New BLOG!

Hello everyone!! It's a brand new year and I would like to inform you that I'm moving to 

www.gunawanmelisa.com

I'm married now and I opened a brand new blog that involved my husband and it's our lifestyle blog. We'll be showing our travel diaries, DIYs, step-by-step guides, recipes, and so on.

We just posted our latest trip to Tokyo Disneyland.

Please kindly visit our new blog, leave a comment and share if you love it.

Thank you.

Provide the Vessels

A few weeks ago there was a preacher coming to my church and talked about GOD's blessings upon my city, Surabaya and upon people who believed in HIM.
She spoke about prophecies.

As she said, there was a prophecy about Indonesia.
"7 years of plenty and 7 years of drought."
Years of drought will begin on 2015. As 7 years of plenty will be over in 2014.
We already had those 6 years of plenty.

To people who think they haven't accept any blessings then you have to make yourself right in front of GOD. We have to fix ourselves.
We should have the right faith.
This year GOD will pour HIS abundant blessings upon people who believed in HIM.
This is the last year of "years of plenty" and GOD wanted us to provide more vessels (at least 2 vessels) so that HE can bless us more & more.


As it is said on 2 Kings 4:6

"And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed." ~ (King James Version)

"When all the jars were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another one." But he replied, "There is not a jar left." Then the oil stopped flowing." ~(New International Version)

"Ketika bejana-bejana itu sudah penuh, berkatalah perempuan itu kepada anaknya: "Dekatkanlah kepadaku sebuah bejana lagi," tetapi jawabnya kepada ibunya: "Tidak ada lagi bejana." Lalu berhentilah minyak itu mengalir." ~ 2 Raja-Raja 4:6

Don't let the oil stop flowing, provide the vessels!!
GOD is longing to bless you and me.
Do anything you can do, anything you're good at.
Do not underestimate small things. Be faithful.
Do not easily give up on anything.

Prepare ourselves for greater things that will happen in the future.
We might not know what will happen but we have to be prepared.

Yesterday, a preacher said about PRAYER.
We tend to forget about how powerful prayer is.
We need to pray, pray, pray.
Pray for the world, pray for the governments, pray for your families and friends.
Seek HIM with all your heart.
Be intimate with GOD and HE shall show you HIS ways.

Last but not least, glorify the name of the LORD.

The judgement day is coming, soon!!

Be prepared my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ!!
GOD loves us all :)

Directing from Above

I've been saying I'm blessed thousands of time
but there are really no words to describe how grateful I am,
how thankful I am to be born in this family,
to have great parents, to have a talented sister, and
to have such an amazing boyfriend.

I am honored that GOD chose me to be a Christian, to know GOD, to be able to know HIS love. I thank HIM everyday for my whole life because of these.
Me & my family has seen HIS amazing ways to teach, bless, and show HIS love & plans. HE works in mysterious ways, in a way that we don't understand, in a way that as a human we will never think of. If I took my time just to think back a little bit, I just couldn't believe that things which seems impossible became possible. How great is our GOD, it's true!

In my younger age I questioned everything like why it's like this and not like that, why GOD didn't create me like this or like that. I believe there are so many young teenager that has been through a lot and they start to question everything. Maybe you're living in your worst nightmare, being bullied, had some troubles with your family, or maybe even worse.
The thing is that you have to really believe GOD has plans for you, for each and everyone of us
 
I'll give you some illustration here.
There's a picture below to make you easier to understand.

A few days ago my boyfriend dropped me and his mom in a hospital lobby and he was going to park his car. The parking lot was full at that time so it took so long that after I got to the third floor in the other building (I have to walk from the main building's lobby to the next building) I still saw his car in front of the lobby waiting for the other car to come out so he could parked his car. I called him and I watched the parking lot from above. There was this car coming out and nobody saw it and so was the employee.

When it was my boyfriend turn to get into the parking lot I guided him to that empty spot that really close to the building's entrance (the building I was in). The employee told him to go park his car on the other side that's very far from the entrance but I told my boyfriend that he had to turned left because obviously there was an empty parking lot. The employee kept shouting and directed him, but I told my boyfriend that there was an empty spot. If you take a look at the picture you'll see that if my boyfriend turned left and then left again there's no turning back and he would have to go out and queue again. I said to him "I'm 100% sure because I can see it, turn left!!". He believed me and he got that spot. He said to me "It was nice to have someone directing from above".

It really goes the same way, GOD is directing us from above. We deal with hard situations and maybe we don't have any way out, but GOD knows and HE will give you the way out. HE watches us from above. We don't know what may happen in the future, but HE knows. HE knows all. All we have to do is communicate with HIM, pray. Praise HIM, bring you prayer to HIM, ask HIM what to do just like David who is the greatest King of Israel. David asked GOD in every single step and decision he made. Think about this, GOD has plans for us all, and we need HIM to figure it out.

Pray now, brothers and sisters in CHRIST.

Fragrance Starter

All this time I've been trying to find the perfect fragrance that suits me because I'm pretty picky about fragrances.. I don't like an overwhelming or heavy scent of perfumes..
Also sometimes I love the bottle but I don't like the smell and the other way around..
I have too many choices but then I decided to buy this sweet Pink Chanel Chance Perfume..
I love this one best, so fresh and light!!

I also bought this book, "Dreaming of Chanel" by Charlotte Smith..
I'm so in love with the cover, and if you look closely at the cover you'll see that the black part of the cover are made of suede, even the tip of the shoes.. So adorable!! There are also drawings & illustrations inside that made me love this book even more!! One recommended book! ♡

 

do you have any idea about the other fragrances that also fresh and light? or maybe similar to this Chanel Chance? and also tell me about your favorite fragrance :)

Dear my brothers and sisters,

Dear sons and daughters of GOD,

It's been a while since my last post and I decided to write a post of a self introspection I had a few years ago..
I've been looking at my whole life and I realized that in most of people life,
it's all about themselves, or in my case it's all about myself..
Every little thing we do is focusing on what advantages will we get in the end..
and something is missing, really missing in my life..

I do know that true happiness is only from GOD..
I learned to be better in every aspect of my life..
Still, I try to put GOD in the first place of anything in my life..
Little by little I learned about what should I do in this messy world..
People really had become more and more individualistic and selfish,
and GOD teaches us to be the opposite, to spread love..

I encourage all of you to seek HIM,
pray & worship HIM, read the Bible..
Let GOD be lifted up! Let us be the light of the world..
Let our GOD be glorified and magnified..

we all have our own talents, and maybe some of us don't know what our talent is..
ask HIM, HE will show you HIS plan in your life..
HE'll teach you, and show HIS blessings in HIS unexpected ways..
Start praying, my brothers and sisters! ♡

Tiffany, a devoted Christian girl

I'd like to share my love for Tiffany 'Girls Generation' or 'SNSD'.. :)
She is my inspiration, my role model, and GOD’s angel..

A girl with great eye-smile..
No one can beat her eye-smile I have to say :)
I adore her for her ability in singing, her language, and etc..
But I fall for her more and more after I read a forum which titled
“Tiffany and Christianity”

Here is the link
http://soshified.com/forums/topic/24365-fanyism-tiffany-christianity/

I read the post and I was like “T___T”
She’s such a devoted Christian girl, she loves GOD more than anything..
I really can’t describe how much I adore her after I read it..
I personally love GOD more than anything in my life,
I always try to be better in HIM everyday..

And this is another post that really touched and inspires me
http://soshified.com/forums/topic/58670-fanyism-get-to-know-the-real-tiffany/

She has been through so much pain in her life..
Physically and spiritually, inside and out..
Many people hate her for her faith in GOD..
Many people were jealous of her..
Many people try to bring her down..
But GOD lift her up.. GOD didn’t stay still..
Recently, she was chosen as the “Korea Top Face's 'Top Idol Of 2011'”
and Best Fashionista..
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Tiffany said:
"In life we are tested by major changes, delayed promises, impossible problems, unanswered prayers, undeserved criticism, and even senseless tragedies. HE tests faith through problems, hope by how we handle possessions, and love through people. Thank you for testing my character to reveal my weaknesses, prepare me for more responsibilities, and making every day and each second as a growth opportunity to deepen my character, demonstrate love, and to depend on YOU. During the time between the last album, I am amazed by YOUR beautiful, unending, preserving (the list will go on forever) love & because I learn something new from it everyday, & this is what I want to tell the world. I will sing of YOUR love with every breath in me. Thank you FATHER GOD."

Images from Soshified

Christian Louboutin, my first love

here is my 21st birthday present..
I would've say that for shoes, Christian Loboutin is my first love..
It really caught me from the very first time I saw it..
and this is also my first pair of Loub.. :P

Christian Louboutin
♡ Hyper Prive 120 mm in Nude Patent Leather ♡

PIXY, poodle toy ♡♡

I bought another puppy yayyy!!!
She is a poodle toy.. :))))

Pixie

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