Dec 25

Just finish the Christmas Celeberation tanggal 21 Desember kemarin.  Sederhana but sangat berkesan di hati. Terutama memang hal ini sudah di rencanakan dengan matang sejak 2 bulan lalu.  Memang melelahkan tetapi setelah melihat hasilnya, seluruh kelelahan hilang dan berganti menjadi rasa bangga.

Aku terkesan sekali dengan suatu drama sederhana dimana drama tersebut menceritakan seorang penjual salib. Setelah lelah berkeliling menjual salib tanpa hasil, akhirnya sang penjual memutuskan untuk memberikan salibnya dengan gratis.  Dia menggelar dagangannya di depan sebuah rumah besar. Keluar sang nyonya pemilik rumah, dan memarahinya karena dia menjual salibnya dan bahkan menolak salib yang diberikan dengan gratis.

Sang penjual memutuskan pindah ke sebuah lapangan dan mulai lagi menggelar salib-salibnya.  Datanglah seorang anak muda.  Sang anak muda ini tertarik dengan salib-salib yang di gelar.  Dia bertanya kepada sang penjual apakah ada salib yang menurut sang penjual cocok dengannya.  Sang penjual pun mengatakan karena dia masih muda, maka ditawarkanlah salib yang lumayan besar, terbuat dari kayu yang belum di poles.  Sang pemuda menolak dengan tegas dan mengatakan bahwa salib tersebut kurang trendi dan tidak menarik.  Akhirnya dia mengambil salib dengan ukuran sedang yang ingin digunakannya untuk menarik perhatian.  Sang penjual mengatakan anak muda jaman sekarang hanya menginginkan sesuatu yang simple, yang mudah, dan tidak mau menerima tanggung jawab yang lebih besar.

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Dec 25

Seberapa banyak yang Anda ketahui mengenai kisah Natal di Alkitab? Ini yang menjadi pertanyaan kami pada kesempatan ini. Pesan Natal pada masa kini sudah terdirstorsi oleh banyaknya pernak-pernik yang diasosiasikan mengenai Natal. Dimulai dari penetapan Natal yang jatuh pada tanggal 25 Desember yang tidak didukung oleh fakta sejarah maupun logis ilmiah. Kemudian beragam kisah yang tidak ada hubungannya dengan Natal pun dimasukan, yang paling terkenal tentunya Sinter Klas dengan Piet Hitam. Natal adalah lebih dari sekedar pohon cemara, salju, atau lagu-lagu Natal. Natal bicara mengenai mujizat terbesar sepanjang zaman: Allah mau merendahkan diriNya dan menjadi sama dengan ciptaanNya: menjadi bayi manusia yang tidak berdaya. Oleh karena itu kami memberikan kuis ini kepada para pembaca sekalian, untuk mengukur seberapa kita mengenali kisah Natal yang asli di dalam Alkitab. Selamat mengerjakan dan Selamat Natal 2008.

Seberapa Banyak Anda Tahu Mengenai Natal
1) Dimanakah Yesus dilahirkan?
Nazaret
Yerusalem
Betlehem
Galilea
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Dec 24

Today is Christmas eve…. Just now, I went to BinJiangDao (shopping street) to get some Christmas gifts, and to see how is the Christmas celebration here in Tianjin. I heard from a friend that during Christmas eve, BJD will be packed with people. It so happens that at the end of this stretch of shopping stores, stands a beautiful Catholic church. I heard many people will be there attending the Christmas service. My own church doesn’t have any service today because the government is quite strict about how Christians have their gatherings. So we had our Christmas celebration last Sunday.

So anyway, today I went to BJD from around 3pm to hunt for some gifts for tomorrow’s Christmas party, and was expecting to catch a glimpse of the celebration in the evening. I was curious as how happening this place will be.

Later on, what I saw was really shocking… By 6pm people started crowding the streets, and many people stood by the road trying to sell their decorative hats, masks, etc. Many people (mostly young people) came wearing devil horns, tails, and various masks from those pretty opera-like mask, santa mask, to devil masks. By nightfall, I saw a sea of people pouring into the street with glitters from their small horns and many other decorative lights. I cannot tell whether this is Christmas or Halloween. It was just sooo opposite to the real meaning of Christmas.

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Dec 24
Today I read more than one writing about forgiveness. I am wondering what happened nowadays. I am questioning why everybody is busy writing and thinking and even discussing about it. I took some time to think and I get a conclusion of it. It is not a simple thing. It is not a lesson which is easily to be learned. It is not that easy to forgive others. At least, it is not that easy for us but not for Him.

God, Himself, is a lover. He loves us more and more than our love to Him. He even sacrificed Himself for us. Nobody has the love as amazing as His love. He did it without any understandably reasons. Look at us. We are evil. We are mean. We often being unfaithful to Him. He forgive us and still love us. We should have been perished, but He offers His life for us. We are saved by Him.

When I look at myself, I realize. I am bad. I am an evil. Why? I can not forgive others just because a simple thing. When someone - whom I love - forget to call me, I am mad at him/her, when someone - whom I love, again - ignore me, I am vicious to him/her. This is not love! This is compromise (I took this statement from India movie, lol).

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Dec 23

It’s 2 days before Christmas, yet I don’t have that special feeling of Christmas. It seems that my Christmas mood is influenced a lot by the situation around me. In China, we don’t have holiday on Christmas day and not much Christmas atmosphere as well.

Yes there are Christmas songs played in the mall, and there are employees at those public places who are wearing santa hats. But somehow the feeling is not the same. In Indo, US, and Singapore, I would have seen lots of Christmas movies being played near Christmas day. I would see Christmas lights and festive decorations garnishing Orchard road. I would feel the Christmas spirit ushered in the church weeks before Christmas. I would see lots of Christmas goodies sold everywhere. I would maybe even see some Christmas performances on the street. Maybe the lost feeling is also due to the fact that my loved one is miles away and we cannot celebrate Christmas together. I sooo miss you, dear….

*Sigh*

Well, I should at least be thankful that this year I can celebrate a white Christmas, provided that the snow will be there till Christmas or if it snows again (though I hate the cold!). Having a white Christmas for me is not so common, even in the US, I think I only experienced 1-2 years of white Christmas. And at least this year I also have a small circle of friends to celebrate Christmas with.

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