June 2021
From This Pandemic, Soon For Recovery And A Testimony...
When the mission introduction explains points that are exclusive to faith—in the June and December 2020 editions that always relate to context, the global epidemic that we feel and really hit us; restrictions to minus economic growth make us no longer the same and must come out of this global epidemic crisis with very valuable lessons.
Adding to the loss and gratitude for the tragedy by looking at the fragility of humans, especially for groups with age restrictions when the epidemic strikes and are very vulnerable to being affected by becoming infected victims. The actualization of doing religion, whether believing or leaving out of religion is certainly a part of our point of view to judge. Several reports state the paradox of increasing religiosity even though religious activities are limited.
With this pandemic, which seems to be able to assess previous pandemics with different risks, symptoms, and impacts of spreading in each of these pandemic outbreaks; then questions about belief and the basis for the assessment of the epidemic will certainly arise. It can also assess the impact of religion, religious belief activities which are not only restrictions but also concerns, starting from things to prevent because of health aspects such as distributing masks to charity on food distribution, even the call from the secretary of the international ecumenical church organ called for this as well as at the beginning of this pandemic.
Calls for denial of the epidemic with a religious background—something that will indeed increase the number of victims. By being aware of and accustomed to online worship activities; something that is certainly achieved with technological progress as well, adjustments to conditions where general and simple relations are needed because status as a social person must be restrained. So from this testimony and stories, testimony will be limited in relationships and contacts, stories are not personal strength but concern by acknowledging not denying the plague that tests endurance if it comes from belief. This is clearly a sign of those beliefs that are not in accordance with reality.
Also when you are in an authority and at the same time you are dealing with an authority that has that power, in this case you cannot argue and it can be called the authority of the state. What is certain is that our presence believes in God's providence. However, there are quite a number of countries that have been present at the same time as our age—we can sure and almost taste their presence, whose presence seems motivated to prosper. However, the other side who will not understand when the assessment is to be present for the welfare of the people, continues to boost investment in an epidemic condition like this—happening with all concerns for our context, so that a law can immediately get ratification (December 2020 Mission Bulletin, “The disobedience of a response from the imposition of the Will"), which also coincides with concerns about a global epidemic where it is rare to prioritize investment for welfare when the main problem is health risk.
His concern is that power can be arbitrary. Can worry about the targets of his promises (politics)—in the context that applies to us in Indonesia because of the economic growth that cannot be achieved by the power that is considered to have an impact on welfare, because of this and coupled with the epidemic—which cannot be excluded and actually makes things slumped worse happen. Thoughts that are intended to increase and move these investments should not dropped or neglected.
Even though there are many who reject it and think that power by government always thinks of the good, its enforcement remains the will of the powerful itself, comments and objections to environmental factors are ignored. That there is a tendency to show more authority with the power held. However, it is necessary to consider whether the main factor is a threat to public health. Is a testimony to an objection to government power ? or testimony to obey the government rule ?
The power to discipline from the behavior of citizens and their people, that indeed the power of government as a representative of God (Rm 13), places for the government to know and be aware of the power it has to act as a representative who is very worthy to be obeyed.
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It is identified when power seems to support the minority—unfortunately for our context in Indonesia we are never included as a country where it is difficult to express faith and believe, that there are explanations and releases that inform this. (Prayer for 20 countries that are considered difficult to become Christians) And with a series of events in the pandemic is also an effort a testimony, the new normal is also known that along with the vaccination process—humanity's superiority will always try to overcome this epidemic, sadly there will also be new variants.
Our technology can reach patterns of worship but must also focus on dealing with things that are always worrying and frightening about new variants of this virus. Being our wisdom too, of course, also power that puts the great benefit first. Testimony to think about and be prepared as well when new causes may arise, keeps us worried all the time.
The race and remain in God's care will always be recorded in the human ability to overcome this pandemic, also include new behaviors that are really unimaginable indeed by paying attention to the factor of the spread of the virus to be prevented, is to always hope for victory to be able to surpass this.
About the gospel message reaching out ? which are connected with various testimonies that will appear, indeed never stop by being merely confirming testimonies but also testimonies and stories from the crisis of confidence they are facing. Really for this? It is the complexity that is not only a pandemic, but the excess behavior of the pandemic, is very affected to want to.
But instead of getting more and more ordinary and requiring repeated endurance to be reminded, and it seems that it seems necessary to know that the miracle of the efficacy becomes a kind of simplifying the problem—it doesn't seem too obvious to strive for miracles and the efficacy of faith. Agreed on a plague that attacks endurance and is highly contagious. So obedience becomes a testimony with endurance to face isolation. The testimony that returns to the individual to endure ?
God's providence may be the subject of easy teaching but it is a testimony that must be stated—aware of its limitations and limitations that are sought for our good, our survival and our testimony. Is it still interesting if his testimony is not efficacy, healing and free to overcome, which is different from most people? or rather be part of most people to feel the vulnerability; cannot be immune from the despair, anxiety, vulnerabilities and personal disturbances that strike as well as problems that all human beings are experiencing right now—whatever their beliefs, are facing this global pandemic. That is also a testimony for believing in God's providence and testing for it.
Detail in bahasa (indo language)
December 2021
From This Pandemic, Immediate Recovery And A Testimony...
" Resilience " That Must Be In Our Education...
(Continuation)
When they are no longer in class and cannot be denied the existence that has been integrated into everyday life. The challenge of the portion of knowledge that must be obtained is reduced, then the reality that immediately "matures" appears. Reality is the portion of knowledge. That being confined, some phases have been experienced with assistance, due to the cessation of economic activity and others—mainly what is observed is this economy, in the most extreme sense up to 2 months, from every 2 days the following day for easing in the following week when it is felt that the pandemic conditions are getting better; The number of people infected with the virus is decreasing and deaths can be suppressed.
The phase that was experienced was very severe, of course for the Indonesian context, when July, with many deaths at home, it was recorded as a death record with 1200 deaths with a record 2069 on 27 July 2021. (CNNIndonesia 27 July 2021), recorded with a scary story about death successively, health facilities were 'paralyzed' so that a deputy governor's power official dared to say that around 30% of deaths were due to 'self-isolation', which had to be treated in hospitals. With the addition of the fact that 11,045 children were forced to grow up quickly, “yes, orphans”, because their parents died of covid (Kompas 8 August 2021).
So children who grow up quickly must receive and continue education with the content of readiness to load the curriculum with the aspect of cultivating their intelligence to be competitive in the future? Or even something else that must be prepared. Because those who are competitive are apparently unable to anticipate the pandemic, which is always a question about the origin of this virus. Where is always accompanied by rumors of suspicion as a result of the sophistication of modern educated humans, or living values with this educational priority. Where, of course, the presence in the classroom is the main factor. Weird class interactions.
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Educational content will respond to tragedy. That it also happens and is learned in class? At the same time teaching in isolation—while waiting for the process, which is also the result of education, to handle the virus outbreak with anti virus. That it cannot be underestimated that responding to the tragedy which turns out to be 'demand' will also be seen as open material.
The content (education) for which it also teaches to accept the things that have been experienced is very astonishing. grief and events that occur that certainly provide lessons that can be imagined as teaching material. It will also focus on the basic material; the cause of the pandemic? What unit of life is the Covid virus? in what cluster of links, to disrupt and cause a global disaster? who studied this why can lose? also for the future does not happen again!
This object makes humans have to recognize the surrounding environment. The thing that composes the environment and then a catastrophe occurs with that environment, it is unimaginable that the catastrophe that really happened with the impact of human activities could be limited. But also for that recognize the ability of the human itself. With this what underlies the human ability to face the confines of a pandemic with everything that is faced, it is very challenging what humans believe, also believe without belief (religion) the human ability to naturally face confinement as well as other impacts for those who live with the plague that is spreading. happens, no one wants to use it as a cycle, even in long periods of lag. there is not any !
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If it was as a resilience, because of its general impression—would that be meant only an impression in religious belief. That religious education which teaches good behavior, especially with its protection of the official religions something that still appears is cognitive assessment, where there is still a decline in intelligence from the generation of students due to the inhibition of the teaching and learning process worried by the minister of education. A generation that dwindled to become unintelligent later, with these events, is certainly a challenge to be of the intended intelligence.
Just as the term "resilience" when it was also spoken by the global organ for Unicef's children, it was a challenge to bring it up, present it in the educational content that emerged from this global tragedy (UNICEF, July 2020). Does the world get better with more people educated? the educational process that has been standardized and makes people have to go through it, with a provision of basic education which is outlined as an indication of progress. It is natural to see children who are free, due to limitations in confining, limiting, not fulfilling the curriculum achievements that are intended for the aspect of intelligence that does not go down; is in addition to the unpreparedness of the education system with an emphasis on class, it can also be interpreted as an educational process. It became very natural for the children to crowd them. When this is so commonly witnessed, there is always a fear for the children to be infected more seriously, for the number of victims. Besides, what is always identical is the elderly as victims who are seriously infected.
So the abundance of children who are not in the classroom is also a learning process which makes them less competitive. Therefore, the indications of progress in the process stalled for a while, distracted, because also with the devastating pandemic, it must be appreciated, not merely an indication of our unpreparedness. But it's still worse when the world becomes uneducated. That reality also teaches us. The thought of losing grief as well as resilience. As if demanded not to appreciate the reality. The reality of children in abundance popping up in many places—the streets, the edges of the house, is not as “official” in the classroom. Is the resilience ?
Concrete actions in the participation of Christian missions become very necessary. It is also imagined when happenned in the reality of the nation of Israel who maintains God's law in its mobility towards the promised land of God. But that doesn't come with any restrictions, with the most common being just distance. Giving thanks in knowing God in the reality we face...
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