penatnya menunggu

kali ini Allah mengajar aku harga sebuah penantian.. malah aku rasa Allah juga melatih aku untuk bersedia menerima segala kemungkinan.. entah kenapa hati tertusuk-tusuk menunggu suatu keputusan.. apatah lagi di saat menunggu ketentuan Tuhan.. di dunia ini dan di Akhirat nanti.. hari ini kita menelan pahit untuk redha.. tapi di Akhirat nanti entah apa jenis kepahitan yang kita akan telan menunggu giliran kita untuk dihisab.. nanti kan penantian itu lebih lama.. mengapa tidak hati mu bersabar saja.. dunia itu cuma ujian semata.. Akhirat nanti lebih utama.. bukankah lebih perit berdiri menanti keputusan Ilahi atas setiap amal kita di dunia ini..

Suka aku dengan perkongsian seorang adik dari buku yang dibaca : Reclaim Your Heart
dia buat aku rasa "..it's just a test.. Allah will give us the best.." just be patient..

those pain and hardship can act as both indication and cure, for our broken relationship with our Creator. 

Allah says ''Do the people think that they will be left to say 'we believe', and they will not be tested ?.......'' (29:2-3)

in another verse from the Qur'an ''...and We tested them with good [times] and bad that perhaps they would return [to obedience] (7:168)

many of us wondering, why is this happening to us ? how this happen when we've done nothing wrong ?

the truth is : everything in this life is a test. yes, everything in this life is a test

Here we are told that the very purpose for which life and death were created to test us.

 think for a moment about an emergency siren. what is its purpose ?

the siren is an indication and a warning that something harmful is coming. if we hear it, we naturally panic. 

but, what happens when they need to test the siren ?

what happens when it's just a drill to see how we will react ? the test siren sounds exactly the same, but it is ''only a test''.

although it looks , sounds, and feels real, it is not. it is only a test. and we're reminded of that again and again throughout the test.

this is what Allah tells us about this life. it is going to look, sound, and feel very , very real.

at times, it's going to scare us. at times, it's going to make us cry. but this life and everything in it is only a test. it is not actually real.

as soon as we realize that it is only a test, our questions drastically change.

instead of asking : ''how could this be happening ?'' ''why is it so unfair?''

our questions become : ''how should i react ?'' ''how should i pass this test ?'' ''what am i meant to learn?''

''how can we use this test to bring us closer to the final destination, which is, God ?''

the beauty of the tests of Allah is that, after notifying us that they're coming, 

He gives us the exact recipe in succeeding, which is ; sabar and taqwa

who knows, those trials and tribulations could be a ticket for jannah, IF and ONLY IF we've been patient

once we change our lens in which we see our lives, our internal and external response drastically change.

when the prophets before us were tested, it only increased them in faith and obedience.

until we change that lens, we will NEVER move beyond ''how could this happen to us'', 

to realize the true purpose of the test itself : a created tool to purify, strengthen and bring us closer

to the Creator of me and you.