My best Investment

I have been trying to get back to my blog for weeks with no success. Life has been hectic and there is no end in sight in the near future for me that it will tone down to a calmer state. I last wrote just before the Easter weekend. After the shocking news of the murder of Eugene Terreblanche, I thought “This is something to blog about!” Then the controversy concerning the Julius Malema saga, of the song “Shoot the Boer.” I have never heard the song myself, do not even know what the words are, only that they are to shoot us, the Boers (farmers). I decided to find the song on the Internet, and when I did, my first reaction was HUH??? It made no sense, had absolutely no message for the nation. I then decided to count how many times the words "shoot, shoot, the boer" were in the song. WOW – 20 times! I refused to count the times "shoot, shoot" was used - there were too many. Other words in the song? - minimal. 99% of the song is "shoot, shoot, shoot,shoot, shoot the Boer." I was convinced this would make a great blog, but life throws many issues along one's path and the direction changes.

Enough has been said regarding the ET and Malema issues, negative and alarming statements have been made injecting fear into the hearts of many South Africans regardless of race or colour. We have two choices in life - to grow bitter or better. I chose the latter. I have decided to be positive, regardless. I have come to the conclusion that bad news sells; good news is not as exciting. No wonder that the Good News of our Saviour is so easily discarded. Write a book about the dark side - demons, vampires, ogres, werewolves, Satan and the like - and be sure it will become a best seller. In no time it will make it to the big screen. Write a book on goodness, purity, God, Jesus, faith, love, hope - anything that is far from the dark side - and you are rejected time and again to get published. And forget about the big screen! That is life I suppose. Or is it? Is life not what we ourselves make of it? I can decide this morning to be grumpy and moody, or I can decide to walk around with a smile on my face and be friendly to each soul that crosses my path. What is your decision today? Everything we decide upon is a choice. My best investment in life has been Jesus. Does that mean nothing bad ever happens to me? No, absolutely not! In fact, a lot of bad things have happened in my life, but, were it not for Him, I would not have made it through the storm. Even reading my blog was a choice you, the reader, made. So I challenge anyone who reads this: Will you grow bitter, or better? You decide.