When God Seems Distant

How is it that God awares of all things and yet there are still people in suffering?

We don't always experience the goods in our life. Everyone goes through pain, fear, sadness, and suffering. Where is God? We might wonder. Well.. He is always present. As Rick Warren has put it, "The situations that will stretch your faith most will be those times when life falls apart and God is nowhere to be found."

He wants us to trust Him. To trust Him even in difficult moments. Pray to Him and tell Him how we feel and be truthful to our heart. Being able to still worship Him when it seems imposible and to be grateful of all that has been given to us despite our feelings, is to trust Him and our faith renewed.

"The deepest level of worship is praising God in spite of pain, thanking God during a trial, trusting him when tempted, surrendering while suffering, and loving him when he seems distant." - Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life

What "Mother" Means

"Mother" is such a simple word,

But to me there’s meaning seldom heard.

For everything I am today,

My mother’s love showed me the way.

I’ll love my mother all my days,

For enriching my life in so many ways.

She set me straight and then set me free,

And that’s what the word "mother" means to me.

Thanks for being a wonderful mother.

(By Karl Fuchs)

"No gift to your mother can ever equal her gift to you - life" - Anonymous

Happy Mother's Day, Mami!

10:15 AM Sunday, May 12 (Jakarta, Indonesia)