Tiny Marais

Tiny Marais

Beyond my relationship with God, my next greatest passion is showing love and appreciation to my wife Val, my family, and my friends—the same deep love the Lord has for each of them. This love extends further, to the strangers I encounter, as I often feel called to help others understand who God is and who they are in Him. This calling has led me to mentor men and couples on their journeys of faith.

The Man in the Mirror

Friends come and go. Throughout the years of our lives we meet many people. Some we take to quickly, yet others we prefer not to associate with; but that’s the norm of life. Of those we do brush shoulders with,…

How Can It Be

How Can It BeThoughts of Your Great MajestyYou the Creator of the UniverseWould with me want to converseI Lord full of sinSent Your Son on a spinHe who knew no shameTook upon Himself my blameAnd died upon a treeI the…

The God Who Speaks  

In Genesis 1 we read many times: “And God Said…And God said…” Imagine this! God speaks and out of His Words worlds appear that were not there a few moments ago. Now I can stand in my living room and look…

Grandson

Little boy in my hand so sweetWalking down the busy streetHow you pull, how you runYou can’t wait to have some funOh, the path of life is longWill you rush on, head strongTo the future yours unknownFrom side-to-side life is…

Pin Holes

How big is a pinprick? In other words what kind of a mark can a pinprick leave on life? Consider the size of its hole in comparison to say the largest drill in your drill kit. The pin hole looks…

Good Friday

Lord this is Your dayYour day to sufferYour day to dieLord this is Your dayTo give Your All for allBut Lord, this is our dayThis is the dayYou paid the priceOf all our sinThis is the day You set me…

Love Me One Brick at a Time

Back where we came from, they used bricks and mortar to construct their houses. Those bricks are relatively small; three-and one-half inches by two and one quarter inches by eight inches long. So, to build an average home you will…