Maka Yesuspun mulai berbicara dan mengajar mereka, kata-Nya: "Berbahagialah orang yang miskin di hadapan Allah, karena merekalah yang empunya Kerajaan Sorga. Berbahagialah orang yang berdukacita, karena mereka akan dihibur. Berbahagialah orang yang lemah lembut, karena mereka akan memiliki bumi. Berbahagialah orang yang lapar dan haus akan kebenaran, karena mereka akan dipuaskan. Berbahagialah orang yang murah hatinya, karena mereka akan beroleh kemurahan. Berbahagialah orang yang suci hatinya, karena mereka akan melihat Allah. Berbahagialah orang yang membawa damai, karena mereka akan disebut anak-anak Allah. Berbahagialah orang yang dianiaya oleh sebab kebenaran, karena merekalah yang empunya Kerajaan Sorga. Berbahagialah kamu, jika karena Aku kamu dicela dan dianiaya dan kepadamu difitnahkan segala yang jahat. Bersukacita dan bergembiralah, karena upahmu besar di sorga, sebab demikian juga telah dianiaya nabi-nabi yang sebelum kamu." - Matius 5:2-12

21 August 2008

Humor : Khotbah

Seorang presiden menghadiri acara perayaan Natal. Ia diminta untuk memberikan sambutan seusai khotbah pendeta yang berapi-api.

"Jadi, saudara-saudara tidak ada yang mustahil bagi kita! Sekalipun harga-harga melambung tinggi, kita akan terus diberkati, bahkan di dalam Tuhan kita akan lebih kaya lagi! Haleluya!", kata sang pendeta.

Tepuk tangan pun segera bergemuruh mengiringi penutupan khotbah tersebut. Namun, suara itu pun segera senyap tatkala tiba giliran bagi sang presiden untuk memberikan sambutan.

Presiden itu tampak berdiri dan diam sejenak di atas panggung, tetapi katanya kemudian, "Saudara-saudara, saya sungguh terkagum-kagum dengan khotbah tadi. Khotbah itu jelas-jelas melampaui janji-janji saya sewaktu kampanye. Oleh karena itu, saya sarankan Saudara-saudara untuk menagih janji kepada pendeta yang tadi. Terima kasih". Presiden pun turun dari mimbar dan tepuk tangan terdengar lebih bergemuruh lagi.

Four People You Will Meet In Life

Four people you will meet in life. Life is the process of finding love; every person will need to find four people in their life.

First person is you, second person is the one you love most, third person is the one who love you most, and the fourth is the one you spend the rest of your life with.

In life, firstly you will meet with the one you love most, and learn how love feels. Because you know how love feels, so you can find the person who loves you most. When you have experienced the feeling of loving others and being loved, you will then know what it is you need most. Then you will find the person who is most suitable for you, to be able to spend the rest of your life with.

Sadly, in real life, these three people are usually not the same person.

The one you love most doesn’t love you. The one, who love you most, is never the one you love most. And the one you spend your life with, is never theone you love most or the one who love you most.

He is just the person who happens to be at the right place at the right time.

Which person are you in other people’s life?

No person will purposely have a change of heart. At the point in time when he loves you, he really loves you. But when he doesn’t love you anymore, he really doesn’t love you anymore. When he loves you, he can’t pretend that he doesn’t. Same goes, when he loves you no more, there’s no way he can pretend he loves you.

When a person doesn’t love you and wants to leave you. You must ask yourself if you still love him, if you also don’t love him anymore, do not keep him just to save your pride. If you still love him, you should wish him happiness, and hope that he will be with the one he loves most, not stop him from it. If you stop him from finding true happiness with the one he loves, it shows you already don’t love him, and if you don’t love him, what rights do you have to blame him for a change of heart?

Love is not possessive, if you like the moon, you can’t just take it down and put it in your basin, but the moonlight still shines upon you. In other words, when you love a person, you can use another method of possessing the person. Let him become a permanent memory in you life. If you really love a person, you must love him for what he is. Love him for his good points, and the bad, you can’t wish for him to become like what you like him to be just because you love him. If he can’t change to become what you like him to be, you don’t love him anymore.

When you really love a person, you cannot find a reason why you love him, you only know that no matter when and where, good mood or bad mood, you will wish to have this person be with you. Real love is when two people can go through the toughest problems without asking for promises or listing criterias. In a relationship, you have to put in effort and give in at times, not always be on the receiving end. Being away from each other is a type of test, If the relationship isn’t strong, then you can only admit defeat. Real love will never become hate.

When two people are in love, they love to ask each other to swear, to make promises. Why do they ask each other to swear and promise? Because they don’t trust each other, they don’t trust their lover. These swear and promises are useless; Till the sky falls, till the ocean dry, my love for you will never change! We all know that the sky will never fall; the ocean will never dry, even if it does happen, are we still alive by then?

Be careful when making promises; don’t make promises that you cannot keep. Swear by things that can never happen, because it can never happen, so no harm just saying it casually. Remember, swearing by things that can never happen are the most touching!! In a relationship, what you say is one thing, but what you do is another; The one saying, doesn’t believe; the one listening, also doesn’t believe.

NB:
I always felt that my love life seems doesn’t go well as I wish. It always hurt.

Those words really have a great great meaning and too easy to be written but it’s absolutely difficult to do..

Bertekunlah

"Barangsiapa setia dalam perkara-perkara kecil, ia setia juga dalam perkara-perkara besar. Dan barangsiapa tidak benar dalam perkara-perkara kecil, ia tidak benar juga dalam perkara-perkara besar" - Lukas 16:10

Sepuluh tahun lalu hidupnya terlunta-lunta di salah satu kota di Jawa Tengah. Diusir dari satu kos ke kos berikutnya hal biasa baginya. Maklum tidak mampu membayar. Tidak punya pekerjaan tetap. Nekad merantau dari Sumatera ke Pulau Jawa. Tidur beralaskan koran hal yang sering dialaminya. Teman-teman perantauan yang senasib, menolaknya karena dianggap benalu. Lha, siapa yang mau menanggung biaya hidupnya? Cari kerja sulit karena tidak punya ijazah. Bahasa Indonesia ala kadarnya. Sulit dipahami orang lain. Loga bahasanya kental dengan daerah asalnya. Baca tulis saja tidak bisa. Hanya satu bulan menduduki bangku SD. Itulah keadaan Luluk 10 tahun lalu. Berjuang dengan keterbatasan, dilakoninya. Kursus baca tulis pernah dijalani. Saya salah seorang guru les yang dipanggilnya kala itu. Walau tidak menerima bayaran, namun saya gembira karena akhirnya ia bisa membaca dan menulis. Jari-jarinya kaku karena jarang pegang pulpen. Kalau pegang cangkul sih biasa. Ini fakta. Satu hal yang saya pelajari darinya. Ia tekun.

Kesetiaannya teruji tatkala mendirikan koperasi tanpa pengetahuan memadai. Berulangkali ditipu, namun ia tekun memulainya lagi. Ia lugu tak berpendidikan. Namun karakter dasarnya tekun. Hasilnya, jika Anda bertemu hari ini, Anda akan tercengang dengan bisnisnya yang tergolong sangat maju. Mempunyai puluhan karyawan bertitel S1 dan S2, walau ia hanya kursus baca tulis. Setia,tekun dan fokus itulah kuncinya.

Firman Tuhan ini mengingatkan kita untuk setia dalam perkara kecil sehingga perkara besar akan ditambahkan. Walau pekerjaan kita nampaknya sepele, jangan abaikan. Tekunlah! (ZG)

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