Jan 15 2011
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By yessipratiwi CERITA

Just The Way We Are

Pernah nggak, merasa jauh dari Dia?

Merasa baru melakukan kesalahan dan merasa nggak layak di hadapan Dia. Merasa nggak layak di hadapan Dia, trus jadi mikir “nanti aja deh doanya, kalau sudah bisa maafin diri”. Merasa nanti aja deh balikan ke Dia lagi, trus jadi jauh, semakin jauh dari Dia. Karena merasa jauh, lantas merasa cintanya Dia ke kita semakin berkurang. Eh, bener nggak sih? Apa cuman saya aja yang sering merasa? 😉

 

Hari ini, sebelum kerja, saya buka buku Grace for the moment yang memang saya tinggal di kantor, untuk dibaca setiap pagi sebelum kerja. Edisi 14 January 2011. Isinya sederhana sekali, sebenarnya. Tapi fundamental, menurut saya. Well, seenggaknya buat saya mikir lagi, konsep kasih Tuhan yang sebenarnya ke kita, hambaNya. Mau tau nggak, isinya kayak gimana? Ah, siapkan hati lapang sederhana saja. Deretan kalimatnya berbunyi begini ;

God loves you just the way you are. If you think His love for you would be stronger if your faith were, you are wrong. If you think His love would be deeper if your thoughts were, wrong again. Don’t confuse God’s love with the love of people. The love of people often increased with performance and decreases with mistakes. Not so with God’s love. He loves you right where you are.

Gitu saja kok line nya. Kita renungin yuk, menjelang akhir pekan ini. Sambil menikmati matahari pagi, hujan gerimis, atau senja yang merona 🙂

4 thoughts on “Just The Way We Are”

  1. Leo hutabarat says:
    January 18, 2011 at 11:05 am

    I am not sure this is similar or not, but if the question is have or haven’t, than my answer is in christian life, there’s a time that we have felt that.
    If i see these i remember Peter the apostle, have he felt unworthy in front of christ, i believe he have. Cause 3 times he deny Christ.
    But does Christ abandon him, no he hadn’t. Even Christ tell him 3 times the rarest question of all,
    “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”…
    “Simon son of John, do you love me?”…
    “Simon son of John, do you love me?”…
    (John 21:15-17)
    And made Peter the Shepard of all
    Have you felt that we are not worthed ? I supose the question should be, Have we felt that we are worthed in front of Christ ? Than the absolute answer is Not and Never, just because his Love that we are worthed to be save.

    I think remembering his life, seeing his love each day, talk with him every moment, have interest in his teaching , and be a student of Christ will be an answer

    Not sure is this related but maybe something to thought about.

    –See no evil, Hear no evil and Always feel Grace–

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  2. rahmi says:
    January 19, 2011 at 2:06 am

    “God loves you just the way you are. If you think His love for you would be stronger if your faith were, you are wrong. If you think His love would be deeper if your thoughts were, wrong again. Don’t confuse God’s love with the love of people. The love of people often increased with performance and decreases with mistakes. Not so with God’s love. He loves you right where you are.” —> simply beautiful 🙂

    mau izin quote, bolehkah?

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