NEW YEAR'S REFLECTION 2010

At the end of this year, maybe many of us are starting to evaluate our lives during the year of 2009. Usually we start to evaluate how far we've walked, how many steps we have go forward or perhaps how many times we have failed.

But actually below are what is usually comes on everyone's mind about the year of 2009

• Do we have achieved our target, which have set before?
• Did we have very much failure stories or success stories?
• Did we often experience a forward progress or otherwise?

I won't guess. But seeing the economy climate today, there will be several people who feel hopeless, desperate, weak and helpless. It may be happened, because these group of people experienced a failure or economic decadency compared than a year ago. Hearing the economic prediction about what is going to happen next year, mostly predicted bad news. Of course, many people who experienced failure are going to feel their faith weakens.
But there's good news that I want to give at the end of this 2009. Read this following :

TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN TO KNOW GOD (seri 1)

I remembered one moment in my childhood, when I was being a teenager. At that time, I've started to go to the Sunday Service, which attended, by parents and adults. Because I had not come to the Teens' Service anymore. At that time, I always go alone to Church with cycling because of the distance to the Church was not too far away. As usual, I always follow the service to the end, until the Pastor gave the blessings' prayer and afterwards I went home. One Sunday, either because of boredom or did not see any friends. I went home straight away as soon as the Pastor finished his preaching and began to pray intercession.

Christmas Tree : The Definition & Its' History

Christmas has come and splendor was already beginning to look at several public places in each city. The houses had been started on the Christmas tree with different variations and accessories. Surely for Christians who celebrate the special day.

But this time I just want to discuss about how the Christmas tree can be part of the celebration of Christmas itself. History and relationship with the birth of Lord Jesus Christ or the Prophet Isa. Of course this I got from some trusted sources like wikipedia and so forth.
 Description of the Christmas tree itself is a kind of pine tree either real or artificial tree, adorned with various ornaments, wreaths and tinsel, or even with the lights (first candle).

Today's Reflection : 25 Days before Christmas

Lately Indonesia was being in Judicature, Catastrophic and Economy crisis. By KPK cases, Earthquake Disasters in many places in Indonesia and the increasing prices of foodstuff supplies, many Indonesian people start to live desperately and lose hopes. Are we the one of those people?

The recipes to get win from this uncertain situation is in Hebrew 12:28 (TEV) :
"Let us be thankful, then, because we receive a Kingdom that cannot be shaken. Let us be grateful and worship God in a way that will please HIM, with reverence and awe." 

What Will We Prepare for Christmas?

What will we prepare for Christmas this year?
As a housewife, maybe we'll start thinking to immediately make pastries to entertain our guests. Not forgetting also, we're starting to unpack the boxes from our storeroom then set up Christmas tree with its tiny accessories & lamps.

While the husbands start to work hard to earn money which purposed for buying desired Christmas Presents for family. They also are making plans of a holiday travel for their family to make them get the best Christmas day ever.

The kids also start to make the Christmas wishes and hope that Santa (or parents) will give them the Christmas Presents as they had wished. Hmmm .. if that's all we gonna do?

Do we realize the true meaning of Christmas?
Have we started to think about LOVE sharing on a Christmas day?
By visiting our poor neighbors whose children were starving and probably be in poor health who can't enjoy or having fun on Christmas as we do. Or we can also visit the forsaken children who beg every day whether it's a rainy or shiny day. We can make them happy with small gifts such as giving them clothes, foods, toys or money.

Do we able to spend our money which had purposed for vacation or buying presents, then in the meantime purposed to give them Christmas' Love? Do we have some little time to visit these small people and share the love of Christ for them?