Jesus took the wheel

You have been watching over me,

when there were things I could not see,

dangers that would lurk about,

smouldering embers, quickly put out

Yet, for what You did the other day

I can not find the words to say,

to express my heartfelt gratitude,

for Your protection, so astute

The car veered off the road that day

as it began to heave and sway,

but You held the steering wheel so tight

that I did not even get a fright

I could feel the car regain control,

just as I thought it’d start to roll,

and as I grabbed a hold of the wheel,

You were already steering it, I could feel

Then it suddenly dawned on me

what You’d been trying to make me see

as we pulled away from the stop

and Your reassurances came non-stop

You told me that we would safely arrive,

that You would keep us all alive,

and I wondered why You were persisting

when I had no worries over this thing

Then, when the car rolled to a halt

and everyone wondered who was at fault,

I could only bring You heartfelt praise -

my Shepherd is with me, all of my days!

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
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Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
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God's Holy Name

Father, I would like to know -

where did all the good men go,

the ones who held You in revere,

the ones who spoke Your name with fear?

I hear men speaking all around,

but how I hate that dreadful sound,

for they use Your Godly name in vain,

and yet they seem to feel no shame.

Jesus is another name they use

in their rhetorical abuse,

and yet they seem oblivious

of how powerful that name is.

Sickness can not hold its ground

before the power of that sound,

demons too, pick up and flee

before the name that sets man free.

Not even death can hold its own

but is recorded to have flown

when Jesus’ name was spoken there

where all seemed lost and in despair.

My God! My God! how can it be

that man has no respect for Thee?

Our egos are disproportionate

to the small space in which we sit.

Allow me then to lift You high,

to sing Your praises to the sky,

and when no worshippers are found,

let Your name from me resound!

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
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Kosmiese roetine

Gister groet ek toe die dag

in geel en goue blommeprag

waar koper ook die son verdwyn

voor silwer maanlig op ons skyn

Die dag se gang is nou gedaan,

die son dwing ons om voort te gaan

al gee die nag ons ook 'n kans

om self vir net 'n oomblik te verskans

Dood en lewe maak ook so,

een gebore, een na bo,

'n nimmereindigend patroon

terwyl ons op die aarde woon

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
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Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
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Vrotsige vryer

Die vrotsige vryer het my verlaat

en nou kan ek eindelik oor die ding praat,

want tot nou toe het ek weggekruip

van 'n man wat heeltyd net wil gryp.

Skuif ek links, dan kom hy aan

en maak my planne ongedaan,

sy ore hou hy balhorig doof -

in sy kop is ons reeds verloof.

So tango ons twee om die bank

terwyl hy almeer stink na drank

en arms soos 'n seekat groei

waarmee hy meublement plat stoei.

Ek wonder al wat is te maak

met die man en sy verlore saak

toe hy uiteindelik moed verloor

en besef ek gee nie maar net voor.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
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Ruïnes

Hier dwaal ek weer in die ruïnes rond

op 'n warm pad van klip en grond

waar mense lag en traan gestort

nou deel van hierdie aarde word.

Die klippe hoor my as ek roep

na skimme sittend op die stoep,

na kinders spelend in die tuin

al het hul vorm reeds verdwyn.

Hoe vlugtig die lewe van ons hoop,

hoe word ons van daai hoop gestroop,

hoe tydelik die goed waaroor ons kwel,

hoe min bly oor om te vertel.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
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Tob-tob stop

Gee my hart 'n bietjie rus,

gee my hart 'n bietjie vrede

Maak vandag se pyn

iets van die verlede

Gee my dan 'n liefdeslied,

om uitbundig uit te juig,

sit nuwe woorde in my mond

wat van dankbaarheid getuig.

Te lank het ek geloop en tob

te lank geloop en wonder

Dis tyd dat die getob nou stop

my dink word nou gesonder.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
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Liefdesroman

Ek voel hoe klop my hart se snaar

toe jy my in die groep gewaar,

beur om by my uit te kom,

en toe jy slaag, toe is jy stom.

Ons staan en staar so na mekaar

sonder woord of handgebaar

met net ons oë wat kontak maak,

praat oor gevoelens sonder spraak.

Dit was 'n dekade terug gewees

toe ek die liefde in jou lees,

'n storie wat nie einde kry,

'n liefdesroman oor jou en my.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
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Assistance

I saw the distrust in your eyes

as you bowed before deceitful lies,

lies that you yourself made up

ere you had me for a noontime sup

If only you had bothered to find out

what my agenda was about,

you may have known I simply cared,

that you had no reason to be scared

I only came to help you out

when there was no one else about,

when you sat with your hands in hair,

completely given to despair

So, how did I become this fiend,

this ominously threatening giant

that came to rob you of your food,

and threaten your whole livelihood?

Relax, sit back and let it go,

these fears that overwhelm you so;

I’m here to help you find a way

to make it possible for you to stay

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
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Future knowledge

I wish that I could clearly see

the things the future holds for me -

the ones that are nice I would embrace

and from the rest, I’d turn and race.

Yet, I think fear would overtake me

and then I would not be who I could be,

for I would be paralysed from the head

and might struggle to simply get out of bed.

So, perhaps I would rather not know

what my future life has in tow.

Perhaps I’d rather trust the Holy Spirit

to equip me for life and all that is in it.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
You can follow Miekie's daily Bible Study blog, Bybel Legkaart, here in English & Afrikaans.
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Focus

Lord, give me the strength to do Your will

and silence my mind to make it still,

for my thoughts have set my feelings alight

and they force me to focus on things that aren’t right.

My conflict and turmoil have left me in despair

and I get to the point where I think You’re unfair,

but then I check my thoughts against what I know

and find my feelings are lying, for You are not so.

Father, I choose to believe in all that You’ve said,

despite the rhetoric raging inside my head;

I’ll stay focused upon You who knows best

and train my mind to forget the lies of the rest.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
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Flowers fade

I saw the beauty of the land

as we walked upon it hand in hand

as it bloomed and budded all around

with luscious life that knew no bound

But life was never permanent

no matter how magnificent

and as the flowers wilted away

I knew that you too could not stay

The memories wane as flowers fade

and the new ones formed seem to invade

upon the sacred life that we had known,

upon the life that we had grown

Thus I return you to the soil,

the dust that holds no fear or spoil,

to a Life that knows no suffering,

to hope’s eternal Life Spring

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
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Gebed vir ongelowiges

Voor die son vanaand gaan sak

kom staan ek met my hande bak

en vra dat U weer sal voorsien

uit genade, nie omdat ek dit verdien.

U weet dat ek afhanklik bly

van elke Woord wat ek by U kry,

want elke hartklop en asemteug

is sonder U gestroop van deug.

Ek vra dat U my op sal rig

en my sal wys wat is my plig,

dat U my ook bereid sal maak

om hul te help wat U versaak.

Ons glo nie meer almal in U nie

en dis 'n hartseer storie die,

maar dan kom ek en pleit by U

dat U nie op ons opgee nie.

Vader, ons is so wys in eie oë;

maak maklik iets op om in te glo.

Ek vra dat U Uself sal toon

aan elkeen wat hierdie aarde bewoon.

Ek weet U is steeds aan die gang

en dat ons bestaan steeds van U afhang,

tog werk U in liefde en nie met vrees -

as ons tog net van U bewus wou wees!

Ek lê elke mens vandag voor U oë,

insluitend hulle wat nie in U glo,

ontferm U oor hulle verstand

en werk nuwe kennis vir hul aan die hand.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
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Ribboklam

Vader, hierdie ribbok het gefaal

om die hoë hoogtes te kon haal.

Ek voel te swaar om dit te klim,

dit lyk te hoog, ek is te slim.

Ek ken mos my beperkinge

en weet ek leef nie in daai kringe.

Dus, moet dit nie van my verwag

om berge te klim in eie krag.

My Vader lag van oor tot oor,

Hy’t hierdie storie reeds gehoor.

Hy lig my op met Sy vinger se punt

en laat my voete die hoogtes vind.

Vader, U ribbok-kind het geleer

dis die moeite werd om in U te probeer.

In my eie krag kan ek maklik faal,

maar daar’s nêrens waar U my nie uit sal haal.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
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Beskikbaar

Vader, hierdie dag se dink en praat

wil ek baie graag aan U oorlaat.

Wanneer ek dit self beheer,

sien ek ek maak mense seer.

Keer dus my woord nog voor dit uit,

nog beter as U my denke stuit.

Laat wat ek dink en doen en sê

U stempel van goedkeuring hê.

Neem dan ook my hande, Heer

en lê U werke in hul neer.

Rig my voete op U pad,

dat dit my na U doel toe vat.

My hart, my siel gee ek aan U

en skrik nie vir emosie nie;

laat daar 'n traan rol as U wil,

as dit sal help om pyn te stil.

Maar bowe al, my liewe Heer,

stel ek my gees onder U beheer,

want as U Gees my gees versterk,

dan word my doen 'n wonderwerk.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
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Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
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Leer van leed

My Vader, kan ek by U leer

van menseleed en hul hartseer,

want in myself is ek beperk,

soek uitkoms in 'n wonderwerk

Maar soms dan moet ons maar daardeur

al maak die goed ons vreeslik seer

want dis hoe ons karakter kry

en van ons selfbelang bevry

Leer my dan dit wat ek moet weet

oor mense-lief en ook hul leed

en gee my dan meer empatie

sodat ek hul nie miskyk nie

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
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Sout vriende

Vir elke vriend wat mens verloor,

begin 'n nuwe een van voor,

is daar iemand wat jou weer heel

en hartseer uit jou lewe streel.

Ou vriende kleef ook soos 'n neet

en kry jou sommer vinnig beet

as jy dalkies bietjie skeef wil trap;

sorg dat jy die regte ding weer snap.

Vir al my vriende, nuut en oud,

jul is vir my so goed soos sout;

jul gee die lewe smaak en geur -

jul moet weet dat ek dit waardeer.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

Marietjie Uys (Miekie) is a published author. You can buy my books here:
You can purchase Designs By Miekie 1 here.
Jy kan Kom Ons Teken en Verf Tuinstories hier koop.
Jy kan Kom Ons Kleur Tuinstories In hier koop.
Jy kan Tuinstories hier koop.
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