Today is 9th May 2009 it’s Saturday and a day for an Easter Gathering in my church. I need to be in my church at 7a.m if I want not to pass the bus that brings us to the place where the gathering is located.
I realize my need today that my hair is oily and need to be wash and because I lived in dormitory it means that it took longer time for me to have a bath so I got up early and doing my bath that when I finished, I realized take 55 minutes (this is the longest time I ever had to wash myself in the morning and amazingly I just didn’t realized it until I finished and know what happen outside the bathroom).
In the middle of my bath a friend named A knocked and asked whether I’m finished or not because I take too long and she really needs to go in. I opened the door and move my head out with shampoo around my hair and said: “Wait a sec, I’m nearly finished.” But in reality, I still need to use conditioner for my hair and I can miss the step foaming my body, so exactly it’s not a sec but minutes. She knocked again and I said: “Hold on, on the way finished.” Then she never knocked again until I finished bathed and out of the bathroom. When I’m out I realized its 6.10 a.m., many friends is already dressed (when I enter the bathroom they’re still sleeping), and the sun is shining so brightly (when I enter the bathroom it was dark outside). So I take almost 1 hour in bathroom! Amazing!
Another friend of mine named B asked me what exactly I am doing inside that take almost an hour until that A needed to find another bathroom this morning. I said that I just take a normal bath with shampooing my hair because it’s oily. B said that I actually can make it faster because A needs to use the bathroom. I defeat myself by said that I’m not finished yet that time when she knocked and should I just go out the bathroom with foam and shampoo. She replied that actually I can make my bath moves faster so A can used the bathroom too. I said I made it faster but still need time to finish. That conversation ended that way that I a bit sour to her and maybe she isn’t or she is, I don’t know.
So we went to church. Arrived 20 minutes late and started the trip to somewhere for gathering. In the gathering there is a mini sermon deliver by a preacher that I never met before. He began to read from the Philippians 2:1-4 which is stated below (in English and Bahasa Indonesia).
If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,
Php 2:2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.
Php 2:3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
Php 2:4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Php 2:1 Jadi karena dalam Kristus ada nasihat, ada penghiburan kasih, ada persekutuan Roh, ada kasih mesra dan belas kasihan,
Php 2:2 karena itu sempurnakanlah sukacitaku dengan ini: hendaklah kamu sehati sepikir, dalam satu kasih, satu jiwa, satu tujuan,
Php 2:3 dengan tidak mencari kepentingan sendiri atau puji-pujian yang sia-sia. Sebaliknya hendaklah dengan rendah hati yang seorang menganggap yang lain lebih utama dari pada dirinya sendiri;
Php 2:4 dan janganlah tiap-tiap orang hanya memperhatikan kepentingannya sendiri, tetapi kepentingan orang lain juga.
Then he began to speak about how we should act as a follower of Christ that we should pay attention to the need of others and put it first before out needs. Before he started speaking, the event happened this morning to me just shown up and made me sad because I know on that situation I’m not paying any attention on the interest of others and just focused the world in me.
This sermon hit me!
So I just take a commitment today for giving more attention on the interest of others and not always on me.
"A candle will never lose its light if it is used to enlighten other."
