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The man with an urgent message for Middelburg

Heartened by his passion and love for the community, the Observer would like to share the following letter.

This morning, a man by the name of Sfiso Michael Mangane walked into the Middelburg Observer’s office and declared that he had an important message to deliver to the town.

Sfiso, trembling with excitement, was frantically trying to get the attention of a journalist.

The Observer asked Sfiso what message he felt so strongly needed to be shared, he said, “The word of God.”

“And what inspired you to relay this news?” the Observer asked. He replied that God had given him good tidings and told him to spread them far and wide.

Heartened by his passion and love for the community, the Observer would like to share the following letter from Sfiso:

Dear honourable citizens

You’re Blessed

I know sometimes life looks tough and bleak, at least for me it does, so I thought it may be interesting to see that we are not too badly off after all
I hope this message revitalises you, makes you lift your head and count your blessings
If you wake up this morning with more health than illness
You are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people in the world
If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest torture, or death
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back
A roof overhead and a place to sleep.
You are richer than 75% of this world.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a ditch someplace
You are among the top 8% of the world’s wealth.
If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and you are truly thankful
If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you and furthermore
You are more blessed than over 2 billion people in the world who cannot read at all
If you can hold someone’s hand, hug them or even touch them on their shoulder
You are blessed because you can offer a healing touch.
Have a good day, count your blessings and pass this message along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are
Wish you a blessed outing this week

Sfiso Michael Mangane

(Sfiso did not write the above letter, he just felt inspired to share it with Middelburg).

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