Tender Loving Care

Let me take you back to 6 months ago... =) After such a long time of planning to visit this beautiful, isolated and untouched island – Karimunjawa, I finally got the chance to step my feet onto its land and into its water. This trip took my friends and I around 4 hours car ride from Yogyakarta to Jepara, the Kartini Harbour (left at 12midnight, and reached there around 4am), then another 6 hours of journey by ferry (from 9am till 3pm) just to reach the island. I was so excited about the journey, especially when I was on the ferry. Guess what? I got seasick!!! I was feeling a bit hungry, ate some instant noodles, and felt like vomiting. Bad move! Luckily, nothing came out and I resume back to normal. The secret? Sleep and sleep! Lol! Took quite a few photos while I was on the ferry. Reaching the island was already an achievement for me. Hehe! Met the agent, and we were brought to our homestay nearby the harbour. According to our schedule, the activities start the next day, so, basically

看着我的facebook里的朋友有一千多人，那又如何？ 我真的不喜欢一个人吃饭。 一个人看戏。 一个人傻笑。 一个人听歌。 一个人发呆。 一个人走路。 一个人一切一切。。。 虽然有时候还是有需要一个人静一静。。。 我还是很享受的。。。 但是如果找不到任何伴的时候是真的很伤心的。。。 该提醒自己，别把快乐的钥匙寄托于他人，得把那把钥匙放进自己的裤袋里。 不管如何， 甄， 你一定要快了哦！

thanks for raising me... thanks for giving me... thanks for caring me... thanks for accepting me... thanks for understanding me.. thanks for trusting me... thanks for loving me... thanks for forgiving me... thanks... the everlasting thanks... daddy, mommy, i love you a lot! <3 Honor your father and mother. Ephesians 6:2

From the conference the other day, the pastor briefly mentioned about grace and mercy of God. The other day when i shared the 2nd half of the conference in cell group, and mentioned about these two elements in forgiveness, everyone is curious about how to differentiate the two. From the pastor, what i understood is: Grace = we got the blessings which we do not deserve Mercy = we were supposed to die but He gave us life (means that He does not punish us for our sin but show compassion) Before our cell group retreat, we prayed for good weather, caused it was cloudy and rainy the past few weeks. He answered our prayer. the two days were sunny and burning hot! This is the grace of God. The unmerited favour. Mercy, is when He forgives us and spare the punishment when we deserve punishment. For me personally, it's a everyday basis. Indirectly and subconsciously, perhaps intentionally, at times, I make wrong and stupid decisions. At this point, I need His mercy to forgive me! Ask for it f