Free State Republic of South Africa

Special dedication to the one who was, who is, and who will be – the creator of all the earth and the heavens – the Almighty God! This is what the LORD says – your redeemer, the Holy one of Israel: “I am the LORD your GOD, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go. If only you have paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the sea.” (NIV) Isaiah 48:17,18 This is what the Lord says: “Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight, ” declares the LORD