Faith & Life
This helps believers who hope to become the fragrance of Christ live a right life of faith.
Saying, “Good Job,” Makes the Whole Family Happy
“Honey / Yes? / Did you see the chick that was in the backyard? / Yes, I did. / Where is it? / I ate it for this weak and old body. / Good job! Good job! Good job! Good job! I’m…
Love Like a Hedgehog
One winter day, a group of hedgehogs huddled together to stay warm. But as they drew near, their sharp quills pricked one another, causing pain. After a few painful attempts, they discovered the perfect distance—close enough to share warmth, yet…
For the Everlasting Crown
When we are in God, we are happy and joyful with the grace of salvation and the promise of the kingdom of heaven. However, there are many things we need to be patient with and endure as God’s children. Before…
Kang Gyeong-mi from Changwon, Korea
Mom’s Baby Book
In the days of my puberty, a war of nerves with Mom was my daily routine. As usual, I was scolded by Mom and banged the door, entering the room. I murmured that I would never talk with her anymore…
Kim Hyeon-ji from Uijeongbu, South Korea
Little Things Add Up to Spiritual Blessings
Being faithful to God even in little things is the best way to store up spiritual blessings. In Matthew 25, we can find a good example of how to store up spiritual blessings. “Again, it will be like a man…
Ubuntu
An anthropologist visited the Bantu tribe in Africa. After gathering some children, he proposed a fun game. He put a basket full of their favorite fruits near a tree and told them that whoever got there first would win all…
Eye
Starting a few years ago, my left eye looked blurry as if there was a fog. The same symptom started on my right eye also. I wore glasses, thinking it might be presbyopia, but I still felt frustrated. I went…
Choi Yong-gyu from Seoul, South Korea
Time to Realize the Heart of Mother
Before participating in the mission trip to Cartagena in Colombia, I didn’t have the mind to care for other souls. I didn’t know the value of one soul and only preached the gospel with a sense of duty. I didn’t…
Huacho, Peru
Parental Love
I always thought my son was a little kid, but he is already a lot taller than I am now. It’s still vivid when he was a lovely little kid whom I could embrace, but now I can be embraced…
Jo Eun-jin from Changwon, South Korea
God Daily Bears Our Burdens
Whenever I faced difficult moments though rarely, I fell into a sense of shame and felt burdened—‘Why am I the only one tired and suffering?’ But there was the One more burdened than I was. “Praise be to the Lord,…
Daejeon, South Korea, Kim Mi-jeong
The Blessing of Forgetting
The car keys you have been searching for are in your hand; the cell phone you lost rings in the drawer; the remote control you lost is found in the fridge. You have probably had one of these experiences due…
Mother’s Love Only for Her Children
One day, I was having lunch with my grandfather, and we were discussing the most important thing in relationships. I mentioned communication as something I thought was important, and then he told me an old story: Before my dad was…
Philadelphia, PA, U.S., Maxwell Rothstein
Take Off Your Old Self and Put On the New Self
When I look back at the life I lived, I cannot help but cringe. Everyone knew my personality: loud, arrogant, and spoiled. I was set on my plans of world victory and I was going to show it off to…
Riverside, CA, U.S., Vivian Paire Dewong
Unchanging Seeds
You may think that if you sow a sweet persimmon seed it will produce the same sweet persimmon. In reality, if you sow a sweet persimmon seed, it produces wild persimmons. If you sow an apple seed, the apples produced…
When Every Part Isn’t United
“It’s an intruder! Attack!” “No, wait! I’m not an intruder. We’re a family!” “Liar! Attack! Attack!” This is what goes on inside the body of someone with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease; a disorder in which the…
Manhattan, NY, U.S., Viana Lynnette Vazquez
God Leads My Way
I was troubled many times with lots of concerns when I was about to carry out a plan. Nevertheless, I prayed to God only when I was desperate. I got sobered, however, when I realized that it was not my…
Hyderabad, India, Ryu Gi-bok
The Tears of the Cauldron
In the old days, Korean mothers made a furnace-fire and cooked rice with a cauldron. Just as building a house, sewing a dress, or writing a paper requires much effort, making rice with a cauldron is not easy, either. It…
With the Spirit of Khalas
The Cape Town and the Bellville Churches from South Africa and the Windhoek Church from Namibia went for a joint short-term mission to Cairo, Egypt. Although there were many brothers and sisters who wanted to participate in the short-term mission…
Short-term Mission Team to Cairo, Egypt
Creation of the Heavens and the Earth, Brilliant Craftsmanship
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel for four years. One of the famous pieces of the ceiling is called The Creation of Adam. To complete it, he had to raise his arms all day, and no matter how…
Removing Stains
I’d like to share what I’ve realized while painting the Libreville Church in Gabon. We paint our Zion building every dry season. Since we cannot do it in the rainy season even though we want to, we have to paint…
Libreville, Gabon, Lee Jeong-ho