He knows what is happening today!

Ada kalanya
oh..bukan...
Sering kali justru..
kekuatan kita nggak cukup kuat untuk menopang diri kita

apa yang nggak pernah kita pikirkan.
TERJADI!

bukan cuman hal yang baik2 saja :)
tp bahkan hal yg menurut kita kurang - dan bahkan mungkin jauuuuh dari kata - baik.

Cuman pengen bilang aja. TRUST YOUR GOD!
HE knows and He knows and He knows what is happening NOW!
Dia ga tinggal diam!
Dia ga akan membiarkan kita jatuh tergeletak.

Kalo kamu udah pernah menghitung kebaikan Tuhan di dalam hidupmu.
Hitunglah sekali lagi!
Maka kamu akan dapat bersyukur bahwa Dia baik, regardless what is happening today :)

Ecc 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men's hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.

♥ mgkn kita ga tau kenapa, tapi PASTI Tuhan tahu kok ♥
ruth sophia

piece by piece

God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him.
~psalms 18:20a

~~ ♥ ♥ ♥ ~~

Its true. God made our life complete when we are willing to place all of the pieces before him.

See, from pieces, He can make the complete scenery for us. :)

gbu ♥,
ruth

this note is inspired by veve

humble yet sharp-sighted

I love guitar.
Though i cannot play it well. ^-^
But one thing that i know.
It can be played with other instrument, as well as played solo.

It has a wide variation.
6-string is the most general, but four-, seven-, eight-, nine-, ten-, eleven-, twelve-, thirteen- and eighteen-string guitars are also available.
Mine: 6 strings off course.

Guitar is one of the music instrument that can be found easily.
Though it can be played in the well-known Concert Hall by outstanding musician,
Yet it also can be played in the street by street musician (or even "pengamen").
You can find guitar in any caste.

Well, i am not a guitar expert :P
Neither do I want to explain about guitar like an expert.

I just want to share that today i was reminded by this verse.

Proverbs 17: 18
It’s stupid to try to get something for nothing,
or run up huge bills you can never pay. (MSG)

Another version: A man devoid of understanding shakes hands in a pledge,
And becomes surety for his friend. (NKJV)

A man void of good sense gives a pledge and becomes security for another in the presence of his neighbor. (AMP)

Sometimes, life tempted us to play as a "good samaritan".
Become a hero for others without knowing what's going on.

If we know nothing, it's stupid to be involved in someone else matter, then even gives a pledge a becomes a security for another.

What do you really want to achieve by giving a pledge?
What do you really want to achieve by becomes security for another?
Is it because of your pride?
Is it because you want to play a "good samaritan" thus people will recognise you as one?
Is it because we are so boastful about ourselves?

Lately i have been reminded "Be humble dear, be humble. HUMILITY. Write down in your heart that you have to learn to be humble".

HUMILITY.
It might be simple. But it can be everything.
We might heard it often. But so hard to live in it.
Let our humility can be found in any caste as well.
Not only when we are around the poor (in the street), but we also can managed our humility around the rich (in the well-known place).
:)

Another reminder today :
Our life, has a purpose.
Everything has a purpose.
Whatever we do now, it's because we want to achieve something.

Just like i bought my guitar, was actually as a tool to worship Him.
*though i rarely use it lately. (doh) i really being reminded to worship Him more, no matter what*

We need to know, what we want to get.
We need to set a goal in our life.
Thus everything we do, will take us closer to the goal itself.

It might be take days, weeks, months, or even years.
But as you live in your dreams, whatever you do will take u closer to the goal.

Set up your goal now!

===================================================

humble doesn't mean that you are not smart!
humble doesn't mean that you are being abused by others.
humble doesn't mean that you are being used by others.

Be HUMBLE, yet BE SHARP-SIGHTED!

♥ ruth ♥

It might be different with your plan, but believe me..it works!

Just a thinking...

God's way, might be different from our way. *surely it is, we knew the theory, but might be not with the practice*

We might think that to achieve our purposes we should do this '5 steps' or that '7 habits' or this '6 miraculous that works' or else.

We often listen to others' story just to realize that we also want God works with that methods into our life.

Or else, according to our experiences, we expected people to experience what we have been thru before.

The thing is, what is working with you, might not be worked the same way with others.

Like this Naaman, he though that if God want to heal him, this Elijah, this servant of God will come to him, lay his hand upon the illness, and pray for him, cry out to God for the healing and he will be healed. (2 Kings 5:11)

But God want to heal him differently. God, thru His servant, Elijah, asked him to wash himself inside the river of Jordan, 7 times.

^{2 Kings5}

¹¹But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.  

¹²Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

He was wroth. Above was what he thinking. Fortunately his servant managed to persuade him, "if Elijah had told him to do a difficult thing, wouldn't he will do according to his word. more over, Elijah only asked him to do a simple things. wash seven times and be clean".

So, Naaman might be just give it a try. At the end, he was healed.

Am not intend to write about his obedience. Actually, i just was thinking that most of us, might have the same respond with Naaman. We might be wroth. Especially if God didn't do it "our way". Just simply because we've heard the way how God's work before in others' life. And we think that should be the way.

Just being reminded that, GOD can teach you how to achieve your purpose differently.

It might not be the same with others. It might not be the same with your plans. with the common way. Just believe him. Listen to Him carefully.

Have a great relationship with Him. Live life to the fullest. and ACHIEVE your DREAMS with HIM.

life vs plurk

Lately, I've been thinking a lot ...
*hmm..not really*

I've been plurking for sometimes already..
And i've just anyhow find out that sometimes our life, our relationship with God is having merely the same concept with plurk.
Not 100% the same. but I did realize that i can learn something here.

Sometimes when you are plurking, it's just like another day. You plurk. And with or without you realize it or not, some karma will be added to yours.

If you stop to do the activity, if you stop plurking, then your Karma will be stagnant and then getting lowered.

Ok, i grabbed this rules from plurk.

Every plurker has his/her own karma value. It is recalculated every day and can be within these intervals:

• 0.00 to 21.00: You are in the state of creation
• 21.00 to 41.00: You are in the state of maintenance
• 41.00 to 61.00: You are enlightened
• 61.00 to 81.00: You are so close to Plurk Nirvana
• 81.00 to 100.00: You have reached Plurk Nirvana!

High karma also gives you access to exclusive emoticons such as:

Find out more...

Some tips on getting more karma:

• Updating your profile (picture, location, birth day etc.) will gain you more karma
• Quality plurking each day
• Responses from other plurkers will gain you karma.

Inviting your real friends will boost your karma

What will lower your karma:

• Karma will be lowered if you request friendship and get rejected
• Getting unfollowed by friends will lower your karma
• Spamming other users will lower your karma
• Inactivity for a long period will decrease your karma

A good rule of thumb is to plurk like you have something to say/share. Plurk spamming will only force your friends to unfollow you and trigger the negative karma effect.

Above, is the rules from Plurk.

Ok. So what is the relation with our life.

First, before we start our journey with Him, we meet Him and accept Him as our saviour. That's where our journey in life starts.

• 0.00 to 21.00: You are in the state of creation
  So, we start our relationship with God from zero. We are in the state of creation. We want to know Him more. We start to do a research towards God. About who is He, what He want to do, what is His vision and mission, how to interact with Him.
  
  We curios about what will going to happen along the way. We create a new life line with Him.
  

• 21.00 to 41.00: You are in the state of maintenance
  Ok. Since we have been faithful to Him, plurking everyday, thus our karma is increasing day by day. And this is the state that we should continue to maintain the karma that we've gained.
  
  So, here in this state. We go to church every week. We don't miss the servie. We go to the cellgroup as well. We've been doing so good.
  
  
• 41.00 to 61.00: You are enlightened
  We are enlightened. we feel so blessed having a GREAT GOD like Jesus.
  We continue to plurk with Him. We update Him with our journey in life.
  
  We begin to used to plurk everyday. And we still have this goal. REACH PLURK NIRVANA!
  
  In this state, we received His vision and mission in our life. And surely we want to fulfill His purposes in our life.
  
  
  
• 61.00 to 81.00: You are so close to Plurk Nirvana
  We work hard. We work hard for His Kingdom.
  We are so close with the fulfillment of His calling in our life.
  
  Thus we continue to pray, we continue to worship Him, we continue update Him with our life. We know that we are getting closer with HIS dreams.
  
  
  
• 81.00 to 100.00: You have reached Plurk Nirvana!
  Yes. We have reached Plurk Nirvana. We have fulfilled one of our mission in life. We have fulfilled one of our purposes in life. Yet it is not the end.
  
  We have known Him for years, we might have known ALL the theories about God, we might have read the bibles so many times in life. We might have reached success. We might have annointed as the MOST succesfull MAN/WOMAN in our WORLD
  
  Yet, it's not the end. Maybe there's nothing more tangible for our rewards. But if we are faithful, do you know that your emoticons in life will always be there. The joy, the characters that has been built for years. It will remains there, only by a simple step.
  
  Keep Him updates with your life.

If we are trying to stop updating Him with our life (read: stop praying or having conversation with Him), surely we will lost our Karma. We will lost our love with Him. We will know Him no more.

So, i think here is the simple conclusion.

KEEP HIM UPDATES WITH YOUR LIFE BY PRAYING

important note: in plurk, we can FREEZE our karma, but not in our relationship with Him.
We cannot freeze our emotion, our life....

gbu,
sophia

a journey to be a King

Being anointed to be a King, David was not directly being a King.
He was young when he was anointed to be a king.

There was a time that he had to play the harp for King Saul.
There was a time that he was being the escort of King Saul.
There was a time where he had to face the giant Goliath.
There was a time where he was being a fugitive. He had to run away from Saul.
There was a time where he pretended being insane. humiliated himself.
There was a time where he had to run to his nation's enemy for a refuge.

He's been through so many years.
He's been through so many trials
He's been through so many processes.

Yet, he proved it that he was being righteousness in everything he did.
Yet, he proved that he has a pure heart.
A heart that loving God more than anything.
A heart that are longing for God, no matter what.
A heart that really depends on HIM no matter what.

God, will surely processes you before He promotes/assigns you to the place/position that you've been anointed before.
Timing. Is always different from one to others.
For David, he took so many years before he achieved what has been promised to him.

The timing might be different for us. But surely, He will processes us before He can uses us.

Anyway, there was a time where David's followers were grieving and angry towards him. They wanted to throw the stones to him because they lost ALL of what they had. Their possession, their wives and children, and their livestock a well. (1 Sam 30:1-8)

What is the respond of David?
He went to God. He prayed. And he was strengthened his heart to trust Him ever more. (1 Sam 30:6)
⁶David was greatly distressed, for the men spoke of stoning him because the souls of them all were bitterly grieved, each man for his sons and daughters. But David encouraged and strengthened himself in the Lord his God (Amplified)

(^-^) thus, in whatever time we are now, please, do strengthened your heart to TRUST HIM evermore.
It's our part to strengthen our heart. It's not His part. It's our part.
He will surely hear you and take care of yours.



gbu and ♥
ruth

too good to be true

reading the judges really thrilled me away
read about how stubborn the Israelite that time.
read about how God handle the stubborness with His meekness.

He is truly too good to be true. Indeed, He is.

Though He said that He would not deliver them, yet when He found they were worshipping Him, once again His heart was touched. Thus HE raise His hand and deliver His people from their enemies.

Lord, really...
Am speechless in Your presence...
teach me to be humble
mold me as You want me to be
I would learn to be obedient to Your words

You are the God that will deliver Your people....
You are the God that set us free...
Lead me to lead your people..
Bring me to the center of Your heart
and let me know You more...

luv u Lord ♥
ruth

in His plan

after sometimes
when we've grown up
we would realize that somehow life is not that simple
yet not that complicated

it's a matter of waiting for the right time
it's a matter of responding with the right attitude
it's a matter of being persistent and detailed.

life is not always what we want it to be
but life will always be what He want it to be

always trust Him no matter what.

with ♥
ruth

a simple to say, a hard to do

to say "Lord I'm willing to follow you wherever You may go" maybe simple.

Not to say that you are just say it out of the blue.
Nor to say that you are say it out of your emotion only.

when we said it. it is purely come from our sincerity.
nevertheless when the calling is come true, have u ever asked yourself honestly, "would i leave whatever i have right now?"

"Would i give ALL that i have now to serve HIM?"
"Would I be able to give up my money, my possession, my family, and else to follow Him?"

When we face the fact, yes, it seems so hard indeed. so many things suddenly pop up into our mind. And a lot of "what if" suddenly become familiar with our brains.

But, come to fact that He is in control. What we should do is being obedient.
Loving Him wholeheartedly, and everything will be added into your life.

♥ ruth ♥

old not old

today, when i was on my way back, i saw one couple. An old one. They came with their son *i just think that it supposed to be their son anyway*.

I was amazed with the way the husband treated his wife. It was not packed in the mrt. Yet, he slowly touched his wife's hand, and hold it for quite a moment, before his wife let it go. Then, he did not disappointed after his wife let his hand go. he still continue showing his love by laid his hand at his wife's shoulder to embrace her.

It just for a few second. but it was beautiful. It's very rare to have the elderly showing their loves each other in front of the public, esp if they are so traditional. Salute for him. I wish and I hope that one day, when i'm reached that age, i still have the passion and the courage to show my love towards my beloved. hehe..

luv u much Lord,
ruth sophia

Luv the Mini Car

I am not so into the car. But i'm sort of falling in love with the mini car.
Hehe. Once when i was walking across the church (yup, the church not a street :P), i saw this mini cute car that made me stop my step to watch it and tookthe picture of it.

Hoho, i luv it.

Back then, when the mini car started to be popular in Indonesia, i remembered that my comment was, "Wow, what car is that? like a toy. you can put a ribbon to the car and make it as a gift. It would be nice". hahahaha.

I don't event know what is the type of the car, yet i love the "vintage" touch of the car.
One day, i would love to drive and to possess it, hahaha.
Anyone to put the ribbon into the car and give it to me?




♥
ruth sophia

dan tiba tiba ia menyeruak keluar....

mungkin aku terlalu capek
air mata yang sesaat tadi aku bilang tidak bisa menetes
tiba tiba turun
mengalir
membasahi pipiku

aku bukan orang yang kuat
dan aku bukan orang yang tegar
aku cuma mau jadi hambaNya

hamba yang bisa dibanggakan oleh DIA

oya.
sebenernya, mungkin karena aku barusan membaca postingan lamaku.
tentang cintaku.
tiba-tiba saja aku jadi merindukan dia lagi..
tiba-tiba saja aku ingin lari ke keluargaku
tiba-tiba saja air mata itu tanpa ijin menyeruak keluar

terakhir aku menitikkan airmata untukmu
adalah ketika aku membaca komen teman2mu tentang betapa mereka masih merindukan kehadiranmu.

aku mungkin berusaha lari dari kenyataan
atau aku tidak merasakan kenyataan itu
aku tahu kamu sudah ada bersama Papa
dan aku tahu kamu bahagia

tapi aku sekarang ga tau kalo kangen kamu harus bagaimana

^^
Meme,
aku sayang kamu
sebenernya aku pengen nulis banyak tentang kamu
apa yang oc pelajari dari kehidupan seorang meme
apa yang Tuhan ijinkan oc belajar dari kehilangan meme sayang

tapi semenjak di sini, oc terlalu cape dan banyak kegiatan.
apakah supaya oc ga mikir kamu ya?

Ah, sudahlah..hehe
yang jelas..kami semua
Papa, Mama, Cece, Kohan, Olin, Adiknya Olin, Koko, Nunung, Oce, dan semua temen2nya meme, semua sayang sama meme....

:)

i luv u sista...and i will always do... ^^

ruth

Chatting

Hari itu
sebuah bunyi
sebuah window
tiba-tiba muncul
dan ada sapaan disitu

sungguh
aku cuman mau berteman
aku ga mau lebih
dan aku ga mau
sungguh

aku berusaha menjelaskan
dengan sopan
dengan sabar

tapi kau
memaksa
dan memaksa
meminta aku untuk jadi
lebih dari sekedar teman
bahkan ketika kau tahu
aku telah komit pada seseorang

tidak
bukan karena aku tidak mau
bukan karena aku sombong
bukan juga karena aku rasis
tapi emang pada dasarnya aku tidak mau sembarang memutuskan

meskipun ya juga
aku sudah memutuskan untuk tidak berteman dekat pada awalnya
apalagi bila aku tidak kenal

aku pemilih?
ya.
emang

hehe

sori
aku bukan wanita gampangan
yang dengan gampangnya jatuh cinta

sori
aku bukan wanita gampangan
yang bisa dengan semudah itu kau ajak melanglang buana

kalo kau mau berteman
ayo..berteman
tapi kalo kamu mau lebih dari itu
maaf

juz want to make a friend for now,
ruth

It is not becoz the religion - it's always about HIM

apa sih yang terlintas di benakmu?
aku marah pada diriku sendiri

apa sih yang terlintas di benakmu?
kenapa aku tidak tahu

apa sih yang terlintas di benakmu?
kenapa aku tidak bisa membacanya

Apakah karena sudah lama kita tidak bersama
Apakah karena aku tidak pernah bertanya
Apakah karena aku tidak layak jadi kakakmu

Aku marah pada diriku sendiri
Bagaimana bisa aku memperlakukanmu seperti itu

Aku marah pada diriku sendiri
Bagaimana mungkin bisa aku tidak mengenalmu

PA, dunno how to start
But, i want to start it
even i have to start it from zero
i will try no matter how hard it is.

nb: it is always about someone trusting in Jesus, not only knowing Him. it's never ever about the religion. It is always about HIM. I don't want u to regret it later. Coz i know that He will use you for sure. And i won't agree for someone doesn't live in HIM....*i am stubborn for this kind of thing..so sorry*

Jadi kayak gitu?

Kenapa aku selalu ga rela
ketika orang yang aku sayangi
tidak mendapatkan apa yang *menurutku* sepadan dengannya?

Apakah ternyata aku tidak sesederhana yang aku pikirkan
Apakah ternyata aku sebegitu sombongnya
Apakah ternyata aku suka men-judge orang hanya karena beberapa kali lihat

Tapi hatiku sakit
Tapi hatiku tidak rela

Apakah tidak boleh aku berharap kau dapat yang terbaik
Apakah tidak boleh aku berdoa kau dapat yg sepadan

Buat aku, bukan karena aku
tapi karena aku tidak rela
pada akhirnya kamu tidak bahagia
Aku ingin rencanaNYA dlm hidupmu digenapi
dan kau hidup bahagia

Aku tidak tahu
apakah bila aku ada di posisimu
apakah aku juga bertahan
apakah aku juga akan keras kepala
mempertahankan apa yang sulit dipertahankan

mungkin...
karena cinta itu bodoh
mungkin...
karena aku sama keras kepalanya denganmu

tapi kita hidup bukan semata-mata karena cinta yang bodoh
ada tujuan di balik masing-masing hidup kita
hidup bukan semata-mata karena cinta semu
tapi karena Tuhan punya tujuan buat hidupmu, sayang...

relakan apa yang harus direlakan
lepaskan apa yang harus dilepaskan
supaya kamu dapat melihat dunia yang lain
supaya kamu dapat melihat dunia luar

aku hanya berdoa
supaya kamu bisa tahu
apa yang jadi tujuan hidupmu

ps: Pa, plis..berikan yang terbaik buat dia..PLIS....PLIS.....aku tahu aku ga mungkin bisa memaksakan kehendakku dalam kehidupan org laen, tapi Pa, plis...jadikan kehendakMU....

gbu,
ruth

cee....

hanya dengan sebuah kata..."ceee"

cukup untuk membuat aku berhenti - tertegun
memutuskan untuk sekadar menyapa balik
ato tidak merespon sama sekali

akhirnya hari itu
karena aku juga merasa kalo kami harus berbicara
aku menanggapi juga

kemudian karena ini...
kemaren aku dan kamu sama2 terharu...

hehe

emang sayang banget sama adikku yang satu ini
dan tiba-tiba semua rasa kangen yang menyesaki dada ini menyeruak keluar...
air mata itu tiba2 mengalir dr pelupuk mataku

*cengeng emang aku...haha*


aku tetap sayang ama kamu - ama kalian
dan akan tetap begitu

jaga hati ya
berfungsilah dalam panggilanmu!
doaku akan selalu menyertaimu adikku

gbu,
ruth

alasan alasan alasan ^^

dan aku pun bertanya
kamu menjawab
aku menjawab
kamu pun bertanya

apakah setiap hal yang terjadi harus ada jawabnya?
pernah kubilang
kadang tidak
kadang iya

susahkah untuk menerima sesuatu tanpa alasan
susahkah untuk memberi sesuatu tanpa alasan

apakah butuh alasan untuk menerima
apakah butuh alasan untuk memberi

kalo emang harus ada alasan
kenapa DIA harus memberikan segalanya bagi kita yang bukan apa-apa?
kenapa DIA harus mencipta kita yang pada akirnya mendukakan hatiNya?

entahlah
kadang aku merasa
aku ga butuh alasan
i juz want to luv Him - even without any reason

^^,
ruth
still having dreams lah - even dunt want to know the reason why hehe

Behind the Scene of my YM Shout Out Message

"kalo mau dapet hal yang baru, kita harus mau belajar ngelepasin hal yang lama. Dengan begitu, ada 'space' untuk hal2 yang baru itu.... *it's all about the basic thing, isn't it*"

"If you want to achieve new things in your life, you should learn how to release the old one. In that way, you create a 'space' for the new things.... *it's all about the basic thing, isn't it*"

Wednesday, 27 Aug 2008.
I was taking a leave for half day.
I've promised my friend to show him the bookstores in Singapore.
So, we've managed to see each other at CityHall.

It was not just the two of us. There were 4 of us. Me, Alain, Ray, and Tena. In my mind, i was going to show Alain some bookstores that i've found here. But, they'd already has a plan. So, i just came with them. Oyeah, there another one, Derren. I think he was one of the pastor here? *not sure about it anyway* :)

Derren drove his car, and we went to some hostels and hotels as well, to survey places to stay during Asian Conference 2008. We also went to Katong Laksa - East Coast. It was a nice laksa anyway. :)

Then, it's already 5.30 pm. I told Alen before that the bookstore will closed by 7pm. So, we've gotta go.
During the journey to the bookstore, we were sharing each other, what has happened lately into our life.
We've talked a lot of things until about 9pm.

He was shared about Heavenly Father Prayer.
Though i was heard that before, but i'm glad that he's got the revelation and the wisdom within him.


Thursday, 28 Aug 2008
It was just me. As usual, taking MRT from Braddel to Chinatown. As usual also, in between, i just grabbed my mobile, and read the e-bible. And thinking. Only about how we can prepare ourselves so that GOD can use us properly according to His plan.

Then, this whole idea *not the new one though*, comes in my mind. If you want a new things (talked about everything in our lifes, such as talents, money, times, chances, business, or whatever it is), then, you have to learn how to release the old one. The old one here, for me, is talking about whatever God has granted us, whatever He has given to us. Whether it is a wealth, health, money, talents, business, or whatever it is.

If we want to go to the next level, we've to be prepared to leave the previous level however comfort is the level.

We cannot keep every blessings that He has given to us, just for ourselves. It's selfish. It's childish. And it is conformed you that it will taking you to no-where. You will be stuck if you didn't do anything with your talents, with your time, with your money, your wisdom, your knowledge and with your-whatever.

It's like the vessel that taught to us so many-many times. It should be empty first before you can fill your vessel with the new one. :)

The more you give, the more you get.

The more you share your knowledge, the more you will get a new knowledge.
The more you give your time, the more you will get your time.
The more you give your money, the more you will get new money coming to you.
The more you give your precious one, the more you will get even the more precious that we could have never imagine before.

I don't know and may be will not know how is God's math. but it is the way it works.

hehe.. That's the beauty of living in God. haha...

am so glad that He found me in the first place...

Anyway, i'm so glad that i post that shout out.
I just found out, that somehow, the shout out works to bless others as well as it bless me.

Up to now, there's 3 person asked me about my shout out.
And at the end, am glad that people blessed with it.
But guys, you know what, i'm also blessed that u've talked with me, so that i knew that it works! hehe...

Have a nice weekend all of u....

gbu,
ruth