Zokhri Idris is wondering why things were far better when he was away ????
He is not blaming, either not whining
but
He is just realising and experiencing
0205 28 Sept 07
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They say: "Why is not a SIGN sent down to him from his Lord?" Say:"God hath certainly power to send down a Sign: but most of them understand not." "There was a FRIENDSHIP that became a secret... There are places we can't return... There are lies we have to tell... There are truth we can't deny..." "LOVE will never grow old"
Zokhri Idris is wondering why things were far better when he was away ????
He is not blaming, either not whining
but
He is just realising and experiencing
0205 28 Sept 07
xxx
How true
Forgiving doesn’t make u scorn. It doesn’t degrade one’s self esteem too either. Its in fact makes u more noble n pious in da eyes of God.
Excerpts:
Me: How do we forgive when we don't feel like it? I can even feel da pain from wat dat person has done to me.
Me fren: We da Christians, forgive by faith, out of obedience. Since forgiveness goes against our nature, we must forgive by faith, whether we feel like it or not. We must trust God to do the work in us that needs to be done so that the forgiveness will be complete.
Me fren: I believe God honors our commitment to obey Him and our desire to please him when we choose to forgive. He completes the work in his time. We must continue to forgive (our job), by faith, until the work of forgiveness (the Lord's job), is done in our hearts.
Me: wow
Me: Is it okay to feel anger and want justice for the person we need to forgive?
Me fren: This question presents another reason to pray for the person we need to forgive. We can pray for God to deal with the injustices, for God to judge the person's life, and then we can leave that prayer at the altar. We no longer have to carry the anger. Although it is normal for us to feel anger toward sin and injustice, it is not our job to judge the other person in their sin.
Me fren: Luke 6:37 Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
So dats da gist of our discussion.
I then googled ‘forgiveness in islam’ which produces a massive list to read on. But da one I read on is by Shahid Athar’s. He reminds us on da attribute of Allah including da names of Ar-Rahman (the beneficient), Ar-Rahim (the merciful) n Al-Ghafur (the forgiving). He states dat by ‘giving up hope of the mercy of allah is a crime in itself.
Say: 'O my Servants who have transgressed against their souls! Despair not of the Mercy of God: for God forgives all sins (except shirk): for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.' Az-Zumar ie 'the groups' (39:53)
So I wonder, if God can be so forgiving why us da mortals cant? Are we in da state more hollier than Him dat makes us refuse to grant forgiveness? Waliyazubillah (I protect under god’s name)
Self-Reflection: How can u do dis to me?
Is dis da price for da things I've done 4 u?
Or its just not enough, innit?
So much for a friendship, huh?
I always thot u r such a noble n kindhearted
But I was very wrong (n dis is da hardest part )
I wud like 2 express my profoundest gratitude to God 4 giving me da clarity of mind n granting me serendipity thru out da whole course - da strengths 2 move my fingers drawing da words n stanzas, enabling em 2 connect us da mortals.
To all my learned readers n viewers (including da blog-hoppers) -grins- a mounting adulations 2 all da support n guidance given. Truth to be told, we've been 2 da downcast of hibernation period(s) (opps I did it again) but U kept on standing besides us n I can't re-pay dat loyalness shown, apart from saying a million thanks. Da fact is, we both growing n improvising wif da help of all of you.
1) No more cookies during da day
2) No more skipping 'Tarawih' prayers (geeeeeeeeeeeeee ... it has been da same 4 da past 4 years)
3) Reciting da Holy Qoran from cover to cover (will try me best dis year after a failure attempt in da previous year)
4) No more tight-hugging clothes or 3-quarter pants. MUST DRESS PROPER !! (haruslaaaaa kene selongkar jubah n serban bagai dlm wardrobe kannnn) Hehe
5) Refraining contacts wif outsiders esp AngChoonSeong!!! He makes me swear whenEVER chatted which isnt gud for me. n he likes condemning too while he knows I cant do dat while fasting.
6) Praying punctually. Sum1 has to tell me dat Fajr/Dawn/Subuh prayer is @ 0600 instead of 0700 -grins-
7) A moment 2 remember da unfortunate ones. So please dun invite me 2 Ramadhan Buffet or I shall eat like croc (ha ha ) metapmorphosing myself into python in da end.
I wud like 2 thank those who've sent me offline msgs, mobile texts or emails wishing me a Happy Ramadhan. Im wishing da same too to ye.
Why, dear Lord?
Why, ye acccurst Fates?
Why its been so hard for me?
Why I've been left mercilessly?
Why?
{thanks 2 mon paccka3, mon namrtb, mon xn3hb}