Devotionals
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the world famous 1995 Rugby World Cup Final, played right here in my own back yard at Ellis Park! The excitement had been building through the weeks as the Boks played their way out of the group stages and made it through the knock out matches to eventually be faced with New Zealand in the final. That Hakka never looked so menacing as it did that day but nothing and I mean nothing could beat that Boeing flying over the stadium.
I was doing second year bible school at the time so watched the match with a bunch of school friends and what a blast! It was one drop kick by Joel Stransky that sent our nation into a delightful uproar and put our country into the history books. Nobody was going to sleep that night so we headed over to the then Randburg Waterfront and you could not move in that place. It was bumper to bumper bodies and we just had a ball.
What a joy to remember that day and as I heard on the radio today it is truly sad to say that we were more united and joyous on that one day than we are today. Our nation had been taken out of the grip of apartheid and liberated and then we celebrated. So sad that today we are not enjoying the best fruits of that time.
As a church we need time to celebrate as well, time to reflect on the goodness and grace of God which is why church festival times are so important. Churches today all have their own way of expressing this but when we tap into that we will indeed grow in our relationship with God.
What are you celebrating today?
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