So, I'd like to continue what I learned this morning.
The second thing that I remembered about how expensive it is to commit a sin is about an example of adultery. Yep, the speaker of today's sermon interestingly told us a story about how expensive or at least how not-that-free it is to commit adultery. Those people need a place (be it hotel or so), they had to cover up their sin by of course spending money on stuffs (be it communication), not to mention the fear of being got caught. But the funny thing was that those seem to never in fear of God's wrath. Interestingly, we do not need to go through such worries and despair should we just avoid commiting a sin in the first place..simply because avoiding it is free of charge or effortless (hmmm...the last one being debatable).
(it is 3.15 pm in the afternoon. just finished meeting my students for the final report of their graduating papers). and..now it is ashar time.
it is now 5.25 pm...just 20 minutes away from breaking the fast time. :)
I just remember another thing being mentioned in the sermon:
There was this banner strapped across the street in the southern part of Jogjakarta. The banner said something like this: "Berhenti dulu Maksiat di bulan Ramadan. Setelah Ramadan Lanjutkan.....Berhentinya.." It literally means something like : Stop Committing Sin in Ramadan month. After Ramadan...Continue ...Stopping."
The eye-catching banner will surely attract anyone and passer by's attention simply because of the word 'Lanjutkan or Continue". To make it even better...the word 'Berhentinya' and 'Stopping' were written in asterisk (*) and in small font. Hmmm....a clever way to catch someone's attention.
The second thing that I remembered about how expensive it is to commit a sin is about an example of adultery. Yep, the speaker of today's sermon interestingly told us a story about how expensive or at least how not-that-free it is to commit adultery. Those people need a place (be it hotel or so), they had to cover up their sin by of course spending money on stuffs (be it communication), not to mention the fear of being got caught. But the funny thing was that those seem to never in fear of God's wrath. Interestingly, we do not need to go through such worries and despair should we just avoid commiting a sin in the first place..simply because avoiding it is free of charge or effortless (hmmm...the last one being debatable).
(it is 3.15 pm in the afternoon. just finished meeting my students for the final report of their graduating papers). and..now it is ashar time.
it is now 5.25 pm...just 20 minutes away from breaking the fast time. :)
I just remember another thing being mentioned in the sermon:
There was this banner strapped across the street in the southern part of Jogjakarta. The banner said something like this: "Berhenti dulu Maksiat di bulan Ramadan. Setelah Ramadan Lanjutkan.....Berhentinya.." It literally means something like : Stop Committing Sin in Ramadan month. After Ramadan...Continue ...Stopping."
The eye-catching banner will surely attract anyone and passer by's attention simply because of the word 'Lanjutkan or Continue". To make it even better...the word 'Berhentinya' and 'Stopping' were written in asterisk (*) and in small font. Hmmm....a clever way to catch someone's attention.
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