Faith is not in religion, the faith is in God.
A hardy, daring faith that believes God will do what is right, every time. And that God will do what it takes - whatever it takes - to bring his children home.
He is the shepherd in search of his lamb. His legs are scratched, his feet are sore and his eyes are burning. He scales the cliffs and traverses the fields. He explores the caves. He cups his hands to his mouth and calls into the canyon.
And the name he calls is yours.
He is the housewife in search of the lost coin. No matter that he has nine others, he won't rest until he has found the tenth. He searches the house. He moves furniture. He pulls up rugs. He cleans out the shelves. He stays up late. He gets up early. All other tasks can wait. Only one matters. The coin is of great value to him. He owns it. He will not stop until he finds it.
The coin he seeks is you.
God is the father pacing the porch. His eyes are wide with his quest. His heart is heavy. He seeks his prodigal. He searches the horizon. He examines the skyline, yearning for the familiar figure, the recognizable gait. His concern is not his business, his investments, his ownings. His concern is the son who wears his name, the child who bears his image. You.
He wants you home.
Again..... by Max Lucado
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Lessons Learned Today (1)
God always teaches me new things and reminds me some forgotten things.
Hari2 belakangan ini, I have been taught by God that age isn’t equal to maturity, that the older you are, it doesn’t mean the wiser you are.
Yeah…. sometimes if I meet a people younger than me, gua kadang suka menganggap bahwa walaupun mungkin gua lebih tua setahun tapi itu berarti gua lebih tau daripada orang tersebut. So many times lebih banyak gua akan bernada menggurui apalagi hal yang berkaitan dengan pengalaman2 hidup.
Tapi ya itu, gua kemaren2 ini diingetin bahwa umur actually is not related to my maturity and kebijaksanaan gua. Ternyata gua masih harus belajar banyak dari orang yang lebih muda dari gua.
Dan ada lagi yang kembali diingetin Tuhan adalah bahwa uang ga pernah bisa membahagiakan kita. Pengalaman belakangan ini dan melihat dari kehidupan orang disekitar gua mengingatkan bahwa uang tuh almost nothing nilainya kalau kita ga pernah ngerasa cukup dan bersyukur dengan apa yang udah dititipin Tuhan ama kita. It can’t buy happiness… It can’t buy satisfaction….. Uang penting itu ga gua ingkarin apalagi selama kita hidup di dunia dan peradaban sekarang ini. Tapi jangan sampe uang lantas berada diatas segala2nya.
Sigh... actually the lessons are not new ones... but many times I forgot them....
Hari2 belakangan ini, I have been taught by God that age isn’t equal to maturity, that the older you are, it doesn’t mean the wiser you are.
Yeah…. sometimes if I meet a people younger than me, gua kadang suka menganggap bahwa walaupun mungkin gua lebih tua setahun tapi itu berarti gua lebih tau daripada orang tersebut. So many times lebih banyak gua akan bernada menggurui apalagi hal yang berkaitan dengan pengalaman2 hidup.
Tapi ya itu, gua kemaren2 ini diingetin bahwa umur actually is not related to my maturity and kebijaksanaan gua. Ternyata gua masih harus belajar banyak dari orang yang lebih muda dari gua.
Dan ada lagi yang kembali diingetin Tuhan adalah bahwa uang ga pernah bisa membahagiakan kita. Pengalaman belakangan ini dan melihat dari kehidupan orang disekitar gua mengingatkan bahwa uang tuh almost nothing nilainya kalau kita ga pernah ngerasa cukup dan bersyukur dengan apa yang udah dititipin Tuhan ama kita. It can’t buy happiness… It can’t buy satisfaction….. Uang penting itu ga gua ingkarin apalagi selama kita hidup di dunia dan peradaban sekarang ini. Tapi jangan sampe uang lantas berada diatas segala2nya.
Sigh... actually the lessons are not new ones... but many times I forgot them....
Friday, March 24, 2006
Six Hours One Friday
Max Lucado is one of my favorite writer. I love to read book, buku apapun yang bisa menarik perhatian gua. Walaupun sayangnya waktu untuk membaca sudah makin berkurang seiring menumpuknya pekerjaan dan perhatian yang harus dibagi-bagi.
Below is one of the teaser at the back of Max Lucado’s book with title “Six Hours One Friday”
WHEN A HURRICANE STRIKES, GOOD SAILORS KNOW TO ANCHOR DEEP.
At times in your life, you’ve been caught by life’s storms.
Maybe you’re going through one right now.
PERHAPS THE STORM IS FUTILITY.
You have a house, a good job… a little money in the bank. But external success doesn’t answer the question that keeps you awake at night:
“What is the meaning of it all?”
PERHAPS THE STORM IS FAILURE.
You blew it. You let everyone down. You did the very thing you swore you’d never do.
PERHAPS THE STORM IS FINALITY.
You are suddenly separated from the one you deeply love.
Tears. Words. Flowers. Dirt. Open grave.
No matter what the strom clouds bring, you can face your pain with courage and hope. For two thousand years ago – six hours, one Friday – Christ firmly planted in bedrock three solid anchor points that we can all cling to:
Our lives are not futile. Our failures are not fatal. Our deaths ar not final.
For the heart scarred with futility, that Friday holds purpose. For the life blackened with failure, that Friday holds forgiveness. And for the soul looking into tunnel of death, that Friday holds deliverance.
WHAT DO THOSE SIX HOURS HOLD FOR YOU?
Below is one of the teaser at the back of Max Lucado’s book with title “Six Hours One Friday”
WHEN A HURRICANE STRIKES, GOOD SAILORS KNOW TO ANCHOR DEEP.
At times in your life, you’ve been caught by life’s storms.
Maybe you’re going through one right now.
PERHAPS THE STORM IS FUTILITY.
You have a house, a good job… a little money in the bank. But external success doesn’t answer the question that keeps you awake at night:
“What is the meaning of it all?”
PERHAPS THE STORM IS FAILURE.
You blew it. You let everyone down. You did the very thing you swore you’d never do.
PERHAPS THE STORM IS FINALITY.
You are suddenly separated from the one you deeply love.
Tears. Words. Flowers. Dirt. Open grave.
No matter what the strom clouds bring, you can face your pain with courage and hope. For two thousand years ago – six hours, one Friday – Christ firmly planted in bedrock three solid anchor points that we can all cling to:
Our lives are not futile. Our failures are not fatal. Our deaths ar not final.
For the heart scarred with futility, that Friday holds purpose. For the life blackened with failure, that Friday holds forgiveness. And for the soul looking into tunnel of death, that Friday holds deliverance.
WHAT DO THOSE SIX HOURS HOLD FOR YOU?
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Part 2 & 3
2. New friends
Interesting topic for me especially I just lost a best friend which I know for 15 years!! Actually bukan kehilangan kaya gimana, but kesempatan untuk berkomunikasi udah berkurang terus dan rasanya malah makin lama jadi makin ada jarak, dimana level comfortable sudah berkurang banyak. In my life I don't have many best friends and I don't plan to. I think only 2, one male and one female. I don't plan to have one "banci" as my best friend he..he..
Don't mistaken me, many friends and good friends are always welcome in my life.
The male one still kept in touch with me unregularly, but we do care about our condition and pray for each other.
But what I wanna tell you right now is I've found a new best friend (I don't wanna say as the successor for the previous one) and it's really a good thing when you can share many things and many thoughts with ur best friend. Dia itu orangnya cuek, blak-blakan, jujur, dan simple.
Hope it will last forever... It's not easy to find a really best friend in your life, is it?
3. New Opportunity
Eventhough I've got new job and challenges (as I've told you in no. 1), still God open my eyes that there is a chance He will give me new challenge in the future. Gua sendiri ga tau apakah kesempatan itu hanyalah suatu harapan yang tidak akan pernah terwujudkan atau malah sebetulnya pertanda bahwa gua harus mempersiapkan diri gua utk hal yang lebih baru.
I like and love to learn new things, walaupun kadang ada saat tertentu dimana rasanya gua jalan ditempat dan kelihatannya malas belajar. Kerjanya maen melulu.
Chance tersebut adalah kerja di tempat lain dan bidang yang sama sekali lain dari apa yang sudah dijalani selama 8 tahun ini.
Yep... my best friend (the male one) gave me a thought that he likes to involve me in his new business. Really, it's not an easy one, but hey who knows God has planned it before I was born.
I just have to be ready anytime if that chance calls me and God let me take that chance.....
Interesting topic for me especially I just lost a best friend which I know for 15 years!! Actually bukan kehilangan kaya gimana, but kesempatan untuk berkomunikasi udah berkurang terus dan rasanya malah makin lama jadi makin ada jarak, dimana level comfortable sudah berkurang banyak. In my life I don't have many best friends and I don't plan to. I think only 2, one male and one female. I don't plan to have one "banci" as my best friend he..he..
Don't mistaken me, many friends and good friends are always welcome in my life.
The male one still kept in touch with me unregularly, but we do care about our condition and pray for each other.
But what I wanna tell you right now is I've found a new best friend (I don't wanna say as the successor for the previous one) and it's really a good thing when you can share many things and many thoughts with ur best friend. Dia itu orangnya cuek, blak-blakan, jujur, dan simple.
Hope it will last forever... It's not easy to find a really best friend in your life, is it?
3. New Opportunity
Eventhough I've got new job and challenges (as I've told you in no. 1), still God open my eyes that there is a chance He will give me new challenge in the future. Gua sendiri ga tau apakah kesempatan itu hanyalah suatu harapan yang tidak akan pernah terwujudkan atau malah sebetulnya pertanda bahwa gua harus mempersiapkan diri gua utk hal yang lebih baru.
I like and love to learn new things, walaupun kadang ada saat tertentu dimana rasanya gua jalan ditempat dan kelihatannya malas belajar. Kerjanya maen melulu.
Chance tersebut adalah kerja di tempat lain dan bidang yang sama sekali lain dari apa yang sudah dijalani selama 8 tahun ini.
Yep... my best friend (the male one) gave me a thought that he likes to involve me in his new business. Really, it's not an easy one, but hey who knows God has planned it before I was born.
I just have to be ready anytime if that chance calls me and God let me take that chance.....
Long Time No See
Rasanya males banget to add something di blog. Sebelomnya kerasa kaya siput deh blog servernya, tapi sekarang ini much better kayanya.
Ok... let me check since my last posting seharusnya udah ada beberapa perubahan dalam hidup gua...
1. New job and challenges
2. New friends
3. New opportunity
Bahas satu-satu ya.
1. New job and challenges
Starting 1st Jan 06, I got new position in another department but in the same company. Menyenangkan sekaligus menegangkan apalagi if the scope of work is not so clear. We have to do almost anything that we can if we have "free" time. Tapi sekarang udah lebih lumayan dimana kerjaan-kerjaan yang diberikan lebih jelas dan bermakna. Still it needs around 6 months to have a good feeling about this new job. This is based on my experiences. Tanpa disadari selama 8 tahun kerja di perusahaan ini, hampir tiap 3 tahun sekali gua pindah bagian he..he..
Well, let's see how do I survive this new job. I believe God always see me through kok....
No 2 and 3 will follow later yah, have to go back to work....
Ok... let me check since my last posting seharusnya udah ada beberapa perubahan dalam hidup gua...
1. New job and challenges
2. New friends
3. New opportunity
Bahas satu-satu ya.
1. New job and challenges
Starting 1st Jan 06, I got new position in another department but in the same company. Menyenangkan sekaligus menegangkan apalagi if the scope of work is not so clear. We have to do almost anything that we can if we have "free" time. Tapi sekarang udah lebih lumayan dimana kerjaan-kerjaan yang diberikan lebih jelas dan bermakna. Still it needs around 6 months to have a good feeling about this new job. This is based on my experiences. Tanpa disadari selama 8 tahun kerja di perusahaan ini, hampir tiap 3 tahun sekali gua pindah bagian he..he..
Well, let's see how do I survive this new job. I believe God always see me through kok....
No 2 and 3 will follow later yah, have to go back to work....
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