Do Not Take Offense ~ Castle Of Heart

13/12/13
"Don't take offense, do not accept an offence.. Jika orang lain memberikan aku ular masakan aku menerimanya?" Joyce Meyer

tel selama ini sering banget kepancing dengan respon orang atau hal2 ga enak yg orang lakukan terhadap tel.. so when my soul get offended, i got hurt.. it's just like when people offered me snake and i took it in hand and the snake bit me.. ternyata selama ini tel sering begitu.. so i was filled with anger, distress, bitterness, and pain.. and bcoz of that i locked myself far away, which makes me lonely in the end.. but If i am wise enough to not take offense, i can deal with other people the way God did to those who tried to offend Him so much, yet He wasn't offended.. coz He didn't take heart anything they said.. ill people distribute illness, bitter people distribute bitterness, mad people distribute maddness, anxious people distribute anxiousness.. so why sould i take them into heart, knowing all those will offend my soul and bcome diseased? am i not the guardian of my heart? "above all else, guard your heart, for everything u do flows from it, it determines the course of ur life.." psalm 4:23 tel baru sadar bahwa ternyata menjaga gerbang hati itu bukan hanya menjaga apa yg keluar (respon2 tel) dan apa yang di dalam (perbendaharaan hati), tapi juga apa yg tel ijinkan masuk (what i take in heart).. slama ini kalo lg bener, tel berusaha menjaga hati agar tidak terkontaminasi dan mengendalikan diri akan apa yang keluar 'terminate the villains that runs out before they pass the gate of heart', tp ternyata tel gak menjaga serangan2 yg masuk.. padahal apa yg masuk itulah yg jd pemicu dan bahkan menentukan apa yang ada dalam pembendaharaan hati tel.. bahkan terkadang tel malah memberikan ruangan bebas buat serangan yg jelas tel tau bisa menghancurkan hati.. kalo tel memberikan ruang untuk tentara bara bantuan yg masuk (Firman, tontonan2 penuh kasih, dan membawa kehidupan bagi jiwa) ya perbendaharaan itulah yang akan ada di dalam hati, tp kalo tel ijinkan penjahat2 yg masuk (kekecewaan, bitterness, pain, and all other offenses) ya otomatis akan makin chaos dong! porak poranda lah castlenya.. :) Do not take offense, no matter what people do, do not let them offend u.. it is my choice to let go of forgiveness and not take in (eat) what is bad; the bad fruits that comes out from a bad tree (buah2 kejahatan yg datang dari hati yg jahat).. only when i let out my good soldiers (praktek Firman) can i fight the villains outside.. and only when my castle r full of good soldiers (merenungkan/makan Firman) can i fight the villains inside..