It's been a while since my last post.. Well, I was catching up some deadlines... And then I was sick because I was too tired working. Not to mention I had to go camping in Sukabumi with a runny nose. But it was a great trip, anyway. I'll talk about it later.
But for now, I wanna share about something. Well, first, let me ask you a question. How many of you are getting tired with whatever you are facing in your life right now? And how many times do you ask to God, 'why me' or 'why is this happening to me'?
To be honest, those questions are swimming in my mind every now and then... But everytime they cross my mind, somewhere in the back of my... I don't know, conscience, maybe... I can hear a voice of a lady, saying things that - she may not realized this - light up my spirit.
This lady is actually one of the people I interviewed. I'm not gonna say her real name. Let's just say her name is Lily.
That day, I was actually going to interview her daughter. But when I arrived, her daughter wasn't home yet. So, I got to talk with Lily... and she told me everything..... literally evvverything about what's been happening in her family...
Long story short, her husband was having an affair while her daughter was in jail. She walked me through the whole story, with tears coming down her cheek. Even I wanted to cry too, but I knew it wasn't professional...
Listening to all the ups and downs she's gone through, I knew I would think 'Why is this happening to me?' if I were in her shoes. And I asked her that very question. "Have you ever asked God, why me? Why is this happening to me?" I said, bluntly.
To my surprise, she shaked her head...
"Who am I to say that kind of question?" she said, her watery eyes looking right into my eyes. And her following explanation made me feel even more like a fool for asking her that question. She's a Catholic, and so she said (she actually gave me a long explanation, but I'm just going to share her point),
"Jesus has gone a lot more suffering than I did... than we all did. And I'm nobody in front of God. I'm no one. I'm just His one tiny creature. So, if God gives me a hard time, does it mean I have the right to ask Him why? NO. I don't even dare to think about it, because I'm just an ordinary person. What I have gone through is NOTHING to compare with what Jesus has gone through. So really. God just gives me a little bit of a hard time, and I'm asking Him why He gave me all this? No, I have no right to ask that question."
I was stunned. And as a moslem, I adapted her analogy with my belief, Nabi Muhammad SAW. Even the messenger of Allah SWT, the one who was 'pointed' to spread His messages to the world, has gone through a lot of hard time in his life... Most of his life, to be precised...
So, I think Lily was right. If we are going through a difficult time in our lives, try not to ask God, 'why is this happening to me?' I know it's hard, because we are just ordinary people with a lot of (negative) thoughts... But at least, we can try... Everytime that particular question cross your mind, try to remember this piece I wrote. Try to remember what Lily told me, we are just tiny creatures, and we have no right to ask the Almighty that question. That even His messengers' lives weren't all heaven on earth.
I hope this writing would be useful for you... And believe me, this article goes for myself too... :)
Good luck!! :)
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