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hen I was a little boy, my   are You doing?”
                   mother used to embroi-      He  answered,  “I  am  embroi-
          Wder a great deal. I would           dering your life.”
          sit at her knee and look up from     I would say, “But it looks like a
          the floor and ask what she was       mess  to  me.  It  seems  so
          doing. She informed me that she      jumbled. The threads seem so
          was embroidering.                    dark.  Why  can't  they  all  be
          As I watched her work from the       bright?”
          floor,  working  within  the  boun-  The Father seemed to tell me,                           Anoniem van Ottosdal skryf:
          daries  of  the  little  round  hoop   “My child, you go about your        Deur  die  Here  aan  my  geopen-    blokkies. Die laaste twee blokkies
          that  she  held  in  her  hand,  I   business  of  doing  My  Busi-        baar:                                verdof.
          complained to her that it looked     ness, and one day I will bring        29 Jan. 2011:  Lees in 'n boek van   Daarna  sien  ek  'n  regop,  bruin
          messy from where I sat.              you to Heaven and put you on          profete-seun dat daar in 2012 iets   voorwerp wat effens dunner word
          She  would  smile  at  me,  look     My Knee and you will see the          gaan  gebeur  wat  die  wêreld  sal   na bo. Amper soos 'n houtstomp
          down  and  gently  say,  “My  son,   plan from My side.”                   laat wakker skrik, want alles gaan   of  toring,  of  ‘n  regop  tipe  berg,
          you  go  about  your  playing  for   [Author Unknown].                     verander. In 'n ander boek staan     dieselfde  dikte  as  die  ronde
          awhile,  and  when  I  am  finished                                        dat die Maja-stam se siklus-telling   voorwerp.
          with my embroidering, I will put     "The LORD is like a father to         in 2012 eindig. Ek vra vir die Here   Moontlike  uitleg:  Grond  wat
          you on my knee and let you see it    His  children,  tender  and           wat gaan in 2012 gebeur.             iewers oprys weens botsing. Nie
          from my side.”                       compassionate to those who                                                 seker watter land deur die ronde
          Some time would pass and then I      fear Him. For He understands          30  Jan  2011:   Ek  sien  'n  plat   voorwerp getref gaan word nie.
          would  hear  Mother's  voice  say,   how weak we are; He knows             aardbol,  met  blou  en  wit  kleure,
          “Son, come and sit on my knee.”      we are only dust."                    ongeveer  175  mm  in  deursnee.     22 Mei 2011:  Ek lê Sondagmiddag
          This  I  did  only  to  be  surprised   - Psalm 103:13, 14  NLT            Die volgende oomblik kom uit die     op my bed en sien die landskap
          and  thrilled  to  see  a  beautiful                                       Suide,  effens  skuins,  'n  groot   van  Asië.  Dit  is  spierwit  met  'n
          flower  and  sunset.  I  could  not   "When I pray, You answer me;         ronde voorwerp, en bots met die      swart  randjie.  Die  regterkant  se
          believe  it,  because  from  under-  You encourage me by giving            aarde.  Maar  dit  skiet  weer  weg   Oostepunt  is  afwaarts  na  die
          neath it looked so messy.            me the strength I need."              deur  die  wolke.  Die  gat  wat  Suide afgebuig. Moontlike uitleg:
          Then  Mother  would  say  to  me,    - Psalm 138:3, NLT                    agtergelaat word in die grond op     Massiewe ronde voorwerp swaai
          “My Son, from underneath it did                                            die land, se diepte is die helfte van   aardbol  Noordwaarts.  Daarom
          look messy and jumbled, but you      "Though I walk in the midst of        die voorwerp se deursnee.            swaai die Oostepunt na die Suide
          did  not  realize  that  there  was  a   trouble,  You  will  revive  me;   Direk daarna vorm baie naby voor    (afwaarts).
          pre-drawn plan on the top. It was    You  will  stretch  forth  Your       my gesig, 'n silwer syfer 2. Toe is
          a design. I was only following it.”  hand against the wrath of my          dit weg. Daarna verskyn die syfer    Ek  peins  en  bid  nog  oor  die
          Many times through the years I       enemies, and Your right hand          1. Dit verdwyn ook. Daarna sien ek   betekenis  van  hierdie  gesigte,
          have looked up to my Heavenly        will save me."                        skuins regs vier blokkies, met 'n 1   want volgens Amos 3:7 moet ek
          Father  and  said,  “Father,  what   - Psalm 138:7,  Amplified Bible       en  dan  ‘n  2  in  die  eerste  twee   alles bekend maak.
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