Rachel Elisabeth - Our Eternal Treasure

Greetings to all!

It has been so long since I posted on here...not sure if any of our dear followers and readers are still around on the Blogger blogosphere. If you are, I trust that all is well with each and everyone!

Life in New Zealand is very different to that of South Africa so Rachel and I experienced a different lifestyle here with a lot more freedom to go for walks and hikes and outings with family and friends. As we grew older our focus changed from some of the earlier interests to others and, of course, there were different decisions to make and more responsibilities to take on, etc. I'm thankful to say that what is most important hasn't changed - our walk with and love for the Lord; by God's grace it has grown deeper and stronger and more wonderful day by day and we're ever grateful to our lovely Lord Jesus.

It is the Lord who has been our anchor and strength throughout and shown Himself to be true to everything He promises in His Word to be.
God has proved Himself to be the great Comforter....Last year, February 2016, after a sudden and short illness, our Lord saw best to call my precious sister, Rachel Elisabeth, Home to Heaven.

Our family never imagined that something like this would ever happen and not having Rachel here with us on this earthly journey will always be a great sorrow; we miss her so terribly much! Yet there is also great joy in knowing that she is Home safe and completely well and full of joy in that wonderful place just beyond the curtain of time and in knowing that our parting is just temporal and some glorious Day we will be re-united again!!
We have wonderful memories of Rachel, she was always so loving and kind, she left behind an amazing testimony of a life lived for the Lord and in the 20 years she was here, she touched many lives. God has always been so good to our family. He truly carried Rachel, my parents and I through her illness and passing and He is ever-close to us, in His Word and preforming the supernatural in so many ways to confirm His Presence. We know without a doubt that Rachel could have been healed to carry on this life's journey but the Lord has shown us over and over again that it was her time to go Home. We may not always understand the reason why but we, (and as Rachel did) trust God completely knowing as He promises, that all things work together for good to them that love the Lord! Praise His holy Name!!

I could type pages and pages about my wonderful sister but I will end this post off now with a Scripture that reflects Rachel's life:

 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

   ~ 2Timothy 4:7-8

Thanking all who read this blog and took an interest in the little bits my sister and I shared here; thank you for all the nice comments and the kindness.
Although I will check back here from time to time, I probably won't post again on this blog but if you'd like to keep in touch you can comment here or email me by clicking on the "Contact Us" button on the right-hand side near the top of the page. Please include a link to your blog if you still keep one, it will be good to catch-up with what's happening in your life. :)

God bless you!

One glad Day we shall walk together again!


And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,
shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus
~Philippians 4:7