Don't Let Me Sleep Until September Ends

Life is full of ups and downs isn't? It's a fact atau mungkin takdir yang gak bisa kita hindari. Sehebat apapun kita, serohani apapun kita, sebaik apapun kita, pasti kita akan dan harus melewati fase melewati "the valley of shadow of death". For some people it's moment that can bring them down, but it's not for me. Some people questioned God for this moment of death, but not for me. Why did God actually allow us to go through it in the first place. Isn't God a good god? The One who never plans us a doomed future but the best future for each of us? Truth it, is it true. The reason why God allow us to experience failure or distress, is to bring us closer to Him.

Ibarat pacaran, God likes to do this thing like the push-and-pull thing. He let us fall to give Him a chance to carry us up. Just like fitness training, lifting weights help us to gain muscle. Going through difficult times help us to gain strength and hope in Him. Most of us allow ourselves to fall way low than we're supposed to be. We though that difficult times is God walking away from us. Difficult times can mean:
1. We are walking away from God
2. God is testing our faith
3. God is drawing near to us and the Devil didn't like what he saw, so he tried to separate us from Him.
4. God is going to show His glory to you (and the others around you)

Artinya apa? Artinya, every difficult times have a cause, but what will it leads us to depends on our response to it. Do we still hold on to Him, or to our own will? To some people 'September' is a difficult times and they don't want to be awake in it, but not to me. I want to be fully awake in my 'Septembers'. I want to be fully in it, so I could see how His hand works in my trials.We will experience ups and downs for sure, but not just any regular ups and downs. For all who believes in Him and living the way He lives will experience ups and downs, but they're still going up. It's not just a flat line, but a moving graphic. Every trials is in a different level, with different strength, and even a greater result.

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD uphold him with his hand. Psalm 37:24