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JESUS LEEF!

Jaco van den Bergh van Delarey- mense wat die Woord bedien, deur selfs ook onder die volwassenes.
ville skryf: ons dorp beweeg. Onder leiding Almal praat al hoe meer van JESUS!
Al hoe meer ondervind ek die liefde van die Here se Gees het hulle my Ek glo dat God besig is om my af te
van God in my lewe. Dit gaan goed gevra om 'n boodskap op 'n sekere sonder sodat ek 'n boek kan skryf
met die mens as hy God se Woord muur te verf. Hierdie muur is in die oor alles wat met my gebeur het.
lees, dit oordink, en dit uitleef! hoofstraat van Delareyville geleë Dank God dat ek nog mag lewe! Dit
Graag wil ek terugvoering gee en is deel van my eiendom. Die is wonderlik!
nadat my getuienis in die Goeie Heilige Gees gee my die woorde (083 272 6146).
Nuus van Julie 2010 verskyn het “JESUS LEEF”
met die opskrif, JESUS LEEF om te verf. Gou-
REGTIG! Baie mense het SMS'e gou het die
gestuur, baie het geskakel en vertel n u u s i n
dat hulle die ongeluk onthou. Ander Delareyville ver-
het vertel dat hulle sien hoe swaar sprei en almal
dit was en dat God kan genees. Dan het kom kyk!
het daar ook mense geskakel wat, Daar is baie
nadat hulle die gedeelte gelees het, positiewe dinge
deur God aangeraak is. Selfs besig om te
predikante het geskakel met gebeur onder
seënwense. die jeug van
Twee weke gelede het 'n groep Delareyville en

nce there was a man who They were lost and stranded on his survive the storm?" He thought for
didn't believe in God, and he farm, with no food or shelter. They a moment and realized that they
Odid not hesitate to let others just flapped their wings and flew just wouldn't follow a human being.
know how he felt about religion and around the field in low circles, "If only I were a goose, then I could
religious holidays. His wife, how- blindly and aimlessly. A couple of save them," he said out loud.
ever, did believe, and she raised them had flown into his window, it Then he had an idea. He went into
their children to also have faith in seemed. The man felt sorry for the the barn, got one of his own geese,
God and Jesus Christ, despite his geese and wanted to help them. The and carried it in his arms as he
disparaging comments. barn would be a great place for circled around behind the flock of
One snowy evening, his wife was them to stay, he thought. It's warm wild geese. He then released it. His
taking their children to service in and safe; surely they could spend goose flew through the flock and
the farm community in which they the night and wait out the storm. straight into the barn - and one by
lived. They were to talk about So he walked over to the barn and one, the other geese followed it to
Jesus' birth. She asked him to opened the doors wide, then safety!
come, but he refused. watched and waited, hoping they He stood silently for a moment as
"That story is nonsense!" he said. would notice the open barn and go the words he had spoken a few
"Why would God lower Himself to inside. But the geese just fluttered minutes earlier replayed in his
come to Earth as a human being? around aimlessly and didn't seem mind: "If only I were a goose, then I
That's ridiculous!" to notice the barn or realize what it could save them!" Then he thought
So she and the children left, and he could mean to them. about what he had said to his wife
stayed home. A while later, the The man tried to get their attention, earlier. "Why would God want to be
winds grew stronger and the snow but that just seemed to scare them, like us? That's ridiculous!"
turned into a blizzard. As the man and they moved further away. He Suddenly it all made sense! That is
looked out the window, all he saw went into the house and came with just what God had done. We were
was a blinding snowstorm. He sat some bread, broke it into pieces, like the geese - blind, lost, perish-
down to relax before the fire for the and made a breadcrumb-trail ing. God had His Son become like
evening. Then he heard a loud leading to the barn. They still didn't us so that He could show us the
thump. Something had hit the catch on. way and save us!
window! Now he was getting frustrated. He As the winds and blinding snow
He looked out, but couldn't see got behind them and tried to "shoo" died down, his soul became quiet
more than a few feet. When the them toward the barn, but they only and he pondered this wonderful
snow let up a little, he ventured got more scared and scattered in thought. Suddenly he understood
outside to see what could have every direction except towards the why Christ had come. Years of
been beating on his window. In the barn. Nothing he did could get them doubt and disbelief vanished with
field near his house he saw a flock to go into the barn where they the passing storm. He fell to his
of wild geese. Apparently they had would be warm and safe. knees in the snow, and prayed his
been flying south for the winter "Why don't they follow me?" he first prayer: "Thank You, God, for
when they got caught in the exclaimed. "Can't they see this is coming in human form to get me
snowstorm and couldn't go on. the only place where they can out of the storm!" - Selected