Jesus Said

Maria Bezuidenhout, born in the 1940s from Johannesburg, gives an intriguing account of how life played out for her and how she found God as a child. Coming from a large family, you would expect school to be one of the best times of your life - but for Maria it was lonely.

Marriage was binding in Maria's eyes, there was no way out, even if the person you marry is not what you expected: a husband living a bachelor lifestyle and showing little compassion. Despised by her mother-in-law Polly, Maria struggled to cope with her position within the family.

With hope, Maria is not one to give up easily, she stands up for herself when things are unbearable and tries her utmost to make her marriage work, but can a leopard change its spots?