Bonitta Botha
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My name is, Bonitta Botha I work in Pretoria and studied Theology at the University of Pretoria. In 2020, God called me to be a healthcare chaplain, providing spiritual guidance and pastoral care for patients, their loved ones and healthcare professionals. I am currently doing my PhD in Pastoral care focussing on spiritual guidance in palliative care and volunteering my services at Steve Biko Academic Hospital and Sungardens hospice. I am also part of Therapeia as a pastoral counsellor at Oosterlig church.As a healthcare chaplain, I base my calling on based on Phil 2:13 “for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.”My passion first started when I watched the movie of “Me before you” here Will (a quadriplegic who desires to end his life) tells Louisa (a caretaker) “You only get one life, it is actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.” Sometimes the individual going through suffering calls to God as in Psalm 88:13-18 “But I, O Lord, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you. O Lord, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me? Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless. Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me. They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in on me together. You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness.”Please contact me by bs.botha1775@gmail.