Please the Lord

I memorized this verse yesterday and was about texting my friend when I realized that her cellphone was off.
"When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. Proverbs 16:7 ESV"

I almost forgot my plan to share with her when she suddenly texted me that she's one step ahead to her dream. Not saying that she has an enemy or what, but there are a few people who seem not understand her and hinder her from her dream. But yesterday, one of them finally understand her, moreover motivate her to run for it.

She, not a believer yet, said that she talked a lot with Abba the day before. She said that Abba really understands her.
Ow yeah!
When you please the Lord, when you do your part, He will absolutely do His part.
His time, his time, his time...

I'm glad... and also learned something today..

PTL_

20120519_to lie or not to lie

A friend of mine asked me to tell a lie. Her company will put my name as someone involved in their beverage processing development, I bet they will put my name in their company product profile. 
I've told her not to misuse my name and my status here as a foreigner.
Rather than stop doing it, her company asked the copy of my passport and degree's certificate.



Awalnya sih marah, apa-apaan lu, kenal ga, ketemu aja ga pernah, ko segitu seenak jidat lu aja pake nama gua. semudah itu kah buat lu untuk berbohong? memanfaatkan orang lain untuk kepentingan diri lu sendiri. moral lu dimana? seribu topan badai!!! @#$%^&*!%$#@!


tapi berasa, emosi nih emosi... self control.. the main problem is they are lying. I don't need to be angry because they misuse me. langsung donk cepet2 whatsapp... kesimpulannya: u do ur part, but to judge is not ours. (makanya harus punya komunitas nih, supaya ada yang saling akuntabilitas)


In the evening, after had a meeting my friend came back to me still asking the same thing.

A friend: Lisa, still need your help.
A friend: The one and only bad thing for you is you need to lie
Lisa: what do you want me to do?
A friend: We need your degree certificate (ijasah S1) and your passport
A friend: Will affect you nothing
A friend: It's not bad for you
A friend: Good for our company
Lisa: I'm sorry, it's not that I don't want to help you. The principle is: it's not a correct thing to tell a lie, it's a sin. A sin is a sin, every sin has its consequence.
Lisa: I don't lie. God doesn't permit me to tell a lie. This is my base line.

God, maybe it IS not easy. I have never been pushed like that in my job. But I’m glad that I set my mind to be simple and straight. I believe that there’s always a time to do the right thing, time to stand up for the truth.

God, I pray that there will be more people who have courage to say and do what is right. Instead of being selfish, I pray that we will have courage to sacrifice “what is seems to be good for us”.

20120320 The One whom you are actually serving is the Lord Christ

I got a new scholarship from Hunan Provincial Educational Dept.

(singkatnya, the scholarship I got before is from the university, cuma sekolah daftarin gua sbg kandidat penerima beasiswa dari pemerintah provinsi Hunan. Jadi beasiswa yang sekolah dicabut dan diganti dengan beasiswa pemerintah 专门 untuk foreign student).

God, I thank you and I praise Your name. 又是一个没想到的事情。ga pernah kepikiran buat dapet beasiswa laen apalagi uang kaget. hehehe..

pas pergi ke kantor untuk ngambil, ditemenin sama si Sunisa. dari kemaren2nya kita memang lagi bak-bik-buk nulis dia punya thesis. (memang ya hidup gua tu ga bisa jauh2 dari orang model kaya gini...) karena keterbatasan inggrisnya dia, jadi ya harus dibantu nyusun laporannya. dia yg spss, sediain jurnal, sediain makan minum, sampe tukang pijit -- gua yg bikin pembahasan. kita b2 begadang2 terus mpe subuh2. 累得慌。 jadi suka becanda2in dia, eh ini jasa skripsi bayar lo, 500 RMB/hari. mau bayar pake RMB, Baht, USD, Rp juga boleh.. dicicil jg boleh.. 


setelah dapet uang kaget itu, gua langsung tuinkkk inget Kol 3: 23.

“Karena apapun yang kamu lakukan, lakukanlah itu sepenuh hati 

seperti untuk Tuhan dan bukan untuk manusia, 

karena dari Dialah kau mendapat upahmu， bukan dari manusia. 

Kristuslah yang kamu layani”

“Whatever may be your task, work at it heartily (from the soul), 

as [something done] for the Lord and not for men. 

Knowing [with all certainty] that it is from the Lord 

[and not from men] that you will receive the inheritance 

which is your [real] reward. 

[The One Whom] you are actually serving 

[is] the Lord Christ (the Messiah).” (AMP) 

terus kita jadi becanda2... oh ya ya, uda lunas berarti ya.. Tuhan uda bayarin.. hahaha.. 


Setelah merenung2... I feel like he really wants to show me that he rewards me.
我都没报名呢。tapi orang lain yang daftarin, tanpa gua minta bahkan tau. Klo bukan krn ini ada dlm rencananya bapa, gmn caranya coba?
Not that I’m saying I have the right for it, ga lah, even being here has already been a blessing for me. To be chosen as his servant has been a big honor for me. I don’t need anything else, it’s my due, my task. My reward is up there. 
Moreover yah, mengingat2 masa2 di lab taon lalu... Lord, I don't think I deserve it 呢。I don’t always work heartily, I complain a lot. And sometimes I grumble. Masa-masa gagal2nya ngerjain ekstraksi DNA, DGGE. Laoshi yang nyuruh2 terus, 很高要求。有时候觉得很讨厌做实验。哪里还能天天想事事都为上帝做呢？kalo lagi eling aja mikir, apapun spt utk Tuhan.. Wew!

But yet......sertifikat uda di tangan. ga mungkin juga donk gua tolak.. 

I guess, that is what grace is. I get what I don’t deserve. 

:’(      :’)

Lord.., I’m overwhelmed_
Thank You for keep training me_