Introducing: D'CORE

Truth or Justification

I was watching this motivational speaker on a talk show while playing on my ipad. I wasn't really paying attention until he said: "When bad things happened to us, and people said God has a plan for you. Is that the truth or justification?" (kebenaran atau pembenaran)

Are you making yourself feel better or if that's the truth. It got me thinking, am i doing it to my me/others feel better or am i saying it because i know it's the truth?

I do know myself as this woman of little faith that when bad things happened i find myself convincing myself of the truth. But i know i should've known better because not just i know that it's the truth but i experienced the truth so many countless times in my life. It's just in times of trouble, i tend to put them at the back of my mind :(

If you need to be convinced like me at times, let us be reminded to this verse today:
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14)

My mom visited relatives whose dad passed away. He's not a believer. She told me about the rituals that the kids have to go trough (like visited the grave @12am) and that the wife was not permitted to be at the funeral because they believe that "he will take her with him"

I also remember that when my grandpa passed away last year @belitung, my mom took visitor to bought some oleh2 back to a store that owned by unbeliever, and she avoided us because they believe that we bring bad luck to the business. Instead of helping us herself, she asked her worker to help us.

My point: Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8)

So so glad that there's freedom in Jesus (truth) and we're no longer in bondage!

But the Voice of Truth tells me a different story
The Voice of Truth says, "Do not be afraid!"
And the Voice of Truth says, "This is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe
The Voice of Truth

Jakarta eats: Tairyo

This teppanyaki restaurant located at the 5th floor Grand Indo, it's a little hard to find, i went there twice and i couldn't remember how to get there. Anyhow if you see the fountain, then tairyo should be on top of it.

Overall: It's pretty good, simple yet tasty, i just wish they could do more with the presentation. I remember in the state (Benihana) the chef pull interesting tricks as he cooked the food in front of us. The only WOW thing was when the flambee thing with the fire thing happened, it sure caught kids attention, i'm more interested looking at their faces in response to the fire :p

How to order: from the menu, you basically pick the raw ingredient like for example: fish, shrimp, beef, etc... then later they cook it in front of you, they sometimes ask if you would prefer to cook it in asian-style or western style. Aside from the teppanyaki you can order sushi or any other a-la carte, we ordered sashimi on the side.

Enough on the comment, let these pictures speaks for itself:

Today's reminder

jrep jrep jreeeppp x_x'

Blood-Drive

So, a couple weeks ago we have a blood-drive at church.
I've been asked to help out the participants, but at the same time i'm also excited to be the participant :p something i always wanted to do!
Been excited and anxious that weekend, i came prepared myself with a hearty breakfast and prayed to God that I have the chance to do it, because before you actually donate blood they check your weight, Hemoglobin level as well as your blood pressure; to make sure you are FIT enough to donate.

So 1st they check my weight, well i certainly don't have problem in this one! :p They do asked if i was on my period, thank God i wasn't. Next they check my HB, they used this little tool to get sample-blood, then they check your blood pressure. I was quite nervous on this two thing, but that morning praise God, i passed! :') It's a joyful feeling to have because i did watch some participants got rejected because they have anemia or low/too high blood pressure, etc etc

I'm sharing the following pictures, and as you can see they speak for itself :p (click to get a bigger view)

they still run some test after this, hopefully my blood could be useful in helping someone in need, this is the real-pass-test! *praying2*

Asides from blood-drive, the church also do Free checkups on blood-sugar, cholesterol and uric-acid (asam-urat). Taking the advantage of this i had me checked up :p I was nervous on my blood-sugar level because i LOVE sweet! but again thank God for the result, everything still on the normal bracket :)

I was really against this checkup thing, because i'm always afraid to know what if i'm sick then i had to really watch-out on my food, start to take medication, etc etc it's stressful - -" but again God taught me that it's a joy to be healthy and i need to maintain those things not only for myself but also for those who care for me. And so that i can do many more things for God :')

Thank God for health, despite my carelessness in taking care of myself
Reminded to care on my health
Thank God for papa & mama's health as well :')

Note to self:

"And if we win, we praise Him. And if we lose, we praise Him. Either way we honor Him with our actions and our attitudes." -Facing the giants

it's NOT funny

One of the ways Satan tries to get sin and deviant behavior acceptable is to get you to laugh at it. Once you've laughed, your barriers have lowered. If Satan can get you laughing at something that is wrong or sinful, you've already lost the battle.

Sin is not funny. It put Jesus on the cross.

-Rick Warren's Daily Devotional