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DS KOOS KIRSTEN
WOORD
Uit die
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emand het langs ’n braaivleisvuur die opmerking gemaak dat
ons land veel minder uitdagings sal hê as ons alle politici sou
verban. Volgens hom sal die gewone inwoners van die land die
uitdagings sommer self – en ook sommer gou – oplos. Dan sal
al die onrus en onvrede tot ’n einde kom en ons sal in vrede
met mekaar kan lewe.
Ons weet almal dat dit eenvoudig nie moontlik is nie. Solank ons in
hierdie wêreld – en veral in Suid-Afrika – leef, sal daar spanning en
onrus wees. In elk geval sal dit nog jare duur voordat die meeste van
ons uitdagings effektief aangespreek is.
Wat vir ons as gelowiges van groter belang is, is dat ons vrede in
ons harte moet hê. Om vrede in ons harte te hê, moet ons vrede met
God hê. As ons vrede met God het, kan ons vrede met mekaar hê.
Jesus Christus het na hierdie wêreld toe gekom om vrede tussen
ons en God te bewerkstellig en daarom kan ons ook vrede met
mekaar hê.
As ons nie vrede met mekaar het nie en nie vrede in ons harte het
nie, kan ons doen wat die Here ons in Filippense 4:6 - 9 leer. Hier
leer Hy ons dat ons alles wat in ons harte leef in ons gebede aan die
Here bekend moet maak. Dit maak nie saak wát dit is wat pla nie,
bid daaroor. Die Here sal nie alles wat jy begeer aan jou gee nie,
maar Hy sal iets gee wat ons almal nodig het en na smag. Hy beloof
dat Hy vrede in ons harte sal gee.
As ons ons dan verder daarop toelê om ons harte en gedagtes op
die goeie te rig en te leef soos wat God wil, beloof Hy dat Hyself
met ons sal wees. Hierdie wete dat God met ons is, gee vrede en
rustigheid in ’n mens se gemoed. Dan kan die wêreld en die land
en die politici maar doen wat hulle wil. Jy sal dit kan hanteer, want
God is met jou.
7
February 2019
Graan SA/Sasol fotokompetisie
– Claudi Lourens 2017
spotlight
Farmer Development in the
I
t was with great pleasure that the
Grain SA Farmer Development team
learned that they were invited to attend
the Annual AgriSETA Excellence Awards
gala dinner early in October last year. The
longest serving Farmer Development co-
ordinator, Mr Jerry Mthombothi from the
Nelspruit Regional Development office, was
nominated to represent the team.
At the glittering occasion he was delighted
to find that Grain SA was to be honoured
with two prestigious awards:
Recognition as a leading commodity
organisation.
Best governed rural development pro-
ject after AgriSETA intervention: Duku-
za Study Group.
Grain SA Farmer Development sincerely
thanks AgriSETA, who’ve been partners
with them for many years now, for both of
these awards. The department is humbled
and thankful that they are seeing the fruits
of their investment in their projects and
trust that many years of partnership still lie
ahead.
The contribution to these successes
made by a dedicated team involved in the
Grain SA Farmer Development Programme,
lead by Ms Jane McPherson, is acknowl-
edged with gratitude. At the same time, they
honour the farmers they work with. These
hard-working individuals make the most of
every opportunity they are presented with
to learn and grow.
With partnerships like these Grain SA
Farmer Development can make a difference
to national and household food security
levels through the establishment of viable
grain farming enterprises. This is achieved
by bridging knowledge gaps and equipping
farmers with the necessary skills and appro-
priate training in the many diverse aspects
of farming operations and management.
JENNY MATHEWS,
SA Graan/Grain
contributor
Jerry Mthombothi, second from right, represented the Grain SA team at the function and
received the awards on their behalf.
GRAIN SA