One
day, alone in my room,
I
think of the things in my life
I
am especially thankful for,
the
things that I am proud of.
Then
I turn to the things I regret
and
wish had never happened,
especially
my sins.
When
I am thus engaged, Jesus Christ walks in.
His
presence brings the sweetest joy and peace.
I
tell Him some of the things about my life that I regret.
He
stops me with the words,
“That
is all forgiven dan forgotten.
Do
you know that love keeps no record of wrongs?” (1 Cor. 13:5).
The
He goes on to say,
“In
fact, your wrongs have not just been forgiven.
They
have even been converted into grace.
Have
you never been told
that
where the sin was great,
grace
was greater still?” (Rom. 5:21)
This
seems too good to be true
for
my poor fearful heart!
Then
I hear him say, “I am so pleased with you,
so
grateful to you.”
I
begin to protest that there is nothing in my life
that
He can be so pleased about or grateful for.
He
says, “Surely you would be grateful beyond words
to
anyone who did for you
even
a small part of what you did for me?
Do
you think I have less of a heart than you?”
So
I lean back
and
allow the impact of His words to hit me,
rejoicing
in my heart
that
I have such a God as He.
Anthony de Mello – “Wellsprings”
Saat jiwa
dahaga dan lapar, 
