Father's Love

These past few days I have been struggling as a new regulation comes up. The teachers dorm where I have been staying for these past few years will be alvailable only for new teachers. It means the other teachers have to move out. It is very challenging for my fellow teachers and me. We've been comfortable with the cheap price and facilites we get. Now we have to find other place to stay, move a little far away, even pay more expensive for our room. Thankfully, The Lord is good. I write this not because I got a nice and cheap room but because He is. I have been reading the book of Psalm and get strengthen by The Word, especially when I read on Psalm 107. This chapter begins with a praise for The Lord is good. Then, from verse 4-9... Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle. They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away. Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He l...

Menjelang akhir tahun 2016 lalu, Firman Tuhan terus menerus mengingatkan saya untuk menunjukkan kasih dengan memberikan uang. Di gereja dan komsel, kami sempat membahas hal ini. Bahkan dalam Saat Teduh pribadi, hal ini pun muncul. Selama ini saya sudah setia memberikan perpuluhan dan persembahan, jadi saya merasa bahwa Tuhan ingin saya melakukan pemberian uang kepada orang lain juga. Saya sudah berikan kepada Tuhan, sekarang tiba waktunya untuk memberi bagi sesama juga. Tapi kepada siapa, bagaimana, dan berapa jumlahnya, itu yang perlu dipergumulkan. Jadi saya berdoa supaya bisa meresponi Firman Tuhan dengan taat. Tadinya saya pikir, mungkin Tuhan mau saya memberi uang untuk orang miskin di luar sana, entah siapa dan di mana. Namun ternyata sekalipun itu menyenangkan hati Tuhan, ada hal lain yang lebih utama daripada memberi uang untuk menolong orang miskin.