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Lord, thanks for all that You give in my life
Thanks because You lifted me from my dark past, from all of my sins
Now, really…
I feel so close with Your love, Jesus

But, I’m afraid if someday, I can’t feel Your love anymore like this moment
I’m afraid if I become cold-heartened

I’m afraid, if someday I become rich
I become greedy, and forget Your love…
If it happens, I’ll lose true happiness that You give for sure!

I’m afraid, if someday I’ve already done many things
I don’t have pure heart anymore
I become arrogant, and just look for the others’ appreciation
Then I forget my life purpose, just serve You!

Jesus, at the moment I beg You
If my motivation become wrong
If I start to keep away from Your way and Your love
Hold my hand and pull me, so I can be closer again in Your side!
Told me if I’m wrong!
Coz I can’t live without Your love

Jesus, I write this note
January 26, 2010
If I get award, new job, new home, or if my dream become reality
Let me open this note!
To realize that my life is just for You
Everything that I have in my life
They’re solely Your amazing grace!
Because You really love me, whatever I am
Thank you Jesus…

Life outside earth
The other galaxy with its stars, planets, and debris
Wondering, how about living there?
How can our technology escort us, with portal or light speed?
But, no matter how much I wonder
Yet it’s still mystery, and the universe keeps it secret
The more I wonder about it, the more I waste my time

Who was I, or, what was I before I was born?
Why now there’s no memory left even it’s just a small piece?
What will be happened tomorrow, one week later, or one year later…
Ten or twenty years later, where will the destiny bring me?
When I’ve already been 60 years old, what kind of life will I have?
When will I go after death?
No matter how much I think about it…
Time just answers me with the sound of ticking
Hey time, don’t you know that I’m not satisfied with your answer??

At the moment, I realize
I just have small knowledge, small brain, small body….
All that I can do, just in this limited time, in this limited place
With limited knowledge and consciousness
How can I move all of ocean’s water with my small handful?
I’m just one of the infinite tiny dusts
Amidst this tremendous universe
Amidst the mystery of time

Psalm 139:6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

Success without God, we will easily fall down

Success without friends, we will feel alone and empty

Success without happy family, we will feel incomplete in the home

Success without happiness, it’s lie!!

Don’t be arrogant when we are success, as if we don’t need God. God make us success because He wants our life glorify Him, for His work in the world. Do all for Him, for everlasting work not just for self satisfaction like wealth, fame, or power. Remember that our life is short, like vapor in the wind or waves in the ocean.

So for all we do, do the best to glorify Him. With motivation like that we can feel true happiness because true happiness just comes from Him.

Do your best just for Him!

People are full of curiosity. People’s curiosity has made many inventions: new land’s discovery, new technologies – communication tools, internet, and robot. Even in this digital era, our curiosity is never satisfied!

There is a curiosity that has been held since years ago. With many researches that until now aren’t yet success, many disasters like tsunami and earthquake, and density of population that cause poverty, it makes people become more and more curious about this thing.

What is it?

Yes, find trace of life outside earth!

That sound’s interesting. There are two objects that interest us so much: moon and Mars. The first, moon. Moon’s terrain that is very similar with earth makes moon become the most decent place that can be lived by people that’s ever found. But of course earth is still much better than moon. Moon doesn’t have atmosphere so the difference between night and noon’s temperature is very extreme. The sky is always black. In addition, trace of life isn’t yet proved though research is still being done until now.

The second, Mars. This red planet’s condition is also outmatched compared to earth due to great difference between night and noon’s temperature. But this planet is unique because NASA found that there are many waterway traces. Maybe those traces were rivers thousands years ago. NASA is trying to collect that proof by landing Phoenix, an explorer robot, in Mars (but why NASA doesn’t land people in Mars??)


Phoenix landed on Mars. This picture is taken from http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/phoenix-mars-lander.jpg

With the improvement of outer space’s technology, people want to explore objects that are extremely far from earth. In this galaxy, planets that are very far from earth such as Jupiter and Saturn have many orbits. Maybe one of their orbits has life sign. For example Europe, Jupiter’s natural satellite. But Europe’s terrain just consists of ice desert, so it’s impossible to find life sign in such place like that. Ice as far as we stare, isn’t it wonderful??

There are more interesting objects than Europe. There are Jovian, Europe’s natural satellite and Enceladus, Saturn’s orbit. According to scientists’ estimation, both objects have dark, deep, and huge mass of “water”. The depth of sea is more than ten times deeper than the deepest trench in the earth. Let’s imagine, in such huge and deep area like that, doesn’t it have “sea creatures”?? It’s scary, isn’t it? Though there’s life sign in Jovian and Enceladus, it doesn’t assure people can live there because maybe Jovian’s creatures breathe using methane. Maybe Enceladus’ creature is fiercer than the fiercest predator in earth. Maybe they are smarter than us. Maybe…maybe….yeah, continue imagine by yourself ^^


Illustration about water in Enceladus. This picture is taken from http://www.dailygalaxy.com

Not just in this galaxy people seek the life sign. People also try to seek life sign outside Milky Way, but the condition is much more extreme than in this galaxy, such as planet than tenth times greater than Jupiter, or noon’s temperature that reach 2000 degree Celcius, or planet that circle its center so close.


Illustration about exoplanet that circle so close from its star. This picture is taken from http://www.scitech.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/images/ExoPlanet02.jpg

There are so many questions in my mind. If life sign is actually found, is the condition better than earth?? Are the creatures welcome us?? Can our technology escort us to the destination planet that is tenth light years from earth??


But it’s the most important question that you must think: if it’s so hard to seek life sign outside earth, if there is no place that can match earth’s beauty, why do we often treat our beautiful earth irresponsibly??

It's an invaluable thing that I have been learning since High School till now. Just flashback, in my High School time I often felt meaningless, minder, and bored. There is no spirit to learn in the school so I used to play games. For what purpose I must learn?? I also thought there was no best friend, in addition in the home it's also unhappy. I often blamed my condition. Don't ask about future, I surely just shrugged.

The holiday time before I started to study in new university was the time I started to change my habit though just a little. I still often blamed my condition, why could my friends study in other cities even abroad, while I am just in my hometown?? Is God really unfair??

Now all of my doubt and all of my questions are totally answered. God's plan is above all of human plans. I just realize that lifestyle in another city is quite bad. God knows if I study in the another city while my personality is still weak and bad, I surely become worst and worst!! I surely become hopeless and absurd!! God really knows the best for me. Really, until now I still don't know why He chooses to save me.

Now I start to know Him better and better. My life is changing little by little. He give me my best friends that help me become a better person. I start to learn how to become a strong person. He really gives me chance to change my personality!! Yeah, I say thanks to Jesus because my condition now is much better than before!!

Jesus is really the best for me, that saves my life. Now I will change and change, let His hand guide and shape me with love as He wants. I believe, God has designed perfect future for me.

Don't be sad if your condition is still bad until now, because it's the part of your progress that will make you stronger in the future, like a butterfly that just change itself from pupa's shape. God has designed perfect future for you all, guys!!

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