Covered by His Love: Met A Turk and Madagascan Student (On Nov 2, 2014)

Yesterday story was started from two days ago. It was the day when a terrible mistake was made to someone. Firstly, with selfish heart I didn’t make my apology but kept on blaming the person and exposing the person’s wrong things to me on my mind. I ignored a gentle voice speaking inside my heart to say sorry before two days ago became yesterday. It was my bad, bearing a hating heart till the next day. Based on 1 John 3: 15, I was committed a crime issue, known as a murderer. On that day, this powerful verse was definitely not in my remembrance. Because of the case, I was worthy to “bring to justice”.

In the morning at 06.a.m, on Saturday, I went to listen to a broadcasted sermon from Maestro Radio. The speaker delivered his message about how to love God. Many times it was highlighted some ways to express ways to love God such as by obeying His instructions, including the First commandment: To love God first and the second which is like the first is to love neighbor (people) as ourselves. This part reached me sharply to regret over what I did two days ago. A decision was supposed to make to be a forgiver or not and with God’s help my heart was melted to give up to my ego by asking Him forgiveness to forgive the person at the end. I did as what He wants me to do but the respond I got was not as what I thought and made me cry so badly.  Then, I was in prayer and got help to bless and forgive the person. But, I didn’t feel free spontaneously. To know how God got me some help is what I want to talk about.

Firstly, it was just some hours after dealing with my morning issue. With a bit preparation because of the issue, I was on the way to a course place at which my friend gave me a chance to teach some undergraduate students from different universities for an English conversation class. Last Saturday was my second times to be with them in this class. Some of them didn’t join at the first meeting. On my way to the place, my heart kept on crying to God to help me so the students can study well eventhough inside my room I had prayed. After arriving, first student who had been waiting was someone that I never met but based on my friend’s info I knew that she was one of mine for the conversation class. Bingo! I was right then. I came over her to say hi and we were in introducing time for each other. From that moment, some information shows that she is from Turkey and has been living for 2 years in Indonesia. She is taking English Department at one of private universities in Bandung. She entered her major in 2014. In her country, she never learned English before. A humbly confession which was spoken by her was about her lack of proficiency in speaking both Bahasa and English.

Not long after that, the class was started. Well, here we go! When explaining topics, I saw her being busy with her mobile phone and I thought she didn’t pay attention to my topic. But, finally I knew that she was busy in translating my words from English to Turkish. Knowing this situation, I was getting slower to deliver my topics. Then, I divided my students into two groups for debating with any topic that they prefer to speak up. She got involved with the contra group. When she tried to express her disagreement to the topic that was being talked about, she got stuck and shifted her code (language) into Bahasa. It also took some time to wait her in expressing her opinion with her limitation in Bahasa. Finally, I realized that Bahasa is also needed for the next meeting to be used beside English slowly. But, I was so amazed of her motivation to draw into the debate. I showed my appreciation to her with her great effort. I could see from her face that she was able to enjoy the class. I thanked God for His mercy in dealing with my students in this class and I got much of joy no matter what happened in the morning (a sorrowing morning)

Secondly, it was after teaching, I went to a public university in Bandung for a fellowship. Here, I met with a graduate student from Madagascar. She is taking social welfare major at the same uni with me. I was so blessed abundantly with the fellowship after almost one year not to join. When going home, I said hi to her and got her some questions. While talking, we walked down together and at one moment she told me that she really liked a student ministry such what she had in her campus of her country. I thought she already had with this community, hehe. For short, at the end of the great talk, I asked where she will go for Sunday fellowship. She told me a name of a Sunday fellowship place then asked my phone’s number. But, I had no idea why I was encouraged to invite her to come with me for the Sunday fellowship. After asking about the details of the fellowship, she said, “Ok, I’ll visit your...”. I said wow to God. WHY? Because it has been almost one year, I didn’t visit the place but suddenly I was encouraged to ask her at that time. Really didn’t have any idea about that moment but whatever it did I finally knew that God wants her and me in this community.

Yesterday was part of my tough day after some couples months ago I was in very gloomy situation and facing many tough things to get me out and to move on till yesterday. I experienced His mercy to bring me back “home” so I am able to stand now. During my ups and downs, He is always faithful especially for yesterday how He covered my life by His loving mercy to bless the two foreigner students. I forgot how many times He got me in prayers and spoke into my heart and through His words: ................(confidential), hehe. Before yesterday, it seemed to me that I had a huge doubt with His saying such like that because what happened in the past. But, yesterday my faithful Father really was in charge to let me know that His saying was very reliable. It happens not because who I was, I am, or I’ll be but Who He is in me yesterday, today, and forever. Awwwwwwwwww, it was not only yesterday but day by day He will cover me by His love.

Head off, my lover of my soul!!!

Tergantikan olh JanjiNya

Sesekali rasa tak diundang itu hinggap,
Sedih tatkala yg tlah berujung itu mampir
Janji2 dr masa lalu 
trdengar manis tpi gugur olh wkt

Ohh,itu dlu,tdk utk skrng:-)
Tergantikan dgn Janji2Nya
Yg benar manis adanya, yg tak kan prnah berujung
Ruang&wkt tak kuasa menjangkarnya

Senyum manis kala memikirkanNya
Sang Kekasih sejati yg melekat d hati
Tak gundah dgn Janji2Nya
Yg dikhususkan buat daranya,pasti utk pujaan hatiNya.

Ohh,Sang kekasih,tak ragu lgi padaMu
Tak pernah luntur kasihMu
Tak bernoda ketulusan cintaMu
Bahkan olh pelanggaran2 di masa lalu& masa kini
Ohh,tak cukup ucapan trims buat kesetianMu yg teruji

Anas Tidak Bahaga Krna Fakta Persidangan tidak Dianggap dlm Vonis

http://nasional.kompas.com/read/2014/09/24/21254681/Anas.Tidak.Bahagia.karena.Fakta.Persidangan.Tidak.Dianggap.dalam.Vonis

Tak Berjejak

Detik yang bersayap, turut membantu
Menit yang bersayap, jua turut aktif
Jam yang bersayap, tak mau tertinggal
Bulan yang bersayap, berhasil membawanya luput

Akhirnya telah pergi
Waktu mengepakkan sayapnya
Lepas landas dari relung hati
Mendarat di ruang nostalgia

Yang pernah ada, telah lekang
Lekang dari relung hati
Yang pernah ada, telah hijrah
Hijrah ke ruang nostalgia

Tak berjejak di relungan itu
Jejak yang dulu bertuan
Membekas sedikit di ruangan itu
Bekas yang tidak lagi bertuan

Yang tak berjejak
Yang tak bertuan di ruang nostagia
Kini telah lekang dan luput
Awalnya telah datang

Beautiful Sunshine after The Rain

Look up! Yeah.
The gloomy sky almost starts dropping some water.
Some raindrops will be falling soon.
Look back! Nope.

All uninvited memories was cleared out already.
Some last time rain did a good job.

Get ready!
Today rain will be awesome.
Have a wish for coming a little rainbow after today rain.
In any way, the tiny rainbow won't be showing up.
If not, the great thing is still to be done by a constant visiting of beautiful sunshine.

Stick around a moment!
Today rain will be yesterday rain tomorrow.
But, next rain will drop in tomorrow or someday in the future.
From yesterday, today to future dark sky, there is always the constant beautiful sunshine after the rain.
Surely, it is constant to roll in day by day

School in Japan

Some valuable things can be learned from this video in terms of education: self-disciplining, social networking, self-sufficiecy, honesty, leadership, creativity.

Japan: Educating students to think independently in confronting the chal...

Indonesia is on the way to fix and improve the way to educate with Pak Jokowi initiating program of "Revolution Mental"

One of my wishes

http://www.lotus.ugent.be/applicationform.asp?frmid=&act=&frm=1295&cat=6781&recid=248098

Fadli Zon vs Adian Napitupulu - Debat Kontroversi Soeharto - Debat TVONE

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Kocak jadinya, ngeliat sesama orang batak beradu pendapat, hehe...

Data sejarah FZ tdk akurat...
Mantap Bang Adian...
Bang R, trlalu personal datanya...
Pak R adalah saksi sejarah yg tdk layak diabaikan pendapatnya :-)

http://thegospelcoalition.org/article/my-taste-academic-persecution#

Social Justice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOh0Ts1xDmM

Kekecewaan Terbatas, Harapan Tidak Terbatas: Perspektif Subjektif

"Kekecewaan itu terbatas, namun harapan tidak terbatas" adalah untaian kata yang pernah dirangkai oleh Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dengan sedikit mengkaji pernyataan tokoh besar ini, yang menentang praktik diskriminasi rasial di Amerika pada zamannya, maka batasan rasa kecewa bisa dilihat dari dua sudut pandang yang terpolarisasi.

Perspektif + : mengampuni org2 yg pernah mngecawakan; tdk mnyalahkan beragam faktor eksternal; berdamai dengan Sang Pencipta, diri sendiri akn mendorong seseorang utk memberi pengampunan, maka rasa kecewa akn hilang.

Perspektif - : menyalahkan oknum2 tertentu&faktor eksternal, merasa tertolak, menjadi seseorang yg psikososial. Gejala ini ditandai dengan kecenderungan perilaku yg menarik diri dari lingkungan sosial krna intensitas pikiran negatif yang menghantuinya baik terhadap diri sendiri maupun orang2 di sekitarnya. Klimaks dari rasa kecewa bisa sampai menyalahkan Sang Pencipta& bertanya utk apa saya hidup. Jika pertanyaan tersebut direalisasikan maka benarlah rasa kecewa akn sirna slamanya bersama dgn inang perasaan negatif itu.Tragis sungguh:-(

Itu sedikit pendapat saya yang berlandaskan pengalaman personal. Saya berpendapat demikian krna seseorang itu pernah menjadi saya. Kecewa demi kecewa pernah mengiringi hari2ku karena pilihan2 saya yang keliru. Saya berusaha mencari  hal2 yang dari dunia ini berupa materi, pencapaian, pengakuan, bahkan seorang pria utk mengisi  kekosongan "God's spot" dalam hidup saya. Tentu saja, usaha saya sia2 utk  mencapainya sampai saya pernah ada pada titik terendah dlm hidup.

Syukurnya, ada kasih yang tidak pernah menyerah terhadap hidup saya untuk memilih sudut pandang yang positif. Itulah KASIH yang sejati yg hanya dimiliki olh Pribadi yang hidup. KASIH membalut setiap luka dan mngangkat setiap beban yang menekan jiwa. Sang Kasih yang menghapus semua rasa kecewa itu dengan mengatakan, kamu boleh kehilangan segala sesuatunya tapi kamu memiliki Aku; memiliki aku berarti mempunyai segala2nya. Kasih yang memberikan pengharapan yang tidak mengecewakan pada akhirnya (Roma 5:5). Saya setuju dengan apa yang dilontarkan King bahwa pengharapang itu tidak terbatas, menurut saya krna Sang Pemberi Pengharapan itu tidak terbatas. Kutipan dari film "Croods" (2013) yang mengatakan "No more hiding. Keep alive" menjadi sangat inspiratif utk berani hidup dlm pengharapan.Tidak rugi tapi malah untung utk senantiasa berharap:-)

Seen "It" vs. Unseen "It"?

It seems real but is fake
It's all the past.

It looks abstract but is realer than the seen thing.

It's hope.

It's the present concrete thing

It'll be the past unreal thing

It's too much to be messed up by the seen thing

It's pointless to be "there" with the fake issue

It's enough to be "here" with the unseen matter

                                                                                            #aSwallowThoughtOfMine

Which Sound?

Which Sound?

zzzzzzzzzzzz sound......................................

After 'that', no more sound...........................
Night by night, only the /z/ phonic can be heard.
no more phonic even no word is pronounced..

Is it really what's happening behind the curtain?...
Dunno...any word can be yes or not to be spoken.
What If it is spoken a lot till many may be known?
Bingo...Lotto...it's viral not to be unknown............

Who sounds first?..............................................
Who tweets next?..............................................
Let them tweet...................................................

Yea...yea...yea can be sounded.........................
1...2...3...with any short high-pitched sound........
blah...blah...blah can be tweeted........................
blah...blah...blah can be heard...........................

Does what's tweeting look like be pointed?................................
A choice must be made...........................................................
Listen! The true sound is always there to be accepted.................
The sweet and loving sound always comes to bring healing inward

No other sound but the true sound comes over.................................
Ever mixed-pain feelings filled the inner space before.....................
Things behind were over.................................................................
One yoke only with One sound is enough to start over.

A Bit Portray of Hambalang Graft

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Hambalang sport center project case is a big graft issue in Indonesia. Regarding with Indonesian corruption scandal news, Kompas as a national printed media reported that the Hambalang case became the top topic represented by media from January 1 to December 9, 2013. In this scandal, Indonesia has been damaged in a very significant number. Based on the audit report from the Supreme Audit Agency, the Hambalang corruption case losses the state fund at amount Rp 471.7 billion ($42 million). Since 2011 the Hambalang graft has been being identified by an influential antigraft body in Indonesia, named the Corruption Eradication Commission known as the Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK) in Bahasa.

The KPK started exploring the graft issue after the former Democratic Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin said about the misusage of the state fund for the multiyear Hambalang project. In following up the speculative information, the KPK ultimately found out some high-profile politicians of the ruling party (the Democrat Party) getting involved such as the former chief of the Youth and Sport ministry’s financial and internal affairs bureau Dedy Kusnidar, Angelina Sondak, the former Youth and Sport Minister Andy Malarangeng (AM), and the former Democratic Party Chairman Anas Urbaningrum (AU). Two of them comprising AM & AU are in the inner circle of the President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). The KPK named AM as a graft suspect in connection with the Hambalang project on 8 December, 2012 and around two months later AU was called to be investigated Feb 22, 2013 in relation to the misusage of the state money for the Hambalang sport center in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.  AM has been detained by the KPK because of misusing his authority over the management of the Hambalang project budget. Meanwhile, AU has been found guilty because of receiving some gratifications in relation to the multiyear project for his designation as a chairman of the Demokrat Party (Partai Demokrat) at the internal cauce of the Demokrat Party in Bandung in 2010.

We cannot celebrate yet some achievements of the KPK toward the Hambalang graft. Of course, it is undeniable that the KPK has made its good track record after prisoning some graft-involved prominent politicians from the ruling party. The Hambalang case, however, has not completely been finished but is mysterious still. The KPK has been dealing with the puzzle of the issue in order to catch the “big fish”. Now, the question is: who is next after bringing AM and AU to justice?

http://wanitawanita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hambalang-ambles-rugi-rp-14-m-ditanggung-asuransi.jpg

Galau Jadi Riang: 14 Mei 2014

Tanggal 14 Mei 2014 adalah suatu hari yang mengisahkan suatu cerita yang berbeda dari hari-hari sebelumnya. Hari dimana kebingungan dan kegalauan sempat melanda diriku. Akhirnya, aku memutuskan untuk melangkahkan kaki ke kampus. Saya berjuang untuk konsentrasi untuk mengerjakan apa yang saya lakukan dengan laptop saya karena seringkali pikiran-pikiran yang memancing situasi galau itu muncul. Bersyukur hampir 3 jam ak bisa belajar walaupun hasilnya tidak maksimal.

Abis ngampus, ak menuju tempat perhentian bis dan ga lama ngetem, bisnya berangkat. Dalam perjalanan pulang di bis, ak mulai galau, hatiku sangat sesak, mata udah berkaca2 tapi malu nangis di bis. Dalam kegalauan itu, tiba-tiba ponsel seluler ku bunyi. Kawanku nelpon sambil nangis-nangis menceritakan masalahnya. Ak dengerin ceritanya padahal aku juga pengen nangis pada saat itu karena masalahku. Poin yang kudapat dari kisahnya adalah bahwa dia tetap mau berharap kepada Tuhan dan percaya bahwa solusinya dari Tuhan. Sekonyong-konyong aku merefleksikan apa yang sedang kudengar dengan apa yang sedang terjadi dengan diriku. Tentunya, masalahku tak ada apa-apanya dengan apa yang kawanku alami tapi responnya jauh sangat berbeda dengan caraku ngadepin kegalauanku di tanggal 14 Mei 2014. Ak mencoba ngalihin pikiranku ke posisi kawan ini dan mulai berdoa dalam hati buat dia. Alhasil, rasa galauku dan sesakku mulai hilang kemudian minta ampun sama Tuhan karena sempat ngebiarin masalah menghimpit diriku. Turun dari bis, aku bisa tersenyum, hehe... :-) 

Setibanya di kost, saya nyiapin makan malam. Taraaaa..ready to save my lifeJ Sambil mnghajar ‘home-made dinner’ ku di ruang TV kost, “Prime Time News” yang menjadi salah satu program favoritku, ak set untuk menemani makan malamku. Lepas program ini, tayangan“Mata Najwa”  berlanjut, ak masih nangkring di ruang TV dan tiba2 seorang adik kost berinisial nama P datang minta saran dengan dress yang mau dia pake besoknya buat acara fotoan. Setelah menemukan kostum yang sesuai, kami dan dua adik lainnya masih menikmati program “Najwa”. Satu adik yang berinisial T ninggalin kami ga lama setelah acara “Najwa”. Tinggallah diriku bersama adk P dan satu adk lagi berinisial I. Nah, kami ngobrol2 akhirnya sampai ke cerita tentang Tuhan. Sempat tercetus olh adk I klo dia sbenarnya smp hri ini mempertanyakan ttg Tuhan padahal dia rajin beridah sesuai dengan ajaran agamanya. Keraguan dia ttg Tuhan dimulai dari SMA.

“Aku jg pernah ngeraguin Tuhan” cetusku.

Adk P ngasih tau klo dia sih slama ni hdpnya flat aja tpi dia percaya Tuhan krna dia ngeliat gmn papanya bisa sembuh krna Tuhan. Adk P cerita klo papanya sempat sakit yang ga terdiagnosa olh dokter tpi parah dan hampir mau meninggal. Waktu sakitnya ga kambuh papanya ngantor dan pas break papanya mampir k gereja yang ga jauh dari kantor papanya. Di gereja ini, papa P berdoa sambil nangis dan sempat seorang romo datang k papa P dan mulai mendoakannya. Sejak saat itu, papa P sembuh. Inilah alasan P percaya kalo Tuhan ada.

Tiba2, adk I bertanya, “klo kk gmn bs ngeraguin Tuhan?”.

Dan disinilah ak menceritakan cerita kelam yg pernah aku lalui krna kecewa sma Tuhan dan ngeraguin Dia dan gmn Tuhan mngampuni ak dan mulihin hdp ku. Intinya, ak bilang Tuhan itu hidup. Itulah, cara yang Tuhan pakai untuk menolongku keluar dari rasa galauku dan ngejubahin ak dgn pakaian kegirangan. Tanggal 14 Mei 2014 adalah satu momen dari ribuan momen ak mengalami rasa riang.
  

From Wilberforce to The Modern Wilberforce: Abolishing Slavery to Eradicating Corruption (Indonesian Scope) but WHEN?

It was he, a great member of British Parliament who was an example of persistent life against abusive social issue in the British Empire. Fighting during forty-six years (from 1787 to 1833) for His campaign to abolish slavery was not happened without disappointments, defeats, illness, and family problems but the endurance had remained up to the historical movement that he made it, the abolitionist achievement.

It was he, named William Wilberforce, who traveled his life "from self-centeredness, achievement-centeredness, and political-centeredness to God-centeredness" (Piper, 2006). His passion for battling the slavery has changed the history of human life not only in British Empire but ultimately in the whole regions internationally. Such a history maker he is....

Facing a different issue in the context of Indonesia, it is an undeniable fact that corruption has been viral almost in every system for long decades. This rampant graft case typically has entered the executive, legislature, and judiciary. 

To eradicate the plaguing of this extraordinary criminal issue, an antigraft body, called the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) was formed. From its performance in defeating this destroying virus recently, a lot of corruption issues have been emerged publicly through channels of media both in printed and electronic forms.  The more we follow the coverage of media toward the graft issues, the more we are revealed that the Corruption Eradication Commission and Indonesia have amounts of complex homework to end this contagious virus.

But how and when? Do we need a modern William Wilberforce or the Source of the inspiring life of Wilberforce? OR?

Note: A not-yet-done writing :-P