to erick's post

Thank you for the encouraging words rick :)

Memang susah untuk memahami rencana Tuhan bagi kita but as Joel Osteen said, God wants the best for you. You may think you're having your best moments now, but God wants to better those moments through His ways that we may not understand.

However, stay in hope, faith and love always!

Stay on fire for God always! Remember when we are weak, His strength will carry us through our troubles!

Amen!

A Wonderful Explanation

Kadang kita bertanya dlm hati & menyalahkan
Tuhan, 'apa yg telah saya lakukan sampai
saya harus mengalami ini semua?' atau 'kenapa
Tuhan membiarkan ini semua terjadi pada saya?'

....... Here is a wonderful explanation ......

Seorang anak memberitahu ibunya kalau segala
sesuatu tidak berjalan seperti yang dia harapkan.
Dia mendapatkan nilai jelek dalam raport, putus dengan
pacarnya, dan sahabat terbaiknya pindah ke luar kota.

Saat itu ibunya sedang membuat kue, dan
menawarkan apakah anaknya mau mencicipinya,
'dengan senang hati' dia berkata:
'Tentu saja, I love your cake.'
'Nih, cicipi mentega ini,' kata Ibunya menawarkan.

'Yaiks,' ujar anaknya.
'Bagaimana dgn telur mentah?'
'You're kidding me, Mom.'
'Mau coba tepung terigu atau baking soda?'
'Mom, semua itu menjijikkan.'

Lalu Ibunya menjawab, 'ya, semua itu memang
kelihatannya tidak enak jika dilihat satu per
satu. Tapi jika dicampur jadi satu melalui satu
proses yang benar, akan menjadi kue yang enak.'
Tuhan bekerja dengan cara yang sama. Seringkali
kita bertanya kenapa Dia membiarkan kita melalui
masa-masa yang sulit dan tidak menyenangkan.
Tapi Tuhan tahu jika Dia membiarkan semuanya
terjadi satu per satu sesuai dengan rancanganNya,
segala sesuatunya akan menjadi sempurna tepat
pada waktuNya. Kita hanya perlu percaya proses
ini diperlukan untuk menyempurnakan hidup kita.

Tuhan teramat sangat mencintai kita. 

Dia mengirimkan bunga setiap musim semi, sinar

matahari setiap pagi. Setiap saat kita ingin
bicara, Dia akan mendengarkan. Dia ada setiap
saat kita membutuhkanNya, Dia ada di setiap
tempat, dan Dia memilih untuk berdiam di hati kita.

Citation: di inbox email gw (hehehe)

If you love God..

HI friends,

post ini jg sedikit mengarahh ke erick pny post.. hehehe aku br aja masukkk n was surprised to see his post. and also that it was kinda the answer to my prayers this past week. =D
hmmm... sometimes emang bener aku sendiri masih terkadang maless saat teduh, malahan milih nonton online, or read comics.. and I choose to leave our God who has been so ever faithful =(

tp td pagi. I was doing some light bible reading.. heehee.. trs juga baca "our daily bread".. n as sometimes, I would just flip it open n see what's in it for me todayy..
and ternyata it was really the answer to my prayers.. yg berisi ttg gmn caranya untuk keep doing the work that lay ahead of me.. especially untuk caring for the souls of people yg telah Tuhan percayakan kpd grj/FA.. ini sempet bikin aku pusing sihh for a week.. it keeps bugging me and tugging at my heart gituu n buat aku perasaanya ga damai.. hehehe

Baca dhe John 21: 15-17, ceritanya ttg when Jesus asked Peter whether He loved Jesus three consecutive times.
In John 21: 17, it says: "Do you love Me?... feed My sheep." Why... instead of asking Peter if he loved His sheep,does Jesus asked whether Peter loved Him?
It says that the questions was asked "to underscore the essential truth that only love for Christ would sustain Peter in the work that lay ahead -- that arduous, demanding work of caring for people's souls -- perhaps the hardest work of all."

What I learned from this particular excerpt is that "affection for God's people in itself will not sustain us." because kadang we will meet with situations that will leave us discouraged, or even devastated. But, the love of Christ is "the only sufficient motivation that will enable us to stay the course, to continue to feed the flock of God."

So kalo hari2 ini you are like me, somehow feel discouraged in guiding people to Christ,
just come back to our for Him ajaaa, spt yg Erick & Eva bilang... hehehe.
karena if we love Christ, His love will flow through us, and it will compel us to be able to love others.

Philippians 4:13
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

Holidays

hey all! the holidays are here for some of you (including me) and I hope
that you are enjoying it! Hope that all of you have your programs for the holidays
all planned out hehehe

I hope that all of us here can make full use of our holidays. Expand on the talents that
God has put in you; since most of us here is into music, I urge that all of us can make
use of this holiday to learn some new skills and techniques for whatever instrument you
play. If you'd like, you could even try out other instruments!

The talents that God has put in us is limitless and what matters most is your
willingness to develop them. Never think that you can't do something before you even
try it because you will only be condemning yourself to mediocrity, which is not what the
Lord wants of you. If things start to become more difficult, persevere! The fruits that you
receive at the end are worth it.

Make full use of your free time people!

24 hours in a day; 8 for sleeping, another 16 for expanding your talents, and 24 to always
praise God for His goodness that we may not comprehend.

God bless you all!