@piers_fish91138@kay_mahapa That's where the automotive industry is headed and I feel we have to embrace it. However, I do feel like BMW is still cooking, they still have the streets despite the changes. I can't say the same about Mercedes
@piers_fish91138@kay_mahapa If you look at it that way then I guess It does make sense. Bro, the average RS3 customer isn't looking for a big family SUV like the RSQ8, they go for cars like the M2 rather.
@piers_fish91138@kay_mahapa Still a lot of money. A quick hypothetical scenario: you trade in your Polo TSI for 300k and put it down as a deposit, this will only shave off about 6k from the 30k, bringing it down to 24k. It is some difference but still a lot of money
The leaks confirming Lamine Yamal is winning the 2026 Ballon d'Or just prove this award has officially lost all credibility. It is a PR contest.
Yamal is elite for his age, but let's look at the actual numbers: 24 goals and 20 assists in all competitions. He was knocked out by Atletico in the UCL quarters, and had a wildly average World Cup individually (just 1 goal in 8 games) while being carried to the trophy by a stacked Spain squad.
If we are talking pure individual output, Haaland carrying Norway on his back deserves to sit higher. Even Messi has a better claim.
The only true contenders are Harry Kane (insane output for club & country) and Kylian Mbappé.
Mbappé literally won the La Liga, Champions League, AND World Cup Golden Boot (10 WC goals) in a single season. That is a historically unprecedented individual treble.
Giving it to Yamal over would be a joke.
Like right now I was just reading Psalm 23 and it hit me that...
How did sheep being led by a good Shepherd end up there in the valley of the shadow of death??? Which one is this one???
Like, sometimes you can be exactly where God is leading you and still find yourself walking through a valley.
We often assume that if God is with us, the road should become easier but Psalm 23 gives us a different picture...
Sometimes the Shepherd leads beside still waters. Sometimes the Shepherd leads through dark valleys. Both can be evidence of His presence.
Why even walk through the valley?
Surely there are easier roads. Surely there are flatter roads. Surely there are roads with more sunlight.
What type of Shepherd is this that can't find another route?? 🤷🏾♂️ Why is the GPS making you pass through the Soshanguve of life?
But perhaps the question is not:
“Is there an easier road?”
Perhaps the question is:
“Where is the Shepherd taking me?”
Because the easiest road is not necessarily the right road.
Like, there are destinations you cannot reach by remaining in the pasture. Where it is safe. Where the roads don't have potholes. Where Helen Zille cannot campaign swimming in a sinkhole.
There are things God develops in valleys that comfort cannot produce, bazalwane!
There are things you learn about God in darkness that you could never learn when everything is going well.
Notice how the Bible Says “Through”?
David says:
“Though I walk through the valley…”
He doesn't say:
“Though I live in the valley." or “Though I build my house in the valley.” or “Though I die in the valley.”
He says:
“Though I walk through…”
That means the valley is a passage, not necessarily the destination.
When you're standing in the middle of it, it can feel permanent. We feel like we are residents of a dark valley we are only supposed to go THROUGH.
Grief feels permanent.
Financial trouble feels permanent.
A broken relationship feels permanent.
Failure feels permanent.
Loneliness feels permanent.
Uncertainty feels permanent.
But the language of the Psalm is movement.
Keep walking. 😭❤️
If you are a pastor and you need someone to ghostwrite your sermons for you, please let me know.
I have been reading the Bible again and some powerful lines are coming to me whenever I do, but I am not a pastor so I have no use for them.
We can split tithes or whatever.