Last week I attended GKI Bungur family retreat that was held at Hotel Yasmin, Puncak. To be honest I wouldn’t attend if Ci Shy wasn’t appointed me to be one of the committee. I would rather save my leaving permit for my trip to Thai next August. But Thanks God, He use Ci Shy and Ko Rony to make me join and participating in this retreat. This retreat not only refresh my mind as His servant, but also as a person and as a worker in secular world. The speakers are good, such as Yohanes Adrie, Paulus Lie, Marojahan Sijabat (Bang Ojak), Lili Efferin, Rully Simanjuntak, Antonius Tanan (the owner of Ciputra Group), etc. Unluckily I can’t attend all the sessions, but still I got so much blessing by attended this retreat.
The objective of this retreat is to remind us, the feeling when we first follow God and serve Him. It based on Revelation 2-:1-7. The Ephesians was reprimanded by God even they such an ideal model for a good church. They never compromised with sins, served God the way God told them, but God against them because they has left thy first love. All the sessions in this Retreat solicit us to introspect within our selves.
Because most of the time I assisted in Youth sessions, so what I got the most is from Bang Ojak. These are few points that has rooted in my mind from this retreat:
1. We are special coz we made by God’s hand. We can do anything if really want to. Believe in yourself. God never creates a garbages.
2. God never asks something that you don’t have.
3. It’s not what you have that is matter, but what you do with what you have that is matter.
4. Life is short. What have you done with what you have recently? Have you fulfilled God’s purpose on you? Have you told your parents or family that you love them, have you showed it with real deeds?
From Paulus Lie:
5. If you serve HIM in your utopia (comfort zone), it’s not a service, it’s fun. A service means, you go out from your comfort zone, serve at the place that people need the most.
From Rully Simandjuntak
6. God is more concern for your BEING rather than on your DOING. He won’t always give you an easy road, sometimes you would find many obstacles on your job, it’s because He wants you to grow up and be mature.
7. Work hard, work smart, work sincerely.
8. God has created life as a field to learn
9. Start the day with thankful feelings and end it with evaluation.
9. It’s not a job that give us peace, but God has used your Job as a medium to give you peace
10. You are blessed to be a blessing in wherever you are right now.
Those few points reprimanded me. I’m not confident with my ownself, there are many things that I’m lack of, and I used it as a reasons to withdraw myself from many services or chances. And it also the reason I don’t have a courage to chase my dreams until now. Bang Ojak reminds me that I’m special, and if God asks me to do something He knows that I’m capable to do it. I can do all things with Him by my side. I used to blame God why He gave me some talents but it’s just so-so. But I realized it’s not God’s fault, It was mine, God already gave me many talents, but I haven’t practiced and developed it yet, so it was just so-so talents. I never can be a good liturgist if I never have enough practice, I would never get a good score, if I never study before the test. I would never reach my goal, if I never put an effort into it. What results have you expected if you haven’t given your best shot? Believe in yourself , coz God already gave you the capital to do great things and He never asks something that you don’t have.
Pak Rully also reminds me that I need to enjoy my job instead of being grumpy. – Well to be true, I enjoy my job, but there are few things that makes me uncomfortable with my job right now-. He told us to be thankful all the time. People can see us when we enjoy our work, and the result will come out better. What he had faced in one of the government institution is harder that my challenges right now, so I think i still can handle it. I mustn’t be grumpy with my condition, instead I need to be thankful and see the bright side… Just an intermezzo, after being refreshed by Pak Rully’s speech, I’ve made a commitment about my job, but the first day I come back to work, I already had a test..And i almost failed. Xp
