The Hero

Hongkong, April 2010
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A hero is someone who never gives up bring people to better life and more noble

Everyone loves a hero. In fact almost all the movies, both Hollywood, America or Bollywood, India, has always managed to attract millions of viewers because they always successes to create a new hero.

Even sometimes, the hero of the movie made ​​a hero figure for many people in real life, such as Sha Rukh Khan, for example. While in America he was interrogated at the airport, because his name might be similar to the names of people who are insearch, then the fans in India immediately protested, and a large demonstration going on.

But what a hero really mean it? Is it as much portrayed in the movies? In principle may be true. In which they describeas a highly strong hero, warrior and never give up. And more importantly, they're all on the side of good and true. Is not everyone can be a hero?

By the same criteria we could be heroes for the family, for the environment even to the nation, with a mission to the glory of God's name. Because if God is with us, then we will do great matters, and nothing is impossible for believers.

Be a hero.

Preman

Excelso Bandung
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Love and commitment are the two main pillars of our service to God

Preman (Indonesian, hoodlums), derived from the free man. But in a bad connotation, because freedom is the freedom that is rebellion. That is, someone who called or labeled as a thug is someone who does not want to setting up, to live as they pleased and anti-orderliness. Of no rule of law, not emotional discipline to an undisciplined character mixed in it.

Inside the church there is also the name of thugs, the thugs of spiritual. Christians are anti-orderliness. No discipline of faith, not discipline of worship, and not discipline of service. That is faith, worship and ministry at will, according to those taste. Or erratic service, if more good, well all went well, but if more cranky, irritable or angry all will blowing by the worst wind

The Diamond Words

Kuta Beach, Bali
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Silence is golden, but the talk was a diamond if the content are blessing, inspiring and restoring people.

Silence is golden, really? True, if we talk and a lot of peoples be broken hearts and ruined, so better learn to silent.

But if our words are always so blessings, and many restored or at least inspired to live a better life, we must not be silent.

Try to think in a sense to recall, if every time we say something, people who heard itturned into shame and angry, feeling exposed and unappreciated. Feel interrogatedand judged, feeling rejected and eliminated, then it's time to learn still, because for people like this, silence is golden.

Try to record our conversation with another person a week, then value of itself with aconscience, if they are mostly a blessing, or vice versa.

New tapes, old songs

Traditional Chines Musician
Hang Chou, April 2010
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Changes in character, it should be a sign of spiritual change, language change should be a sign of changing minds, changing the nature of it should be a sign of a change of heart.

In the world of music there is a term new tapes, old songs. That is the new cover but the songs that are inside old, the reason may be a lot of demand because the songs are interesting or a sign that the music had run out of creative ability.

Changes always happens on the basis of false consciousness of life. Through such awareness that the Lord change, renew and restore life. And the word of God is the mirror of life that shows where the error is located. 

In addition, the word of God is the shaper that reshapes the shattered lives, make a beautiful the terrible life, and makes light of a dark life.

The old song in the new tapes is usual in the music world, but bad in real life.

The Great Soul

Toba Lake, North Sumatra, November 2009. 05:00 PM
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In the competition of life, he's a great soul has always been a winner

When Barack Hussein Obama declared his victory, then Mc Cain, who lost, to directly admitted Obama's victory and called him "My President."

In a competition to lose and win is an integral part. And by this we will looking the great-hearted people, who are responsible for his victory or admitting the victory 'of opponent' with sincerity.

When there are the big-hearted of course there also exists a small-hearted, like what? They are among those who won and who lost. They are just using his victory to benefit themselves or those who were whispering to find weaknesses and deficiencies the winners.

With big hearts will try to win with a clean way without cheating, while the spiriteddwarf justifies any means. With big hearts have the spirit to serve while the dwarfwants to be served. A high-minded attempt to understand others that dwarfs alwayswant to be understood by everyone.

Life is competition, and in this competition will experience what the life of winning and losing. Learning to Joseph, when in the press, he did not curse, otherwise when given the big powers, he is not abusive. All he return to God who has set up and give life.

Prioritizing the Lord

Air mengalir sampai jauh, akhirnya ke laut ........ (Water flows up to far, finally to the sea)

That piece of the famous lyric from the song "Bengawan Solo" created by Gesang, beautiful and timeless eternal as the water flow. Unfortunately the water, which seemed to be called beautiful is less interesting, dirty and often making disaster, that source is actually from here. What happened? Many aspects that influence it, one of them of course dominance some people who forget to keep the balance of nature.

Yeheizkiel saw a vision of a river that disgorge at the temple. And the river was deeper and deeper until it grasps. An interesting, along the river, life growing on both sides, indicating that this river has become the source of life.

There are two things why this river can be a source of life, first of its fountains are in God's temple and the second course of this river flowing endlessly.

Every life comes from God is always good and blessed. And one more thing, the source was never dry even without limits, depending on how much faith and hope that we have, and also depends on how big we are open so that water is flowing life give life to another life as much as possible.

As much of life be watered by our blessings life that much of life we will receiving

God Exists

Recognized or not, God exists. He created all and everything will return to Him.

"Is it true that God exists?" Usually this question comes from the mouth of a healthy, strong and lucky peoples. Because in a state like this who needs God? Later when the situation turn around, a question like that usually turned into prayer.

Why is such a thing could happen? At the time someone is reaching the peak of life, the spiritual, usually, is weak. The existence of God is closed by its own strength, so that seems just the physical dimensions and material alone. Her life seemed to stand alone until the wheels rotates and throwing the life down. Partly conscious and turning to Him, but some will not because the situation was too late.

God exists. He is present in all aspects of life, and we must always be awareconstantly of his existence, so his presence more real to life's most precious.