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Monique Mathys-Graaff
Monique Mathys-Graaff

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Jan 2, 2022

Taste and see in 2022

Psalm 34:8 “Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!” (New International Version) For the second year in a row, our Christmas plans stripped down by the raging pandemic. Unbelievably, this year’s Christmas was worse than last year. This Christmas lunch…

Christian

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Taste and see in 2022
Taste and see in 2022
Christian

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Jan 18, 2021

Surviving this ‘dark night’ of humanity’s soul

What is the Dark Night of the Soul? A void. Darkness in the absence of light. So deep and full of nothingness, it blinds us. In our blindness we cannot see light or hope. Hope fades as the future we once planned evaporates. Fear grows in this dark night, as we become isolated and paralysed. Isolated from people…

Christianity

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Surviving this ‘dark night’ of humanity’s soul
Surviving this ‘dark night’ of humanity’s soul
Christianity

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Jan 1, 2021

The Act of Resting

After long periods of uncertainty and struggle we are left feeling battle weary. At this point, the act of resting takes more courage than continuing the fight. In our tiredness, a sense of defeat overcomes us, even hopelessness. Rest the only option before us as our human strength runs dry…

Truth

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The Act of Resting
The Act of Resting
Truth

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May 3, 2020

Finding your pearl through COVID19

It’s likely that you find yourself in a curious place, like so many, seeking pearls of wisdom to navigate through this COVID19 storm humanity finds itself in. I’m on this journey too and let’s be honest, no-one can say for certain how and when it all ends for the world…

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Finding your pearl through COVID19
Finding your pearl through COVID19

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Feb 21, 2019

MORAL COMPASS

FINDING HOPE, FINDING TRUE NORTH My heart longs for our beloved country South Africa to find its morality again. All these Commissions of Enquiries into corruption — are they hitting the target but missing the point? All the evidence I observe points me to one conclusion, our moral compass has…

South Africa

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MORAL COMPASS
MORAL COMPASS
South Africa

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Jan 24, 2018

Lessons from ICU for a country in turmoil

I drove into the hospital to visit my daughter in ICU at 2.45am on the 26th September. She had been admitted for the 4th time that year (For more detail read my previous writing: Lessons from ICU for troubled times). Entanged in my head and heart was all the hope…

Health

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Lessons from ICU for a country in turmoil
Lessons from ICU for a country in turmoil
Health

6 min read


Jan 7, 2018

Lessons from ICU for times of trouble

As my husband reached over to switch off the ICU machine that was beeping for the hundredth time in an hour, the nurse comments to herself: “ICU parents”. It struck me at that moment, that certainly my husband and I have had a very unique experience this year, literally spending…

Health

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Lessons from ICU for times of trouble
Lessons from ICU for times of trouble
Health

7 min read

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Monique Mathys-Graaff

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