AMAZING THINGS. (4)
About 2000 years ago there stood a Man in Jerusalem and He said something like this, “If you acknowledge your sinfulness and believe on Me, God will give you His Holy Spirit and your life will change and never be the same again.” In 1960 I did what the Man had said and, lo and behold, I found that His words are true. I received God’s Holy Spirit and my life changed and has not been the same ever since. AMAZING. Not only that, but I started discovering that there were others around me who had had the same experience, and then, as I traveled, because of my work, all over Europe, Canada and parts of the US, I met many who had God’s Holy Spirit just like I. Then I heard from reliable sources that in South America there are millions upon millions of people like me. And from my two daughters and three granddaughters who have all been in Africa, I heard that there are millions and millions of such like people on that continent. And in the Middle East, there are many, yes, many people who have that same Spirit. Further east, in China, estimates are between 50 million and 100 million people who have had the same experience as I. AMAZING. And as time passed, I discovered there are people like me all over the world, in pretty well every country, from every culture, and from every age, and every level of intelligence, black people, white people, colored people, and you name it. And to my great surprise and delight, I found out that all these people had one common bond, God’s Holy Spirit and together formed the largest family and the greatest living organism on earth, and I am part of that. That has all come to pass because of what that Man said 2000 years ago. How does one explain that? AMAZING. Are you part of this family?




De gemiddelde hartslag van deze vogeltjes is meer dan 1200 keer per minuut. In vergelijking, de gemiddelde hartslag van een mens ligt tussen de 60 en 100 keer per minuut, in rust. De Hummingbird, als hij rust, ademhaalt 250 maal per minuut, en dat verhoogt wanneer hij vliegt. Om zulk adembenemend metabolisme te ondersteunen, moet dit wonder bijna voortdurend eten om de nodige energie te verkrijgen. Iedere dag moet het nectar opnemen van zo’n 2000 bloemen. Daarbij eten deze vogeltjes ook vele insecten en spinnen, en nippen ze ook sap van bomen of van gebroken vruchten. Hummingbirds zuigen geen nectar door hun lange snavels, ze likken het met hun omzoomde en gevorkte tongen. Capillaire werking langs de rand van hun tong helpt om de nectar in hun keel te trekken zodat ze het kunnen doorslikken. Ze kunnen 10-15 maal per seconde likken tijdens het voeden. Het verteert natuurlijke sucrose – de suiker die zich bevindt in bloemen nectar – in 20 minuten met 97 procent rendement voor het omzetten van de suiker in energie.
Het is al meer dan twee jaar geleden dat ik de laatste episode, nummer 200 van mijn “Overpeinzingen” heb geschreven. Deze zijn, zoals velen van u wel zullen weten in boekvorm uitgebracht onder de titel, “De God Die echt is.” Het is nog te verkrijgen bij Dany Decrock,
It’s been more than two years since I wrote the last episode, number 200 of my “Musings.” These have been, as many of you will know, put into book form with the title, “The God Who is real.” It is still available on Amazon and Chapters, but I also have some left if you would like one. I want to start writing again. I recently read in Psalm 105, “Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; make known His deeds among the people! Sing unto Him, sing Psalms to Him; talk of all His wondrous works.” Ps.111:2, 4, “The works of the Lord are great; studied by all who have pleasure in them.” “He has made His wonderful works to be remembered.”