Thank You for showing us that after making the wrong decisions in your youth you could with time really and truly forgive and promote reconciliation.

Thank you for encouraging us to do likewise.  In the words of Jonny Steinberg: "You forgave, it cost you nothing; you forgave as a free person, not as a slave. You showed us that to forgive was to be free and to have power".

To many Madiba was the best modern day example of what a political follower of Jesus, the Super Star of the history, should be and could be.

He was clearly used by God to change the course of history in Africa by demonstrating statesmanship and forgiveness after many years in prison.  When he was released from jail he undoubtedly brought a touch of H.O.P.E. "Heaven On Planet on Earth" amongst all the people of South Africa.

Eph 2:14-18 Christ Our Peace Maker

The Secret to be stress free in troubled circumstances.

How is it that Jesus was able to live free from stress paralysis or fear’s paralysing power? It is important to remember that He too lived in this fallen world.

The world into which Jesus came was, a world encompassing even more sickness and suffering, malice and hate, treachery and deceitfulness than we see today. There were many things of which He could have been afraid.

Dr W.E. Sangster once asked a number of people what was the most awful thing they could think of.

Some said it was their own death. A few said it was the permanent loss of their reason. Others said it was a third world war. Sangster agreed that these were awful possibilities but he claimed there was something even worse than them – atheism! Sheer atheism! The belief that behind this universe there is not the loving Father whom Jesus revealed but some blind impersonal force.