Day 10

Tempted tempted tempted to just fall asleep without writing anything.

But HEY here I am hahaha.

Today went out to see Blended.

It was SUPER entertaining. The whole theater roared in laughter from beginning to the end.

But that's.. Just not enough reason to turn on my laptop.

Today my devotional talks about 'THE PAST'.

How people try to 'forget all that's behind'

when actually what God want is to use all the mess that we've made and turned them into something beautiful : encouragement for others who's going to similar struggles.

I stumbled across this 1 verse on my devotional.

Well actually, 3 verses.

3-5 All praise to the God and Father of our Master, Jesus the Messiah! Father of all mercy! God of all healing counsel! He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, he brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us. We have plenty of hard times that come from following the Messiah, but no more so than the good times of his healing comfort—we get a full measure of that, too. (2 Cor 1: 3-5, MSG)

Well, I wasn't sure what kind of hard times I am currently in.

I don't count the 'assistant incident' as 'hard time' because of the total assurance I got from God,

that this battle is His.

BUT, I know 1 person that's struggling through hard times these days.

A colleague of mine, L, is currently on constant OT, staying back at the office till late night.

L just got a big project, which was handed over with mess written all over them.

So I forward the verse to her.

And you know what she said?

" 'He brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times' that must be M"

FYI, M is my other colleague who's also struggling with new big project.

Today I even help her with some payment matters, but somehow, it never downed on  me that she also stays up THAT late.

Well, I was out by 6, so what do I know about OT.....

And I was reminded that this, THIS, has answered the most asked question of the century.

'Why me, Lord?'

'Why should I be going such hard times, Lord?'

'Why You allowed this thing happen to me, Lord?

See.

I can stand beside M and tell her how I sympathized with her.

I even can help sorting some of her things.

But the one who can truly relate to M and her OT, is actually, L.

L was there, OT-ing together with M. Crunching numbers together.

So I believe that God allows L to experience such struggles so that she could be there for M, just like God is there for L first.

I now have a (slightly) deeper understanding on Romans 8:28.

Romans 8:28

New International Version (NIV)

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose.

Footnotes:

1. Romans 8:28 Or that all things work together for good to those who love God, who; or that in all things God works together with those who love him to bring about what is good—with those who

There are times when God works together with us, giving us divine assurance, so that even what people seen as a hard work for us, is actually something enjoyable because He's enabled us to do whatever we need to do. Just like kasus asisten gw. Semua orang bilang OMG NO. Bahkan dua orang boss udah manggil gw, just to give me assurance that they are with me dan bilang jangan smpe gw quit karena masalah ini. But then the assurance of God is actually more than enough for me dan gw ga merasa lg struggle sama sekali.

But there are other times when He allowed certain unfavorable things happen in our lives, tough times, but then He also give us strength beyond human understanding, so that we may reach the end of our tunnels safely. 

Then we could be the one holding the torch for those walking under the same dark times as ours, just as Jesus has been the Torch of Hope for us first.

Whether He let you out of the struggle, or He let you go through it, just know that through Him that strengthen us, we can do ALL things.

Night, Peeps!

God is good all the times and all the times God is good.