Monday, June 3, 2019

Mobil Baru atau Hati Baru?

Putra kedua saya menangis tadi sore saat mobil mainan yang susah payah dirakitnya pecah menjadi beberapa bagian.

Sebagai seorang insinyur, Saya segera mempelajari keadaan dan berusaha menenangkan pria kecil ini, dan mulai mengajarinya teknik memperkuat rangka.

Hal paling berharga yang ia pelajari hari ini bukan tentang mobil-mobilan yang akhirnya jadi luar biasa (meski akhirnya Anda bisa lihat di gambar..).  Namun yang lebih penting lagi, ia paham bahwa saat keadaan nampaknya di luar kendali dan menyedihkan tanpa tertahankan, Saya selalu ada di sisinya dan siap menolongnya.

     Mainan tersebut rusak kembali beberapa kali sore itu, namun kali ini ia nampak tenang.  Nampak sekali perubahan dalam cara anak ini menanggapi masalah & kegagalan.  Dan perubahan inilah yang berharga dan permanen.

 Jadi, para sahabat ...

💖Selaku orang tua, guru, atasan, figur otoritas, semoga takkan pernah lagi kita memandang rendah saat seorang anak sedang menangis.  Tangisan bisa punya 1001 makna, namun di antara nya TIDAK ada yang bermakna kelemahan.

💖 Sebagai siapapun kita, kita bukan Tuhan, dan takkan pernah menduduki peran sebagai Tuhan.  Rendah diri maupun kesombongan adalah perlawanan secara langsung yang menyakiti hati Tuhan.  Kisah kehidupan bukanlah tentang kita.  Maka jangan pernah berhenti menempatkan Tuhan di pusat segalanya dan teruslah berusaha mengasihi Dia lewat melayani & berbakti pada sesama. 
Saat "di atas" ingatlah "tujuan Tuhan" atas kita, bukan ambisi kita.  Saat "di bawah" ingatlah bahwa tak ada yang dapat membuatnya berkata "UPS!" atau "Eits!". Insinyur Agung kita telah mengetahui & memperhitungkan semuanya.

💖  Tak ada salahnya memiliki keinginan dan dambaan, itulah bukti bahwa kita diciptakan dengan hasrat untuk memiliki sukacita dan damai, untuk kesempurnaan dan kekekalan (Pkh 3:11).  Namun jangan puas hanya dengan harta dan tahta, karena ilusi takkan pernah mengalahkan keindahan hal yang sejati.  Ingin segera "lulus" dari pelajaran hidup tertentu?  Mari melatih jiwa kita untuk bergembira meski mobil baru "dambaan" kita belum kunjung tiba, sebaliknya, mintalah "hati baru" dari Tuhan.  💖(Yeh 36:26, Ibr 11:6; 1Ptr 1:6-7)

#holiday #qualitytime #legoboy #boysthingy #lifelessons #הילדשלי😍 #小弟弟

New Car or New Heart?

He cried this afternoon when the car broke in several chunks.  In my engineer's perspective, assessing the situation, I calmed him down and taught him chasis reinforcement.  

     The most precious thing he learned today wasn't the restored car (though finally .. you can tell by the picture), instead, it was the knowledge that even if things get out of hand & seemingly impossible to bear, I have his back, I'm always on his six.

     The car broke few more times afterwards, but the evident calm in him, it's there to stay.



So friends ...

💖 As parents, teachers, leaders, figures of authority, may we never again looking down whenever a child is crying.  It's everything BUT a sign of weakness.

💖 As anyone or anything, we are anything BUT God.  Inferiority & arrogance, both offend God.  It's never about us, so never loose our God centeredness & orientation on loving him through people.  When we're "above", remember our purpose (not our ambitions), and when we're "down", remember that nothing can make him say "Oops". Our great Engineer has everything figured out.

💖 Nothing's wrong with having wants &
longings, it proves our pre-installed desire for joy & peace, for שלום wholeness, for eternity (Eccl 3:11).  However, don't stop at wealth & power, the illusions can never be the real thing.  You want this particular life lessons to pass?  Train your soul to rejoice despite of the delayed new car, and ask God for a new heart. 💖(Ezekiel 36:26, Heb 11:6; 1Peter 1:6-7)

#holiday #qualitytime #legoboy #boysthingy #lifelessons #הילדשלי😍 #小弟弟



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From brother Felix's thumb 😅♥️

Greetings beloved readers!

Friends, you are created for God's delight as much as He's delighted to shower you with love, to restore you into His intended fullness of life, to reveal Himself to you through His Son, Jesus Christ, to pour out His heart to you and as much people whose lives you're allowed to touch.  This is OUR ministry of peace & reconciliation. 

How to support OUR ministry?

This ministry is grounded in the longing to be an authentic integral witness of God's salvation in a way that blesses & empower people to be better in what they're destined & called to do, to be a better professionals, business owners, family member, and member of their communities and even their nation.  

Therefore we don't collect financial donations but rather asking you to support causes and ventures we believe could bring increasing opportunity to resonate His messages through what we daily do best as roles mentioned above.  

How can I support OUR ministry?

Visit or/and share these following links ..
Someone you know or even yourself might be blessed, inspired, or unnoticeably passing blessings to certain needs..

My musical VIDEO channel
My musical AUDIO channel
My musical arrangement service offer
My repertoire composing / e-refurbishing services


Blessings

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Please Help Me Giving a Proper Title to This

What I'm about to share aren't simply good parenting practices, honestly & without any Ill intention I'm stating that they're also absent during my childhood & now I'm fighting by God's grace everyday to do them..

💎 I let my boys know whenever possible that just by simply existing (regardless of achievements), they are already the source of my joy.

💎 I demonstrate the things I myself have been longing to hear :
* "Sorry" whenever I realized I have failed to exercise perfection / truth / God's principles in parenting, they will know that we humans make mistakes, and the way out is not perfection, it's the giving & receiving of forgiveness.
* "Please / help", giving them dignity but also a realization that their satisfaction comes not from annexation, but from serving.
* "Thank you".. same as above.

💎 I tie & summarize as much of our  conversations to the realization that God is the reason, sustainer, and the conclusion of this grand story called "life".

💎 I made sure they reached the fulfillment of my & my wife's matrimony vow, that is to mentor them in Christ.  I might not own nor attain much, but I recalled when I guided them to embrace the fruit of The Cross wholeheartedly.  I watched their small faces drown in tears of thanksgiving for what Christ has done for their forgiveness & salvation.  I felt that no success nor riches can compared to having your whole house enjoyed the gift of new life.


God is the source of unending love.  He's
enabled me to become a dad I've never and might never had.  Through the Cross, Christ has revealed the perfect heart of My Heavenly & Loving Father, and that sacrifice has covered all guilt and settled all debt.
💖💖💖

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Man, It's Only a Shoerack! 😂

Inspired by @nasdaily 's #mountaintest , I trained myself to reflect on the addition of this one simple cheap item.  How can we better pursue God's calling, fulfill his purpose, and propagate his kingdom by having our "this & that"?

True, the awareness of #purpose saves us tons of unneeded burdens, anxiety & sorrow.

#shoerack #holiday #divinewisdom #freedom #godsimage #comfort 💖











From brother Felix's thumb 😅♥️

Greetings beloved readers!

Friends, you are created for God's delight as much as He's delighted to shower you with love, to restore you into His intended fullness of life, to reveal Himself to you through His Son, Jesus Christ, to pour out His heart to you and as much people whose lives you're allowed to touch.  This is OUR ministry of peace & reconciliation. 

How to support OUR ministry?

This ministry is grounded in the longing to be an authentic integral witness of God's salvation in a way that blesses & empower people to be better in what they're destined & called to do, to be a better professionals, business owners, family member, and member of their communities and even their nation.  

Therefore we don't collect financial donations but rather asking you to support causes and ventures we believe could bring increasing opportunity to resonate His messages through what we daily do best as roles mentioned above.  

How can I support OUR ministry?

Share this blog, also visit or/and share these following links ..
Someone you know or even yourself might be blessed, inspired, or unnoticeably passing blessings to certain needs..

My musical VIDEO channel
My musical AUDIO channel
My musical arrangement service offer
My repertoire composing / e-refurbishing services

Blessings







Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Yang Terakhir Habis, Menang! 😁♥️

Sabun mandi cair yang harum ini dihadiahkan oleh murid isteri Saya di awal Desember 2017.  Kami amat hemat menggunakannya, hanya untuk momen "spesial" saat, kami butuh sekedar "penyegaran".
Memang, kami tidak sedemikian miskinnya, namun demikianlah gambaran pergumulan kami mencukupi kebutuhan sehari-hari.

Tapi tidak, Saya tidak menceritakan hal ini untuk meraih simpati Anda.  Saya melakukannya karena Saya telah bertekad bahwa baik senang maupun susah, Saya tidak akan mau dihalangi untuk bercerita tentang kasih setia Tuhan. ♥️

Mungkin Anda sedang menghadapi masa sulit, pergumulan, kemalangan, atau kehilangan yang sedemikian hebat, hingga Anda berpikir untuk melepaskan diri dari kebenaran, idealisme tertentu, hubungan, harapan, iman, bahkan kehidupan.

Jangan .. ♥️

Izinkan Saya menyemangati Anda.  Ketahuilah, Yesus Kristus telah mengunjungi dunia kita yg "gelap" ini dengan satu agenda utama, ANDA. ♥️ 
Ia rela menderita begitu beratnya, hingga merasakan bagaimana mengalami kematian yang paling hina & menyakitkan.  Ia bangkit kembali dan membuka jalan bagi Anda untuk dapat menemui Dia, menerima kasih Nya yang tanpa batas, tanpa syarat, pertolongan Nya yang tak dapat gagal, semua itu dapat Anda temukan & dapatkan bahkan di jurang terdalam hidup Anda.

Undanglah Dia untuk menjumpai Anda, dalam keadaan apapun dan bagaimanapun, Ia bersedia.  Anda akan memiliki tujuan, alasan, kekuatan, bahkan semangat dan hasrat untuk hidup kembali, karena semua itu bukan hasil usahamu, tapi pemberian Tuhan.  Ia akan menemani Anda untuk menyelesaikan "pertandingan" kehidupan dengan penuh kedamaian, sukacita, dan kehormatan.

Mulailah bersyukur atas keadaan Anda hari ini meski keadaan nampaknya belum membaik.  Kedengarannya aneh bukan?  Nah, inilah cara kerja dalam kerajaan Allah, Anda menerima melalui mempercayai-Nya.  Kedengarannya "gila"?  Tak mengapa lah, Anda juga mendengar pengalaman dari Saya yg dulu begitu terpuruk dan hendak mengakhiri hidup, tapi kini Saya dikuatkan Tuhan, "gila" bukan?  Ayolah, Anda tidak akan rugi mencoba sekali lagi. 😁♥️

Curahkan isi hatimu pada Tuhan dan izinkanlah Ia mengambil alih kendali hidupmu.  Anda lihat nanti, tak lama lagi blog ini akan diisi oleh komentar Anda tentang apa yang Anda alami setelah mengikuti saran Saya hari ini.  Saya sangat yakin nanti Saya akan membaca kisah Anda yang indah bahwa hari ini Anda (akhirnya) hidup.
♥️♥️♥️🎄

FZ




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From brother Felix's thumb 😅♥️

Salam kasih bagi Anda, sahabatku para pembaca!

Sobat, Anda diciptakan untuk kesenangan hati Tuhan sama hal nya dengan hasrat-Nya untuk melimpahi Anda dengan cinta, untuk memulihkan Anda ke dalam bentuk kehidupan yang "penuh & utuh" yang telah dimaksudkan-Nya.  Ia berhasrat untuk menyatakan Diri-Nya melalui putera-Nya, Yesus Kristus, untuk mencurahkan isi hati-Nya pada Anda dan semua orang yang hidupnya diijinkan-Nya untuk Anda sentuh.

Ini adalah pelayanan kasih & rekonsiliasi milik KITA.

Pelayanan ini merindukan lahirnya saksi-saksi "otentik yang terintegrasi" untuk menceritakan kisah keselamatan Tuhan yang memberkati dan memberdayakan semua orang untuk menjadi semakin baik dalam kehidupan pelayanan sehari-hari, apakah itu sebagai pekerja profesional, wirausaha, anggota keluarga, anggota masyarakat, bahkan sebagai warga negara yang lebih baik.

Karena itu kami tidak menggalang sumbangan finansial, namun sekedar meminta dukungan Anda untuk kegiatan-kegiatan yang kami yakini dapat meningkatkan kesempatan & sumber daya dimana prinsip-prinsip Firman Tuhan dapat disampaikan dengan lebih baik dan luas.

Bagaimana cara mendukung pelayanan KITA?

Silakan kunjungi / bagikan beberapa tautan di bawah ini ..
Seseorang yang menerimanya mungkin akan diberkati dengan inspirasi dan bentuk layanan yang mungkin akan membantu atau bahkan sedang mereka cari / butuhkan.  Atau orang itu mungkin juga Anda sendiri.. 

My musical VIDEO channel
My musical AUDIO channel
My musical arrangement service offer
My repertoire composing / e-refurbishing services

Salam berkat dan damai Tuhan ♥️♥️♥️





My Shower Gel Turtle Race 😁♥️

This fragrant shower gel was given to my wife by her student early Dec 2017, it's been so frugally used, accompanying our special moments & times when we need "breaks". We're not the poorest people on Earth yet that's how we've also struggled to have ends meet.  But no, I'm not telling you this to receive sympathy nor pity.  I shared this because I'm determined that no high nor lows can ever stop me to share God's ♥️ faithfulness.

You might be facing tough times, even struggles, tragedies, or loss that made you considering to abandon, truth, certain idealism, relationship, hope, faith, even life.

DON'T.. ♥️

Let me encourage you, that Christ has come to our fallen world, suffered most terrible loss, even died most horrible & shameful death, but then risen to glory to show you that you can face the rock bottom with HIM.  

Ask him to meet you where you are, you can come to him just as you are.  You can and will have purpose and strength to finish the race of life with honour, joy & peace, not by owning the world, but by loving it & life & whatever come what may, start by giving thanks to God regardlessly (I know it sounds nuts, but, hey, you hear it from a guy once suicidal, that's nuts already, you got nothing to loose but try), pouring your heart to Jesus, asking him to have full control, to take the wheel, and you'll see.. someday I'll hear your wonderful story of how that day (today) you've (finally) become ALIVE. ♥️♥️♥️🎄





From brother Felix's thumb 😅♥️

Greetings beloved readers!

Friends, you are created for God's delight as much as He's delighted to shower you with love, to restore you into His intended fullness of life, to reveal Himself to you through His Son, Jesus Christ, to pour out His heart to you and as much people whose lives you're allowed to touch.  This is OUR ministry of peace & reconciliation. 

How to support OUR ministry?

This ministry is grounded in the longing to be an authentic integral witness of God's salvation in a way that blesses & empower people to be better in what they're destined & called to do, to be a better professionals, business owners, family member, and member of their communities and even their nation.  

Therefore we don't collect financial donations but rather asking you to support causes and ventures we believe could bring increasing opportunity to resonate His messages through what we daily do best as roles mentioned above.  

How can I support OUR ministry?

Share this blog, also visit or/and share these following links ..
Someone you know or even yourself might be blessed, inspired, or unnoticeably passing blessings to certain needs..

My musical VIDEO channel
My musical AUDIO channel
My musical arrangement service offer
My repertoire composing / e-refurbishing services

Blessings







Monday, August 6, 2018

The Vow to Poverty

Many "uninformed" Christians would associate Catholicism with "controversials" like its views on salvation, saints, and the purgatory.  Some who've dug deeper however, would also "attack" things like celibating & the vow to poverty.



In same manner allow me to make a case with the most latter mentioned.. poverty?  How can God be a blessing God & demanding us to be poor all the same time?

I'll leave the elaborations to my "more educated" fellow ministers.  However, in relevance to my latest observations on many spiritually malpractices and condoned misconceptions of blessings, all camouflaged as faith movements, yes, it's (escatologically) safer for us Christians to take the "opposite" direction & un-liberalistic approach (started from the mindset) to how we view ourselves and so-called "our" wealth.

It's about time that we, the church started to sharpen the senses & fight the disorientation.  I strongly believe that we're entering one of lush foothold of evil whenever we're provoking uneasiness to our own set of values.  Do we still get uneasy whenever teachings are more to "God's love for me, coupled with faith in (my share of) blessings & success" rather than "God's longing for souls, coupled with faith in His awesome provision in our hardships responding to it"?  (see "me" anywhere?)

It's time then to reconsider this story ..

Luke 12:16-21 Amplified Bible (AMP)

Parable of the Wealthy Fool

16 Then He told them a parable, saying, “There was a rich man whose land was very fertile and productive. 
17 And he began thinking to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place [large enough in which] to store my crops?’ 
18 Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my storehouses and build larger ones, and I will store all my grain and my goods there.
19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many good things stored up,[enough] for many years; rest and relax, eat, drink and be merry (celebrate continually).”’ 
20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own all the things you have prepared?’ 
21 So it is for the one who continues to store up andhoard possessions for himself, and is not rich [in his relationship] toward God.”

Even if what we're doing is promising to fill our barns, I'd propose us to position ourselves along with growing numbers of "180° turning" charismatics (and other "modern" churches) to revisit this Catholic beautiful mind discipline .. The Vow to Poverty.  God owns 'em all, and I'm hauling my @ss here to get more because He still allows me to serve more.



From brother Felix's thumb 😅♥️

Greetings beloved readers!

Friends, you are created for God's delight as much as He's delighted to shower you with love, to restore you into His intended fullness of life, to reveal Himself to you through His Son, Jesus Christ, to pour out His heart to you and as much people whose lives you're allowed to touch.  This is OUR ministry of peace & reconciliation. 

How to support OUR ministry?

This ministry is grounded in the longing to be an authentic integral witness of God's salvation in a way that blesses & empower people to be better in what they're destined & called to do, to be a better professionals, business owners, family member, and member of their communities and even their nation.  

Therefore we don't collect financial donations but rather asking you to support causes and ventures we believe could bring increasing opportunity to resonate His messages through what we daily do best as roles mentioned above.  

How can I support OUR ministry?

Share this blog, also visit or/and share these following links ..
Someone you know or even yourself might be blessed, inspired, or unnoticeably passing blessings to certain needs..

My musical VIDEO channel
My musical AUDIO channel
My musical arrangement service offer
My repertoire composing / e-refurbishing services

Blessings! ♥️♥️♥️