Thai Last Day

Woke up this morning and realized: this is the last day I am in Thailand.
“This is the end, huh?” I said to myself.
As everybody else who got himself in the very near the end of everything,
I remembered things that happened to me.


I met people from around the world and learned varieties of culture.
England, Finland, Canada, Japan, Kenya, Germany, Thailand, Myanmar, and Pakistan.


But of them all, my heart is missing people from Pakistan the most.
Of course I will miss everybody around here. But I do feel something special towards these Pakistanis.


They are Braji, Panji, Jenny, Pate and Naveed. They are all really kind.
They welcomed me with a warm heart. I love them like my family.
Even though it was kinda hard for me to talk to Braji and Panji because they're still learning (or maybe they're just shy, Idk.), I love them, they are all have a very big heart to welcome stranger like me as someone really special. And they are special to me as well. O I miss them already!


It is hard to describe something that you can't touch or see,
but in most cases, those are things that have more value than the tangible things.
I feel love in them. I like this family.


Because of this family, I see that it is possible for my family to be closer than before.
I think it would be nice if we throw ourselves as a family into God's hand,
so He would make our hearts be filled with joy and love.

“If you seek God in everything, you will see that your will get more than the ones who don't.
You will get love.”said Naveed. Wow, It is the very true!
Sometimes we see that other people which are out of God's hand seem really prosper,
while we are desperate in this life. But in the end, we will realize that God always has a better plan,
He filled our life with quests that set our feet to know Him better each day,
and that is worth more than every diamond in this world!


I love these Pakistanis, and I love God that kindly brought them into my life, even for a short time.
Thanks God, You are really fascinating! :)

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Pelajaran Dari Koyo Cabe

Hari ini saya akan bercerita betapa Tuhan itu Maha Ada. Ada di dalam segala aspek kehidupan kita. Tuhan itu ajaib, karena Ia dapat berkata-kata melalui orang-orang, melalui kejadian hidup kita, ataupun melalui firman-Nya dalam alkitab. 

Materi KTB (Kelompok Tumbuh Bersama) saya hari ini berkisar tentang Jaminan Bimbingan Tuhan, tentang bagaimana Tuhan dapat menuntun kita melalui hal-hal seperti berikut:

1. Firman Tuhan
   

   Mazmur 119:105

   
   

   Firman-Mu itu pelita bagi kakiku,
   terang bagi jalanku.

   Melalui prinsip tertentu yang kita dapatkan pada saat kita membaca satu bagian Alkitab. Bagian yang kita baca itu memberi kesan yang kuat dalam hati kita.
    
2. Roh Kudus

   1 Korintus 2:12
   Kita tidak menerima roh dunia,  tetapi roh yang berasal dari Allah, supaya kita tahu , apa yang dikaruniakan Allah kepada kita.

   Kisah Para Rasul 13:2-3
   Pada suatu hari ketika mereka beribadah kepada Tuhan dan berpuasa , berkatalah Roh Kudus: "Khususkanlah Barnabas dan Saulus bagi-Ku untuk tugas yang telah Kutentukan bagi mereka." Maka berpuasa dan berdoalah mereka, dan setelah meletakkan tangan ke atas kedua orang itu, mereka membiarkan keduanya pergi .

   
   
   Roh Kudus bisa bekerja dengan memberi kesan yang kuat/dorongan yang kuat dalam hati kita. Juga melalui orang lain yang berbicara kepada kita (saat khotbah, renungan, dan sebagainya).
    
3. Nasihat orang lain

   Amsal 11:14
   Jikalau tidak ada pimpinan, jatuhlah bangsa,
   tetapi jikalau penasihat banyak, keselamatan ada.
   

   Orang yang lebih rohani dan yang pernah mengalami bimbingan Tuhan serta mengerti kita, bisa dipakai Tuhan untuk menyatakan bimbingan-Nya.

Saya ingat sekali pernah suatu kali saya terjebak dalam kecelakaan kendaraan. Ada motor sembarangan nyelip dan akhirnya menabrak mobil yang sedang saya kendarai. Pada saat saya sudah berhadapan dengan si ibu pengendara motor tersebut, terlintas dalam kepala saya satu ayat dari amsal:

 Amsal 15: 1
Jawaban yang lemah lembut meredakan kegeraman,
tetapi perkataan yang pedas membangkitkan marah.

Tapi saya gagal menuruti firman Tuhan itu, saya mulailah "percakapan" itu dengan:

"Eh, hati-hati dong kalo bawa motor!"

akhirnya saya jadi adu mulut dengan si ibu itu. Kacau. 

Hal tersebut tidak akan pernah terulang lagi. Roh Kudus yang telah melintaskan ayat tersebut di kepala saya, dengan sengaja saya abaikan. Dan saya malu akan hal tersebut. Ga lagi-lagi deh.

Pengalaman yang kedua terjadi beberapa minggu yang lalu. Ceritanya leher saya keseleo gara-gara stretching sambil nguap lebar-lebar. Asli leher saya ga bisa ngeliat ke arah kiri, trus kalo naik kapo (minibus ala Bangkok) harus pintar-pintar nyari tempat, supaya bisa noleh ke kanan dan tahu bisa turun dimana. Terus, saya tempelin leher kiri saya pake koyo. 

Suatu hari, habis bible reading, terus berdoa, saya mau mandi, dan sekalian saya coba lepasin koyonya. Dan itu susah banget! Bayangkan saja, selama 2 hari itu koyo ada di leher saya dan sudah betapa kuatnya lem koyo itu nempel di kulit saya. 

Pelan-pelan saya tarik ujung koyonya... Sreek... Awww... Tuh air mata udah ngintip di ujung jendala mata, koyonya baru kecabut dikit. Saya sampe tarik napas dulu, baru lanjut lagi. Sreek... Astaga sakitnya... Aduh... Ketika saya sedang ber-aduh-ria, tiba-tiba dalam hati saya ada yang berkata: “Seperti inilah Aku akan mencabut dosamu.” Sontak saya bilang: “Iya Tuhan... hiks...” 

Tuhan itu ajaib. Koyo aja bisa dijadiin alat pembimbing umat-Nya. Dan emang "koyo"nya Tuhan itu mengena banget, karena tema doa saya pada waktu itu bisa dirangkum dalam satu pertanyaan: 

"Tuhan, kok dosa saya itu-itu aja ya, Tuhan? Wong ya ganti toh.. Kapan saya bisa lepas?"

Dan Tuhan berikan jawaban pada saya melalui koyo tersebut, Tuhan akan bantu saya melepaskan dosa itu, walaupun itu pedas, sakit, pelan dan sampai saya harus mengeluarkan air mata. 

Roh Allah sungguh bekerja dalam kehidupan orang-orang yang peka terhadap suara Tuhan. Kita bisa minta kepekaan pada Tuhan untuk mendengar suara-Nya. Ayo, jangan segan-segan datang kepada Allah. Pada-Nya ada banyak karunia yang bisa kita dapatkan.

Sekian.***

Gombal Words

I love to write. I just write everything that I think moves my heart, special things, special thoughts, or  anything that is unusual for me.

And all of those stuff were added up in a book, which I don't want to call it 'diary' because it is very kiddo and hillarious, but to be honest, it does the exact same thing as all other diaries, except, it is a spiritual diary. It's not that serious, it just explains about my feelings and all of the things which happened to me but somehow, it's always related to spirituality (I don't know why).

So, I came across this book today and found a VERY hillarious --I don't know-- what ever it is...
Just look at it.

"As I open my eyes today, I think of You.
The light, the air and even myself,
make me realize;
You are awesome.
I've seen the orange sunset lately.
Sometimes it mixed with with purple here and there.
I admire You, God; The God of beauty;
and also in Your artwork, Your heart and power!
May I love You, God?
For loving You will always be the best feeling in the world!"

AHHHAHHAHAHHAHA! :D
"Sunset", "purple", "beauty", "may I love You?" Ahhahhhahha.... How 'gombal'!
Gombal is an Indonesian word which refers to an exaggerating situation to make someone you adore (crush or lover) impressed by flattering him or her with unnecessarily true words.

But you see, this is the most interesting part: YOU CAN NOT GOMBALing GOD.
I'm sure you know why. Because, every exaggerating word you say about Him,
like "the most beautiful", "the most awesome", "the greatest"; that's all true.
There's no good thing above Him which makes your words untrue.
Just try to say something about your crush or lover in a gombalism style:

Honey, you are the prettiest creature in the world.

Babe,do you know why this sky is so dark tonight? That's because all of the star is on your eyes right now. You are the most beautiful girl ever.

Hey, I thought somehow, you secretly might be the most powerful superhero ever. Because I feel like the most defendless villain ever when I see you in the eye.

"Prettiest", "most beautiful", and "most powerful". Those are gombalism words.
But try to say that to God.

God, You are the prettiest ever. (TRUE)
God, You are the most beautiful. (TRUE)
God, You are the most powerful. (TRUE)

All of those, just become true whenever you say that to God, aren't they?
And bonus for today, another CENGENG thing I said to God.
(Cengeng means whiny and very kiddy)

God, who are You?
Why do you want me to live a life? (*it's like asking what is the purpose of my life, but in a hillarious way)
You are awesome in the way that I can't handle.
Why did You want to love a person like me?

Ahhhhahha... Even I can't help but laugh. :D :D :D :D 
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