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read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of his friend. He referred
"She is a normal, simple woman, who did something sensible
and realistic. But that's exactly what Jesus can use to plant a Iend of her life).
church for a whole village with 450 inhabitants in one single day,"
reports Danie Vermeulen, Dawn Coordinator for Southern Africa.
"Kerry was a normal member of a church in Richards Bay, South
Africa. She had volunteered to organize water and food for the
women with babies waiting for the doctor in Kwambonambi. One
day, a lot of food was left over, and she sensed God prompting
her to go to the neighbouring Slovo Camp, to see if anyone was
hungry. She discovered 450 people living in extreme poverty.
Touched, she decided to take food there every day. On the third
day, three men addressed her; it turned out that they were the
leaders of the Community. 'We want to talk with you. Why do you
do that? Why do you give the people food?' they asked. 'Jesus
told me to do it,' she said. 'So which Company does this Jesus
work for?' one of them asked. 'He doesn't work for a Company,'
she said. 'He is God.' 'Can we meet this Jesus, your God? If He
notices this group of 450 poor slum-dwellers in this huge
universe, he must be the true God. If we can meet Him, the whole
Community will serve Him,' one of the men said. Kerry told them
that she would introduce them to Jesus the following Saturday.
Back in her church, she asked for the Jesus Film and 1 000
meals for the following Saturday, so that everyone could have
enough to eat, and see that God is not miserly, but has more than
enough to provide for us all.
That Saturday, everyone ate as much as they wanted; it was the
best meal which many of them had ever eaten. Several children
ate meat for the first time in their lives. In the evening, they
watched the Jesus Film. At the end, all 450 accepted Jesus as
their Lord. A church was planted, known as the Slovo Camp
Church - through a woman who just made herself available to
Jesus!” says Vermeulen.
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to the dates on her tombstone: birth - death (from the beginning - to the
He noted that first came the date of her birth. He then spoke of the second
with tears, but he said that what mattered most of all was the DASH
between those years. For that DASH represented all the time that she spent
alive on earth, and now only those who loved her knew what that little line
was worth. For it matters not how much we own: the cars, the house, the
cash. What matters is how we live and love and how we spend our DASH.
So think about this long and hard - are there things you'd like to change? For
you never know how much time is left. You could be at DASH MID-RANGE. If
we would just slow down enough to consider what's true and what's real and
always try to understand the way other people feel. And be less quick to
anger and show appreciation more and love the people in our lives like we've
never loved before.
If we would treat each other with respect and more often wear a smile,
remembering that THIS SPECIAL DASH might only last a little while. So,
when your eulogy is being read with your life's actions to rehash…
Would you be pleased with the things they
have to say about how you spent
your DASH?
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