God’s 2nd Chance…

God’s 2^nd Chance…

August 14, 2010

When I have done sin I was feeling so bad but God always give the 2^nd chance. Yes there are consequences for doing sins but God always forgive. We can not run away from the consequences. But after that God give us 2^nd chance to repent and to live a better life.

Being a Christian is not like an angle and everything like heaven. Being a Christian always has burdens and some times the burdens push us to make sin. Even burdens can make us a sinner; we can always fight and win.

We lose when we stop to fight. Like the Ephraim, they sin more and more because they stop to fight. When they stop to fight, they can not get the 2^nd chance from God anymore even God provided 2^nd chance for them.

I ever make sins in my Christian life. There are many kind of sins I have made. But I always fight and win. I seek advice from other Christian, I seek help from other Christian, I open my life to other Christians, I read the bible to find out what kind of sins I’ve made and how I can get through it and win. Yes, I received the consequences but I finally win. I’ve got the 2^nd chance.

When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died. And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

Hosea 13:1-2 (KJV)

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

Hosea 14:4 (KJV)

Hosea 12-14

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Kos Yono

The feeling of a Father …

The feeling of a Father …

August 13, 2010

I was very happy when my first child, my daughter born (in 2006). Although I just bankrupt that time, I were still happy to see my daughter. Today my daughter is 4 in her ages and I am still happy.

I work very hard to maintain my wife and my daughter. Some time I was very frustrated and felt so bad because of the failure that I face. I do everything to maintain my family. I sold rice (bankrupt), I sold insurance (I quit), I planted corn (no more permit from land owner), I became a dried fish shop keeper (bankrupt), I was investing in a computer shop (burned down to the earth), and now I open a small laundry on Kilos business (still run and hope it will grow faster and bigger). I do everything because I love my family. I do the best to fulfill their needs.

Now, my laundry has grown. Approximately we can earn about US$11 per day. It is not enough because my target is minimal US$40 per day. I need to upgrade my self and the human resources.

God also has the same feeling as a father. God wanted his children well feed, well grown, well on everything. But, when his children become naughty and disobeyed him, God become very upset.

God still take a very good care of his Children even he didn’t get what He wants in return. I know that feeling. Sometime when my daughter disobeyed me, I became angry but I still love her and always do the best to maintain her. I am a bad father, not like God a very good father. Even I am a bad father; I know ho to do the best for my children. How about a good father? I am very far below if comparing from Him.

When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. Hosea 11:1-3 (KJV)

Hosea 8-11

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Kos Yono

Just Be happy…

Just Be happy…

August 12, 2010

Become a disciple of Christ doesn’t mean that everything is okay. There are still many problems come. So, how I can be happy if there are still many problems come.

Two days ago, my beef was stolen, yesterday some one complained that the laundry was not clean yet, they are angry and wanted me to return their money, a week ago I can’t pay my credit card, I only can pay part of it, in this two days I must pay the catering fee, I don’t have enough money now and I hope that we can get the money from the laundry in this two days. Last month my father was sick and being stay in a hospital for 5 days and I am very worried about his health.

If I want to count the problems, I will be stressed and can not be happy anymore. But, I learn something. I can still happy even there are problems. I can still happy in God because god is stable. God doesn’t the same as my business, some time up and some time down. When I hang my happiness in my money, I will be happy when I get money and I will be unhappy when I pay something. And if I think about it, I will be unhappy rather than be happy because the condition recently is I lose more money than I get.

In the bible, the Israelites and Judah also got problems in their nations but they hung their happiness in the conditions. They didn’t hang their happiness in their God. The result, they become unstable and not believe in God anymore. They become sinners. They did what ever they want to do no more rules in their life.

Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me? They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. Hosea 7:15-16 (KJV)

Hosea 5-7

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Kos Yono