Child of Light

Life in Words

Summer 2013

As you know, last thursday we came back from our holiday in Turkey. I’ve taken lots of pictures, and these are the first of them. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. 

Zoals jullie weten kwamen we afgelopen donderdag terug van onze vakantie in Turkije. Ik heb heel veel foto’s genomen, en dit zijn de eerste daarvan. Ik hoop dat jullie er net zo van genieten als ik! 
  Toes in the sand. The beach around our hotel was amazing, we tried several spots to sit and lounge and all three were nice. 

Tenen in het zand. Het strand rond ons hotel was prachtig, we hebben verschillende plekjes geprobeerd en alledrie waren fijn. 

 We went on a jeep safari on Saturday. It was so beautiful. We were in a national parc, and it was amazing. 

We gingen op jeepsafari zaterdag. Het was zo mooi! We waren in een Nationaal Park, en het was er prachtig. 

 Here we were in Ephesis, where we saw a lot of excavations. It was really imposing to watch and imagine all the people that lived there throughout the centuries. 

Hier waren we in Efeze, waar we een heleboel opgravingen hebben bekeken. Het was heel indrukwekkend om te zien en om je voor te stellen dat hier zoveel mensen hebben geleefd door de eeuwen heen. 
This was the old library, one of the best kept buildings in Ephesis. 

Dit was de bibliotheek, een van de best bewaarde gebouwen in Efeze. 

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Love list



:: Met nóg meer sproetjes thuiskomen

:: Kleine Albert weer zien en me verbazen over hoe hij gegroeid is

:: Knuffelen met de hond

:: M’n benen scheren zónder mezelf per ongeluk te snijden!

:: Foto’s van een geweldige vakantie bestellen voor in m’n Project  Life Boek

::  Weer genieten van het Nederlandse landschap, het weer (nou ja…) en mijn lieve familie

:: Genieten van het feit dat het alweer bijna weekend is

:: Iemand die tegen je zegt dat je zo lief bent

:: Lieve kaartjes krijgen

:: Alle gemiste blogposts van mijn favoriete blogs bijlezen

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Recent finds

Psalm 57:8. Ik vind dit een prachtige print. Je kunt ‘m hier kopen. 

Dit vind ik een leuke outfit. Ik ben dan wel geen ‘mama’,  maar ik denk dat ie toch wel geschikt is. 

Sinds kort ben ik bezig met Project Life, een heel eenvoudige manier van scrapbooken. Deze pagina vond ik op Pinterest. 

Ik ben een groot fan van Augustinus. Deze uitspraak staat standaard op mijn krijtbord, en op Pinterest vond ik deze print. Je kunt ‘m hier kopen:-)

En waar zijn jullie mee bezig? Het is wel duidelijk dat ik aan het surfen ben geslagen. 

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How can I keep from singing…

There is an endless song
Echoes in my soul
I hear the music ring

And though the storms may come
I am holding on
To the rock I cling

How can I keep from singing Your praise
How can I ever say enough
How amazing is Your love
How can I keep from shouting Your name
I know I am loved by the King
And it makes my heart want to sing

I will lift my eyes
In the darkest night
For I know my Savior lives

And I will walk with You
Knowing You’ll see me through
And sing the songs You give

I can sing in the troubled times
Sing when I win
I can sing when I lose my step
And fall down again
I can sing ‘cause You pick me up
Sing ‘cause You’re there
I can sing ‘cause You hear me, Lord
When I call to You in prayer
I can sing with my last breath
Sing for I know
That I’ll sing with the angels
And the saints around the throne

By Chris Tomlin and Matt Redman
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Pro’s and cons.

Hi! 

A while ago my favorite magazine Eva published a series of columns written by Jara, a women who has an anxiety disorder just like mine. I recognized a lot of her issues and felt like I wasn’t the only one in the world with these problems anymore! The last column she wrote is the one I want to share with you, just so you understand more about me, my faith and the anxiety disorder I have.  



‘After six sad episodes I thought it was time for a more cheerful story. That’s why I gave myself the assignment to think of ten positive things I’ve gained from all the trouble in my head. So, ten positives, and I’m starting with one.

1. Thanks to my illness I know that life doesn’t turn around having, having, having but around love, love, love.

2. Thanks to my illness I know that sadness isn’t the worst that can happen to a person.

3. Thanks to my illness my life’s gotten a not-fitting-for-my-age deepness and have I learned things that I can use for my advantage the rest of my life.

4. Thanks to my illness I experience every worryless, sunny day as a rare and precious gift and because the light days are in such contrast with the dark ones, I enjoy them extra and I am extra aware of the happiness that’s been given to me, for free. 

5. Thanks to my illness I know that nothing can separate me from the love of God. No ink black deathwishes, no fears of death charging at me in the death of night, no sinister night mares, no doubts in faith, no total numbness. Nothing. 

6. Thanks to my illness I dream almost daily of a new heaven and a new earth and whisper rarely cited scripture verses to myself. It may sound strange, but to me it’s a comfort that this life has an end and I don’t have to carry my soul under my arm forever. Every once in a while I whisper with Paul:’So we will stay of good courage, even though we know that while this body is our home, we live far from the Lord. We stay of good courage, even though we ould rather leave our body and live with the Lord.’ Or I sing : ‘Just a few more weary days and then, I’ll fly away / to a land where joy shall never end, I’ll fly away.’ 

7. Thanks to my illness I don’t have a lot of the frustrations others do have. Midlife crisis? Never heard of it. 

8. Thanks to my illness the friendships I have are without doubt warmer, more intimate and deeper than they would have been without my illness.

9. Thanks to my illness I can be a good friend. I am constantly reminded of my own humanity, and because of that I find few things weird, incomprehensible or wrong. ‘Tout comprende c’est tout pardonner’. To understand everything is to forgive everything. 

10. Thanks to my illness it’s not hard to suffer with my fellow sufferers and to empathize with their grieve. 

11. Thanks to my illness my life is never boring. 

What? I’m over ten already? When I carry on, people will get jealous and stand in line for an anxiety disorder! But if all the good things even out the sad ones, I don’t know. Who knows, maybe I get to compare the pro’s and cons in heaven, and maybe the pro’s will win. But for the time being, I’m not sure. 

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Hair love

Hi!

I can’t believe it’s friday already! The week has flown by. Tomorrow I’m at a Christian conference called Opwekking (revival). Of course I will take lots of pictures and share what I learn. But today I want to share something completely different; a couple of my favorite hair styles. The pictures are found on Pinterest. Later I will hopefully make my own curly hair tutorials:-)

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Etsy Favorite

Hi!

I love to look around on Etsy, an online marketplace where people sell their handmade items. I particularly love the paintings of Katie Daisy, they are so colourful and happy! These are a few of my favorites:


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