Archives – December, 2009
“Unfailing love and faithfulness make atonement for sin.
By fearing the LORD, people avoid evil.”
Proverbs 16:6
encouragement for today
Whose unfailing love and faithfulness atone for whose sin? God’s own character covers our sin, ultimately. But perhaps this works on a human plane, too. If the overarching tenor of your family is love and faithfulness, that can cover when you blow it with your spouse, children, parents, siblings. The same goes in friendship. Let love and faithfulness be the defining features of your relationships (as you’re grounded in a relationship with God—”fearing the LORD”), and the first benefit is that many sins can be avoided. Second, even when sin does get the upper hand, the relationship can remain intact.
—Diane Eble, author of Abundant Gifts: A Daybook of Grace-Filled Devotions
December 30, 2009
The kids and I made some cards before Christmas. Both of them were excited to do so. Schenker made his own design. He drew some Christmas trees. I had to draw for Samantha for her to color. She loves to color.
It’s their first time making Christmas cards and both of them kept saying it was fun. It was fun, Mommy. Of course, the mother’s heart in me leaped for joy seeing them having fun and making Christmas memories.
Kids grow up fast. The next thing we know, they’d be making their own Wedding cards, communion invitation, Baby announcements, etc. Ha! I’m thinking quite advanced. I shouldn’t. I should just enjoy these moments of memory making.
December 30, 2009
I have been here for 3 days now but I haven’t called my sister in hawaii yet. I’m sure she’s now waiting for my call. But I can’t seem to find her number. I have some numbers with me to call. I tried calling them yesterday but it’s either there was no one to answer or it goes straight to a voice mail. Anyways… will have to make another round of calls later. I really need to make that calls.
December 30, 2009
We have a lovely host. We’re sure blessed to be staying with her in her place here in Alpharetta. She made us shrimp scampi on our first night here. She took us to 5 Seasons Restaurant on our second night. I had a German food that came along with beer cheese soup. Last night she made us lobsters (huge ones) and clams for dinner. Wow. She’s really amazing. We wanted to contribute for our food because it’s already embarrassing that she has to spend so much just for us. But she politely declined. We are so blessed.
There’s no way to diet here. I will probably have to wait until we go back to Malaysia to diet again. And probably look for best weight loss supplement. I’m pretty sure I have gained so much with what we eat here. I don’t really mind. It’s good to be on diet break once in a while.
December 30, 2009
Our host lent us a car to use while on holiday here in Atlanta. It’s great to have a car so we could move around. But the thing is… we used to drive on the left side of the road in Malaysia. The driver sits on the right side. It’s a British system. In America, it’s the other way around. You drive on the right side of the road, on the left side of the car.
Since my hubby is used to driving on the right side of the car, I got so nervous everytime we’re on the road. But he made it. I am so proud of him.
One thing I noticed is that there’s not a lot of motorcycle here. I think if you’re a motorcycle accident attorney, you won’t survive in this area.
You would, though in Thailand. There’s a lot of motorcycles there. Every family has at least one. So you can imagine the number of motorists there.
Anyways… American drivers drive properly… that’s my only consolation. I pray that we will be safe on the road for the whole period of our journey while here in Atlanta.
December 30, 2009
One thing I need to do when I get back home is to clean up our printers. I have a couple of them and I never used them. I guess the ink has already stuck inside inside the ink cartridge. This is what happens when you don’t use your printer for a long time. Gotta have to check out Anilox roll cleaning. It might be the best one to clean up my printer ink.Can’t wait to do my next project. I’m sure it would require some money but will have to do it slowly. My target time period would be one year. So for the whole 2010, I’m gonna stick to this project.
December 30, 2009
We have been going out to shop for kids. So far, we’re making a slow improvements. Shopping in Atlanta is challenging as you cannot find everything in one place. You need to mall-hop. On the other hand, it’s is fun. At least you get to go around and see more places.
We’re not finished with our shopping yet. I’m still looking for more stuff for them. Schenker likes something cars and trains but the choice is quite limited. I’ll probably just buy him those stainless steel drums but then again, I have to think of the space it would require to fill up my luggage. Maybe I’ll stick to toy cars and toy trains.
December 30, 2009
“The king is pleased with words from righteous lips;
he loves those who speak honestly.”
Proverbs 16:13
encouragement for today
Do you have someone in authority over you whom you must please (”the king”)? Focus on speaking words based on truth and love. You can never go wrong that way. (Remember, too, that you also have a heavenly King who is pleased by the same thing.) You win favor with God and human beings when your words are honest and true.
—Diane Eble, author of Abundant Gifts: A Daybook of Grace-Filled Devotions
December 25, 2009
It’s confirmed. I have a wanderlust. And what’s the best thing is that God is giving me the desires of my heart and be able to travel to places I thought I could only visit in my dreams. I have a trip tomorrow for 3 weeks and what am I doing?
I haven’t been to Caribbean but I have seen a lot of beautiful photos of the place. Caribbean is one of the best place to go in scuba diving and snorkelling.
Anyways, Caribbean is one of those beautiful places in my wish-list-to-go.
December 25, 2009
“But when I am afraid,
I will put my trust in you.”
Psalm 56:3
encouragement for today
Here’s an easy verse to remember. “When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.” It’s active, too: You are placing your trust in God. Deliberately. In fact, you’re probably going to automatically attempt to put your trust somewhere. We seem to be wired for that. So why not deliberately place your trust in God? What would happen if you made trust your automatic response to fear? “When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.” Try it!
—Diane Eble, author of Abundant Gifts: A Daybook of Grace-Filled Devotions
I have been feeling some kind of fear and anxiety lately. But God in His amazing ways, just comforts and encourages me. I pray that everything will be great, especially for the kids when mommy and daddy are away.
December 21, 2009
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