDOM CHILDHOOD STORIES THAT ARE TRUE AND RANDOM TO SHARE WITH ALL WHO READ THIS! AND WHOEVER I ADD TO THE BOTTOM HAS TO SHARE THERE 5 RANDOM STORIES I GOT THIS IDEA FROM Leanna who got it from Aimee :-) ENJOY!
1. When i was in Kindergarten i used to pinch this one girl who was my friend (what a friend i was) just to make her cry so i could pretend that she was my baby... Very random and very wierd, i cant even believe i did that!
2. I went to boarding school for six years from the age of 12-17, those were some of the best times and some of the worst times of my life. I only seem to remember the good stuff though, how cool is that hahaha
3. I jumped of a waterfall into a river in South Africa when we did Ys Rivier (translated ice river) which was one of the camps we could go on at boarding school. We had to jump with all our camping gear cause that was the only way of getting to the next stage of the camp, it was so darn SCARY but so fun! When we got to the next stage of the camp we found that we would be sleeping on nothing but smooth rocks for the rest of the night, that was such a wild camp!
4. My bloodline consists of African, German, Mauritian and English.
5. I wanna go to Mykonos Greek Islands for my honeymoon :-)
Jo Jo Forgus
Tin Tin
Bidemi
Hello Everyone
Well it certainly has been a while!
I have been either busy, lazy, doing assignments or something else and so my blog has taken a back seat for a while...
And also maybe i just didnt have anyhting to write about hahaha
But yesterday i found something to write about, something that it worth writting about so here goes.
Yesterday arvo my friend Vanessa messaged me and invited me to come to Southside church, she said there was this pastor from Africa that was preaching that had been preaching there for the last three days, she then mentioned that there were healings and miracles that took place in the service as well. So i told Greg about it and we were like REALLY REALLY tired yesterday and so we ummed and ahhhhd about it and then Greg said no lets go and so we did. We were interested in seeing the miracles and so we thought we would go along, even though it was in WOOP WOOP Armadale!
Well let me tell you, it was SO worth it!
We got alot more that just seeing miracles, we got a word straight from God...
We learnt about the word and the importanc eof it, and how we are POWERFUL because we have the FULLNESS of God in us! We learnt not to give Satan the opportunity to trap us by distracting us, and that He will try anything and everything to do so, we learnt that we do not need to allow ourselves to be depressed or to let unforgiveness creep in because we are children of God and we are too good for those things of darkness.
Let me tell you it was life changing, but once again it is not up to God to do the work but us, we have to draw near to Him and then He will inturn draw near to us! There is no easy way around this... If we want to be POWER PACKED, DEVIL stomping on FIRE Children of God we need to feed on His wird daily, pray like JEsus did and LIVE what we read in the word! We need to let it become heart knowledge not just head knowledge, because when it is in our heads it is useless!
The man preaches with the power of God on every word, he was vibrant and enthusiastic and on FIRE! And he set us on FIRE!
He will be preching tonight, tomorrow night and Friday night that is the 9th, 10th and 11th of November 2005 at lakeside church in janjibup, i am not sure where that is but if you can get there, then GET THERE!!!!
Take care y'all
And hopefully there will be more to be said soon
Love Des
