:: everyday to thank for :: everyday to live :: everyday to learn ::

steward of everything

2005-07-27T09:13:00.000-07:00

.... steward of everything ....
(inspired by Mike Koz's msn nick, thx :))

Help me to be a faithful steward of ... everything:
of...whatever I receive...

the talents, the gifts,
the job, the responsibilities, the money,
the visions, the teachings, the revelations,
the opportunities....
the people.....
the Good News, the Grace.....

2005-05-24T21:58:00.000-07:00

.... don't let me miss the taste of Ur goodness....
regardless the season of life....

thank You... for knowing when and how to encourage me :)

don't let this Love die, otherwise my life is not worth living for.

Your Diamond

2005-04-16T09:03:00.000-07:00

Thank you Lord, my God, my Father, my Friend!
For finding me,
for capturing my heart,
for winning my life,
for being eternally faithful.

Without You, I am a dust,
but with You, I can be a diamond.

Continue, Lord...
creatively working in my life,
that I may be Your Diamond.

to hope or not to hope

2005-02-16T06:05:00.000-08:00

To hope or not to hope?

in a world where left and right are shouting "be realistic!"

but,

a pity on hearts without a hope or any traces of hope.

Noone can control anyone else's hope.

A hope with a heart that is willing to accept reality,

is fair enough, I think :)

2005-01-30T04:19:00.000-08:00

Dreams are free, but
Realised dreams surely have price tags :D

I'm back

2005-01-09T06:29:00.000-08:00

I'm back, it's been a while since I last blogged.
I'm here now, in Singapore, working.
I miss Perth a lottt, but well I just need to be thankful HERE, where I am at, at this moment.

My favourite quote these days:

"Do whatever you can, with whatever you have, whereever you are." ~ Theodore Roosevelt

thank you

2004-11-29T09:21:00.000-08:00

I think I left something in Perth, my heart.
Really, I feel that my heart is still there.

I've been catching up with busyness and tiredness, that I didn't get the chance to write thank u card or christmas card for my friends. Hm... I really really really want to say thank you to all my friends, for everything. For sharing a few years of life with me. Thank you for waking up so early last saturday, to send me to the airport. I really do appreciate it. Thanks so much for the scrap book .... mannn I'm loving it to the max. It's priceless - one of my most prized possesion. No one can touch it without my permission huhuhuhuhu :p

Some special thanks,

Koko+Cici /theDfamily/.... can't say enuf thank u to ur family. Me and my family are greatly indebted to urs. :) I really miss seeing u everyday. I miss our dinner-chit-chat-sesion at the kitchen bench. I simply miss 11 Northmore Crescent.

Tazh.... my little sister I never have. I really see u as my little sister. Sometimes I worry about u just like I worry about Johan. heheheh so, sorry for annoying u with my "don't skip meal, eat vit c, sleep well, etc etc." hihihihi. Thank uuu for the enourmous amount of effort u put to make the scrap book :). THankkk ur for backing me up many times :p. Will miss u a lot sisss. All our pigging out sessions hahahah.

Erains+Mike... thank uuu for everything. Thank u, especially, for nurturing me just like ur 'adopted kid' :p ihihihihi some times ago, when I felt like a stranger at church. Really appreciate that :)

Anto.... for ur poems.. really like them :), supports, teguran and prayers....and off course, FRIENDSHIP.

Bm ... for ur kindness, care, teguran and suppports, and friendship :). Thank u banget buat alarm clock nya huhuhu tau bangetr ya aku susah bangun!!!!!! (kapan reunian kluarga beruang :p ??)

My care leader - Jeeb. Thank u for everything, bro, I learn a lot from ur /craziness/ hehehehe, well I learn a lot from u. Glad to be ur care member. (to ur family toooo :D)

Mady .... Thank u for everything. U dun know how much I learn from you. Trully u are one in a million person. SO glad to be ur friend!! Will miss u lot.

SS teachers .... Lede.... Martin...Lisa miss u all! Send my hi to the kids yaaaa.

Anny - for ur funnyness- bikin2 gw ktawa, and for ur polosness, me will really2 miss ur silliness hahahahh our haha hihih, our 'kesusupan fight' hahahahha.

Poyyy.... for our chitchatcoffee time, for friendship :D :D

And many moreeee..... Depiii, Fang, Ndro, Christina, Xen, Josh, Liza, Rani, Yusi, San2, Adel, Lin, and many moree.

And to everyone, MAKASIH :D, really I meant it, from the bottom of my heart.

Geez, I miss Perth already.

figures

2004-11-23T09:33:00.000-08:00

Figures - living example

There was a saying that, "this society is lack of figures of living example" I think that's so true. I'm thankful that I got the chance to meet some figures of living example, getting to know them, learn from them, and see their how they life their life in a close distance. It's not that we need perfect people as living examples. Nobody's perfect, rite? But we really need other people to teach us, to give us wise counsel, to inspire us, and to help us to grow, with real examples.

Here are some of mine: (I'm forever grateful for them, GOD bless them).
My dad ~ my perfect figure for wisdom, dilligence, and endurance. (ain't a quitter)
My mom ~ my perfect figure for a loving and a great mother.
PastorD ~ my perfect figure for self control and patience (never seen him angry or yelling at anyone, not even once :P). There are more actually, but I'll save those for next time :P.
Ci Hulda ~ my perfect figure for discipline, dedication, and genuineness. (a woman of GOD :))

for you: my friends

2004-11-20T23:08:00.000-08:00

For you: my friends :)

I consider my self more than lucky...
I am trully thankful
that I get the opportunity to share a few years of my life with you

It's more than a priviledge...
to be called your friend :)

THANK YOU for considering me a friend, my friend!
You are priceless...
And I'm forever grateful for you

My life would be exactly incomplete without you :(
But thank GOd for MSN, keep in touch ya! :)hehehehe

The thought of leaving Perth makes me sad. I love Perth to bits, cause there is you in its bits :). I will miss you.... lotz.

**dedicated to you: my friends!

sheila's survival kit

2004-11-17T08:27:00.001-08:00

sheila's survival kit

in finishing up her thesis

cups of coffee
bananas and vitamin c
physical supports named "Sleep" and "Yummy Foods"
mental supports with "Friends" and "Family" brands
spiritual supports named "Holy Spirit"
tablets of "Prayers" and "Faith" to beat down worrying syndromes
one pack of "Reason ~ faithfulness in everyday tasks"
one pack of "Purpose ~ the best for the Glory of God"
one shot of "Thanksgiving" for every new day

loosen up for a touch from heaven

2004-11-14T08:26:00.000-08:00

*in ExhaustedMode*

Loosen up .....
my muscles, my mind, my soul,
for a touch from heaven.

May one touch,
renew my strength
renew my spirit
renew my hope
renew my faith
renew my attitude
renew my passion
renew my creativity
.. that I may go back dancing through life.

mamipapi

2004-11-09T07:48:00.000-08:00

mamipapi

the best thing that ever happen to me,

after JC offcourse :P

I have been pretty stressed lately, that every of our talk end up in a fight. Small things can get into my nerves so easily.

I realise how inappropriate my actions were. They have given me the best of everything, and I took them for granted.

** I'm TRULY sorry mami..papi.. for being such a selfish little girl. I love u and I miss u....

"Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you." Deutronomy 5:16

rewarding :)

2004-11-08T01:31:00.000-08:00

.rewarding.

This year has been very demanding, challenging, tiring, tough and quite stressing for me, but after all, this year has been REWARDING :)

Ten rewards from all the hard work in the process of doing a thesis:

I learn an attitude of excellence.
I'm trained to work hard.
I learn to endure.
I learn that nothing is instantaneous. I may not succeed in my first try, but that was not the end of the story :) Improvement takes process. (I remember the face of my supervisor when I gave him my first draft :S, thankfully now I see different expression :)).
I learn that critisism and suggestion lead to improvements.
I gain my confidence.
I used to hate challenges, now I think I'm kinda love them :p
I used to surrender and do nothing when I don't know how to do sumthing, now I learn to figure things out when I don't know how to.
I learn that the mind given to us is not to be wasted. I learn to 'think'.
Last but not least, I experience God's faithfulness all the way :)

**thank GOD for the opportunity and enabling me go this far, thank mami-papi who never get tired listening to my 'tired-comments' (heheh), thank kkD+ccH for daily encouragements, thank the-best-Tante for feeding me with nice foods (nyum), thank all my friends for giving me sunshine in tough times (esp. dd2ku tercinta :P).

beautiful people

2004-10-31T04:49:00.000-08:00

...'beautiful' people...

May look very ordinary to this bare eyes...

not that eye-catchy....

not that colourful at first....

But the more you get to know them...

a warmth of sincere friendship is felt...

like a fruit that tastes sweeter, the more you taste it,

like a picture that looks more 'beautiful', the closer you see it,

the deeper you dig, more treasures you find.

**dedicated to those 'beautiful' people out there

who have really inspired me, and touched me on the inside :)

quality of life

2004-10-27T01:14:00.000-07:00

.. quality of life ..

** I'm writing a thesis on this topic. I'm just wondering what do u people think about this? Any comments will be kindly appreciated.... thanks :)

What is quality of life?

There doesn't seem to be one general accepted definition of it.

Some says:

"It means happiness with life" ~ Nordenfelt

"It means satisfaction of needs" ~ Liss

"It's both how people feel about life, as well as the material condition in which they live" ~ ACQOL

What do you think?

Do you think your life is a "quality" life?

What makes a life is of a "quality"?

MoreThanLucky

2004-10-25T09:56:00.000-07:00

happy

*i got a job*

thank GOD

I'm more than lucky

I'm simply blessed

by the BIG BOSS

with all of your heart

2004-10-25T08:51:00.000-07:00

With All of Your Heart

........

"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:13

That verse striked me last week during my preparation for teaching sunday school. It reminded me of a very important truth that I haven't been living in, lately. No wonder my days were days of panic + panic + panic when trouble comes. I did pray, but I didn't pray with all of my heart. I probably prayed with 25% of my heart, and another 50% of worries and 25% of doubts. (*upss*) I could worry almost about everything, from visa problem to chicken pox :p (Geez...) I need to get this worrying habit out of my self ASAP!!

I also haven't been really mean 100% of what I've been saying in my prayers (ups.. sorry). "To pray from our heart means to really mean what we say..", that's what I told the kids, well this surely slapped myself hard. :)

"To pray with all of our heart...
means there is no space left for,
doubts, worries, pride, or bitterness."

counting my days

2004-10-21T06:15:00.000-07:00

I'm counting my days.....
days .. towards the DEADLINE for my thesis,
days .. I still have left in this town.

Days ahead ..
will be days of late nights of work+work+work,
and probably a little bit of panic (hopefully not so much) :p.

Days ahead ..
will be days of treasured moments,
catching up with friends,
capturing the moments,
and store them in my heart :)

The two are competing of my days.
I'll put my best effort,
to excell in my work,
and to spend the best of my time with those I'll be missing so much.

I'll take one day at a time.

"We tend to take better care of our days,

when we realize there are not so much left"

When things in life get uneasy

2004-10-14T09:40:00.000-07:00

When one thing in life gets uneasy,

Is it because 'life is not easy', so we just need to bear with it!?

or

Is it because we make the wrong decisions,
stand on the wrong ground,
develop relationships with the wrong people, etc.. ?
And therefore, we do not need to bear with it, instead we need to drop it...., make a turnaround, and take a different path .. ?

What do you think? Any thoughts?

...humble...

2004-10-10T10:42:00.000-07:00

...humble...

When we are humble,
we need not feeling offended when criticised.
Some critics may save us from some possible 'deadly' paths.

When we are humble,
we need not feeling insecure when others are better than us.
We learn from others' strengths.

When we are humble,
we need not feeling jealous when others have more than us.
We are thankful for what we have, and make the most out of it :).

When we are humble,
we need not feeling condemned when we make mistakes.
We admit the mistakes (sorry..), learn from it, and move forward :)

When we are humble, we need not limiting our continuous improvement potential. When others compliment us, we don't stay too long 'floating' on the air, and continue willing to improve.

Me, myself, many times, haven't been humble. And then I realise that, when we are humble, we, ourselves, are the one who actually get the most benefit out of it, not God or anyone else ... :)
Lets be humble and save ourselves a lot of energy! So that we can be more productive and fruitful in LIFE :)

kutunjuk satu bintang *

2004-10-08T10:02:00.000-07:00

Kutunjuk satu bintang *

Nasihat dari seorang teman-pujangga:
Lihat satu bintang di atas,
lihat bintang yang paling besar dan bersinar,
tunjuklah dan genggamlah,
pastikan bintang itu tetap tinggal di hatimu,
meskipun bintang itu tak muncul malam ini,
jagalah sandarkan bebanmu pada bintang tersebut,
yakinlah harimu akan bersinar bersama bintang itu,
di langit rajutan Tuhan,
ambilah waktumu untuk tentukan bintangmu,
jagalah baik2, genggam erat2,
tutup matamu lalu terbang dan bersinar bersamanya,
lepas, tenang, tanpa beban.
copyright.masAnto.2004

Banyak bintang bersinar2 dilangit,

(kesuksesan, karir, dll)

semuanya bersinar, menarik...

Tapi kutahu cuma satu bintang

yang cahayanya kan slalu bersinar

kan selalu setia menemani langkah hidupku

Kutunjuk satu bintang! Engkau - penciptaku :)

the childhood habit

2004-10-07T03:53:00.000-07:00

brother-sister-hood

another gift from my parents - they give me a little brother. He's not little anymore though but to me he always is :P.

One thing I treasure the most of our brother-sister-hood: the word "sorry". When we were little we fight a lot (hihihi, for physical ones, offcourse he always win:(), but we got into the habit of saying sorry (though for the later years it gets harder for the word to come out from our mouth). As we grow older it gets harder to say sorry, cause our pride gets bigger and bigger. But, lets not forget the habit of childhood. I appreciate every pride he throws away in order to say 'sorry'. Hopefully we'll keep this habit until kita jadi kakek2 en nenek2 heheheh.

happy 18th birthday bro!

What's right in front of me?

2004-10-06T01:28:00.000-07:00

What's right in front of me?

Nearing the end of my academic-educational-phase (almost graduation, I mean), the thought of 'where is this life taking me' comes to mind.
A list of 'wishes' comes to my mind.
I want to be successful, I want this.. and that.. etc.
My mind is full with plans, yet I lack of passion of what is right in front of me (i.e. thesis, tutorials, exam ... :p).

Then I realise that.. if I want to be successful in the future I need to deal with the things that are currently in front of me with the same manner as I need to deal with my future plans.
If I want to be successful, I need to be diligent, starting with what is is right in front of me.
This means I need to do my current task with diligence.
I have to be responsible and faithful with the small stuffs in front of me. And if I want to grow, I need to be ready to deal with increase, which means increase in responsibilities as well.

bali BEAUTIFUL

2004-09-30T01:03:00.000-07:00

bali... BEAUTIFUL!

The most beautiful place I've ever been to. Beautiful beaches, beautiful sawah, beautiful people (friendly-local-people), beautiful resorts, beautiful cafes, beautiful food (yumm).

Tidak ada kata2 yang bisa mengungkapkan betapa senang nya diriku di bali :) hehehhe. Akirnya liburan juga... after 7 bulan 'kerja rodi' huhuhu. I'm enjoying my time to the max here. Spending time with my family, myself, and the lover of my soul, while... sunbathing besides the pool with a beachview, seabreeze, and.. a good book offcourse (i.e., PurposeDrivenLife). Away from the Internet, paperworks, and not so close with mobile phones. Just me+myself+myfamily+bali! Heheheh.. but kinda miss perth too. I'm coming home soon!

Sampe ndut nih, udah bener2 bulet kaya semangka. Makan terus! Seafood:lobster+kepiting+ikan+sambel, bebek bengil, babi guling, nyam...... (sampe ga sempet laper rasanya). hehehhe.

No wonder bule2 suka banget ama bali. Saya CINTA bali! And also, I think there is a sense of art in every corner of Bali. Art lovers pasti suka banget :)

masalalu.saatini.masadepan

2004-09-22T01:59:00.000-07:00

masalalu.saatini.masadepan

We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it. - Rick Warren

Jangan biarkan kita hidup terikat masa lalu.
Jangan biarkan masa2 indah di masa lalu membuat kita selalu ingin kembali ke sana, dan tidak mau hidup di saat ini.
Jangan biarkan penyesalan2 di masa lalu menghalangi kaki kita untuk melangkah maju.
Jangan biarkan tangisan2 di masa lalu menghalangi mata kita untuk melihat harapan untuk masa depan yang baik.

Orang perlu mempunyai impian untuk masa depan nya,
tapi...
Jangan biarkan diri kita terlalu 'dibuai' oleh impian masa depan kita,
sehingga kita lupa untuk hidup di saat ini.
Ada yang harus kita perbuat di saat ini... supaya impian kita tercapai.

Kita tidak bisa memutar jarum jam.. untuk kembali ke masa lalu, untuk mengubah apa yang terjadi di sana.
Kita juga tidak bisa memutar jarum jam untuk melihat 'preview' masa depan kita.
Tapi yang jelas...
Masa depan kita.... ditentukan apa yang kita perbuat saat ini.
Kalau harga sebuah 'kesenangan' saat ini adalah masa depan yang baik, rasanya kita perlu berpikir dua kali sebelum meneruskan 'kesenangan' itu.

.:perempuan dalam sosok ibuku:.

2004-09-21T23:31:00.000-07:00

.perempuan dalam sosok ibuku.

perempuan paling cantik yang pernah saya kenal
luar-dalam
...ibuku....

kata2 kayanya ga bisa meng-exlain betapa I treasure her
emang bener pengorbanan seorang ibu tuh tiada duanya

Rela boring2 2 bulan.... ninggalin suami en anak 1nya lagi,
demi nemenin anak cewenya yg kerja sendirian di luar kota.
Rela repot2 demi supaya anaknya bisa have a safe trip.
Rela bangun pagi2 buat bangunin anaknya supaya ga telat exam.
Rela irit2 biar anak2nya bisa dapet the best education.
dll...dll deh

Yang lucu....
Namanya cewe.. kalo udah ngomel cas cis cus ga brenti2, diulang2 terus.
Tapi saya belajar, kalo ibu ngomel... diem ajah deh.... namanya juga cewe..
Cuma pengen didengerin ajah, nanti juga reda sendiri.

Yang lucu lagi...
Pengen banget anaknya yang-hobi-makan ini langsing.....
Nyuruh anaknya supaya kurus mulu... TAPI...
ditawarin makanan mulu .. (duh..mami..mami..)
Yang bikin sebel... kalo makan pasti ga abis
jadi ajah, saya yang selalu tergoda untuk ngabisin.

Orangnya cuek... tapi caring
Kalo anaknya ngeluh stress, ga dipamper..
kata2 yg keluar, "Ah, kamu hidup dibikin stresss..."
(As simple as that ..hehehhe..)
Tapi kalo bener2 anaknya lagi bermasalah...
di sms in terus, diperhatiin+dihibur.

I love every thing about her (including the ngomel2 thingy hehhe)
I can't thank God enough for giving her for my life.
kalau aku menjadi seorang ibu... suatu saat nanti... I want to be like her.

.intimacy.

2004-09-20T04:12:00.000-07:00

.intimacy.

we may do more spiritual rituals,

yet becoming less intimate with the One we worship.

we may talk more to our Wonderful Counsellor,

yet feeling less relieved from our troubles,

cause we are just saying complaints and complaints,

without confessing Faith and Hope.

we may read more bible verses,

yet understanding less of His teachings,

cause we read with the attitude of pride,

without a teachable heart.

we may do more ministries,

yet touching less lives,

cause we do the activities alone,

without partnering with the Helper.

intimacy with the Cause is crucial,

intimacy requires surrendering,

surrendering means stop fighting with our attitude of

always-want-to-be-in-control-of-everything.

surrendering means acknowledging that we cannot be in control of everything,

and let the Creator do His job,

to be in control of everything.

her stand

2004-09-18T10:48:00.000-07:00

*her stand*

she decided to know where to stand
she is setting herself free
...to fly...
jumping up and down is not what she wants
she wants to fly... high

It's easier to take a stand , when you have no other choices where to stand. But, I think, to take a stand, where you have choices, may not be that easy. Determination and HOPE is crucial to stand still!

... meaningful because of You ...

2004-09-15T03:13:00.000-07:00

my Lord:
Your love,
sweeten my life..
and make my life and my self meaningful :)

"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38-39

Life consists of many things,
Success, failure.....
Fortune, troubles...
Dreams, regrets....
Excitements, boredoms....
Peace, terrors....
etc..(you name them :P)

We are made up of:
Love from friendships+romance+family
Talents, weaknesses
etc..

But I think it is only His love that make them meaningful.

p.e.o.p.l.e

2004-09-13T09:00:00.000-07:00

p.e.o.p.l.e

....

We live our life... meeting people everyday

I'm actually the kind of person who loves

meeting people..

But sometimes... lately.. I felt that....

dealing with people can be so tiring...

that many times...

people's action and words brought me down...

and I guess .. mine brought them down as well...

...

Then I thought to my self...

"I think I need some time to be isolated.. from people

What would it feel to be isolated for a week?"

And... then I realised..

Don't even think of a week!

I can't even live in an isolation for more than half a day.

...

We.. sometimes, do need some time with just ourselves

But we can not live in an isolation.. without people...

"We will grow and flourish only

when we are connected to each other.

God set up a safeguard system for us

called EACH OTHER" - Holly Wagner

...

We have to be wise though...

what will we absorb from people..

cause the people around us shape us...

"there are many sounds in this world,

we don't have enough ears

to listen to all the sounds"

...

thanks to: teman2ku yang sudah mengisi hari2ku dengan candatawa + kemanyunan:p + companionship + nasihat + pelajaran + perhatian + etc. My life would be exactly incomplete without u guys!

tentang hati

2004-09-13T01:42:00.000-07:00

.. tentang hati ..

kadang aku ingin memiliki hati seluas samudera
tapi aku sadar... hatiku hanya sebesar ini
karena...
ia tidak diciptakan untuk memuat seisi dunia
ia hanya diciptakan untuk memuat ...
sejumlah hal yg dipercayakan kepadaku

relationship building

2004-09-10T07:29:00.000-07:00

Relationship building.. what does it take ?

I dunno all the answers... but as far as what I learn, to build a relationship (in any personal kind e.g., friendship, bf-gf, sister-brother-hood, parent-child) takes:

time: to be spent
lips: ... to communicate :p + to smile
ears: to listen
forgiveness: "I'm sorry..." + "I forgive you..."
appreciation: "Thank you.."
"Please.. help me..." + "I help you.."
arms: to hug
encouragements: to be given + to be taken
correction: to be given + to be received
"yes.." + "no.." (depending on the situation)

"a relationship grows on forgiveness, not perfection" (Holly Wagner - God Chicks)

God's calling for our life

2004-09-09T04:27:00.000-07:00

some things I learn about ... the Calling...

Take our eyes off ourselves (stop being an excuser...)
Take our eyes off other people (stop being an accuser...)
And place our eyes on Jesus who can do many things through us.
(Mike O'neil)

There will always be naysayers.

The key is to listen to God's calling.

Then everyone else's opinion amounts to little more than hot air.

The enemy double his efforts when a breakthrough is right around the corner.

Don't give up.

It may not be this year, but it will happen!

Our life in God may be like an art that will take a lifetime to perfect.

"God is the Master Craftsman,

when we are submissive to His fingers, we reflect His creative touch,

let God have our life, He can do more with it than we can."

(OurDailyBread)

Don't be depressed if we are not at where we think we should be.

Remain faithful where we are at, and allow God to mould us into what He wants us to be.

(AirHidup.com)

So little time so much to do

2004-09-08T09:34:00.000-07:00

So little time so much to do

Life can be very busy most of the time.
We have packed schedules... strict deadlines..
A list of things we need to do.. a lot of things we want to do...
To keep track with the so-called-life.
Our minds are just can not stop thinking...
How to do things ... how to do them better.... (including those we are doing for God's glory)
Those things are important... but...

That can make us forget of the time-should-be-of-most-importance
A time spent with the Father...
laying down everything at His feet... thanking Him for everything..
asking His help for everything

A couple of weeks ago, I experienced something like a heavenly whisper that told me to come to the presence of God....
not to think about anything...
just come ...
cause the Father wants to spend time with me :)

While we are busy doing this and that
It seems like He is looking from heaven and saying, "My child, why do you have to be sooooo busy, I'll show you how to do less, but produce more."

Luke 10:41-42 "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you aer worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."

Sacrificing our time to be spent with Him will not make us less productive, but will make us more productive. Expect less from ourselves and expect more from God :)

Missing targets

2004-09-07T08:38:00.000-07:00

Missing targets

An archer when shooting his arrows will set his focus on the target.
He can not just put his focus anywhere, because his goal is to hit the target. However, even though he has set his focus on the target, he can still miss it.
No matter how good he is, there is still a possibility for him to miss the target.

Same with our life.
We are meant to have targets or aims in our life (good ones, off course)
In our works, relationships, ministry, for examples.
We set our focus on our targets, we will work hard towards them.
However, this world we are living in is not perfect, the people we are dealing with are not perfect, we.. ourselves, are not even perfect
We can still miss the targets, no matter how hard we work for it.

So, does that mean that,
we don’t have to set our targets and work towards them?
Does that mean that,
rather than getting disappointed,
it would be better for us to have no expectations at all ?

NO, definitely no.
Just like the archer, if he wants to hit the target, he must always set his focus on it when he shoots.
There is always a possibility of missing the target.
But, that's okay.
This life is not perfect. It is not meant to be perfect anyway.
But, don’t lose heart.
"There is more to life than just here and now. We are made to last forever " Rick Warren (Purpose Driven Life)
If we have received our savior, we have hope of the life after this life, spent with our savior forever.
And I bet that life would be 'perfect' :)

Written by someone who is usually so idealist that she gets disappointed many times when her targets are missed. God is currently teaching her how to deal with missing targets :)

Stages of "marah-marah"

2004-09-06T04:12:00.003-07:00

First stage:
Ketemu hal yang bikin marah

Second stage:
Marah-marah...
smua orang... smua hal disalahin.. (kecuali diri sendiri:p)

Third stage:
Malu, lalu berdiam sejenak, trus mikir: 'ngapain marah2 ya??'

Fourth stage:
Agak reda.. Dicari asal-usul masalahnya

Fifth stage:
Found out: yg salah diri sendiri :p (uhhh)

cheerleader+angel+hero=father

2004-09-05T04:00:00.000-07:00

may look ordinary to this world
but to me he is +ExtraExtraExtraSpecial+

my constant 'cheerleader' -

with never ending words of encouragements to keep me moving forward

that does not get tired to 'cheer' for me everyday when necessary

that does not get bored listening to my complaints ...

...until the things come out off my heart

...that make it possible for me to go this far

my angel

lending a 'shoulder to cry on'

my 'very-low-profile' hero -
that teach me diligence, perseverance, and 'willingness to grow'
not to have the word:'give up' in my dictionary

Thank him for his heart
it takes his heart to deal with this stubborn head+fragile heart
Thank him for his time
it takes his time to catch up with me
Thank him for his hardwork
it takes his years of hardwork to make many things possible for me
last but not least.. thank him for his $$$
it takes his $$$ for me to dress up (heheheh :))

Happy father's day :) I love you

:: everyday to thank for :: everyday to live :: everyday to learn ::

steward of everything

Your Diamond

to hope or not to hope

I'm back

thank you

figures

for you: my friends

sheila's survival kit

loosen up for a touch from heaven

mamipapi

rewarding :)

beautiful people

quality of life

*MoreThanLucky*

with all of your heart

counting my days

When things in life get uneasy

...humble...

kutunjuk satu bintang *

the childhood habit

What's right in front of me?

bali BEAUTIFUL

masalalu.saatini.masadepan

.:perempuan dalam sosok ibuku:.

.intimacy.

*her stand*

... meaningful because of You ...

p.e.o.p.l.e

tentang hati

relationship building

God's calling for our life

So little time so much to do

Missing targets

Stages of "marah-marah"

cheerleader+angel+hero=father

MoreThanLucky

her stand