Monday, March 28, 2011

Pasangan dari Tuhan

Tiap orang berharap memberikan diri untuk seseorang, hubungan cinta satu dengan yang lain, untuk dicintai dan mencintai secara langsung maupun spesial...
 
Tetapi Allah berkata untuk anak-anakNya, "Tidak, sampai engkau dipuaskan, diteguhkan, dan penuh dengan cinta yang daripadaKu sendiri, dengan memberikan hidupmu sepenuhnya hanya kepadaKu."
 
Aku mengasihi engkau anakKu dan sampai engkau menemukan bahwa hanya di dalam Aku sajalah kepuasan dapat ditemukan. Engkau tidak akan dapat menemukan orang yang sempurna bagi kehidupanmu yang Aku rencanakan bagimu!
 
Engkau tidak akan pernah dapat beserta dengan orang lain sampai engkau bersatu denganKu. Aku ingin engkau berhenti merencanakan, berhenti berharap, dan membiarkan Aku yang akan membawanya kepadamu!
 
Tetaplah matamu tertuju kepadaKu, haraplah pada hal-hal yang terbesar terjadi. Tetaplah alami dan kepuasanmu hanya ada padaKu. Tetaplah belajar dan mendengarkan akan segala hal yang Aku katakan kepadamu.........jangan bimbang, jangan ragu........dan jangan melihat orang lain yang sudah mendapatkan pasangan hidupnya ataupun yang telah Aku berikan. Jangan melihat seseorang engkau pikir engkau menginginkannya. Tetaplah melihat kepadaKu, atau engkau akan kehilangan hal-hal besar yang akan Aku perlihatkan kepadamu.
 
Pada saatnya nanti engkau akan siap, Aku akan mengejutkan engkau dengan cinta yang jauh lebih indah dari apa yang pernah engkau bayangkan sebelumnya.
 
Engkau lihat, sampai engkau siap dan sampai orang yang Aku persiapkan juga telah siap. Aku bekerja bahkan dalam saat ini untuk mempertemukan engkau berdua siap pada waktunya nanti..............
Sampai engkau berdua dipuaskan secara penuh hanya denganKu dalam kasih dan hidup yang telah Aku persiapkan untukmu. Ketahuilah, Aku mengasihi engkau selama-lamanya...............
 
AKULAH ALLAH YANG BERKUASA!!! Percayalah dan puaslah.............
 
"Allahku akan memenuhi segala keperluanku............" (Filipi 4:19)
"............JANGAN KAMU MEMBENGKITKAN DAN MENGERAKKAN CINTA SEBELUM DIINGININYA!!!"
(KDG 3:5)
 
semoga menjadi berkat^^
GBu aL

(Diambil dari catatan seorang teman di Facebook)
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Worship-What does God feel?

Worship has always been the thing that excites me ever since I was born again. Everytime I went to church I would find the seat that is near the band cause I love music as well. I love the atmosphere when we're worshiping cause that's when I feel God's presence so strong.
I would always come earlier to church to enjoy the worship time when we sang and dance and jump. Sometimes people would cry as they were worshiping. There are so many expressions and impressions in worship that I've seen.

As I was growing as a new believer,
I've always wanted to have those kind of experiences and impressions in worship. So I strived that I might feel like what others feel and yes I got it. I grew up in worship just like anybody else, I even get myself involved in ministry as a church musician. Unfortunately, as I'm growing as christian God opened my eyes to see that this is not the worship that He expects.
Slowly I learned what is meant by worship and the more I learn the more I found how much we've lost the real essence of worship.
I still remember one day after sunday service somebody came to me and said "I felt nothing, I felt empty"
I thought for a moment, something must going wrong but what is it? Why does the man say he couldn't enjoy the worship. And honestly, as a musician sometimes I find it difficult to enjoy the worship when the music sounds 'bad' in my ear for example like too much distortion or the song is too slow or too oldies. I've always wanted to present the best that we can as musicians not realizing that not everyone has the same sense of music.

I also remember one day when Hillsong held a concert in my town. Someone came and asked me "did you feel it? I really enjoyed it. The atmosphere was so strong"
I've seen many times people would always relate worship to music so that when the music is played in a genre that they don't like they would feel nothing, or when the music is too loud for them then they would complain.
Last week I attended a church meeting and just like any other churches, they started with worship. While we were singing a worship song the worship leader said, "keep worshiping until you feel His presence". The question is what if they strive so hard but they still can't feel God's presence? Would it mean God isn't there? In fact, God's presence does not depend on our feeling or emotion. The presence of God is not about emotional experience. Many people seek emotional experiences in worship not realizing God seeks their heart.

There's a lady at my church who always complained about the way I play my keyboard. She always complained also about the drum which she thought was too loud. She wanted the worship to flow the way she expected that when we play differently she would get mad. I found it more than once that she STARED at me everytime I played my keyboard. Looking at her staring at me really screwed up my focus in worship, but my pastor said "your responsibility is to lead the people into God's presence. You are not responsible to their response so just keep going!"
The lady kept complaining and it turned out that she left the church and moved to another church.

Sometimes I pray that I could feel the atmosphere of worship the way I used to feel. Many people that I met in church or bible studies would pray the same prayer. But one day God spoke to me "Worship is about ME, not you"
So true! Its all about Him, not us. I now see the mistake that I've / we've been doing so far, that is to base our worship on our feelings.
A couple days ago I had a talk with a friend about worship at church where the people are now losing the 'feel' in worship. Many would feel nothing in worship. Suddenly God spoke in my heart very clearly "If worship is about what you feel, then what do I feel???"
It was an eye opener.

"Worship is not about us, its about God. Worship is not about what we feel, its about what God feels"

Here are some questions,
How far have our worships touch the heart of the Father?
We've seen many would smile or even laugh when worshiping, but how far have our worships put a smile and laughter on God's face?
How many times have you heard the worship leader would ask at the end of worship "how many are you blessed and satisfied?" But how many of us ask God "God,are You satisfied with my worship?"
Worship is when we put God as the subject. He should be the one who enjoys worship. Letting God smile on us should be the purpose of our worship.

Let's take a few moment to ask God whether He smiles when we worship Him. Cause the bible says , many come to God with their lips only but their hearts are far from Him.

"This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. " (Matthew 15:8).

God wants to feel you.. He wants to enjoy your worship the way you enjoy His presence. Let Him feel you before you feel Him. Remember when we worship we are to give and not to ask. Worship is ALL ABOUT HIM, not about us. Until we really understand this truth, we will keep asking for feeling instead of letting Him to feel us.
I'm not saying that we may not feel anything in worship, just don't focus on it (emotional feeling) coz the time you focus on emotional feeling, you'll end up worshiping yourself.

I believe when God is our focus, we won't be bothered by annoying music or by song genre, or even by emotional feelings.
Just be sincere in worship.

There are only two possibilities in worship, you worship God OR you worship yourself.

To end this, I wanna say :
"DECIDE WHO DO YOU WANT TO WORSHIP!!!"

God bless you
Your brother in Christ,

-Jack Loloin-
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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Hero

What is a hero? A hero is someone who does something worthy for someone else, often at great cost or sacrifice to themselves.

Jesus Christ is the greatest hero of all times. He came to this earth and sacrificed Himself for the sins of the world. He gave the greatest gift His own life. He took on Himself the punishment for your sins and mine when He hung on the cross and died. He was ridiculed, and humiliated, and beaten all for us.

Sometimes for a family member, someone might give their life, or even for a very good person. But who would give their life for a criminal for one condemned to death? Yet God in His great love sent His own Son Jesus Christ to die for us, who are worthy of death because of our sins. How great is the love of God!

There is a story of a judge who was sitting in court, and one day his own son was brought before him on a charge of stealing; and his son was guilty. The judge pronounced him guilty, but then came off the bench and paid the fine himself. Jesus Christ paid our penalty for sin all we need to do is turn from our sins and receive Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord and we receive the gift of eternal life. Praise God for His great love!

-From Global Media Prayer Team-
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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Do you trust ME?

How does it feel when people look down on you and think like you can do nothing.
How does it feel when you are not given any chance to show what you can do?
I've been there many times. How would you respond to those kind of attitude?
I am not someone who likes to show off things that I can do or have. It doesn't mean I am ignorant with the situations around me and don't wanna help, I just respect and totally appreciate when people really come to me and give me chance to help them coz many time I offer my helps, thoughts and ideas but people seemed to not to count it matter. I'm ok with that and would just sit around and see what they can do.
Well sometimes looking at me acting like that people would be like "Can't you do something instead of sitting around?" Everytime they told me that, everytime I would say : "did you ever ask me, or even if you did, did you really trust me? You've always acted as though you can handle everything, now go ahead"

Have you ever feel that? Being in a position where you are not given a chance to explore yourself and what you can do to help the people around you, where actually you really want to do something but all your efforts and ideas are considered 'not good, not exactly right or whatever'. Frustrating, isn't it?

I hated being in that position but one day as I was thinking about it, God said to me : "did you know, that's how you treat me?"
I took a few moment to really think what God meant and I realized its true. Do you know that we sometimes put God in a position where He can't be Himslef. We treat Him as though He can't do anything, instead, we acted as though we can handle everything and when things turn out bad we would come to God not to ask for help but to blame Him thinking He does nothing about us.
Did you know that we've always been unfair with God? He's always got the blame, we've always put Him in a position as though He's the one who's responsible when things go wrong where actually we never gave Him chance to help. We are too busy looking for solutions and ideas to help ourselves not knowing that God is right there waiting that we would call on Him.

Let me tell you this "GOD NEVER INSISTS TO HELP YOU"

I am nobody, just a person who feel bad when people don't trust me but did you know that God is a person too? If I as a man can feel bad with that attitude, how about God? He grieves! Who grieves Him? US!!!

Until you really surrender and ask Him to help you, you'll never see Him acting!
God wants you to really trust in Him wholeheartedly, not with 50% or even 99% of your heart. Only when you surrender to Him and lean on Him that you will see He performs miracles. He even says, blessed are those who put their trust in God.

If you feel like you've been doing this to God, its time to treat Him the way we should.

May God bless you all.

Jack L
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WARNING !!!

Reading this note might have you think I'm a religious freak or a fanatic one. Its ok, I just one to remind you that Jesus is coming back real soon. Everything He said two thousand years ago are coming to pass. According to the bible prophecy we are living in Church age where grace and salvation are given to all who believe in Jesus as the Son of God.
The wedding feast of the Lamb is at hand, only those who believe will be there.

If you are not christian, this note might come to you as foolishness. You have the right to believe in what I say or to just take it as religious freak's writing. I just want to let you know, as long as God still gives you time, make Jesus your Lord and Savior. He's coming back soon, and before His return there will be a 7 year tribulation where the earth will be reigned by someone who will claim himself to be God. But before that happens, you will see in the headline news many people are missing and most of them are christians. You'll find them everywhere but they're nowhere to be found because they will be raptured (taken up to heavens). After that mystery, the world system will change. There will be the use of money no more, instead, people will use an implant chip as a substitute of money. Those who don't have the chip will by no means allowed to do any economic transaction.
This 7 year will be the last time of men to rule the earth. After that 7 year, there will be a thousand years of peace where Jesus and His chosen people will reign over the earth.
You might won't believe, but don't say I didn't warn you.

If you receive Christ today, I bet you'll never regret. Make today the day of your salvation..

Say this little prayer:
Father God, I come to you in Jesus name. Thanks for taking care of us. Thank you for dying on the cross for our sins..
I confess to You that am a sinner. Please come into my heart and be my lord and savior. I give You my life and I proclaim that Jesus is

If you prayed that prayer, know and be assured that God forgives you already.

God bless you
-Jack Loloin-
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I am in the same boat (Jesus)

Have you ever feel despair, hopeless,broken heart,failure and disappointment?
I wanna share something with you.

On march last year I applied for Youth Exchange and I got accepted in SSEAYP (Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program), a leadership training for Japan and Southeast Asian Youth.
After got the call from local committee I was asked to prepare everything needed for the program. Nevertheless, since there was no official letter from the central government about the program that I was supposed to join, I was told to wait till they get further information. So I waited and waited. The ex-participant of the program from the previous year helped me to get the contacts of some other participants of the year so that we could share information. I tried to get all the documents ready, did net conference with other participants to get the updates of the program. I did my best for the preparation as it is my childhood dream to be able to join exchange.
It turned out a disappointment however.
Been waited for a couple months without further information from the local committee,I started to doubt about my departure and so I decided to contact the committee at the central government to ask about my departure but the answer I got was so shocking and disappointing, "Sorry, there's no quota for your province this year. Aren't you informed already? Just pray, if you are lucky then maybe next year"

I put my phone down and said "thanks Jesus, you still have everything under control" eventhough deep inside my heart I felt great disappointment. I knew God must have another plan for me by allowing me to pass the test.
I was ssoooo disappointed back then, but suddenly God spoke to me through a friend in Texas, saying : The wind might be strong, the wave might strike you down, but don't be discouraged
"I AM IN THE SAME BOAT WITH YOU"

I remembered the story of Jesus and the disciples when Jesus calmed the storm. He said "where's your faith???"

I stood up and decided to not to feel bad coz I know God must have another plan. I chose to believe in His plan.

Even if they said I wasn't going back then, but I felt God spoke in my heart very clearly "I open the door that nobody can shut!"
I was compelled to prepare all the documents, I knew it was the Holy Spirit speaking in my heart. I didn't lose hope. The voice kept speaking in my heart "when God says you're going, men can't say you're staying". So I just waited for what God wanted to do. It wasn't easy though, waited for around 5 months with no information at all. My faith was really tested to trust God's promise even when the situation show the other way around. But you know what, after done the ministry with a team from America, I got a call from Jakarta said "Jack, you're going"
Wwoooaahh!!! What a surprise.
Long story short, I joined the program which later I knew is the most expensive exchange program in Asia. What a blessing!

See, God is good. I really learned a lot. Sometimes when things go wrong and when the situations are so overwhelming, we are so easily discouraged, not knowing that Jesus is right there with us. Yes, HE IS IN THE SAME BOAT!


Glory to the King,

Bless you all,
JACK LOLOIN.
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Friday, March 25, 2011

Cool Quotes (Part 1)

-Morality may keep you out of jail, but it takes the blood of Jesus to keep you out of hell
-just remember I always answer my knee-mails (God)
-Your soul can ache, your heart can break, your confidence shake, your smile can be fake, but your life is never a mistake
-Faith is not what the future holds, but knowing who holds the future
-BIBLE : Booster In Believers life Leading to Eternity
-Let your test be a testimony and your mess be your message

#Good-God =0
#God's love is like newspaper, it is new morning
#Sin will take you farther than you wanted to go, keep you longer than you wanted to stay, and take more than you were willing to give
#God is the only doctor that will never send you a bill
#GAP : God Answers Prayer
#Life is maybe. Death is for sure, Sin the cause but Christ is the cure
#I'm one of a kind
#The power of prayer is not in the one who prays but in the one who hears it!
#You may be the only bible someone will ever read
#No matter what your problem is, don't nurse it, don't curse it, don't rehearse it! Just call on God, He'll reverse it
#Storms are temporary, the SON always shines after all

*You'll never know Christ is all you need until Christ is all you got
*Happy easter to our christian friends, happy passover to our jewish friends, to our atheist friends.. Good luck
*Adam blamed Eve, Eve blame the snake and the snake didn't have a leg to stand on
*As you pass a little church, be sure to plan a visit, so when at last you're carried in, God won't ask.. "Who is it?"
*Cant sleep? Don't count sheep, talk to the shepherd!
*Speak well of your enemies, after all you made them
*Aspire to inspire before you expire
*You are not too bad to come in (church), you are not too good to stay out!
*Our faith should be our steering wheel, not our spare tire
*FAITH : Fantastic Adventure In Trusting Him

COOL
*Body piercing saved my life
*Jesus donated blood to keep me alive
*If its not worth dying for, its not worth living for
*Seven days without God makes one weak
*If you don't fellowship you are not among fellow sheep
*Our world revolves around the Son
*When God calls TIME, the game is over. Which exit will you take?
*3 nails+1 cross=4given
*Today's heaven forecast : Reign forever
*God doesn't need great men, great men need God
*Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organization
*I couldn't repair your brake so I made your horn louder.
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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Belajar Dari Jepang

Pagi ini saya membaca sebuah catatan dari seorang teman Indonesia yang study di Jepang. Tulisannya sangat menginspirasi saya secara pribadi dan akhirnya mendorong saya untuk menulis juga penglaman saya.
Beberapa waktu yang lalu Jepang dihantam gempa dan gelombang tsunami yang meluluh lantahkan negeri itu. Negeri matahari terbit. Dulunya saya tidak begitu tertarik belajar tentang Jepang. Bagi saya Jepang tidak ada bedanya dengan negara-negara maju lainnya yang kental dengan kehidupan mewah dan serba canggih. Bagi saya orang Jepang tidak lebih dari orang-orang gila kerja yang memaksa diri dalam mencapai sesuatu dan ketika hal itu tak dapat dicapai, maka mereka mengakhiri hidup dengan bunuh diri. Tetapi begitu saya menginjakkan kaki di sana semua gambaran itu berubah menjadi inspirasi bagi saya. Sungguh!
Keteguhan hati dan kedisiplinan orang Jepang sudah sering saya dengar sejak saya masih duduk di bangku SD, tapi baru tahun lalu sampai sekarang saya mengerti.
Kita perlu belajar dari Jepang mengenai keteguhan/ketetapan hati dan kedisiplinan. Ada satu istilah Jepang yang begitu terkenal dan juga menjadi falsafah hidup orang Jepang, yakni "Gambaru/Gambate" yang artinya berjuang mati-matian. Pertama kali saya mendengar istilah itu, saya tidak mengerti apa artinya, lalu saya tahu dari teman saya kalau itu artinya selamat berjuang. Bagi saya yang waktu itu belum begitu mengenal Jepang, saya menganggap artinya tidak lebih dari sekedar mengucapkan "good luck", namun begitu saya mencoba masuk dalam lingkungan orang Jepang dan belajar hidup seperti orang Jepang baru saya mengerti apa arti sebenarnya dari "gambate dan gambaru".
"Gambaru" Berjuang mati-matian bagi orang Jepang bukan sekedar berjuang dan ketika tak dilihat adanya hasil lalu berhenti.
Saya melihat adanya suatu semangat yang berkobar tak peduli apapun keadaannya.
Satu contoh kecil, saya heran waktu berada di Jepang beberapa waktu yang lalu, ketika melihat para wanita karir yang walaupun dengan cuaca yang dingin tetap merasa nyaman dengan pakaian yang biasanya dipakai di cuaca normal bahkan terkadang mini. "Apakah mereka tidak merasa dingin?" Pikir saya. Baru kemudian saya tahu ternyata sejak di bangku SD, anak-anak sekolah di Jepang diajarkan prinsip "gambaru", dimana mereka diwajibkan datang ke sekolah tidak peduli betapa dinginnya cuaca. Dari kecil mereka tak dibiasakan hidup manja. Bahkan menurut saya, mungkin saja kata manja tak ada dalam kamus Jepang.
Tak heran Jepang bisa bangkit lagi setelah sempat dijadikan abu oleh bom atom Amerika. Ya, mereka bangkit lagi dari abu alias mulai dari NOL. Namun, dengan prinsip GAMBARU yg sudah melekat di kepala mereka, orang Jepang berhasil membawa negeri mereka menjadi negara tangguh bukan cuma dalam hal ekonomi, namun juga militer, pendidikan dan teknologi.
Saya ada di Jepang beberapa waktu yang lalu untuk mengikuti suatu program pertukaran pemuda. Kebetulan Jepang menjadi sponsor program ini yang katanya merupakan program pertukaran termahal di Asia dimana pemerintah Jepang mengeluarkan sekitar Rp.800 juta/orang. Kontingen Indonesia sendiri berjumlah 28 orang dan Indonesia merupakan salah satu dari 11 negara peserta. Bisa anda bayangkan berapa juta dollar yang dihabiskan untuk program itu? Awalnya saya merasa bersalah mengikuti program itu karena banyak orang yang bisa dibantu dengan dana sebesar itu.
Saya sempat bertanya, kenapa dana sebesar itu tidak digunakan saja untuk kegiatan social? Bayangkan berapa sekolah yang sudah bisa dibangun dengan dana untuk satu kontingen. Berapa jembatan dan fasilitas umum lainnya yang bisa dibangun dengan jumlah dana itu apalagi kegiatan ini bersifat tahunan.
Namun anda tahu apa jawab mereka dari pemerintah Jepang? Simak jawaban mereka: "Kami sadar besarnya biaya yang kami keluarkan setiap tahunnya untuk program ini. Dan kami sadar sepenuhnya berapa banyak fasilitas yang bisa kami bangun dengan uang sebanyak itu, tapi kami tidak investasi untuk benda mati tapi untuk yang hidup. Kalau kami membangun jembatan, sekolah, dll, apa yang dapat dihasilkan dari semua itu? Bukankah semua itu akan hancur seiring dengan waktu? Bagaimana jika terjadi bencana? 800 juta x 28 = 0 (NOL). Katakanlah 800 juta mungkin dipakai untuk membangun satu gedung sekolah, tapi ketika gedung itu hancur apalah artinya? Sebaliknya ketika 800 juta itu diinvestasikan untuk SATU ORANG MANUSIA, satu orang itu bisa membangun seribu jembatan dan seribu sekolah. Kami percaya pada kemampuan manusia dalam menghasilkan sesuatu maka dari itu kami tidak merasa rugi dalam hal pembiayaan karena satu orang itu dapat menghasilkan lebih dari apa yang telah
kami investasikan". Karena itu, saya percaya, dengan seijin Tuhan Jepang pasti akan bangkit lagi.
Dengan prinsip gambaru, Jepang pasti akan membangun istana kemakmuran mereka kembali dari sisa puing-puing kehancuran ini, karena mereka telah belajar untuk tidak menyerah pada keadaan dan tidak manja.
Kalau anda punya sahabat atau kenalan di Jepang, coba tanya apakah ada berita di media lokal yang memajang wajah menyerah atau tangisan dari orang Jepang? Tidak ada! Atau coba anda cari lagu-lagu ala Ebiet G Ade yang biasa diputar di saat bencana, tidak akan anda temukan. ATAU coba anda cari program amal bencana seperti Peduli Sesama atau Dompet Peduli di Jepang, tidak akan anda temui!
Benar kita harus bercermin pada Jepang.
Dalam bencana yang hebat inipun, bantuan Jepang untuk pembangunan MRT di Jakarta tidak dihentikan, malah kemaren saya mendapat email dari KEMENPORA bahwa program pertukaran yang saya ikuti tahun lalu akan dibuka lagi pendaftarannya. Sungguh saya salut pada Jepang.
Satu hal lagi yang saya belajar selama di Jepang adalah kedisiplinan mereka. Sungguh saya malu dengan kebiasaan jam karet yang begitu melekat dengan bangsa kita. Saya teringat ketika mengikuti "morning assembly" dan upacara bendera di atas kapal pesiar Fuji Maru-Tokyo. Kami diwajibkan sudah hadir di tempat upacara pada pukul 7.30 karena upacara harus dimulai tepat waktu. Saya ingat yang sering terjadi bukanlah keterlambatan melainkan kami menunggu kapan upacara dimulai. Waktu itu kami sudah hadir setengah jam sebelum upacara dimulai namun upacara tidak dimajukan namun tetap komit pada waktu yang ditetapkan. Bisa anda bayangkan betapa pegalnya kaki kami waktu itu. Namun disiplin seperti itu telah membawa Jepang ke titik puncak kejayaan mereka.

Watashi wa, tōsō no genri nitsuite Nippon kara manabu koto ga dekimasu. Demo, watashi wa tatakai tsuzukeruga okoru! Anata wa Nippon ni kansha shimasu.

Biarlah Jepang menjadi inspirasi bagi kita semua.
Gambate Nihon!!! Ayo bejuang Jepang!!!
-Jack Loloin-

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

"What if...?"

This time i wanna share about a question that many people tend to avoid, or they inquire but give a negative statement into this question "what if...?"
I received a mail on my fb account about that topic last week "What if..?" and it really encouraged me to change the statement of my question.
 Many people have dreams, their life dreams but prone to be afraid to make a step forward because thier focus only on answering this question “what if i fail..?”
Very little people who have dream would challange themselves to answer “what if i am successful?”
None ever thought that by inquiring negative thing to themselves, they have directly killed so many possible steps that might come. Some of us dont want to ask positive thing because we dont want to get hurt by our high expectation. Or some say that just stay on the earth, dont fly too high unless you fall.
Yes, falling down from the highest place is too hurt but (again) what if that assumption was wrong..what if you didnt fall? what if the wind makes your wings bring you higher and higher till you you reach the highest point? Doest it mean you would never expreience the highest point because of the fear of having the highest expectation.
I watched a talk show on metro tv. They were discussing about having an expectation. They interviewed some handicapped men who had been very succesful regardless of their shortcomings. One question came to the handicaaped man regarding of his decision to enter public school not “Sekolah Luar Biasa” which is intended for them. He said “the greater problem or challenge, the greater my expectation for reaching my dream.”.
I believe this man must have put possitive statement in his “What if”, if not he might have given up at all. None knows what will follow.. success and failure are the parts of life but they cannot be the reason for you to stop having a greater expectation.
Having the greater one by asking “what if i am succesful?”, what if i pass the fist step?
There’s always a possibility in everything. So stop killing your dream by asking ‘what if i fail?” because God who holds your future in His hands says
 “FOR SURELY THERE’S A HEREAFTER, AND YOUR HOPE WILL NOT BE CUT OFF.” Proverb 23:18
Stay blessed,