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“Niemand het groter liefde as dit gedig, "Bid sonder ophou," om Other Verses, gepubliseer is. word wanneer ons versoekings of
nie: dat hy sy lewe vir sy vriende haar te bemoedig. Jy mag dit dalk probleme beleef, is Scriven se
aflê” (Johannes 15:13). herken: Kort daarna komponeer Charles C raad dat ons dit eerder deur gebed
Wat 'n Vriend het ons in Jesus Converse 'n melodie vir een van na die Here toe moet neem.
Joseph Scriven, 'n Ier (1819- Hy wat in ons plek wil staan; die gedigte wat ons vandag ken as
1896), was 25 jaar oud, verlief en Wat 'n voorreg om gedurig "Wat 'n Vriend het ons in Jesus". Onthou vandag dat Jesus jou
het op trou gestaan. In 1845, 'n tot Gods troon deur Hom te gaan! Joseph Scriven het ware trage- Vriend is. Neem al jou probleme
dag voor sy troue, het sy Hoe verbeur ons tog die vrede, dies in sy leeftyd beleef. Hy is na Hom, maak nie saak hoe groot
verloofde in 'n tragiese ongeluk ag, hoe dikwels ly ons smart, nooit getroud nie, en in sy latere of onoorkomelik dit vir jou lyk nie.
verdrink. 'n Gebroke Joseph het net omdat ons nie ons node jare was hy baie alleen, sy Praat met Hom. Spandeer tyd met
besluit om 'n nuwe lewe in uitstort in Gods Vaderhart. gesondheid swak, sy finansies Hom. Hy het jou so lief dat Hy vir
Kanada te begin. Daar het hy weer karig en hy het soms aan depres- jou gesterf het!
verlief geraak en het op trou Byna 30 jaar later besoek een van sie gely. Tog kon hy met oor-
gestaan toe die meisie skielik sy vriende 'n ernstige siek Scri- tuiging skryf: “Wat 'n voorreg om Gebed: Here Jesus, dankie dat U
longontsteking kry en sterf. ven. In sy kamer ontdek hy gedurig tot Gods troon deur Hom my Vriend is. Help my om U elke
Scriven se gedigte, insluitende 'n te gaan!” Hy het geweet dat God dag nog beter te leer ken en U
In 1855, terwyl hy by 'n vriend, kopie van die een wat hy aan sy vrede kan skenk aan diegene wat beter te dien. Dankie dat U ook vir
James Sackville, gebly het, ont- ma gestuur het. Die gevolg van Hom soek. my gesterf het. Amen.
vang hy die nuus uit Ierland dat sy die besoek was dat Scriven se - Xanthe Hancox
moeder ernstig siek is. Hy skryf 'n gedigte in 'n bundel, Hymns and Instede daarvan om mismoedig te Vers-'n-Dag, 30 Julie 2014

HE ONE STORY that about an hour, but he did not my Bible, which I still have today He said: “Pastor, if I had only
lives in my heart until move 1 mm from what he with all that he wrote in it while met you three years earlier, I
Ttoday unfolded before believed. studying it during his last days. would not have died as a
my eyes when I was called to He started serving God and testi- murderer on the gallows.”
the death cells in 1976. There Eventually I took out two pictures fied to all around him.
was a man who was con- of our youngest daughter. One Those words have stuck in my
demned to death after he had was taken in hospital, when she The morning we took him out of heart until today. Was there no
committed three murders. was given a one percent chance his cell to be executed, I prayed one near that man in those
to live. The other was when she for him and he took hold of my dark days that could have told
He had chased away two was about three years old, after arm as we walked up the steps him about Jesus?
different ministers, throwing being healed by God. She was a towards the gallows.
their Bibles and literature out perfect little girl with all her How many people are missing
of his cell. I was asked to try faculties working. At the gallows I wanted to pray Heaven because children of
and minister to him. once more for him but he refused. God do not talk about Him
I told him about her healing and He said that he wanted to pray for enough? Be His represen-
On my first visit, he said that showed him the pictures. Without me that God will never allow me to tative today!
he was agnostic, believed in saying a word, he went on his tire of working for Him in the
evolution, and wanted nothing knees and he accepted Jesus prisons. His next words then sent - Philip Kruger, NOW, October
to do with God. We talked for Christ as his Saviour. I gave him a pain through my heart. 2010.

k het baie ure deurgebring het sy vrou net soveel lief as wat
in die wagkamer van die die universiteitsprofessor syne
EIntensiewe Sorgeenheid; liefhet en almal verstaan dit. Elke
gewag saam met angsbevange persoon hou duim vas vir die
mense; geluister na ernstige ander.
vrae: Sal my man dit maak? Sal
my kind ooit weer kan loop? Hoe In die Intensiewe Sorgeenheid
leef 'n mens sonder jou lewens- verander die wêreld. Hoogmoed
maat van die afgelope 30 jaar? en huigelary verdwyn. Die heelal
is gefokus op die geneesheer se You pronounced Your Holy Name to Peace.
Die wagkamer van die Intensiewe volgende verslag. As dit maar net Your people, and it was
Sorgeenheid is anders as enige vordering sal toon. Almal weet Yahweh - Lord of Relationship. You whispered Your compas-
ander kamer in die wêreld. En die die lewe gaan daaroor om iemand
mense wat daar wag, is anders as anders lief te hê. sionate Name into sorrow and
ander. You posted Your powerful Name at brokenness, and it was
Kon ons tog maar leer om mekaar life’s valleys and dead-ends, and it Jehovah Jireh - The Lord Provides.
Hulle kan nooit genoeg vir altyd só lief te hê, omdat ons was
mekaar doen nie. Niemand is besef dat elke dag van ons lewe El Shaddai - All-Sufficient God. You signed Your most beautiful
onbeskof nie. Die skeiding van eintlik maar 'n dag in die wag- Name in blood upon our hearts, and
ras en klas verdwyn. 'n Persoon is kamer van die Intensiewe Sorg- You spoke your lovely Name into it was
eerstens 'n pá en dan 'n wit- of 'n eenheid van die Ewigheid is! fear and conflicts, and it was JESUS -
swartman. Die vullisverwyderaar - Wes Seeliger Jehovah Shalom - The Lord Our JEHOVAH IS SALVATION!