Kasih setia Tuhan (God's faithfulness)

When someone mention about the word "kasih setia Tuhan", the first thing that I remember is definitely a song with this lyrics:

Kasih setia Tuhan, didalam hidup ini
Tak pernah berkesudahan, slalu baru tiap pagi
Saat jalanku buntu, glap di seklilingku
.........

Love that song ... hehehe... I am just thankful that I can go through the year 2005, with all its ups and downs ... Finished exams for this year, and 2 more semester to go ... I feel God's been helping me with everything and his presence is the most important thing ... There was a good illustration in the sermon at church this morning ... A husband is satisfied with the wife, not because maybe she can cook well or serve the husband and the children well, but just the presence of a wife in the husband's life is the most important out of all ... The presence of a godly wife is what all christian husband should appreciate ...

Year 2005:
1. Stress pelayanan - kasih setia Tuhan
2. Stress belajar - kasih setia Tuhan
3. Stress kerjaan - kasih setia Tuhan
4. Stress relationship - kasih setia Tuhan
5. Friend's support - kasih setia Tuhan
6. Bible study group - kasih setia Tuhan
7. Growth in my christian life - kasih setia Tuhan
8. All troubles and hardship - kasih setia Tuhan
9. Reminder from God's word - kasih setia Tuhan
10. IPC - kasih setia Tuhan
11. Persekutuan pemuda - kasih setia Tuhan
12. Friends at uni and work - kasih setia Tuhan
13. Family - kasih setia Tuhan
14. A job - kasih setia Tuhan
15. Holiday - kasih setia Tuhan

Now I am in holiday mood .... uheuheuheueh ... played around with friends a lot these past couple of days ... had lots ... no ... TONS of fun ... This is also a blessing ... Kapan lagi bisa main2 kayak gini ... sedikit waktu lagi, and maybe I have a family to support and will not have time to play ... Now I just want to enjoy my holiday .... maybe reading books is a good idea, or I am thinking of doing a project for myself and my parent's shop in indo ... we'll see lah ... But definitely going out is in the agenda .. hohoho ...

Interested to buy "Narnia" by C.S Lewis ... heard that Alastairs have the series and I am thinking of buying as well ... I should enjoy reading stories like that ... Part of me is still a kid kok ... :)

Pingin banget pulang indo

Huaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ... Imagining indo just makes me really want to go back ... It's a combination of wanting to take a break, a good break with family, enjoying myself and my family presence .. Sadly I do not have enough annual leave and hence I am just staying here, taking 2 weeks break from work ...

I guess I just have to live with it ...

Stressful time

I can't say that I hate exam, because I consider it as a stepping stone to a higher place .. cieh cieh ... But I have to admit, that it's overwhelmingly and stressfully depressing ...

Reading lecture notes and textbooks for hours and hours and hours in the postgraduate commerce lab makes my neck hurt and on top of that I really lack motivation .... J asked me on Sunday why do I study so hard? I guess I just have to do what I have to do ... It's as simple as that ... I decided to take this course and I need to be responsible for it .... By not studying will send a bad example to people around me ...

On another occassion, I saw God worked in a wonderful way ... V, N and J saw a movie in the cinema (exorcism) and they had questions in their mind about that movies ... After they saw the movie, they started asking me all sorts of questions about demon, whether feng shui is alright or not, what does religion mean to them, and so on ... I always wanted to at least talk to V and N and J about God more often ... But did not have time to do so even though I am going out a lot with them for dinner ... And when I have the opportunity I was reluctant to do that, the occassion was just not right ... Tried to answer all of their questions and surrender everything to God ... But from that, I learnt some important lessons:

1. No matter how hard you try to testify, it's God who is ultimately behind everything
2. Knowing about the bible is good, but it must be backed up with a changed life .... Living a consistent godly life is hard and needs conscious effort ...
3. We must always want to learn more about God ... Quoting H: The time when we stop being teachable is the time when we stop growing as a person ..
4. Surrender to God to the MAX, Effort to the MAX, and always be thankful to the MAX
5. Be ready all the time to say the hope that is in you ... When I was asked those questions, I was a bit down spiritually and a bit tired as well ... I thought I was not ready, but I am glad that I was so full of energy answering the questions given to me .. haha ..

Gengki gengki ..