Very old Dutch Bible, first page

This is one of the beautiful plaques in our precious family Bible:

Very old Dutch "Staten Bijbel"

This Bible has been in our family for centuries, handed down through the years after Jan van Riebeeck came to the Cape of Storms in 1652:

Deadly shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school ...

Will these tender children’s minds ever be able to come to terms after all this??

Obama calls for meaningful action after school shooting....

Obama calls for meaningful action after school shooting.... Billy Graham's words still ring in my ears, spoken over the TV long ago while he visited South Africa: "If we can only have the Ten Commandments against the walls of our classrooms, so that our children may know: thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not kill..." - it is AGAINST THE LAW to do that in the USA!!! God is a Gentleman - He is not obtrusive - He leaves places where He is not welcome ... http://mg.co.za/article/2012-12-15-obama-calls-for-meaningful-action-after-school-shooting