I was attending one of the “Daughters at Rest” events we've had recently. There were a few stations set up, and we had a few options of how we could go and spend some time with God. One of them was to go and rest in His presence and to lie on one of the pillows. It was so good for me to just be with God, not having an agenda and a list of questions, but to just be quiet before Him. It was so good to be refreshed and strengthened by Him, resting in His arms. It made me realize, once again, that we cannot do anything without Him! We have to allow Him to give us rest and not to do it in our own strength. I want to encourage you to go and just be with God ... without an agenda and rest in His presence.

In December 2019, I was busy working on one of my sites as usual. I was busy cutting wood with my miter saw. The next moment, the cover of the saw, that protects you from getting cut, suddenly came off. The blade, unfortunately, cut my left forearm, making an incision of about 10mm wide by 7cm long. The blade was so hot that it immediately sealed, stopping it from bleeding. I covered the wound and continued working. I was just too busy to go to the doctor, and I sort of forgot about it. About two days later, my very curious little daughter asked me what had happened to my arm. In less detail, I explained what happened. She just said, “Oh,” and walked out of the office. A few minutes later, she came back and asked if she could pray for the injury. (I ended up praying for it) But we went on our knees together and asked God to heal it. Within one week, there was already such a big difference in the wound! Now I only have a slight mark where the cut happened. It taught me to have faith like a child! In this case, like a 4-year-old girl. It got healed in only a week! A cut that I actually needed stitches for and never got. God is so good!

One morning, while I was getting ready for school, I saw a Scripture and prayer someone posted on our cell group. I read it and it immediately encouraged me! Later that day, I had to write a big matric exam. When I walked into the examination hall, the invigilator read the exact same Scripture before allowing us to start! I was actually feeling so anxious about this exam, and when the invigilator read it to us, it was such a powerful confirmation of what God was saying to me! There was no doubt in my mind that God was speaking to me!

It also encouraged me to start sharing more, because you never know who will be touched by it!