All Things Work for Good

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All Things Work for Good

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28

We know… There are so many things we do not know. We do not know if the economy will dip or if our team will win. We do not know what our spouse is thinking or how our kids will turn out. We don’t even know “what we ought to pray” (Rom. 8:26). But according to Paul, we can be absolutely certain about four things. We know…

1. God works. He is busy behind the scenes, above the fray, within the fury. He hasn’t checked out or moved on. He is ceaseless and tireless. He never stops working.

2. God works for the good. Not for our comfort or pleasure or entertainment, but for our ultimate good. Since he is the ultimate good, would we expect anything less?

3. God works for the good of those who love Him. Behold the benefit of loving God! Make His story your story, and your story takes on a happy ending. Guaranteed. Being the author of our salvation, He writes a salvation theme into our biography.

4. God works in all things. Panta, in Greek. Like “panoramic” or “panacea” or “pandemic.” All-inclusive. God works, not through a few things or through the good things, best things, or easy things. But in “all things” God works.

Puppet in the hands of fortune or fate? Not you. You are in the hands of a living, loving God. Random collection of disconnected short stories? Far from it. Your life is a crafted narrative written by a good God, who is working toward your supreme good.

Thanksgiving Thursday: Pretty Little Things

Yap, this is my first time joining the Thanksgiving Thursday. Karena minggu2 lalu bawannya males banget ngeblog dan online laptop, apalagi designing my portfolio :S I have too much dealing with my lappie, and i kinda tired of it. Especially my eyes :(

Gw lagi sakit, super dizzy! leher pegel banget sampe ke mata sakitnya >< Terus bahu bagian kanan, keluar bercak2 darah item2 gtu kaya pecah pembuluh darahnya :( Gak tau kenapa, padahal ga ada kerjain hal yg berat2 dan gak stres sama sekali.. Super enjoy malah kalo dibilang! Karena gw lagi take a break belon gencar cari kerjaan and masi mau leha2 dulu sambil jalanin online shop aje.. Ketika gw merasa idup gw super biasa2nya aja and nothing really important is going on.. Gw diingetin lagi ma Tuhan betapa salahnya saya mikir begitu.. Seringkali gw melupakan hal2 kecil yg benernya itu punya impact yg gede. Yap, its true that little things is the main things. And now i want to thanking Him for every pretty little things :)

Dear Daddy,
I just wanna thank you for every air that I breathe. I can breathe freely while in the other hand people need to pay just to get the oxygen.
I wanna thank you for the ability to walk and to stand. Not few people who walking and standing are limited and accompanied by pain. And I wanna be Your tool, I want to always walk in Your ways and run in such a way as to get the prize.
I should thank God for being able to sense our environment. Thanks for the ability to see, hear, smell, taste, and touch. I have all these five without lack of anything.
You are King of all Kings, You can do whatever please You however I wanna thank You for the free will. God has granted us humans the ability to choose how we live our lifes. We are not mindless slaves of God, but rather free individuals who can choose. I thank you for this gift!
I just cant thank You enough for the loving people around me. I do found friend that stick closer than brother, which I knoe I found a rare treasure. And tho my family is not perfect they are the best for me :)
And most of all thank you for Your love! Your love is more than I can ever imagine!! This is the greatest gift of God to us and we need to thank You for loving me, even in my sinfulness.

Truly blessed, Highly favored and Deeply loved
nie♥

This post is written for Thanksgiving Thursday, a program made to remind us to continuously count our blessings. Come and join us, or just simply come and read stories from other people. Click HERE

Sweet Love Story from The Cross

Kita sebagai cewe especially adalah ciptaan Tuhan yang sangat erat kaitannya dengan emosi. Gampang terharu, gampang tersentuh,gampang menangis, dsb. Tuhan menciptakan kita perempuan begitu mulia dan sangat istimewa, untuk menjadi penolong bagi laki-laki yang sepadan dengan dia (Kejadian 2:20).

Namun sayang sekali dunia merusak image kita sebagai wanita yang sangat dikasihi oleh Allah. Banyak dari film-film Hollywood dan Disney princess mengajarkan kita kalau cinta sejati itu bisa didapat dari seorang pria yang tampan dan mapan lalu tinggal di castle. Yap, gak ada yang salah menikah dengan pria yang tampan dan mapan. Tapi yang salah adalah, kita seringkali sebagai wanita mencari kepenuhan dan kepuasan emosional dari lawan jenis yang sia-sia belaka. Padahal hanya Tuhan yang mampu mengasihi dan memberikan rasa nyaman dengan cinta-Nya yang tak terbatas.

Betapa Dia begitu mengasihi kita, sampai mengirim Anak-Nya mati buat kita, supaya kita bisa hidup bareng Dia lagi kelak (Yohanes 3:16). Dia yang mati di kayu salib demi menebus dosa-dosa kita. Dia yang selalu ada ketika berteriakmemanggil nama-Nya. Dia yang kasih-Nya tak akan habis-habisnya untuk kita. Dia yang tidak jemu-jemu mendengar semua panjatan doa kita.

Siapakah kita ini sampai Raja segala Raja mau mati untuk menebus dosa kita? Who are we that the King cares so much to put all our sins on Himself? We are His precious children. We are perfectly and wonderfully made by Him (Psalm 139:14). Kita sangat amat berharga di mata-Nya.

Mari kita mendekatkan diri lebih lagi kepada Dia, duduk diam di kak-iNya dan mendengarkan firman-Nya, maka kita akan bisa mengenal lebih jauh lagi tentang the TRUE LOVER of our souls. His love is..more than we can ever imagine.. Saya di sini mau ajak kalian para wanita pembaca Pearl Magazine, untuk look up only to Jesus alone. Hanya Yesus yang mampu memenuhi emotional needs kita. Jangan berharap sama manusia, karena kita bisa kecewa dengan berentetan expectations yang kita punya. Tapi percaya sepenuhnya kepada Tuhan maka He will make our path straight! (Proverbs 3:5-6).

Dan gak seperti yang dunia ajarkan untuk mendapatkan approval dari pacar kita, kita harus selalu cantik, makeup-an yang tebal, wangi dsb. Berapa banyak dari kita yang sering denger atau bilang "I love you because you are cute" or "I love you because you take good care of me" or "I love you because you are fun to be with"? This phrase implies that we love conditionally; in other words, we love someone because they fulfill a condition that we require before we can love them.

Our love is conditional, we love based on feeling and emotion that can easily change from moment to moment. But different with our God, God simply loves us because He is love (1 John 4:8). Dia tetap mengasihi kita di saat kita menyakiti hatiNya, God's love transcends the human definition of love to a point that is hard for us to comprehend. His love is really amazing, girls!

Di Roma 5:8 mengatakan: “Akan tetapi Allah menunjukkan kasihNya kepada kita, oleh karena Kristus telah mati untuk kita, ketika kita masih berdosa.” Dalam ayat ini dan dalam Yohanes 3:16, we find no conditions placed on God's love for us. Allah tidak mengatakan, "Segera setelah kamu tidak berdosa, Saya akan mencintaimu" ataupun "Aku akan mengorbankan Anak-Ku jika kamu mau mengasihi-Ku juga."

Bahkan, dalam Roma 5:8, kita menemukan sebaliknya. Tuhan ingin kita tahu bahwa kasih-Nya tanpa syarat, sehingga Ia mengutus putra-Nya, Yesus Kristus, untuk mati bagi kita ketika kita masih berdosa, tidak layak dicintai. Kita tidak harus bebas dari dosa terlebih dahulu, dan kita tidak perlu membuat janji kepadaTuhan sebelum kita dapat mengalami kasih-Nya. Kasih-Nya bagi kita selalu ada, dan karena itu, He did all the giving and sacrificing long before we were even aware that we needed His love.

So ladies, lets each of us longing for this kind of love! Unconditional love! Allah adalah kasih, dan kasih-Nya sangat berbeda dari kasih manusia, kasih Allah itu tanpa syarat, He doesn't love us because we're lovable or because we make Him feel good. Dia mengasihi kita karena Dia adalah kasih. Dia menciptakan kita untuk memiliki hubungan kasih dengan-Nya, dan Dia mengorbankan Anak-Nya sendiri (yang juga rela mati bagi kita) untuk memulihkan hubungan itu.

Written for Majalah Pearl 06 - Fairy Tale In Reality
www.majalahpearl.com

Stay Close To Me

Sedikit cerita tentang aktivitas gw semenjak gw balik dari Singapore. Uda 2hari nonstop gw nonton ALIAS, gw suka bangetttt sama ini movie! Detektif gtu and buat gw mikir hehe, I do love conan dan sejenisnya deh. Yep, gw bukan tipe cewe yang suka nonton film drama korea, japanese, taiwanese ato bahkan barat yg berbau cinta2an.. why? coz its kinda boring for me. Gw uda perna coba, gw nonton sampe CD ke 5 gw langsung jump ke CD terakhir. LOL.

Gw agak2 terobesesi sama ni film sih, uda perna nonton pas jaman gw smp which is 7years back if im not wrong. Tapi gw ga sempet tamatin. Dari semua film, ini doank nih yg bikin gw ngeces2 ngotot harus tamatin ampe abis! Biasanya mah ga suka banget ma film seri coz cape nontonnya. Terus one day gw perna said to my self, gw pasti akan tamatin nonton ini film ampe abis! suatu saat! harus pokonya ga mau tau!

Eh kemaren itu gw dinner bareng Richard and Maggie, terus deket toko dvd yg guede. Jadilah gw beli terus nonton lah, rada merasa bersalah juga karena gw belon selsain my portfolio T_T dan belon mikirin mau kerja di company apa and what kind of job that i really want. Gw masi pengen selengean, pdhl inside my self uda mulai ga betah duduk diam seharian dirumah dan schedule yg gw plan berantakan juga. Maklum gw ga bisa diem ahuaha :p

Ok, review back 3weeks ago.. Gw liat Axioo post kalo mereka lagi mau hire orang, gw langsung kegirangan banget!! My dream job.. Gw a big fan of their company.. Terus gw mikir, gimana nih tapi barang2 gw including my hardisk yg gw sent dari Singapore belon sampe juga di sini. Kalo nungguin hardisk gw dateng kelamaan ga ya, ntar keburu diambil orang lagi jobnya T_T Jadi ya udalah gw renew my resume, and send my sample of artwork seadanya yg ada di laptop ini..

Dannnn sudah 3minggu ga ada kabar dari axioo hiks.. Uda gw doain, gw juga uda ga ngarep2 sampe stres2 gimana sih. Dulu pas gw di singapore, gw pengen banget kerja di Apixels itu sampe uring2an, ngotot bangett pingin. Sekarang setelah lebih mengenal Tuhan, udah lebih sadar kalo Dya akan memberikan yg terbaik. And I realized, sometimes what I want isn't always what I get, but in the end what I get is so much better than what I wanted which is I get the best from God.

Gw uda menekankan ke diri gw sendiri di masa2 awal2 gw kirim resume ke axioo, gw berdoa ma Tuhan untuk ttp lead and guard my heart pure. Let His will be done, not my will. Di masa penantian minggu2 pertama, I clearly said to my self: If it is mine than its mine.. If no, than God have a better YES for me. all i need to do rite now is happy waiting :)

Banyak yg bilang kalo masuk big company itu harus ada koneksi orang dalem kalo gak susah etc. Sedangkan gw ga kenal sapa2 yg kenal ma axioo :( Walau ada juga yg bilang kalo nunggu kabar kerjaan di indo itu wajar 2-3mggan kalo lamar di company gede.. Ini uda masuk minggu k3, dan gw uda mulai mikir masi perlu ga ya doain ini axioo? or I should just give up? or gw cari2 koneksi gitu? Maybe it will be easier kalo ada orang dalem? The fear inside me start flooding up.

Tadi siang gw nonton Alias lagi, dan gw percaya bukan kebetulan ada bagian yg ngomong gini: God give us serenity to accept the things we cant change, Courage to change the things we can. And wisdom to know the different.

And as I did my quiet time before the Lord tonight, I asked for His guidance in my life. And He spoke very clearly to me..
I alone have the power to do the impossible, stay close to me!

And the peace of God came in an instant :) I still dont know wether i will get the job or not, or what step should I take for the next stage. But I do believe that my God can turn all the impossible to Im possible :) I will do my best and He will do the rest for the best! For God is so mighty.. He will never let us fall lower than our knees!

I will keep believing.. Faith can move a mountain, Hope can heal a heart, & Love can bring a smile to even the most mean person ever.. and the greatest is Love.. So I will stay close with You Lord, and thank you for this lesson :)

Belajar Dari Anjing (2)

Seringkali gw itu ngebanding2in diri gw sama orang lain.. Dan kadangkala itu malah bikin gw makin down, bukannya malah makin semangat untuk jadiin pemacu to be better me. Contohnya, duh gila ya si A keren abis deh bisa kerja di company gede gtu, gajina gede pula.. kok gw ga bsa ya? padahal dari same univ, trs jg gw uda do my very best. Apa yg salah ya dari gw? Dan gw ini orangnya always look down on my self, and to keep positive mind is not easy for me.

Terus kemarin ini, gw lagi manggilin anjing kesayangan gw si enjo. Suara gw kan emang keras dan tegas dan kadang orang salah mengartikan gw galak (iya sih emang tapi dikit aja ;p). Gw panggilin tuh si enjo, eh dia kaga dateng2. Ada bokap gw disana, he said: "manggil enjo tuh mesti pelan2." Ya uda gw change my tone, gw kaya manggil macem godain anak kecil mo main gitu. Ehhh dya langsung dateng. Beda halnya sama si Yoyo, anjing dede gw. Manggil dia mah pelan2 sampe tenggorokan kering juga ga bakal nyamperin! Mesti di tegesin and ditekenin suaranya baru dia mo dateng.. Well, gw ga tau trik2 manggil anjing gw sendiri soalnya I've been away for this 5years until my dad told me so.

Dari sini gw sadar, my dad know the best in term of urusin anjing2 gw and ajarin mrk. Karena bokap gw sama mereka dari mereka kecil, feed them etc. Dya tau si enjo kalo minum itu ga mau dari tempat guguk dia, tapi maunya dari air kamar mandi (gubraks). Dya tau si yoyo itu pagi2 jam 6 pagi bakal naek ke kasur bangunin dya otomatis. He know how to treat and teach them according to their personality.

After kejadian ini gw realized juga, that our God knows the best for us. Because He is our maker. Yah, jalan gw gak harus sama dengan jalan temen gw ato sapapun itu.. I cant compare! I need to stop comparing! All I need to do is believing that my God is in perfect control and I am fearfully and wonderfully made. He has different plan for each of us and our ways are far beyond His ways! Fear not tomorrow, for He is already there. Sometimes all i need to do is.. stop worrying and whatever happens.. happens! for He will never leave me, He will never forsake me.

Mau baca belajar dari anjing part 1? Click here.
Dan ini poto enjo lagi liatin gw saat teduh.. lucu ya duduk manis depan bible kaya nunggu minta didongenin. Wkwkw :p Ayo tebak mana enjo mana yoyo! Yang bsa gw kasi hadiah!