morning humming

This morning when I took shower, I remembered this old song and hummed it while the water splashed out. (can only hummed coz my roommie was still sleeping) But I think the words are so true for me.

Praise Looks Good on You

When you lift Your hands up high
And you sing a song of praise to Me
It brings Me great delight
Such a lovely sight
And yes it is true
Praise looks good on you
Morning night and noon
Your praise ascends to heaven
Like the smell sweet perfume
Filling every room
And yes it is true
Praise looks good on you

You bring your sacrifices
and you offer up your praise
You lift your voice with singing
but your heart seems far away
More than a sacrifice
I am looking for your life
holy and acceptable
and pleasing in my sight

So offer up your lives
holy and acceptable
a willing sacrifice
precious in my sight
But in all that you do
remember all I want is you

So lift your hands up high

and worship Him before the altar

Consecrate your life

a willing sacrifice

But in all that you do

remember all He wants is you

And yes it is true

praise looks good on you

Don Moen

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Judul postingan ini terlalu dramatis... tapi biarin ah.
Pernah denger orang bilang, "dunia ga adil"?????? Kalo belon pernah, sekarang gua bilang.....
Suka ga suka, sadar ga sadar, perasaan itu pasti suatu saat akan kita hadapi. Contohnya gini.
Hari ini ada Exam#1 di kelas Ministry of Teaching, bahannya gak sedikit, lumayan ujubile. Isinya semua beraneka ragam teori dan prinsip2 teaching. Dari awal minggu2 ini gua dah nyiapin krn ga akan bisa dikebut. Kmrn pas lagi finishing belajar, roommate gw di rumah sore2 nunjukin soal ujian 2 thn lalu yg dia dapet dari temennya. Gua liat2 sebentar terus back to my own study. Roommate gw kmrn seharian pergi maen, dia cuma hafalin mati dari text soal punya dia itu. N guess what??????
Tadi soalnya kayanya sama persiss. Roommate gua dlm 30 menit selesain exam truz langsung keluar. Gue ga dongkol sama dia. CUma yah kesel aja. Rasanya ko orang gampang bener ya... gua yg udah susah2 nyiapin kok ga seconfident itu. Apa kayanya gua yg bego.. n roommate gua superbjenius, well I don't know.
Maklum, namanya jg kls ttg 'teaching' - dosen gw bikin tipe ujiannya yg rada2 complexed gitu deh. Semua tmn2 laen jg terbengong2 dan lamaaaa banget selesain test ini. Gua kmrn ga terpikir utk hafal mati or belajar dari text roommate gw krn gua pikir well gua udah punya pattern belajar sendiri dan rasanya 'mungkin gengsiii gitu yee'' masa sih belajar dari bahan orang. Lagian dia pergi keluar seharian n baru balik setelah gua tidur.
Nyesel? Ga juga. Cuma kesel dikit.

Kedua. Awal semester ini gua baru beli software utk bikin academic writing. Di Amrik ini orang ga bisa sembarangan nulis paper kayak jaman kuliah di Indo.... No way! Semua ada aturan bahkan sampe layout, margin, spacing, indentation, semuaaa ada aturan baku. Seminary gua pake model Turabian/Chicago. So gua beli software yg namanya StyleEase-Turabian yg harganya $40 DEMI ikut aturan krn gua disaranin tmn gua yg bisa lolos 1 Prof yg jeli banget. Nah, di kls Systematic Theology (yg gak gampang jg), gua duduk bareng sama 1 tmn yg namanya si X.
Roommate gw kasitau ke dia kalo gua punya StyleEase dan dia ngejar2 itu software ke gua.
Emang sih, orang INDO sdh terkenal dgn 'bajaaakkkk'-nya itu. Segala2 dibajak dan dibakar. hehe. Tapi ga tau deh, napa ya rasanya gua ga rela. Ga adil gua udah beli mahal2 terus dibajak sama dia.... TERUS. blm selesai nih ada lanjutannya....
Di kelas ini kita udah mulai hrs ambil Online Quiz (OQ) yg openbook. Di OQ pertama, si X ini bilang dia udah ambil dan susaaah banget, nilai dia ga nyampe setengah dari nilai penuh. So you know laa kira2 brp. So gua mikir ini pasti susah. Well, I did it and I got almost 3/4 dari total score. GUESS WHAT? Si dosen bilang ok deh, karena banyak yg gagal, yg gagal boleh ambil quiz lagi (dgn isi yg sama). Dan hari ini si X bilang, HORE gua udah ambil OQ dan dapet 100%!!!!!!
JEDIGGGGGG DIGGG DIGGG!!!! Hmm bagusshh!

Marah? Gak
Sebel? Gak juga
Kesel? Belon
Sedih? Jangan sampe
Jengkel? ga tau

No comment. This is not my day... Not at all....

**Dan selimut pun ditutup** zzzz.........

they finally put him down

A TRIBUTE TO A SILENT KID















Isaac (1996-2006)

















(sleepyheads)

He didn't make it, I've just heard this morning. The problem was too complicated. Cancer and a bursting tumor. He could not even breathe. They buried Isaac after the vet shot him down. Poor Ryan, he was sad all day (and even cried.... fortunately I didn't see that, if I was there, I would have ruined the situation). So now when I got home, nobody would stand by the door and greet me. Hix...

Goodbye, Isaac.

noted things

Okay, Minggu ini kok kerasanya panjang banget ya. Ceritanya baru balik dari sport center abis berenang terus relax di jacuzzi berendem air panas... weeee... Orang2 pada mulai nanya di email dll, so gimana nih kabarnya yang udah mulai kuliah.... hehe baru sempet jawab sekarang. Ada beberapa hal yang gua catet, hal2 yang terjadi di semester Fall 2006 ini.

Things to be thanked for:

1. Gua bisa melalui adjustment phase - tinggal di rumah asri nan nyaman dengan 4 roommates. Lebih enak, lebih gak sepi, lebih deket ke kampus, dan lebih murah!!! (itu yg paling penting, coiy!) Bener2 blessings, dah! Adapun roommates gua, Ryan P: the care owner, Ryan B: the funny gag-maker, Adam: the silent co-worker @ the office (lucu juga kita terbengong2 pas tau kita tinggal serumah, Adam & gua sama2 kerja di kantor Admissions Processing), and finally Ben: the undescribable roommate. I'll tell about it later.
2. Semua kelas bisa diikuti dengan lancar. Gua lagi keep-up dengan semua tugas2 yg makin serius dan perlu diplanning jauh2 kapan beresin-nya.
3. Bisa kerja full hours sesuai limit (18 jam seminggu). Memang sih kagak ada naik gaji seperti yang dikasi tau temen gue, tapi well, bisa kerja aja udah bagus banget. Temen2 gua yg international students pada ga dapet kerja.
4. Beberapa urusan 'big deal' di gereja gua sudah dilalui. Fhew!!! Yg ini bener2 puji Tuhan soalnya gua udah sempet kepikir hal2 yg laen. Gereja gua intinya lagi dlm masa transisi gitulah. So, it's glad to know that we can continue to move on.
5. Dpt kesempatan utk ikut kebaktian pagi di Thomas Road Church yg jam 8.30 (so gua sebelum melayani di gereja Faith Baptist jam 10). Krn lokasinya di kampus, jadi sekalian jalan. Lumayan direfresh dengan suasana kebaktian dan preachingnya. Kebetulan yg khotbah pagi Pastor Jonathan Falwell n khotbah dia buat gua lbh dalem pembahasannya, lebih mengena (alias menabok) daripada bokapnya...

Things to be prayed about

1. Walaupun masa penyesuaian gua tinggal disini berjalan lancar, gua masih harus belajar utk menyesuaikan diri tinggal bareng sekamar dengan roommate gua. Ada kalanya gua merasa keganggu kalo dia bawa temen2 seRT nonton bareng di tempat kita. Bukan berarti gua ga seneng ada tamu, gua seneng of course, it brightens the whole room, tapi kadang ngedadak-nya itu. Well, gua udah ngomong baik2 dan keliatannya belakangan ini ada kemajuan, dia gak tiba2 bawa temen2. Kadang dia nanya dulu. Tapi yah, mungkin gua masih hrs belajar banyak utk share the living with others.
2. Semester ini tugas2 gak numpuk, tapi tiap minggu selalu ada yg hrs dikerjain. So, lbh teratur ritme-nya, lebih enak tapi gua gak bole lengah.
3. Pelayanan di gereja bakal lebih serius karena kali ini gua diserahin all areas yg berhubungan sama yg namanya worship & music (praise band dan choir...woaaaa). Maklum grj kecil. Temen gua yg dulu jadi partner skrg gak balik lagi ke Lynchburg. Gua gak pinter bikin konsep, so gua masi kudu belajar pake trial n error tea... Komitmen gua adalah gua bakal lakuin sepanjang yg gua sanggup.
4. Gua enggak pernah suka yg namanya anjing, tapi maklum ada pesan sponsor barusan gua diminta doain anjing golden retriever di rumah kita yang namanya si Isaac. Dia lagi sakit....(bahhhhh... sejak kapan gua doain anjing?????) Overall untung aje anjing yg satu ini baeknya minta ampun. Penurut, pinter, dan gak pernah menggonggong. Halah, gua sempet bingung ni anjing apa domba ye?
5. Last but not least. Tentu kehidupan rohani gua. Anything can happen if I'm not in the right track. Gua lagi berusaha belajar menghadapi karakter tiap2 orang yg berbeda. Orang2 di rumah ini, friends, and even family. So please be patient with me lah, OK???

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."

(Hebrews 12:1-6)

EUUUUUUUUUUUURRRGGGHHHHH....

Shoot! What a draining week...




"To You I call, O LORD my Rock...." - Psalm 28:1

Pancasila in local/tribal languages

Pancasila (Jawa)
siji: Gusti Alllah ora ono kancane
loro: Dadi wong kudu sing adil lan ojo kejem-kejem
telu: Indonesia bersatu kabeh
papat: karo tonggo-tonggo nek ono masalah diomongnobareng-bareng opo
limo: mangan ra mangan sing penting kumpul

Pancasila (Sunda)
hiji: Gusti Allah eta sorangan sareng ageng pisan
dua: ka sorangan teh sikapna kudu sami, ulahngabeda-beda keun..
tilu: Indonesia kuduna mah jadi hiji
Opat: Ra'yat Indonesia sae na pang mutuskeun sagalateh disepakatkeunheula. Kedah bageur lan bijaksana
Lima: Ceunah teh sikap sosialna kudu adil hiji sarengbatur.

Pancasila (Batak Toba)
Sada: Dang adong na pajago-jagohon di jolo ni Debata
Dua : Maradat tu sude jolma
Tolu : Punguan ni halak Indonesia
Opat : Marbadai ... marbadai, dungi mardame
Lima : Godang pe habis saotik pe sukkup

Poncosilo (jawa kromo)
kaping setunggal: Gusti ingkang Maha satunggal
Kaping kalih: Tiangingkang Adil lan beradab
kaping tiga: persetunggalan Indonesia
kapingsekawan: Kerakyatan ingkang dipimpin kaliyan hikmat lan kewicaksonoan dateng permusyawaratan kang diwakilkan.
kaping gangsal:Adil kang sosial kangge sakabehe tiang Indonesia

Pancasila (Palembang)
sute: Tuhan ne sute tu'la
due: jelme harus khapat same rate
tige: jelme Indones iane bersatu padu
empat: jeleme Indonesiane diketuci ngai hikmah dimanengedapatkan jawaban dadi gegale masalah
Leme: kesameratean hidup ne jelmekangok Indonesia...

Pancasila (Ambon)
1. Torang samua tawu cuma ada Tuang Allah yaitu Tetemanu...
2. Orang ambon samu harus tau adat
3. acang deng obet harus bisa bakubae
4.Paitua deng maitua harus bae-bae di rumah rakyat
5.samu harus bisa jaga diri karna ambon lapar makan orang....... ...

Pancasila (Manado)
1. Cuma boleh ba satu Tuhan
2. Selalu adil kong ja pake ontak
3. Torang samua satu, Bangsa Indonesia
4. Tu rakyat musti slalu bakumpul kong bicara bae-2 spy slalu adakaputusan gagah yg semua trima deng nang hati.
5. voor seluruh ra kyat Indonesia, nyanda ada tu jabaku kase beda-2perlakuan.

Pancasilo (Padang)
ciek: Bintang Basagi Limo
duo: Rantai pangikek kudo
tigo: pohon baringin gadang ta'mpek kito bacinto
ampek: kapalo banteng bataduk duo
limo: padi jo kapeh pambaluik nan luka

(kayaknye banyak yg gak nyambung deh)

Ernesto

Had an interesting conversation last night. I told my friend back home in Indonesia about the weather here. These past few days in Virginia we have rainfall. The ERNESTO hurricane from the South / Florida brought this up and we have non-stop rain for 2-3 days. My neighbor's house was flooded, thank the Lord that our house was just fine. My friend gave comment "Wow, America is always struck by all kinds of things; hurricanes, tornadoes, flood, etc." Maybe God is telling something.

I said, "Well, don't forget that Indonesia has been through all kinds of disasters also, tsunami, earthquakes, floods and other stuffs." He replied, "Yes, Indonesia has all kinds of disasters, but the government and the people never changes." We pray all kinds of prayers but they're just the same.
Suddenly something else poped-up in my mind. What is the purpose of prayer, anyway? Yes, prayer changes things, we heard those a lot. But is it to change the condition OR something else. Prayer supposed to change the person who prays, not the situation nor others. Remember Sadrach, Mesach, and Abednego. They were accused because they prayed not to the king but to their God. Then they said, "..the God we serve is able to save us from it and he will rescue us from you, but even he does not..." Even he does not, this is between life and death. Sure it took prayers for them to be able to say that. Yes, they prayed (as Jewish they prayed in the morning, day, and night). And yes it did change them instead of the whole situation that they were facing.

Oswald Chambers said,

"God has established things so that prayer, on the basis of redemption, changes the way a person looks at things. Prayer is not a matter of changing things externally, but one of working miracles in a person’s inner nature."

We Christians used to pray that God would changes this and that, anything but ourselves (especially when we're dealing in a conflict). Ha ha ha.... I used to pray that. Now I'm thankful that God gave me a simple reminder. My prayer is that God continues to change me to be more like Him. Long way to go, fellas.