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Dear friends,
Soon, all of us (teachers) will move away to another room. Yup, we will leave this nice cold room (coz I’m sitting opposite 2 aircons) to another smaller room.
Why? Because this teacher’s room will change it’s function into 2 classrooms.
Yeah, the teacher will get smaller room hikz … hikz … hikz …
Now, my table is so clean!!! Have packed it up in the box and thrown the other things away.
Hope that this brand new room ad brand new students later one bring brand new chalengges, brand new hope, and brand new happiness.
Thank you Lord for giving us more sheep to direct and teach. May we all glorify Your Name.
Amen!!!
Dear friends,
Today’s devotion was about “Loving God”
Here are the readings:
1. Deuteronomy 6: 5
5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
2. Matthew 22: 37
37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
3. Luke 10: 27
27And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Well, dear friends, the one that I would like to give more attention is the same meaningful remark being left from the three readings above.
They carries the same meaning though they were presented in such a different time. Matthew and Luke might still be in what we call as Gospel. What about Deuteronomy??? Can you imagine such a long time but still they’re the same???
I do believe that there are still other examples in our beloved Holy Bible about this kinda thing; especially if we deal with the Gospels. Do you know why? Well, they are written by different people in different place and even different time. I’ll tell you if I have found my senior high school note book 🙂
Ok!!! Let’s go to “Love”
It is true that we have to love our God with all of our heart, soul, strength and mind. But will it be easy???
Some people may say “Yes, it is easy” and the further question will be “HOW?”
Some people may say “No, it’s not” and the next question should be “WHY?”
What about the ones saying “I don’t know” then the remark will be “Try to find out!”
Dear friends,
Loving God will surely turn out to be difficult if you are still dragged into what we call as the “World Life”. Why? because you won’t be able to love your Lord truly with all your heart, soul, mind, strength and whatsoever. At this very moment living in this very world, you are being tested and seduced. Your love will be partly given to Him as you will also love money, other people, and many other meat life.
Well, I don’t want you to hate money, hate others and hate billions of things. The one that I would like you to consider is “Have you really give your love to God for everything He has given to you?”
If you haven’t, you have to do it!!! How??? At least, spend your time in the morning and evening. Pray in the morning before you go to work (say thanks for his protection through the night and ask for his guidence through the day). Pray at night before going to bed (not only as reflection but also thanks forthings that He did for you that day). If you may still have the time … Read the Holy Bible and maybe join with some people discussing it. I love discussing it. really. May even stay hours talking about His might.
Cheers
Dear friends,
Have you ever feel the love of God through His answers. Well, I do feel it very well but the one that I would like to share today will only be one and the newest one.
Friends, two months ago up till this moment I do realize that I feel my life is far from what we call ‘peaceful.’Not only that, I also create the same feeling for my mother. Everything seems not right and scary.
Due to the reason, my mum urged me to apply to another institutions in another place. Well, she wanted to get nearer her brothers and sisters to in Middle Java.
My cousin faxed me an add in a brand new institution (international school and soon they plan to make a college). After receiving it, my mum kept pestering me to send my application letter and the requirements.
This one made me uneasy. I was wondering whether I suited the place, whether I could adapt well, and many other thing, especially because I love my hometown.
Every time, morning and at night, I kept praying and asking for His guidance through this struggle coz I really did not know what to do.
I said
“Dear Lord, who arts in Heaven, You are the one who knows a lot of things. You are the one who could search what is it in my heart and mind. There’s nothing, not even the smallest one, could be hidden from You.
Lord, You know my struggle and therefore, guide me through the path that you creats for me. If this opportunity is really meant for me, then, be it and I’ll do the best just to glorify Your Name. If you give me another chance to stay and serve here, then I’ll still also do my best to glorify You.
Please Lord, guide and lead my way so I won’t fall down! Thank you for your greatest grace for all of this miserable days. I have learnt a lot and it has changed me. I will put my mind and heart only in Your greatest love and be one of your devoted daughter.”
More or less, that was my prayer though of course sometimes it changes a bit 🙂
Well, yesterday, as I said, I was terribly sad. Many things bothered my mind that finally made me cry. Moreover, I have promised my mum that we would send my application as soon as I got home.
When the bell finally rang at 3.15 p.m., I rushed down planning to take my belonging and went straight home. However, there was a note from the principal that I should meet her as soon as possible in her room.
Walking with billions of questions in my mind (wondering what seemed to be the problem coz I was the only one being called), I rushed to the room but she was not there, well, I guessed that she should be in the vice principal room so I went straigh to the other room. Yup there she was and I said “Did you want to meet me?” and she replied “Oh, yes! Let’s go to the principal room!”
Then, together we entered the room.
While I was still thinking, she said “Ms. …., you have been here for almost 2 years and I really like the way you teach. I’m hoping that you can join us and be a fixed full time teacher”. It was kinda shocking that I became speechless. She continued “However, I could not just tell the board. The teacher should ask by themselves and I am the one who will approve it”.
Finally, I found the courage to say something. I said “Thank you for the offer, Mrs. …, I’ll discuss it with my mother and inform you as soon as possible.”
Did you know what happen next??? Just like our previous game (What will happen next?)
She looked at me and said “No, you should write the letter today and now. You could ask the paper from the administration. I can’t wait till tomorrow or … are you in a rush?”
Well, the reply was nowhere near what I had been thinking about. Therefore, I could only say “Ok, I’ll go out and fetch a paper from the administration staff.”
So, there I was, stunned. Soon as I got a grip of myself, I called my mum to tell her what had happened.
She was also surprised and almost could not say a thing. Finally she said, “Well … maybe you are meant to be there at the moment so just do what the principal said. Send my best regards and also say thank you for the opportunity she has given and her trust in you”.
So, as a conclusion guys, I might still stay here till finally God tell me to serve Him in another place.
He had given me His answer exactly that day, the day I was supposed to sending me my letter.
It might be just a simple story of how God answer your prayer and how we should patiently wait for it coz the He will give the anwer exactly at the time and not too soon or too late.
One thing for sure, it might look simple to you, but it will be well imprinted in my heart regarding His grace.
Moreover, when I tried to call it a day by doing an evening reflection, the reading was actually my favourite reading from Matthew.
Do you know what part? I used to talk about it in my other blog.
It is Matthew 6: 25-34. It says “Do Not Worry”
25“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life[a]?
28“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Yeah, my favourite part. He has given me an answer to my question.
Thank you Lord for your love though I have been a sinful daughter. Yeah you still love me no matter what I have done.
Thank you so much!!!
Dear friends,
As usual, today, all of us have to join the weekly meeting. Even though, one of my friend is ill and couldn’t join us.
All of our meeting will surely start with a prayer and end with another prayer. Today the coordinator asked me what should the others prayed for me. Yup we usually pray for everybody.
Well, I answered ‘Peaceful live’
She was a little bit surprised and asked whether my problem had ended coz it seemed to her that I was asking for the same thing.
I replied ‘Peacefulness is the treasure that everybody seek and it is the thing that I lack of for these few moments’
Well, that’s true everybody wants to have a peaceful live, dont you???
Next week another peacefulness!!!
This afternoon, I’ll join the Mandarin training, hope it turns out to be a nice one.
Dear friends,
Today, I would like to share a bit about Rosary (devotion that I’ve been doing since late December up till this moment; well I sort of doing the ancient one, not the new one).
The Rosary (Latin: rosarium; meaning: rose garden or garland of roses) is a traditonal Roman Catholic devotion which is very popular. Well, it combines prayers and meditation through the set of prayer beads.
The prayers consist of repeated sequence of Lord’s Prayer, Hail Mary and single Glory Be to the Father.
The new Mysteries of the Rosary takes the events in the Lives of Jesus Christ and His mother, the Virgin Mary.The mysteries are grouped into three sets: the joyful mysteries, the sorrowful mysteries, and the glorious mysteries. In 2002, Pope John Paul II announced five new optional mysteries, the luminous mysteries, bringing the total number of mysteries to 20.
Well, next time, I’ll share the ancient one if I know how to start. One thing for sure it deals with the 150 chapters of Psalms.
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