Thursday, January 5, 2012

The Beauty of Christmas

I like taking picture of Christmas trees. So I post some Christmas decoration from different places during my holiday to Korea and Hongkong. I waited till I got home uploading these pictures because I did not bring my laptop with me.

This was taken in my first hotel (Grand Hyatt Incheon) before we went to the mountain the next day.



I like this Christmas tree, it's girlie. It has a touch of silverish soft dusty pink ornamant. It was at the Duty Free Shop (Soul)


This tree for me is just ordinary only happen to match my bag :) Carrolien and her husband invited us having dinner at a really nice restaurant inside Grand Hyatt Hongkong.


I love this one's full of toy story's character. Cute and cuddly. Too bad I forgot to shoot very near because I was in the rush and the place was crowded full of people who wanted to take pictures also. So I just cropped the picture but it didn't come out clear :(



The two pictures below is at the back gate of the harbour city mall. Every year they always decorates different things. The last three years I always took pictures there. This time they put a huge bow in front. So eye catching!



My favorite is this Ferrero Rocher Christmas tree. It's very bright at night. Every morning they have somebody fix whichever plugged out by the visitor. Maybe it's so cute and they want to bring home. Hahahahah



These two whole decoration were at the K11 mall in Kowloon. Just found out about this mall this trip. Carrollien's husband told us.



Christmas: God loves Us. By Rick Warren.

“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16 NLT)
Karena begitu besar kasih Allah akan dunia ini, sehingga Ia telah mengaruniakan Anak- Nya yang tunggal, supaya setiap orang yang percaya kepada- Nya tidak binasa, melainkan beroleh hidup yang kekal.(Yohanes 3:16)

God loves you so much that he sent Jesus on a mission of love with a message of love. Christmas is a yearly reminder that God loves you. The Bible says God is love. It doesn’t say God has love; it says God is love. Love is his nature; God is love.
Tuhan sangat mengasihimu sampai Dia mengirim Yesus dalam misi menyampaikan pesan kasih. Natal mengingatkan bahwa Tuhan adalah kasih. Ini bukan berbicara bahwa Tuhan mempunyai kasih, tapi Tuhan sendiri adalah kasih.

God created the entire universe. He created this planet; he created the human race; then, he created you because he loves you.
Tuhan menciptakan alam beserta isinya . Dia menciptakan planet ini; Dia menciptakan manusia dengan berbagai suku dan ras; kemudian Dia menciptakan anda karena Dia mengasihi saudara.

It could be said the reason you’re alive is because God created you as an object of his love. God made you so he could love you and so that you could love him. God’s love for you is the reason your heart is beating right now; it’s the reason you’re breathing.
Bisa dikatakan Dia menciptakan anda karena anda adalah obyek bagi Dia untuk dapat dikasihi/ di sayang-sayang. Tuhan menciptakan anda untuk dapat mengasihi dan anda dapat mengasihi Dia juga.
Kasih Tuhanlah yang menjadi alasan jantung anda masih berdetak sekarang dan juga masih bernafas.

God’s good news is that he loves you on your good days as much as he loves you on your bad days. He loves you when you can feel his love, and he loves you when you can’t seem to feel his love. He loves you regardless of whether or not you think you deserve his love.
Berita bagusnya adalah Dia tetap mengasihi anda dalam masa suka dan duka. Dia tetap mengasihi anda waktu anda dapat merasakan kasihNya ataupun tidak. Dia tetap mengashi anda walaupun anda merasa tidak pantas menerima kasihNya.

There is nothing you can do that will make God stop loving you. You could try, but you simply can’t do it – because his love for you is based upon his character and not on anything you do or say or feel.
Tidak ada hal yang dapat memberhentikan Tuhan untuk mengasihi anda. Anda mungkin mau mencoba meniadakanNya tapi anda pasti tidak bisa melakukannya karena kasihNya itu berdasarkan memang karakterNya dan bukan berdasarkan oleh apa yang kita perbuat, capai atau apa yang kita rasakan.

God loves you so much that he sent his only Son, Jesus, into this world, “so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16 NLT).

Karena begitu besar kasih Allah akan dunia ini, sehingga Ia telah mengaruniakan Anak- Nya yang tunggal, supaya setiap orang yang percaya kepada- Nya tidak binasa, melainkan beroleh hidup yang kekal.(Yohanes 3:16)

When the baby Jesus grows into a man, he will stretch his arms out as wide as the cross, saying, “I love you this much! I love you so much it hurts. I love you so much I’ll die for you so that I won’t have to live without you.”
Ketika bayi Yesus bertumbuh menjadi dewasa, Dia merantangkan tangannya di kayu salib, berkata,“ Aku mengasihi engkau sedalam ini! Aku mengasihi engkau walaupun terluka sakit. Aku sangat mengasihi engkau sampai Aku mati supaya Aku tidak sampai hidup tanpamu.”

God’s love surpasses all human knowledge, and it is difficult for any of us to grasp the width and length and height and depth of God’s love for each one of us (Ephesians 3:17-19).
Kasih Tuhan melampaui segala pengetahuan, dan sukar bagi kita untuk mengerti betapa lebar,betapa panjang, betapa tinggi dan betapa dalamnya kasih Tuhan untuk kita semua. (Efesus3:17-19)

How would your life change if you deeply believed God loved you? Ask God to help you in your unbelief.
Bagaimana ini akan merubah anda jika anda sangat percaya bahwa Dia mengasihi anda? Mintalah Tuhan untuk membantu anda untuk mengatasi ketidak percayaan akan kasih Tuhan kepada saudara.

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