like the flowing river

be like the flowing river.
silent in the night.
be not afraid of the dark.
if there are stars in the sky,
reflect them back.
if there are clouds in the sky,
remember, clouds, like the river, are water.
so, gladly reflect them too,
in your own tranquil depths.

~manuel bandeira

Monday, April 13, 2009

i don't deserve it

i, once more, discovered something new in me today.

my friends and i were just went home from school and decided to hang out for a moment in Warung Kirana to have some meals. we ate and chatted for quite a long time, about 45 minutes, i guess. but, our conversation that afternoon was really shocked me, because i could tell my friends what i didn't even know before.

we were talking about faith - faith to God. this topic started when my friend, Windi, said that she wouldn't be permitted by her mom to go abroad to Canada if she doesn't have a strong enough faith. we laughed and shared what's on our mind with that: what are the risks if we don't have enough faith when we go abroad. my another friend, Desi, then shared her experience: how she likes the Church and never tired yet always likes to go to Church. I, next, told them how i don't like the atmosphere in the Church and prefer to praise the Lord in a more quiet place with less people.

and, this is what i discovered. after saying that to my friends, i continued saying that i never wanted to have a Confession. i don't want to because i think i don't deserve doing it. i don't even feel i deserve talking to God, praying to Him. worse, on the Easter Day, yesterday, exactly, i didn't have any feeling i usually have when i was taking the Bread and Wine. i didn't deserve it!

what a feeling >.< i feel so bad. i have too much sins. my heart is not clean enough, even it's too dirty, for the King.

However, i am not planning to repent; 'till i think i am ready and brave enough to change my life. it will be futile if i repent but i will make more sins soon.

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