Indonesian ( Life ) Blogger
Archive for November, 2007
One Paragraph That Explain Life
0Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS which he got due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983.
From world over, he received letters from his fans, one of which conveyed:
Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease?
To this Arthur Ashe replied:
“The world over – - – - -
50 million children start playing tennis,
5 million learn to play tennis,
500,000 learn professional tennis,
50,000 come to the circuit,
5000 reach the grand slam,
50 reach Wimbledon,
4 to semi final,
2 to the finals,
when I was holding a cup I never asked GOD ‘Why me?’.
And today in pain I should not be asking GOD ‘Why me? ‘
“Happiness keeps you Sweet, Trials keep you Strong, Sorrow keeps you Human, Failure Keeps you humble and Success keeps you glowing, but only Faith & Attitude Keeps you going ……
Salib
0Seorang lelaki muda yang putus asa, berlutut dan berdoa ; “TUHAN, saya tidak sanggup lagi untuk terus hidup,” serunya. “Salib yang kutanggung terlalu berat.
Lalu TUHAN menjawab, “AnakKU, bila kau tak sanggup menanggung beban salibmu, letakkanlah salib tersebut dan bukalah pintu yang kau lihat disana, masuklah ke dalam ruangannya dan pilihlah salib manapun yang kau inginkan.”
Laki-laki tersebut merasa lega dan ia menjawab,”Terimakasih TUHAN.” Kemudian ia melakukan apa yang TUHAN katakan
padanya. Saat memasuki ruangan yang disarankan ia melihat banyak salib, beberapa diantaranya sangat besar sehingga ujung – ujung salib tersebut tidak terlihat.
Maka ia menunjuk sebuah salib kecil yang tersandar pada jendela yang berjarak agak jauh. Lelaki tersebut berbisik,”Saya memilih salib itu TUHAN. TUHAN menjawab, “AnakKU, itulah salib yang baru saja kau bawa masuk.”
Saat kesulitan hidup menerpa, disitulah kita dapat melihat dan memahami bagaimana orang lain yang mengalami hal serupa dapat mengatasinya. Setelah itu, kau akan merasa lebih beruntung dari apa yang kau bayangkan.
Salibmu
Bagaimanapun beratnya salibmu, dan seperti apapun penderitaanmu pastilah akan ada sinar matahari yang memancar setelah hujan turun. Mungkin kau merasa goyah atau bahkan jatuh, tapi TUHAN selalu berada disisimu untuk membantumu melalui segala hal.
Ironis bila kau dapat mengirim ribuan “lelucon” melalui email dan lelucon tersebut menyebar cepat bagaikan kebakaran, tapi
bila kau mulai mengirimkan pesan tentang TUHAN, orang – orang berpikir dua kali untuk mensharingkannya.
GOD is at the window
0A little boy was visiting his grandparents on their farm.
He was given a slingshot to play with out in the woods.
He practiced in the woods; but he could never hit the target.
Getting a little discouraged, he headed back home for dinner.
As he was walking back when he saw Grandma’s pet Duck.
Just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly, hit the duck square in the head and killed it.
He was shocked and grieved!
In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood pile,
Only to see his sister watching!
Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing.
After lunch the next day Grandma said, “Sally, let’s wash the dishes.”
But Sally said, “Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen.”
Then she whispered to him, “Remember the duck?”
So Johnny did the dishes.
Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing, and Grandma said, “I’m sorry but I need Sally to help make supper.”
Sally just smiled and said, “Well that’s all right because Johnny told me he wanted to help.”
She whispered again, “Remember the duck?”
So Sally went fishing and Johnny stayed to help.
After several days of Johnny doing both his chores and Sally’s, he finally couldn’t stand it any longer.
He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed the duck.
Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug and said,
“Sweetheart, I know.
You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the whole thing, but because I love you, I forgave you.
I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make a slave of you..”
Thought for the day and every day hereafter . . . Whatever is in your past, whatever you have done . . . And the devil keeps throwing it up in your face . . . (lying, cheating, debt, fear, bad habits, hatred, anger, bitterness, etc.) . . .
Whatever it is, you need to know that God was standing at the window and He saw the whole thing.
He has seen your whole life.
He wants you to know that He loves you and that you are forgiven.
He’s just wondering how long you will let the devil make a slave of you.
The great thing about God is that when you ask for forgiveness, He not only forgives you, but He forgets.
It is by God’s grace and mercy that we are saved.
Go ahead and make the difference in someone’s life today.
Share this with a friend, and always remember:
God is at the window.
