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Adri Sutherland Pastoral Counsellor

Counselling Services: Marital and Relationships, Trauma, Bereavement and Personal Issues
Workshops: Psychosocial Issues, Educational and Theology

Counselling services: Marital, Trauma, HIV and AIDS, Substance Dependency, Personal Issues, Grief and Bereavement. Assessments for adults and children and Career assessment and guidance
Workshops: Health and Welfare training workshops, Study skills, Trauma, Grief and Bereavement, Coping with stress, relationship building, parenting skills, care for the caregiver ...

22/03/2026

Sunday Greetings from Adri's Garden 🪻 Physostegia virginiana
is commonly called the “Obedient Plant” because each individual flower can be moved and arranged in different positions and will stay where you put them. Throughout our lives, God may change us and move us where HE needs us to be, to serve Him in the people where He places us. Often, we complain bitterly of where we find ourselves. Yet, if we keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, we will realise that He is with us even in those difficult places and situations. He will sustain us with His grace, give us rest when we need it, lead us through, and when it is time, will move us to the next place in our lives where we can serve, to the glory of God. May we all have a Blessed Sunday 🙌🏽 🙏🏽✝️

01/03/2026

Sunday Greetings from Adri's Garden 🪻My Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum) does not always bloom. When it does bloom, it makes me very happy. Peace in our world does not always bloom either, as we can see with the current conflict in the Middle East, in other parts of the world, and often also in our communities with gang violence and killings. Hearing of, or even being witnesses to all this conflict may make us feel angry and helpless. Let us start by offering prayers for peace. Let us then channel our anger and despair at the senseless violence by doing something tangible to alleviate suffering in our own communities. Today, let us reflect on how we can turn our prayers for peace into tangible works of mercy and charity. Wishing us all a Blessed Sunday 🙏🏽✝️🪻

22/02/2026

Sunday Greetings from Adri's Garden 🪻This Asystaschia gangetica (Creeping foxglove) with its small white flowers, grew in one of the azalea pots, and completely overrun all the adjacent plants. The azalea also was not getting much water. I used to just cut off the long creeping stems, which grew back even more. I finally managed to remove the whole plant right to the base and roots, and I could finally see how much damage it really did. The plant is sold at nurseries and it would do fine if you have the right spot for it. It made me think of things in our life that in themselves may not be bad, but which are hampering our lives. We may still need to get rid of it, to allow us to thrive. Then there are hurts and traumatic events from childhood, adolescence, young adulthood or even adulthood, that have rooted in our lives and are harming us and our relationships. During Lent, let us reflect and try and identify old wounds, and find help if we cannot deal with it by ourselves. May God bless our Sunday and our Lenten journey, leading us to spiritual growth and emotional healing 🙏🏽✝️🪻

15/02/2026

Sunday Greetings from Adri's Garden 🌻I planted quite a few seedlings in the heat of December, this is one of the very few cockscombs that survived the terrible heatwave we have been experiencing. Unfortunately, I struggled to water and care for them sufficiently. I can sympathize with those seedlings which succumbed, because there had been days where I felt I could barely make it through the heat exhaustion which caused heightened internal temperature, severe headaches and, obviously, exhaustion. Practicing self care when our bodies and minds are not doing well, is so important. At those times, we also need to let go of the guilt when we are unable to care fully for others, because we need to heal first. I am sending prayers to everyone who is trying to cope and heal from whatever you are going through 🙏🏼 Have a blessed Sunday, trusting that God is with us and is seeing us through, trusting that this too, shall pass 🙏🏼✝️💞

08/02/2026

Sunday Evening Greetings from Adri's Garden 🌻 The bloom of this yellow Frangipani is showing pinkish today. Perhaps its because of the little bit of rain we are getting. My wishful thinking, I hope when it turns fully pink, we will have loads of rain to break this oppressive heat and humidity 😅 Emotionally and spiritually we sometimes wish hope against hope for things to change in our lives. But it is not wishing that will bring about change. It is our persistent faith, prayer and trust that God will hear our prayers, that will help us through our challenges. May we all have a good night's rest and a peaceful night's sleep ✝️🌻

01/02/2026

Sunday Greetings from Adri's Garden 🌻 The flowers of this golden shrimp plant or lollipop plant (Pachystachys lutea), make me think of candles as they brighten the spot where they are. Let us take their example, and brighten the spaces where we find ourselves, letting God's light shine through us to brighten someone else's day ✨️ Let us pray that someone will also light our day when our light has dimmed for a while 🙏🏽 Have a Blessed Sunday ✝️🌻

25/01/2026

Sunday Greetings from Adri's Garden 🌻 Many people, myself included, are surprised when discovering that not all succulent plants can be in full sun in their gardens. I think it depends on climate, but in my subtropical garden, this Bulbine Latifolia needs semi-shade, as I found out when its leaves got scorched in the hot summer sun. In our own lives we may find that we thrive in the right conditions and circumstances. In difficult circumstances we may bravely try our best, but it takes a lot out of us to just stay 'alive.' Let's take our circumstances to God, and pray for strength to cope, and the possibility to be moved into more favourable conditions 🙏🏼 Have a Blessed Sunday and a week ahead 🙏🏼✝️🌻

18/01/2026

Sunday Greetings from Adri's Home ✝️ My sister-in-law gifted me this daylily plant for Christmas, transporting it all the way from Cape Town. It had many buds, only for the stem to be broken by our inquisitive dog. I cut the stem with the buds and put it in water, with the hope that they would bloom. Unfortunately, the other buds were all too small and stressed, so they died off, this was the only one that bloomed. We often try to grow emotionally and spiritually, and something/ someone cut us to the core. We may bravely try to bloom but some parts of us are too immature and dies off, perhaps necessarily so. Yet, nurtured in the Living Water of God's Word and Eucharist, we can still mature and bloom, giving hope and joy to ourselves and others. Wishing you a Blessed Sunday 🙏🏼✝️ 🌻

11/01/2026

Sunday Greetings from Adri's Garden 🌻This double, even triple, hibiscus bloom is so beautiful. What also struck me when I took this photo today, is the wispy clouds in the blue sky. The whole scene strongly reminds me of Luke 3:21 - 22 ... and as he was praying, the heavens opened. And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased." As we celebrate the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist today, let us pray that we live our lives with faith and love, so that one day when we come face to face with God, we may also hear that we are His beloved son or daughter, in whom He is well-pleased. Wishing you a Blessed Sunday ✝️ 🌻

04/01/2026

Sunday Greetings from Adri 🌹I took this photo of a flag bush (Mussaenda erythrophylla) in someone else's garden. The shrub is about 3m X 3m high and wide, and covered in these beautiful red bracts with the star-like centre bloom. Today we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany - God's revelation of baby Jesus to the Wise Men. Even though they were studious and wise, they knew something was missing. So they followed the star and found the newborn true God and King, worshipped Him and gave Him their gifts. May we continue to follow the Star of God to our King, Jesus, and give Him our gifts, especially the gifts of worshipping the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our mind and with all our strength. Wishing you a Blessed Epiphany Sunday 🙏🏽✝️✨️

01/01/2026

Good morning on this first day of 2026 🙏🏼✝️🌻

28/12/2025

Sunday Greetings from Adri's Garden 🌹 This beautiful rose is called Double Delight because of its beauty and strong perfumed fragrance 😍 Today, this particular cluster of three blooms reminds me of the Holy Family - Jesus, Mary and Joseph - they are separate, yet connected by the love of God that brought them together. Our families are also separate and unique people. May we always remember that when we rub each other up the wrong way, that we are brought and kept together by the love of God, which is stronger that anything in this world. Wishing you a blessed Feast of the Holy Family 🌹🌹🌹

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