Why bad things happen?

God intended it for good. Tribulations make us grow stronger and wiser. Lets grow through setbacks

A story to share :

One day the King and His slave went hunting, and along the way a wild animal attacked the king. His slave managed to kill the animal, but could not prevent His 
Majesty from losing a finger. 

Furious and without showing his gratitude for being saved, the Nobleman asked: 

"Is God good? If He was good, I would not have been attacked and lost my finger." 

The slave replied: 

"My King, despite all these things, I can only tell you that God is good, and he knows why these things happened. What God does is perfect. He 
is never wrong!" 

Outraged by the response, the King ordered the arrest of his slave. 

Later, the King left for another hunt, but this time alone. He was captured by savages who engaged in human sacrifices. 

On the altar and ready to sacrifice the Nobleman, the savages discovered that their victim did not have one of his fingers. According to them, only 
a whole person with all his/her parts intact could be offered to the gods. The King without a finger was deemed an abominable sacrifice for their 
gods. So they released the King 

Upon his return to the palace, the King authorized the release of his slave. He received the slave affectionately. 

He asked his slave, "My dear, God was really good to me! I was almost killed by the wild men, but for lack of a single finger, I was let go! But I have a question: If God is so good, why did he allow me to put you in jail?" 

The slave answered, "My King, if I had gone with you on this hunt, I would have been sacrificed instead because I have no missing finger. Remember everything God does is perfect. He is never wrong. He made you keep me 
in jail so I would not be with you on the hunt." 

Often we complain about life, and negative things that happen to us, forgetting that nothing is random and that everything has a purpose. 

Babymoon to bali - day 3 - 5 (Jimbaran, Kuta & Seminyak)

Great things to share

We hired a driver (petrol+car) for 10 hours for 500rp about 52 sgd

It was such convenient to have a driver. The villa gave us a local phone so we can use it to call. A blessing!

Here's contact of the beachy theme bali wood handicrafts ! Go check them out

Babymoon to bali - day 1 to 3 (Ubud)

Blue moon villa - Ubud Lontunduh Desa bulan. Its nice but the only thing is the open shower area.

If it rains, you wont need to shower. But its such quiet and open nature, we love to have surprise visits from frogs, rat, cat, dragonflies, and all kinds of bugs

We spent 3 days at Ubud, shopping at ubud market and around monkey forest

Here's our "trophies"for the past few days

All in thousands rupiah(rp)

Pink owl- 40rp

Set of 3 owls - 60rp

Set of 5 owls - 90rp

Set of 2 elephants - 70rp

Candy soaps- 12rp each *6

Spa body wash 300ml- 120rp *4

A tree craving on black wood-120rp

3 signages (home sweet home) - 90rp

Birds, ashtray, wood coasters -210rp

Place mats - 20 rp*4

Table runner - 90rp

Set of 3 box planter - 150rp

Bintang stubby holder at 30rp

My hubby bought the best home decor stuffs !

Day 1 - expenditure

Home stuff about 1030 rp about sgd106 (9700fx)

Spa stuff about 550 rp about sgd56

We went to Eclectik, BaliZen and tamara danielle. Stuff at Eclectik is much cheaper. 

If possible, shop at the streets of Tegallalang. Lots of wholesale and made to order wood handicrafts which we went on day 2

Day 2 expenditure:

Home stuff : 360 rp only !

See my happy shopper !

Set of Wood coaster at 75rp

Fish Stool at 50rp

We bought most from this place called Ganeca handycraft!

2 whale, 1 whale tail, 2 stools, 2 elephants, 1 drawer, 1 set of cubes at only 300rp which is about 31sgd!!! And they gave me a signage (eat,drink,

Relax, be happy) for free after i ask for it. 😜

My adorable shopaholic went on to buy 2 small cages for 35rp but almost paid more. Lucky he has his smart wifey with him. 

Also a small polkadot giraffe for 25rp

Ok besides shopping, we also did touristy stuff like visiting kintamani mt batur and temple

And of course, as usual eat good food!

Bebek bengil - 330

Babi guling- 200

Pangkon bali - 380

Naughty nuris warung - 480

*at nuris dont order beef (overpriced), the pork ribs and chicken are good enough 

Wonderful babymoon so far... Heading to jimbaran for the next 3 days!

Weekend of worship 7 Aug 2016 Grace 2

We look to God for protection

Love others: Honour in family 

Breakdown in marriages

Conflict in family

Family should be a foundation for all. To restore peace and harmony in the family. 

Ephesian6:1-9

Children, obey and Honor your parents

Fathers, bring guidance and training  

Slaves, obey and serve masters

Masters, treat slaves fairly 

Exodus 20:12

Whats honor - to give importance, to give respect. 

What if the parents are unkind and hurtful to us, 

Honoring our parents is not about their performance.

God loves all imperfect and His job on them are not finished. Love is unconditional. Breaking down the wall between parents - you must first forgive them and honor them.

Its a step of faith and obedience

10 commandment 

First 4 - relationship with God

Next 6 - relationship with others 

One of the commandment is 

Honor your parent

Its a command with priority

As our parents will get old and we should do this command when they are still alive. Hence this command will "expire" once they are gone. Its with priority

Its a command with promise in returned 

Ephesian 6:2-3

If you do this command, your days will be lightened and will be lengthened

You shall not covet:

Exodus 20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s”