Exact date: Friday, 21 March 2008
Place : Bandung
My church had a social program to celebrate Easter to Tanggerang (China Benteng). And, yea, I was too confused–go or not? Because my little brother had been sick for a week and I don’t know who would take me there. I thought I will skip that one, but puh-le-a-se… deep inside my heart, I knew I could do something about it.
But let’s see what had happened before the D-day:
1. I was very frustrated with everything in this month. I was a bit ‘weird’ for not attending some ‘friendship event with my best friends’, working hard to get good-marks in pretests, and finishing all Math packets before it become another Everest… So I almost cried aloud, ‘God, please, puh-le-a-se, I’m only Your page in Your household, please give me exact command and I will do it’, instead of ‘God, please do Your will but don’t make me Your robot.’
2. I skipped many sate ’saat-teduh’ or ‘pray-time’, because I didn’t have time to do it… silly, really, but how to DO many WORKS in the same time? Impossible. Let’s see: my works in March are: Math packages, pretests, tests, tests, homeworks, a comic for Yearbook (2*B5! digitalizes everything, so I made it with Photoshop), Kris’ game (from making the characters, places, battlefields, battle sprites — it’s hard being an illustrator ;_; — next time I’ll have stick figures as my masterpiece)
3. Skip those friendship talk. I’d got no time. This is it!! *whack*
Before the D-Day, I planned to finish everything on Friday… from comics to Easter packets. But–gracefully–God dragged me and said: ‘Hey, you have a work to do for Me…’. I kept insist ‘Oh, God, I have problems with this and that…’ But God (might be) pointed Meriska ‘This is not your problem anymore’. I held my hands tight, and kept insist ‘But how I tell my parents?’ God, again, pointed, ‘Yea, but it is not your prob, right? Just give it a try.’. I gave it a try, speaking with my mom and dad, and EUREKA, they gave me permission. Great, I had no problem again and I had no more words to say. I see that. God caught me.
‘OK, God, but please one thing: don’t let me do silly things’
(Because my experience said that my tongue is not good as Nii’s–not allowed to comment) God smiled and said, ‘Yea, but you have ‘a-bit-crazy’ teammates. There are Valdi, Marsha, Meriska, and many more. And you have many ‘crazy’ doctors (dr. Rody–my –huix– beloved dentist). You’ll be very comfortable, I promise’. That’s true, again… I was caught once again.
I did it. Half day seeing patients and medicines (I thought I would be a pharmacist assistant after leave Tanggerang… f-_-;) And I had a nice walking-walking in Taman Anggrek Mall (don’t ask why–It’s not my idea!)
Although I know I was like Marley the Dog–who pursued his own tail into the end of his life– but I know God will lead the way. I was caught by Him… unlimited times.
This is the end of my story in Tanggerang…
