A few days ago in the morning, I found this sky in front of my house. I was on the way to drop my kids to their school. It seemed like God's hand. I praised the beauty of His works!
I don't remember when we started reading our bible in the sanctuary last year. I think it was in the fall. We are now in the middle of 2 Chronicles. Reading bible loudly has been helping me in many ways. Mostly, I enjoy so much especially prayers of prophets, great kings like David. I read from chapter 20 to 22 this morning. In chapter 20, I was stunned by the scene of a prayer. Most time when I read the bible, scenes are alive like watching movie right now. It happened this morning too. I could see Jehoshaphat and people kneeling down in front of God asking mercy. When Jehoshaphat heard that a vast army is coming to fight with them, he did not prepare the war at all. Instead, he did kneel down and told all the people even children and women to do same with him in front of God. Most amazing thing was Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing the Lord and to praise Him for the splendor of his Holiness with " Give Thanks to the Lord for His love endures forever!" The Lord set ambus...
I grew up in Seoul. I usually don't like to go to crowded places at all. And there are tons of people, cars, polution, and noise with busy city life. However, I miss being there lately. My home church is located right under the Namsan tower which you can see in the picture top of the mountain. Also, my college is across the tower. I could smell and sounds of the city. Oh~ Seoul. people in the streets are never smiles. I enjoyed watching sunsets through the subway window at the Han river. I had to pass the river to go my home. When can I visit again? I just want to watch people coming and going on the street and taste my favorite foods. I miss my mom and friends. I miss endless chatting, funny stories, and laughters. I miss more all of them today.
God has given us a special tool for only human. It could be nicely used to save people, or the other way. Even though most people do use them in daily life, none of people know how to use it properly in God's way. Yes, it is "words". Animals can communicate with their signals and sounds but human has language to communicate each other. However, I think that this tool can be the most dangerous to use without any conscious. That is why it is so dangerous. Lately, I have had chances to observe several people nearby how they speak, and chose words to express their thoughts and feelings. Interestingly enough, the words have been causes of hurting or loving chain reactions. Even though we know so well that we need to be careful what we say, it is very hard to control our mouth without our effort and disciplines . If we see how Jesus used His words to people, we could see how powerful it was. When Jesus cursed the fig tree, it dried up right away. It happened exactly to me once ...
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