Jedidiah

 Surrender.. this is the only word that best describes my feeling today. The disappointment might have taken place yesterday but today God has turned it into surrender. I got a new email yesterday from the New Zealand embassy telling me that my scholarship application was not accepted yet. Here's the mail... Dear Haniva, Thank you for your recent application for a scholarship and interest in undertaking post-graduate studies in New Zealand. Although the number of scholarship places for Indonesia has increased, so have the number of applications, and it was challenging for us to have to select only a limited number of these from many often strong applications. In making the selection and shortlisting potential candidates for the scholarship, we had to ensure that a number of criteria which have been set by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) were fully met.  Unfortunately, there were many applications, including yours, that did n...

What is wrong with nakedness? This question is well-answered here in this book... Eros redeemed is the book I am reading at the moment. It's all about breaking stranglehold of sexual sin.  Why God let me read the book has been such a wonderful fact that makes me realize how plentiful His love for me. God knows how hard I struggle with this sexual sin even I myself don't do anything that is wrong sexually yet my mind is full of erotic thoughts that can corrupt myself and it is sinful. Jesus gives us the highest standard when He talks about sexual sin, especially adultery. In Matthew 5:27-30 He emphasizes the importance of  holiness/purity. In verse 28 Jesus says "But I say to you that whoever looks on a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart." He even says that better we pull out our sinful eyes than going to hell with complete body. So, it's undeniable that we always struggle with the sin everyday coz whether we real...

One among the thousand things that makes me happy to be a teacher is having a long holiday.. :p It's true.. just asking other employee and they will tell you the same thing that only teachers can enjoy a long holiday. Not wanting to waste my time, I decided to enjoy this very special time. This holiday is very special because it was quite long as we celebrated Lebaran and it was at the same time with the independence day of Indonesia. So, guess what I did? yeah I had so much fun with my friends and did many things.. here are some pictures of my activities during the holiday; 1. Independence Day's Celebration at Noelbaki we grouped the kids into the games; sack jumping and coin picking inside the flour sack jumping round 1 is ready... these three boys are going to pick the coin in a plate full of flour sack jumping participants... they all wanted to answer the question about Independence day Sharing about Having Friendship with GOD FN, Abe and ...

 Thanks to Jen for nominating me for the Liebster award... Jen is my cyber friend.. She loves writing and reading so if you wanna know which books/ novels are worth-reading, just follow her blog to get the updates.. :) Now lets start... The Rules Each person must post 11 things about themselves Answer the questions the tagger has set for you Create 11 questions for the people you have tagged to answer Choose 11 people and link them in your post Go to their page and tell them No tag backs 11 Things About Me: I am a Christian, saved by the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ I wanna serve God by reaching the lost I love teaching soooooo much!!!! My favorite mistake is getting addicted to reading K-Drama synopsis I like watching Western and Korea's comedy-romantic movie or drama I 'HATE' Indonesian shop opera or drama I haven't known how to bike (even though I have practiced several times)  I love reading Western novels on the issue of c...