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Maar soos Jakob moet ek erken, “Min in getal en vol teëspoed was die dae van my lewensjare” (Génesis 47:9). Die Hebreeuse woord vir teëspoed hier beteken, benoudheid, nood, ellende, rampe, probleme, hartseer en swaarmoedigheid.
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I thank God for the many victories and successes I’ve enjoyed during my fifty years in ministry. But I have to confess as Jacob did, “Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been” (Genesis 47:9). The Hebrew word for evil here means adversity, distress, affliction, calamity, trouble, sadness, heavy-heartedness. In short, I know what it’s like to be a captive to fear and despair. At times, when I was a young pastor, I felt like quitting the ministry. I’ve been so low, the devil has made me his stepping stone. And many nights I’ve screamed at God, “Where are you?”
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