Mommy Must Be Sad

Few years ago, I was hustling for the evening worship with my two kids (a 7 year old daughter and a 5 year old son). That was because the time approached as I was getting ready with an ease.

Passing our house, we saw a dead pigeon that we could assume it got hit by a car. I warned my kids as we passed around it, leaving it way behind.

But after a while, my son started to mutter something. With the lack of time, I couldn't bear to listen carefully what he was saying.

As I was hurrying my steps, I got to hear what he was saying.

"Mummy must be sad... Mummy must be sad."

He has just started to talk, his speech was very slow and he was lisping, so no one really could understand what he was saying. But I could definitely understand what my son was saying.  

I thought he acted rather strangely. So taking his wrist, I gave a blunt answer for what he was saying.

"Mommy is not sad."

I think he was thinking I was odd. He opened his big eyes widely and said,

"No. The baby birdie is waiting for mummy.”

At last I understood that my son was talking about the mother pigeon and not me. He thought the dead pigeon was a nestling.

I was quiet surprised because I always treated him like a young baby.

Not missing my eyes with surprise, he said,

"You didn't know that Mommy?”

I can’t remember how I escaped that hopeless situation.

Even that small child already knew the eternal truth; that to all living creatures, mothers exist to give them life. And that those mothers would be sad if their children wouldn't return to their nests. I cannot forget forever of what I have realized that day.

Since Heavenly Mother exists giving birth to Her spiritual children, we exist. And to Heavenly Mother, I will become a child who will proclaim the good news to the poor souls who are dying not knowing Heavenly Mother’s heart. Her heart that is all burned up into ashes because they do not understand Heavenly Mother’s loving heart. 

"Thank You Mother”

One day, when a cold wave came over for few days, I went to pick up my child in the nursery after work.

Since it wasn't far from our house, I thought it was better for me to carry him on my back since it was windy.Aimlessly, I carried him on my back and went outside.

But the wind was severe. My suit was uncomfortable, the bag was heavy, and my five-year-old child’s weight wasn't like the way it used to be.

My child rather enjoyed the cool air,took off his hat and wriggled on my back, which made me feel more exhausted. I had a runny nose because of the cold wind, I twisted my ankle wearing high heels because my child wouldn't stay still, it made me hard to walk, and my wrist holding the heavy bag was so sore.

I wanted to put him down and tell him to walk by himself, but I couldn't possibly do that since his clothes were too thin for him to walk in the cold wind.

I was so exhausted that made me cry.

My child who wouldn't possibly know his mom’s heart kept on saying “Mom, I’m about to fall!” saying to me to pull him up. I couldn't say anything. So shedding my tears, I repeatedly pulled him up and we barely arrived home.

At the entrance, my arms were drained out of energy and I almost threw him down. When I started to feel sorry for him, he said, “Thank you mom.”

When I heard that, all the difficulties that I thought I had coming home became nothing.

I started to smile and my child looked so adorable.

Then, I started to think I also wanted to be a lovable child to Heavenly Mother.

Not being immature, but at least knowing how to consider Heavenly Mother’s heart with words of thanks.

Mother, I truly thank You for giving love to this immature child.

Who is qualified to enter the kingdom of heaven?

When we join the company, we make it a rule to negotiate salary with employer.  After receiving the letter of acceptance, I also negotiated salary with the company. At first, I said I was not satisfied with the salary condition the company proposed.

At that moment, a director who proposed the condition asked me one question.  “Please tell me some possible justification why our company should offer you a higher salary.”  At this, I could not answer it for a while.

Although it has passed several months since then, the question was so impressive that this comes to my mind from time to time. Then, I could get some spiritual realization.

To join the company on this earth, we need to meet various conditions and experiences as well as reasonable terms for better treatment.  Then, do I satisfy to meet the condition to enter the kingdom of heaven right now?

Being in thought, I became to look back the path I walked through so far.  I was the one who easily catches on the gospel and cools down immediately just like a pot.  At the thought of having nothing to boast of,I felt so sorry to God.

From now on, I would like to be changed into a proper one who could enter the kingdom of heaven so I could leave beautiful traces in gospel. 

I would like to thank Elohim God, who allowed us the salvation.

A little assistant given by Mother

Mother

Why did You wear the clothes of a sinner

and come to this earth

for this sinful child full of faults?

Mother

For what are these sinners to You

that You give us love that is deep and broad like the sea,

and give us the courage

becoming the resting place for our souls?

Oh, Mother

I earnestly shout to You

I love You

I thank You

I love You eternally

This is a poem written by my eldest daughter who is in the 5^th grade, after the recent third day worship.

The sermon of that day was about ‘Mother’s love.’ I guess with a child’s mind she was touched, and when we got home, she wrote this poem with colorful pencils.

Reading this poem, I felt that a child’s love towards Mother is as deep as the grownups’.

My eldest child is my little gospel assistant.

She usually practices the teachings of Mother and greets people in a loud voice with a smile.

When the elders praise her, she smiles and says to me that God will also be happy about it.

She cannot work for the gospel since she is still young, but it was lovely seeing her efforts practicing the smallest things that she can afford.

She quickly wants to become a part of the student members so that she can bring friends to Zion, and tell them about God the Mother.

When I couldn't possibly stop home once in a while, she feeds her eight year old sister and takes her to the institute.

When I am exhausted with the hot weather, she plays the piano; the new song, for me.

I didn't do anything for my child.

I am just thankful to God the Father and God the Mother, making my child to realize and practice the teachings of Mother by herself.

I also thank God for filling up my lacking areas through my child, and for giving our family such a great blessing.

I will repay for God the Father and God the Mother’s grace by practicing the teachings of Mother with a thankful mind.

Mother thank You. I truly love You.

Family knows all ( voice of each other)

On my way to visit hometown during the Feast of Tabernacles, I went to my uncle’s house and kept the Feast of Tabernacle in Zion located around there.  

He couldn't really keep the evening service whenever he had to stay up all night at work.  Sometimes, he used to return home very late because he had to work even at dawn.  Thinking how much he went through in a situation he could not come to Zion with lots of tiring work, I felt so pity on him.

On the following day after the Feast of Tabernacles was over, I was going to keep the early morning service but at that time again, he did not get home after work.  Just guessing he must be still working, I left home with my aunt and cousins.  In the service, a pastor and our brothers and sisters used to take turns reading Father’s book and at that dawn also, we were reading a book like that way.

“Now, could next brother read that for us please?”

As requested by a pastor, one man in men’s seats started to read the book and my aunt was very surprised.

“Oh? That must be your uncle.”

We couldn't help being surprised too because it couldn't be even imagined before the service began.  The service was finally finished with our mind of giving thanks to God.  Then, my cousin who is only a first grader in elementary school moved our heart. 

“My son must be so surprised from very early in the morning?  Yon didn't know it’s dad, did you?  Then, he answered as if it was no big deal for him. 

“Of course I did.  It’s my dad’s voice.”  This little cousin’s words deeply moved my heart and I was about to tear. 

It was very impressive family can recognize each other with mere hearing of their voices instantly in unexpected situation.  I could realize living like a family make us know and feel everything about each other.

I would like to give thanks to Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother for allowing me to guide my uncle to Zion and to realize how precious our family more deeply.  Also, I truly give thanks for making me your daughter who could listen to your voice so I could recognize you are my Father and Mother.

90- year-old old mother and 70-year-old son

There lived a 70- year-old son who always carried his mom on the back every day.  For his mom who lost her leg in a car accident, the son carried his mom on his back and went everywhere in the neighborhood every day after work.

When he was asked by a reporter if it was not hard to take, he said, “Comparing to my mother who suffered so much to raise me up, this is nothing at all.” And he even talked more briskly just like a feather.  This son tries to make her happy, showing off his muscles and doing cute things like a little kid.  When his mother got asleep and the covering was about to finish, he called the reporter quietly.  Handing over the hot patch, he asked the reporter to put it on the back where he couldn't reach.  He didn't even show he put the hot patch on the back, thinking if she would worry.

Asking to myself if I have ever been nicer to parents, I couldn't really answer it confidently.  Comparing to this son old enough to get filial duty from his children, who rather concedes his back to his mother, I felt ashamed myself.

Our Heavenly Mother who sacrificed Herself throughout Her life and suffered so much….In spite of the very precious mission to preach the gospel with all my heart and mind, I just want to ask myself whether I was only a child who just has troubled Her.  Since heaven is the place where we cannot do filial duty to Mother, I will do my best to please Her as long as I stay on this earth.

When Love is Worth In Blood^^

World Mission Society Church of God conducts blood drive^^

Father’s Cap

My father raised us, three kid son behalf of my mother who died early.

One day, my father started to go out wearing my younger brother’s baseball cap. Ever afterwards he wore that cap.

That cap was all worn out so my brother just threw it away around a corner of his room.

Then suddenly, my father had a hypo pharyngeal cancer.

After a big surgery and while he was getting a treatment, he had his hair shaved. I guess he kind of felt shy with his hair, so he asked me to buy a hat for him.

I thought that he would like the usual baseball cap that he wore, so I bought one for him.

Thinking that he would surely like the cap, I gave it to him. But my father said,

"Why didn't you buy agentle man like hat... Baseball cap is childish...”

So I told him,

"This is the favorite usual cap that you wore.”

I just replied to him thinking that he was cold-hearted without realizing my heart.

But then my father said,

"Well, that was the only hat in the house...”

Listening to his words, I was so sorry and my heart ached so much.

My father didn't wear the baseball cap because he liked it, but it was because he couldn't afford to buy a new hat raising his children all by himself.

I guess children don’t consider parents’ heart even though they are fully grown.

They just believe in what they can see, and just want to be praised...

Feeling sorry, I swallow up my tears.