Faith & Life

Sansevierias Revived through Care

I saw on TV a boy who was very good at growing plants. I was watching it without thinking, but then there was something that caught my attention. It was his attitude toward plants. The boy’s love for plants was…

Yu Seung-hui from Busan, South Korea

And Then

A poor student went to see a rich old lady in the village to borrow money for school expenses. “I want to study and become a lawyer.” “Yeah? And then, what are you going to do?” “I want to earn…

I’m Happy Because I Have…

My friend’s new cell phone, a pair of shoes on display in the department store, a house in a magazine, a car in a commercial . . . People want fame, prominent positions, or other things that they don’t have,…

Until One Soul Is Led

Before I met the truth, I tried many times to have faith in God but it didn’t come to me. I thought, ‘Having a religious belief doesn’t seem my thing. Would I meet God after death?’ Frustration came along with…

Maria Cleofe Cuchillo Gutierrez from Lima, Peru

Surpassing the Limits of Our Muscles

The muscles of an athlete are not built up in a day. In order to gain physical strength and improve their skills, they constantly have to train themselves. Only when they surpass the threshold of their muscle capacity can they…

Treat Your Family to Tea!

Tea is a favorite food loved both in the East and the West. To enjoy a deep taste of tea, you have to be careful in every step from preparing the tea water to steeping it in the cup. As…

Train Yourself to Be Godly

I was a quite aggressive man. I would be frustrated quickly if something didn’t go the way I had planned, or I would throw caution to the wind and go into everything if something was unsatisfactory. Many times, my aggressiveness…

Yu Wu-seung from Seoul, South Korea

Crisis Can Be an Opportunity

In Yosemite National Park located in California, U.S., there are giant trees which are about 262 feet [80 m] high and 16 feet [5 m] in diameter. These trees are giant sequoias known as the “President Tree.” Among the giant…

Coming Close to God

When I was in my first year of middle school, I learned the Bible deeply at Zion. Actually, I started to go to church with my family when I was a child, but that was my first time to study…

Lee Pyung-hwa from Seoul, South Korea

A Flycatcher Full of Worries

A flycatcher was wearing a long face, perching on a twig. A mother sparrow and her young saw the flycatcher and asked, “Flycatcher, what’s wrong with you?” “I’m worried about when I’ll be shot by a hunter. I’m too afraid…

Marks

For “Go” players, their favorite board to use is made of a nutmeg tree. In addition to its good color and fragrance, its resilience allows the trace of the stones to disappears after a certain period of time. Among the…

Build a Strong Home That Won’t Collapse Even by a Strong Wind

A home where the family members are united in love and trust is the strongest one that is able to stand against any strong wind. Though a man lives in wealth and honor, what good is his wealth if he…

Life’s Choice

Life is a series of choices. Even for small matters such as deciding whether to eat toast or cereal, or which dress to buy, people think things over and over again to make a choice. There is even a vending…

Working Together Voluntarily

We, the members from the Cape Town Zion and the Bellville Zion, rolled up their sleeves to clean the streets in the downtown of Cape Town. When we went there, the downtown looked clean but there were lots of weeds…

Park Eun-gyeong from Cape Town, Rep. of South Africa

If You Laugh

Generally, people think, ‘I laugh because I’m happy; I shiver because I’m afraid; I frown because I’m tired.’ However, there is a contrasting argument. The American psychologist William James, and the Danish psychologist Carl Lange published a theory named the…

My First Salary

I checked the text message at a vibration of my cell phone. My salary was deposited. I was happy because it was the first salary in my life. ‘Is this really mine? How should I use it?’ I thought of…

Kim Seon-wu from Seongnam, South Korea

What Is More Valuable than Competence

On September 16, 1976, in a city in the Soviet Union, a bus lost its balance and fell into the river. Then a man threw himself into the river without hesitation. He couldn’t see what was ahead of him because…

The Love of a Shepherd

“Then Jesus told them this parable: ‘Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And…

Brother Whom I Sold because of My Sin

Reading a story about Jacob’s sons who sold their brother Joseph as a slave to the Midianites by their jealousy, I came to think of many things. More than anything, it is a pity that they committed sins because they…

Kim Min-ju from Cairns, Australia

Practice to Become Happy

‘I wish I could sleep more in the morning,’ ‘I wish the weather would be better,’ ‘I wish the traffic wouldn’t be bad in the morning,’ ‘I hope my project will pass,’ ‘I wish my wife would stop nagging,’ ‘I…