2013년 8월 23일 금요일

Is your God in the Bible?


He is the one I know very well and love the most like my life. I went to the place of our appointment and greeted him very nicely. However, his response was cold. He even said, “I don’t know you.” How would you feel if you find yourself in such a situation? You will surely feel embarrassed and might be terribly disappointed by his response.
What if the one who didn’t recognize you is “God”?  You surely will not want to imagine that. Unfortunately however, it’s not just an imagination. It must happen to someone in reality.
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers [you workers of lawlessness: ESV]!’ (Matthew 7:21-23
It’s the word of Jesus in front of the door of the kingdom of heaven. To whom will He say, “I never knew you. Away from me”? To those who did not know God? No. Jesus will say to those who had special faith and loved Jesus, so as to say “Lord, Lord” and to act as the prophets who prophesied in the name of Jesus and performed many miracles.
Why will Jesus ignore and expel people with such faith from the kingdom of heaven?
We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. The man who says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did. (1 John 2:3-6)
Faith starts from knowing God. Believing in God without knowing Him is no more than blind faith. Those who do not obey His commands neither have faith nor know God. The God who is in the Bible acknowledges that we are His children if we observe God’s commandments such as the Sabbath and the Passover.  However, many people follow man-made commandments such as Sunday, Christmas and cross-idolatry. Which God do they believe in? The God believed by such people is another God not found in the Bible.
We are walking the path of faith with an expectation of a joyful meeting with God. If you wish to be welcomed by God someday, you must seek “God in the Bible.”

2013년 8월 1일 목요일

Child’s Pain



I received a call from my child’s school that she hurt her finger.

I got that call during my doctor’s appointment.

As soon as I hung up, I postponed my appointment and frantically ran to her school.

Worrying about my child, I forgot how sick I was.

Before even asking how my child was, I hugged her and cried.

While getting her finger treated, she was in so much pain that she trembled her whole body and grabbed my hand tightly.

It was heart-rending.

I wish I could be hurt instead of her, because it wasn’t easy for me to see my child in pain.

After I was relieved when her treatment was finished, I noticed that my whole body was all in sweat, and my face was covered with tears.

Wiping my trace of tears, I thought of my Heavenly Mother.

When I was in pain, Heavenly Mother must have felt much more pain than the pain that I had to go through.

I earnestly give thanks for Her infinite love.


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2013년 7월 29일 월요일

Only Bright Smile Must Appear on Mother’s Face


When the mother and the child were passing by a candy shop, the child started pestering,
“Mummy, I want candy. Candy!!”
“No. Since mommy’s got no money, I’ll get you next time.”
“Candy!! Candy!!”
Without concerning her words, the child kept on insisting.
The mother’s face hardened.
Once the child pestered, she wouldn’t stop.
“Mommy said, I got no money! Stop pestering!”
“Waahhh!!!”
The child sadly cried after getting a spank on her butt.
Sensing her mother, the child stopped crying.
Though the child stopped crying, the mother started to cry..
“Mummy. Don’t cry…”
The child wiped the mother’s tears with her hands and cuddled in her mother’s arms.
After few days, the mother and the child passed by a toy shop.
Feeling sorry for the last time, the mother asked the child.
“Have anything you want me to buy for you?”
“No Mummy. After you’ve got a lot of money you can buy me one!”
Considering the child’s age, she should have behaved like a child.
But the child already became mature, which made the mother feel bad.
After that very day, the child never asked her mother to buy something for her.
Not even once…
Though I can barely remember that incident, my mother always wipes her tears whenever she tells me about that day.
During hard times, I can imagine how heartbroken she must have been not being able to buy even a candy or a small toy for me.
Though ten years have passed, she must have regretted so much because she moves into tears whenever she talks about that day.
The painful memory engraved in my mother’s heart makes my heart feel bitter.
Mother, don’t cry no more.
I am a happy person who grew up with your love, and that love retains in my heart.


I earnestly hope that only bright smile can appear on your face.”
 
 
 
 


 
 

2013년 7월 24일 수요일

Mom’s Day


Mom’s Day
5:00AM - Rise, take shower, makeup
6:00AM - Prepare breakfast and lunch
7:00AM - Wake my husband and children, pack lunches
7:30AM - Give dietary supplements to husband and children
8:00AM - Wash dishes, tidy up kitchen
9:00AM - Do laundry, clean up the house
10:00AM - Go to work
5:00PM - Buy groceries after work
6:00PM - Cook dinner
6:30PM - Prepare supper for my husband
7:00PM - Prepare supper for my daughter coming home from school
7:30PM - Prepare desserts
8:00PM - Wash dishes, clean all the mess, prepare ahead for lunch tomorrow
9:00PM - Fold and iron clothes
10:00PM - Prepare late snack for my eldest daughter coming home from work
11:00PM - Wash dishes, Have conversation with my children
12:00PM - Cleanup the filthy bathroom and organize laundry
1:00PM - Finish arrears of work, keep household accounts
1:30PM - Bedtime
This is Mom's 24 hours.
Though I try to imitate what she's doing, I can never get close.
365 days, every day, for 24 hours, she works for the family.
Every day, for 24 hours, every year for 365 days, for 6,000 years,
Heavenly Mother works for us.

2013년 7월 21일 일요일

A Half of a Fingernail


Being clumsy with the kitchen knife, I had a day when I almost cut half of my finger nail preparing a meal.
My finger wouldn’t stop bleeding, so I quickly put gauze over it and tied it up with some rubber band. By the time I almost finished preparing the meal, my hand was burning and sore.
As my tears that I held back dropped down my eyes, someone flitted through my mind.
The One who saved me with His precious blood…
“My Father.”
With that thought, I engraved God’s unfathomable love in my heart.
Even cutting almost a half of my fingernail approaches me as a fear of pain.
Having His whole body full of blood, how much pain would He had felt?
The pain that I had removing the gauze that wouldn’t just come off easily that clung on the skin, cannot be compared to Father’s pain; taking off the robe forcefully that clung on His body all covered with blood.
The reason why He did not open His mouth when He was oppressed and afflicted,
The reason why He did not open His mouth like a lamb to the slaughter,
It is for my transgressions, my iniquities, and to bring me peace.
After I, myself have experienced and felt the pain, my heart burned realizing God’s love towards me.
The One who loved me until His whole body was all sore,
The One who loved me even enduring the mockery of His creation,
With what kind of word from this world can we describe Father’s greatness?
Not even once, but He had endured twice, of the stinging pain of His whole body.
How can we dare know the end of God’s love for the sinner?
For God’s love, that nothing can exceed, I give all thanks with my whole heart.
 
 
 
 

2013년 7월 16일 화요일

God the Mother giving love



 




First of all, I would like to give thanks to God the Father and God the Mother for allowing me to realize Their true love.

When I first got the truth and received a lot of care from brothers and sisters in Zion, I thought it is natural to receive love and sometimes, I even felt a little hurt when they did not pay attention to me.  However, since I am in the position to give love rather than to receive it, I easily got in trouble suiting every member of the spiritual family.


Then, I could realize that this whole situation had me understand the true mind of Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother.  Our Father and Mother have endured and suffered everything just for the love toward Their Children for a long time.


In spite Christ Ahnsahnghong and God the Mother sincerely care and love all our Heavenly brothers and sisters, I rather hurt them with arrogant mind.  I truly give thanks to God for allowing me to realize my shortage and lack.

Just like God the Father and God the Mother who never give up on us, I would also like to become the one who cares each and every brother and sister with earnest mind, waiting patiently to give love to them.

I eagerly desire to go back to our everlasting Heavenly hometown with God the Mother, wearing the perfect robe of angel.



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2013년 7월 15일 월요일

God the Mother is the best medicine


 
A few days ago, son lied to me but was sharply scolded when the truth got out.  He started to lie at the age 12 because he got scared of his mom and dad since then.  At his confess, my heart ached so much and I tried to hug and love him a lot, hoping to fix his bad habits.
 
One day, he wanted to sleep with me and dad because he felt scary being alone in his room.  Then, my husband bellowed at me, blaming that I am raising him just like a baby.
 
“It’s going to be emotionally tough and scared at his age.  We’d better cover his mistakes and keep him warm to ride out this situation.”
 
Finally, he agreed with me and since then, our couple has tried to have a conversation with him as much as possible before the bed time.  As the day got colder, the room became warmer than the living room so we decided to sleep in the living room.
 
All of us could have a nice talk together every day, lying side by side on the floor.  Listening to the new song, I embraced his face and asked him lying next to me.
 
From now on, let us stop bad behaviors like lie and continue to please Heavenly Father and God the Mother by loving all the more with mom and dad.”
This boy grown up so quickly enough to wear the same size of his dad answered, “Ok” and then threw himself into my arms.  Being with him, God the Mother suddenly came into my mind.
 
Now I think I know why She came down to this earth and is grabbing each hand of every child to give Her unconditional love, without rejecting all pains and sorrows.
 
The best medicine to cure all disease of our sins should be very “You- God the Mother.”