Faith & Life

From a Spiritually Premature Baby to a Perfect Child of God

I worked as a midwife before. Midwives are specialists in pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum care, and infant care. My mom had a big influence on my decision to be a midwife. When I saw how hard she had to work to…

Matsumoto Miwa from Osaka, Japan

The Most Beautiful Way to Share

“Room temperature 6℃” It is a memo written on the lab note of Madame Curie who won the Nobel Prize even twice. She devoted herself to experiments day and night in a warehouse where there was no heating. Through thousands…

Help Your Family and Neighbors!

If someone comes to help you carry a heavy load, if someone kindly shows you the way when you are lost, if someone lends you an umbrella when you are floored by a sudden rain . . . You will…

If It Is the Will of Father

In Zion, I was given an unexpected duty. At first, I gave thanks to God for using me even though I was lacking in many ways. However, as time went on, it was felt beyond my capacity. ‘It was too…

Yu Eui-jeong from Pohang, Korea

Purpose of Preaching

After receiving a position for the gospel in Zion, I wanted to show a good example to the members by bearing good fruits. My hope to bear fruit got stronger after I received the blessing of meeting Heavenly Mother as…

Ann Marie Moralda from Cebu, Philippines

A Good Example

A Mongolian lady accepted the truth. The sister, who is poor at Korean language, learns the culture of Zion such as how to greet Zion members and how to worship, by carefully watching us. So when I’m aware that she…

Lee Ji-won from Gimhae, Korea

The Seat for Parents

This is an anecdote of Napoleon that occurred when he marched into Poland after he became emperor. When he was staying in a small village in Poland, he was invited to dinner by the lord of a manor. The lord…

The Reason That I Cannot Expect Recompense

“The peanut wizard” is the moniker of George Washington Carver, an American agricultural chemist and inventor. Carver planted peanuts as an alternative crop in soil that had been depleted of its nutrients because of the repeated planting of cotton plants.…

My First Love Until the End

Since I was born a second child, I never imagined that I would have to take on the role of the firstborn child. However, when I was fifteen years old, my older sister, who was a lot older than I…

Yun Hyeon-suk from Incheon, Korea

An Opportunity

In the early 19th century, the Rothschild Bank, which was a big success in Europe, planned to open a new branch in America. One day, the president of the bank called a competent employee and asked, “We are planning to…

Discrepancy in Harvest

Two farmers went out into the field to harvest ripe barley. One kept working from the morning, and the other seemed to take breaks at intervals. After lunch, they worked in the same way as they did in the morning.…

The Love of God Who Has Swept Away Our Offenses and Sins

As I grew older, I gradually got away from the church I had been attending since I was young. But when I felt that all was futile, I sought God again. Everything seemed very new to me as I began…

Park Su-yeon from Zagreb, Croatia

Fruits around Me

I was moved when I heard that the number of Zions around the world was increasing day after day as the gospel was spreading rapidly. The stories of the Zion members, who held a Bible seminar for colleagues at work…

Kim In-ju from Sacheon, Korea

Challenge

Charles Lindbergh was the first aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In the last phase of his life, he reminisced about his younger days a lot; he felt like he was losing confidence and going negative as he…

Depending on the Mind

An old man was sitting on the hill overlooking the view of a village. A traveler, who was passing by the old man, asked him, “What kind of people are those living in this village?” The old man asked him…

Family Changes by Efforts

Whenever I came back home, being exhausted, my wife must have felt sorry for me because she said, “Welcome home! Tired, right?” or “Oh, you’re home. I missed you.” She always welcomed me with a bright look. But I used…

Baek Gwang-wun from Gimpo, Korea

The Place Where I Belong

Dr. Schweitzer was a great humanitarian, who dedicated his life to serving the people of Africa as a medical missionary. This is an episode that occurred when he got on a train for Denmark to receive the Nobel Prize in…

Goal

A man named Anderson became the new president of a railroad company in the United States. When his limousine pulled up, an old railway worker got out of the car. Seeing this, a new employee came up to him and…

Right Words and Considerate Words

“Honey, isn’t this coffee cup so pretty? I bought a set of cups on sale today.” “How many cups do we already have? I think you’re spending too much.” “We have several cups, but not with this design. Don’t be…

Judgment

There was a six-inch-long ruler. Whatever the ruler met, he first measured its length. “2.6 inches, 4.3 inches, 3.6 inches . . . Oops, you are just an inch long!” One day, the ruler met a scale. Suddenly, the scale…