Assalamu 'alaykum wR wB
ada sedikit cerita yang saya anggap menarik, dan mungkin ada kaitannya
dengan masalah Kehendak Allah,
maafkan kalau ada yang salah,
Wassalamu 'alaykum wR wB
arief muLya
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There was a couple who used to go to England to shop in
the beautiful stores. This was their twenty-fifth wedding
anniversary. They both liked antiques and pottery and
especially teacups.
One day in this beautiful shop they saw a beautiful teacup.
They said, "May we see that? We've never seen one quite so
beautiful." As the lady handed it to them, suddenly the
teacup spoke.
"You don't understand," it said. "I haven't always been a
teacup. There was a time when I was red and I was clay. My
master took me and rolled me and patted me over and over
and I yelled out, 'let me alone,' but he only smiled, 'Not
yet'.
"Then I was placed on a spinning wheel," the teacup said,
"and suddenly I was spun around and around and around.
'Stop it! I'm getting dizzy!' I screamed. But the master only
nodded and said, 'Not yet.'
Then he put me in the oven. I never felt such heat. I
wondered why he wanted to burn me, and I yelled, and I
knocked at the door. I could see him through the opening
and I could read his lips as he shook his head, 'Not yet.'
"Finally the door opened, he put me on the shelf, and I
began to cool. 'There, that's better,' I said. And he brushed
and painted me all over. The fumes were horrible. I thought
I would gag. 'Stop it, stop it!' I cried. He only nodded, 'Not
yet.'
"Then suddenly he put me back into the oven, not like the
first one. This was twice as hot and I knew I would
suffocate. I begged. I pleaded. I screamed. I cried. All the
time I could see im through the opening nodding his head,
saying, 'Not yet.'
"Then I knew there wasn't any hope. I would never make it.
I was ready to give up. But the door opened and he took me
out and placed me on the shelf. One hour later he handed
me a mirror and said, 'Look at yourself.' And I did. I said,
'That's not me; that couldn't be me. It's beautiful. I'm
beautiful.'
"'I want you to remember, then,' he said, 'I know it hurt to
be rolled and patted, but if I just left you, you'd have dried
up. I know it made you dizzy to spin around on the wheel,
but if I had stopped, you would have crumbled. I know it
hurt and it was hot and disagreeable in the oven, but if I
hadn't put you there, you would have cracked. I know the
fumes were bad when I brushed and painted you all over,
but if I hadn't done that, you never would have hardened.
You would not have had any color in your life, and if I
hadn't put you back in that second oven, you wouldn't
survive for very long because the hardness would not have
held. Now you are a finished product. You are what I had in
mind when I first began with you.' "
God knows what He's doing (for all of us). He is the Potter,
and we are His clay. He will mold us and make us, so that
we may be made into a flawless piece of work to fulfill His
good, pleasing, and perfect will.
No temptation has seized you except what is common to
man. And God is faithful, he will not tempt you beyond
what you can bear....
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