Father's Love

Few weeks ago, two sisters and I talked about a brother in our church. In our sights, he is so perfect. He is a godly man that every single-Christian-woman might dream about. I agree with them. Then one of the sisters said, “But, is he too perfect? Imagine, how can we marry someone like him? We are broken-hearted girls. Will he accept a girl like us to be his spouse someday?” I was kept silent. I did not know the answer until I shared our conversation to my accountability partner. “He is a sinner, Novi,” she said. “When you see him so perfect, it is not him that you see, but Christ, the perfect God, that lives in him.” That’s definitely true. “Then, if he is so perfect, just like Jesus, will it be possible that he accepts a broken-hearted girl like one of us? I mean, he is sooooooo godly.” “If he as perfect as our God, he must be merciful and able to forgive his future wife’s sins in the past.” “How if the sin is relate to a sexual relation? It is really serious. Will he fo...

Tadi siang untuk pertama kalinya aku makan siang dengan Kak Anggit, the author of http://queensophiaofwestland.blogspot.com/ , yang ternyata satu gereja denganku (gubraaaaaaaaaaaak...) . Sebenernya tahun 2011 lalu kami pernah ngobrol sekali di gereja, tapi aku sama sekali tidak mengingatnya. Kak Anggit yang justru inget sama aku setelah kami "ketemu" di blognya. Hehe... I'm so blessed to have lunch with her. Tadi kami saling share tentang passion kami nulis, gimana kami nulis blog, and how it can really blessed others. From our conversation, I think God really opened my mind that writing is also God's calling to minister others and spread the Gospel . I feel amazed. Writing is not just a hobby. Typing words using our gadgets and publish it in internet (blog, social media, etc) is not just "catch up with technology". God can really use our writings to work in people's heart, in people's life. He is so powerful and everything can be used GREATLY ...

Accidentally, I found this video on You Tube that was uploaded a year ago by my (ex) student. She was teaching at Taman Bacaan, Bencongan. It was near to Lippo Karawaci. I knew that place since I had the similar experience, serving some little kids there for few months. I am so thankful and blessed to see her in this video. I was her tutor for few weeks in 2011. At that time she was in grade 6. She was my first indonesian-but-english-spoken-student. Became her tutor, I have learned how to teach all subjects in English and how to teach her to create a video using Windows Movie Maker, and then upload it to You Tube (I never upload anything to You Tube, but I taught this young girl and she already uploaded two videos!) . I really feel touched by looking on how she had taught little children on this video. Although I contributed very little in her education, I feel so blessed to see her taught little children in this video! To be honest, I could not find any word to express my...

Seminggu yang lalu, ada miskom ketika teman-teman order snacks buat refreshment time after church. Gara-gara miskom itu, kue yang dipesan jadi kedobelan. Tapi kami (refreshment team) bersyukur Tuhan izinkan miskom ini terjadi. Jadi hari Minggu lalu, mendadak kami kedatangan sekitar 50 orang baru di gereja. Mereka ini rombongan mahasiswa yang diajar sama Ms. Tina di kelas Basic English. Nah, mereka itu dapet tugas untuk practice speaking with native speaker. Nggak cuma kasih tugas, Ms. Tina juga kasih undangan buat dateng ke gereja kami yang memang using English karena diimpor langsung from United States. Berarti HARUS ada snack lebih dong untuk mereka.... hehe..sudah mengerti apa yang terjadi? Praise the LORD! Snacks yang sudah diorder itu cukup untuk semua yang hadir, bahkan lebih 24 biji, yang kalo disajikan itu ntar jadinya 12 plates. WOW! Jadi inget gimana Tuhan Yesus kasih makan 5000 orang pake 5 roti dan 2 ikan terus sisanya 12 bakul! Luar biasa bagaimana Tuhan bekerja dalam s...

Last weekend, somehow my mind was full of cooking something for other people. I did not realize at that time that it was God's desire for me to serve meal by cooking for people. On Monday morning, suddenly I remembered Cincin, a sister that had her an appendectomy (operasi usus buntu) two weeks ago. I came to her room and she was getting better. For more than a week, two other sisters were cooking for her. That day, I got the opportunity to cook chicken soup for her lunch. I also cooked the second chicken soup for other sisters few hours later for dinner as we celebrated Cincin's condition. On Tuesday afternoon, after class I just remembered that Kenia would serve dinner meals for our LIFE Group as we planned to break fast together. I really felt that the Holy Spirit was whispering in my heart to offer help. Then, I found myself was helping her in the kitchen. I cooked the chicory (sawi putih). I think the best word to express my feeling on those two days is JOY . Especi...

This morning I read Isaiah 14-18 and found that God really rebuking me through Isaiah 17:10-11.   10 You have forgotten God your Savior;    you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress. Therefore, though you set out the finest plants    and plant imported vines, 11 though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,    and on the morning when you plant them, you bring them to bud, yet the harvest will be as nothing    in the day of disease and incurable pain. I would like to write (type) these verses with specific things that the Holy Spirit really spoke to me about my sin, especially the unseen one. Novi, you have forgotten God your Savior; you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress. Therefore, though you set out the Words of mine and plant imported Christian books and sermons in your heart, though on the day you set them out, you make them grow, and on the morning when you plant t...

As I read the Bible this morning, I felt that God really spoke to me. He rebuked me for wasting a lot of time and energy for a lot of things that meaningless. He wants me to see my life from the perspective of death so that I might be more responsible to Him. So I read the book of Ecclesiastes this morning. As I read chapter 7 verse 2-4, I felt that God really wanted me to reflect on my life and think how could I be responsible to Him. 2 It is better to go to a house of mourning    than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone;    the living should take this to heart. 3 Frustration is better than laughter,    because a sad face is good for the heart. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,    but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.