Asking God with NO DOUBT

Good Morning Blog,

This morning verse is taken from James 1:5-6 about doubts when asking God - His favor.

It says "if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind."

What I get from this verse is that if we ask God for His wisdom, His favor, you know..revelations upon revelations, we should be firm in our faith as well. When we ask, we should not doubt. It says if we doubted, then we were easily shaken by the wind, we would be easily driven by our circumstances that might seem too impossible for miracle to happen.

It really answers my worry this morning. The moment I woke up, I thought of work straightaway, I thought of the uncertainty I might face later, and yet I have been asking God to really be on my side because I'm so scared - to be honest -. And All these times I've been asking for God's wisdom, but whenever things turned out bad/beyond my expectation, I would worry so much and stressed out about it. This verse talks to me to be confident in God, to be confident in what God can do to turn my mistakes around, to hinder me from complicated situations because He's going to give me His wisdom generously and His wisdom is all that I need to survive in this world. His wisdom is the start of everything, it's the cornerstone of my career, my love life, my family life, my speech, my works, my gestures, everything! God doesn't want me to doubt His power, God doesn't like me using my own strength and forgetting that everything is from God.

Btw, the meeting went quite well last Friday..quite a surprise. Thank you God!!!

All From God

I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge— 1 Corinthians 1:4-5 NIV

Good Morning Blog,

Today's devotion comes from this particular verse. I had to make a quick one because I'm going for a really big meeting very very soon..in probably 5 to 10minutes from now.

From this verse, I learnt that all my speech, the ones that bring motivation, the good ones ofcourse come from God. Enriched by God. All of my knowledge and all of my speech are from God and that is because God's grace is sufficient in my life. I am nothing. I am just like a dust in the wind. But God took me in and made me special. He made me a life of purpose. He made my life BIG. All that I have, all of my talents are not mine, they're of God's - planting those skills, those talents in me -very particularly- so I can make them of good use, so I can use them to glorify His Name, so I can use them to help others.

Dear God,

Today's meeting belongs to You. My speech belongs to You, my knowledge belongs to You. I know You will take care of the meeting, I know You will take in charge and help us. God let Your will be done in the meeting, and let Your will be done in my life.


Amen.

B R A N D E D B A G S

Branded bags don't define my life.

Branded bags don't define my happiness.

Branded bags are just....bags!

..With some nice touch to it, with some very very good material glued and stitched to each other, with some lovely smart design creation...Yes to me, some of them look beautiful..But again, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. 

..And I'm gonna say this..that..as much as branded bags seem so luxuriously exclusive, it does not define our class in God's eyes. And if I get married one day and my husband is not as rich as some World's top billionaire who could buy me 5 branded bags in a month or sth, I don't care..seriously. I'd rather save my savings for other things. I'd rather have my husband save his money for our kids' school fee. I'd rather use the same 5 bags over and over again, but I know I have a good home, I know my husband and kids are well taken care of, and I could do some help saving our income for future project investments.

It's about those branded bags that people here in Jakarta are mad about..that I'm quite sick of. 

I mean, they really could go mad about those pretty bags and act like their bags.

In their eyes, their branded bags are like ..the superficial expensive elegant thing and they transform their make up , their style, the way they walk, the way they pose to meet up with the bags' standard/expectation. One question: what if those bags are taken away ? Or, what if your husband later, can't buy you bags no more? Bags have sadly define so many people's life...women..especially...

Seriously.. I'd rather be who I am. It's not me who's going to fit the bag's image, but the bag is going to fit my image. I think..if you're pretty on the inside, you'll look pretty on the outside, despite those bags. You should be the one who shine more than your bags.

Truthfully I dislike faux branded bags..that's like..cheating, but oh well, it's people's choice. I prefer buying the original ones, even if it's second hand it doesn't matter as long as it's original. But buying those bags are not because I want to raise up my lifestyle or something, but it's about function. Like say, I buy them because they're of excellent quality, very nice design, and very useful in many occasions. I don't buy them and pose like "Hey, I just bought this, look, I can buy this expensive thing! I'm so rich! I have a rich papa!" No No No.. in my eyes, they do look good and if I have the spare money, why not? If I don't then I won't borrow anyone's money just to buy branded bags.

Even if those bags are not expensive, I would still buy if: materials excellent, very nice design, and very useful/ versatile. 

To me what's important when choosing a bag also is: it has to meet my personality, and not the other way round.

Okay, enough screaming out my thoughts on branded bags and how I'm quite sick hearing and looking at people comparing their bags to their friends/colleagues/people in the mall. That's like..seriously, the least important thing anyone should do (ofcourse I say this because I'm not much of a big fan of branded bags - just some personal opinion and life principles here).