S’MUA BAIK (behind the song)

Hi guys,

You may have read our previous post about the story behind ‘Janjimu Seperti Fajar’ song. Here’s another true story behind another well known Indonesian Christian song written by Julita Manik.

“Dari semula, t’lah Kau tetapkan..
hidupku dalam tanganMu, dalam rencanaMu Tuhan…
Rencana indah t’lah Kau siapkan…
bagi masa depanku yang penuh harapan…”

“S’mua baik…s’mua baik…
apa yang t’lah Kau perbuat di dalam hidupku…
S’mua baik…sungguh teramat baik…
Kau jadikan hidupku berarti”
[chord]

Sebagai seorang songwriter lagu Kristiani, saya memberi nilai sangat tinggi untuk lagu ini. Bagi saya pribadi, lagu “Semua Baik” ini levelnya sama dengan lagu “Amazing Grace” (John Newton), “Still” (Reuben Morgan/Hillsong), lagu yang so simple tapi membawa kepada dimensi hubungan yang sangat teramat dekat dengan Tuhan. Bagi saya lagu “Semua Baik” adalah lagu yang tak akan lekang oleh waktu. Dengan kata lain lagu yang tidak mengenal season. Generasi demi generasi akan mengucap syukur kepada Tuhan melalui lagu ini. Sing that God is good all the time.

Apakah dalam hidup ini jarum jam sedang berada di angka 12 (di atas), atau sedang berada di angka 6 (di bawah), GOD IS GOOD. Tuhan tidak pernah merancangkan kecelakaan dalam hidup kita.

The Principles of Warren Buffet

Shalom Bethany Toronto,

There was an hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet (bio), an investment guru and also known as the 2nd richest man with a net worth more than $44 billion that drew attentions from around the world to him. He stated during the interview that he has donated $31 billion to charity through Bill Gates’ foundation.

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Buffet has always been good with numbers, but it’s not this ability of him that makes him nominated to be the #1 richest man today by Forbes, but it is his self discipline and hard work. Here are some very interesting wisdom and aspects of his life that we can live by, learn a thing or two, and may be apply it to our own lives:

1. He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!

2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.

3. He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha, that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house.
His house does not have a wall or a fence.

4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.

5. He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world’s largest private jet company.

6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis. He has given his CEO’s only two rules:
Rule number 1: do not lose any of your share holder’s money.
Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.

7. He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some popcorn and watch television.

8. Bill Gates, the world’s richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour.
But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffet.

9. Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.
His advice to young people: “Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself and remember:
A. Money doesn’t create man but it is the man who created money.
B. Live your life as simple as you are.
C. Don’t do what others say, just listen them, but do what you feel good.
D. Don’t go on brand name; just wear those things in which u feel comfortable.
E. Don’t waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend on them who really in need rather.
F. After all it’s your life then why give chance to others to rule our life.