#31DaysofWhyILovehim - He makes me a better person

22:19 utheychan 0 Comments

Saya ingat betul kenapa saya akhirnya mau pacaran dengan suami saya dulu.

He was doing good, no, excellent in academic. His GPA was excellent in each term. He even participate in national creativity programme for college student and won the bronze medal. And hundreds other reason for me to say no when he asked me to have a serious relationship with him.

Yeah, I was not really that good at my study.

And dating someone who has everything I don't was something a bit scary to me. It's weird, I know.

I thought that this idea would somehow make me feel embarrasing, not deserving someone whose so perfect in my eyes.

But, thingking about this now, God spoke to me that the idea of how what He's done at the cross is also something I don't deserve. It's called God's love. Taking us from the sin to the grace and eternity.

"As Scripture says, "Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame." ( Romans 10:11)

I don't know where I would be if I didn't open my eyes and heart and trying to take the opportunity of learn from my husband back then. We finished our study at the same time and Graduation day was one of our perfect day.

I spare you the details of how he made me make it, to finish my study, not really in a good GPA but I know everything would be totally different without him. All I want to say is he makes me a better person. Even for now, in those time of mother hood and career hecticment ( is that a word?) , he's always been there. Give me the courage to be a better person everyday.

Just like what God do.

0 comments :

Generous People Who Change My Life

09:32 utheychan 0 Comments

Last week I went to my first fundraising training. It was in-house training but the speaker, Randy Foret flew all the way from Virginia Beach, USA to Lippo Cikarang just to train the four ladies in my team, and three other people from Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar for three days.

What I am saying is that was 'the most English' three days in my life. Yap, I know I am not that good in English. :(

(If you just think about asking me ' then why I write the whole post of my blog in English', I'll explain later.)

But the limitless of English ability didn't take away the excitement to learn. This guy has so many experiences dealing with major donor. Plus, he is a major donor who approached to work with CBN International. My mouth stay opened and can't stop wow-ing all the data and keynote he presented.

Well, it's a very valuable experience for me. I do love fundraising and really want to know all about it.

And let me share what makes me do so. I am kind of fundrasing product.

If you ever heard about Compassion, I was one of their sponsored child.
I believe that now I can have a better education and life because some fundraising guy of Compassion doing their job and my sponsor just walked by and looked at my picture then they decided to sponsor me and change my entire life.

My first sponsor is a group of four high school girls from Washington DC. They collect their money so I can buy my book and pay school tuition.

My last sponsor is a married couple who sponsor 15 children and still want to give away their money and send me to college.

I mean, there are generous people out there.

And being one of them might be more difficult than finding them regarding to my job at fundraising department.

Generosity.

"It is more blessed to give than to receive." Acts 20:35

Ah. Did I explain why I keep writing my blog in English?

Because I am shaping my English as I have a big dream to fly over to Australia and America to find those generous people and hug them to say Thank you and how grateful I am for having them as part of my life.

And just in case if that famous verse can not get out of your mind after you read this post, go check Compassion website and find the cutest boy or girl, send them to school and change their life. :)

0 comments :

What really matters

11:48 utheychan 0 Comments

It's 1 am and I am so tired.

My workdays have been so overwhelming.

Tired of trying to beat myself. I don't want to call myself a workaholic but today I have to confess that I am a bad one.

Yes. I never asking for a job promotion but that's what happened. And wheter I like it or not, my ability to make a balance life between family and career is stretched.

Thanks God I found a piece of encouragement on internet today.

Yes God, I get it.

Maybe a perfect life is making non sense to me, but I can choose a happy life.

Start with counting my blessing everyday.

Spend more time with the loved ones.

And stop asking God the same question as 'why do You put me in this shoes' because I already know the answer.

To see more beautiful works of Your mighty hand in my life.

Thankyou God.

0 comments :

#31DaysofWhyILovehim - I keep falling in love with His God

18:33 utheychan 0 Comments

Technically, we have the same God.

But as I believe that Christianity is all about relationship -which every believers has different relationship with God- so when I fall in love with Jesus and Ata fall in love with Him too, that's two different things.

We met in campus when we were a bunch of freshmen who introduce ourselves pass through circles in Christian community room. I heard he mention a place where he lived and realize that it's just three bloks away from my boarding house. That's all. I don't even think about to start a conversation or ask for ride
:D

But I noticed him. Something told me that the guy is somehow will have special place in my life. And whatever is that, it told him too.

No. I don't wanna overrate that moment. But I'm just saying that we met in a right place, a good community where we learn and grow in Christ together. And two years later when we both involved to organized annual retreat of our community, we started to see each other and spent a lot of time in group meeting or just two of us. And that's when I realised that I admire him. Admire the way he experiences the love of God.

Bible discuss was one of our favorite talk while hang out and eat our favourite food in Yogyakarta. This was quite weird for me actually. But finding a person ( and a man) whom I could talk about anything about Christianity without any lead to debat or awkward moment is something to be grateful of. He said that what makes me attractive to him is what I believe, in God and His works in me. And I know that it's not something comes from many guys.

The fact that our relationship is not based on physically appearence but something way more worthed is why I know that he's the one. I just know.

Girls, God has prepared someone really special for us and there are so many ways to find out who is he. Finding that you become more in love with Him than before you're with him maybe one of them.