~PEACE~

~PEACE~

My Question: How can I make peace with the people around me, knowing that it is either them or myself, that people find it hard to live with and get along?

God’s Answer: Live in harmony and peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you (2 Corinthians 13:11)… Always keep yourself united in the Holy Spirit, and bind yourselves together with peace (Ephesians 4:3)… Never pay back evil for evil to anyone… Do your part to live in peace with everyone (Romans 12:17-18)

When I spent some moment to reflect and did some quick flashback on what had been happening around me over the past few days (and hours) it was worth the time spent as I realized that I have not been so merciful with some of the younger members in the church, partly because I’m genetically fierce and I stressed very much on the church discipline.

‎Among the things that we have missed so far is the openness to correction from the minister of God's word and some are being too stubborn and emotionally defensive. How can we BERUBAH (kitai mesti) if we refused to listen? God speaks through man too, bear that in mind. God want to use others to correct us, and as iron sharpens iron, we may grow into maturity and directed into a proper Christian ethics.

Too often we react to differences of opinion with the swords we know as our tongues. Even if we don’t see that in our very own eyes, we can still those mentioned skirmishes in Facebook, Twitter or other cyber means of communication. We forget that these things are open to public, hence other people can read whatever we have argued and so on. That’s not a good thing I might say.

Angry debates, insults, accusations, verbal manipulation and character assassination are some of the ways we try to make ourselves and our agenda the “winner”. But the victory isn’t WORTH it, dude. Too many people are wounded, too many relationships are hurt. Constructive disagreements are essential to deep relationships, but conflict that divides the church breaks God’s heart.

This misdirects energy that should be spent on DISCIPLESHIP, EVANGELISM, WORSHIP and MISSIONS. It also sabotages our witness to the world (John 17:20-23). Friends, we need to express our opinions in a way that honors and serves those who differs from you (Proverbs 12:18).

Finally, I’ll leave all of you with this short sentence from Psalm 34:14:

“WORK HARD AT LIVING IN PEACE WITH OTHERS”

Kunsi Penusah Nuan enggau Urang Bukai.

Dalam pengidup kita besari2, kitai enda ulih lari ari ‘penusah’. Nama reti ‘penusah’, penusah tu reti iya barang utai ti ngachau pengidup kitai lalu ngenusah ke diri sereta ngeruga runding kitai. Taja amat penusah ti nuntung kitai nya mar amat ka di iyar, tang kitai tau ngelempung ke iya, ngambika enda entu balat pedis diasai. Bakani kitai deka ngelempung ke penusah? Aram kitai meda ari Bup Kudus, randau antara Jetro enggau Moses:

Pemansut 18:18, 21-23 “Enda ulih nuan ngereja pengawa kadiri baka nya, lalu baka nya mega urang mayoh enda ulih nganti nuan…pilih urang ti patut dalam ati nuan lalu tudoh ke sida nyadi tuai orang mayoh: megai tuboh saribu, saratus, lima puloh enggau megai sapuloh iko. Sida enda tau enda orang ti nangi ke Allah Taala, urang ti tau dikarap lalu enda ulih suap. Asoh sida mangku pengawa tetap nyadi pengulu…enti nuan nitih ke ator Allah Taala, nuan tentu enda tebunsa….”

Enti kitai berasai ka diri bisi dituntung penusah, kitai mesti ngiga jalai kena ngelempung ke penusah nya. Reti nya kitai bekunsi penusah kitai enggau urang ti ulih dikarap ke kitai. Tang dulu ari nya kitai besampi minta penemu ari Tuhan. Bisi jaku ribai tu munyi tu, ‘a problem shared is a problem halved’. Kitai enda nemu pemerat tauka pengelempung penusah ti nuntung kitai seagi-agi kitai enda bekunsi lalu nanya penemu urang bukai. Kitai anang malu minta saup, enda ngira kitai nya urang ti besai pangkat tauka nembiak sekula. Kabuah nya mega, Jetro ngajar Moses pasal ‘bebagi ke pengawa’ ngambika enda tekelalu ngenusah ke Moses. Tang lebih ari nya, kitai minta saup ari Allah Taala.

1. Sida ti gawa, tentunya kita bisi penusah ba tempat kerja tauka penusah enggau diri sebilik.

2. Sida ti besekula, tentunya kita bisi penusah ba kaul enggau kaban sekula tauka ba senentang utai ti dipelajar kita.

Kena nutup ke jaku ajar tu, aram kitai meda ba Bup Pengajar 4:9-10, 12.

Orang dua iko badas agi ari siko, laban pengawa saduai tau mujur agi. Enti siko sida terap siko ulih ngangkat ka iya. Tang enti orang siko kediri lalu terap, nya sigi tusah bendar, laban nadai orang ti ulih ngangkat ke iya…tali sabut ti digaga begembar tiga sigi mar ka diputus.

“Datai ngagai aku, semua kita ti lelak

ngema utai berat, lalu aku deka ngasoh kita lantang.”

(Matthew 11:28)