After Realizing Heavenly Father and Mother

I was born in Denmark, and when I was twelve years old, my mom and I moved to Malmö, Sweden. As I grew up, I became selfish, and I couldn’t see any meaning in life. I moved back to Denmark and I partied as much as I could. I started working out a lot, wanting to be the strongest and the best looking. Then, I moved back to Sweden and went back to school with intent to start a new life.

One day, someone knocked on my door. Two Koreans were standing outside, wanting to tell me about God the Mother. Since they didn’t speak English well, I didn’t really understand what they were talking about, but I was still intrigued. They tried to explain by writing on a piece of paper and I googled what I didn’t understand. But I still didn’t understand much. Then they asked me if they could come back next week with someone who could speak Swedish. In the following week, they came back with a Swedish deacon as they had promised. He explained about God the Mother and about the Sabbath. I could understand and wanted to know more, and so they invited me to Zion.

When I came inside, I was greeted by the members. I was in a bit of shock that everyone was very welcoming and loving. Receiving the members’ love, I continued visiting the church and studying. Finally, when I studied the Bible prophecies about Father and Mother, there was no reason not to believe in God. Not long after that, I was born again to be a child of God.

When I told my mom that I’d become a Christian, at first she was very happy. But when I explained that the church that I was attending was different from other Swedish churches, she became very worried and didn’t want me to go back to the church. I kept my faith, however, and soon God opened the way for me to lead my mom to Zion.

I invited her to Zion. Since she had been suffering from an illness, it was difficult for her to come out and do things but she agreed to come with me to Zion.

When she came to Zion, we shared a meal and talked about the Bible. She noticed how I, who was arrogant, changed.

Feeling the members’ love, she kept coming to Zion, and very soon she became a child of God as well.

Her life was full of hardship. A year ago, she had several operations and was close to death several times. She also had troubles with her heart and stomach. But Father and Mother always helped her.

During one of her operations to remove blood clots in her heart, her doctors discovered that her body had made new arteries for the blood to flow so that she could survive despite several blood clots. They were amazed at how much she had changed for the past one and a half years.

Everyone around my mom was surprised, too, because she used to be just sick and depressed all the time. However, she became more loving and happy. These days, she preaches to people who come to help her. Some of them visited Zion. She still needs to endure her physical difficulties, but she has learned to handle herself and says that the most important thing in her life is to follow Father and Mother who have prepared everything for her.

After realizing Heavenly Father and Mother, my entire life has changed as well. I did not listen to others but thought only of myself before, but now I listen to God’s word and think of God in my everyday life. I’m making efforts to follow the examples of Heavenly Father and Mother with a humble attitude, forsaking an arrogant mind.

I have learned that what matters more is the spiritual thing, not the physical thing, and so when something happens I always try to see the spiritual connection. I’ve realized that whatever situation I find myself in, there is always God’s purpose to let me grow and learn from that. Even though things happen that can easily annoy or tempt me sometimes, I see it as an opportunity to practice self-control and practice Mother’s teachings instead of giving in to the situation.

A few months after I received the truth, I started to join preaching. At first, I just followed the brothers and sisters. But as they encouraged me, I started to preach too, little by little. As I preached, I realized how important the preaching is. Since then, even though I’m busy at work, I try my best to make some time to preach.

This summer, I visited Korea, and there I had the opportunity to meet Mother. Ever since I received the truth, I wanted to meet Heavenly Mother. I had studied the Bible a lot and known that the Bible is true, but it was still difficult for me to truly understand that Mother is in this world. I knew that She is God Almighty, but it was difficult to understand it deep in my heart 100 %. But when I met Mother, I could feel Her boundless love. Mother said to me, “I love you.”

Now I’m back in Sweden. I understand more of the difference of preaching with Mother’s love and with just my own. I want to have Mother’s love and be unified in Zion with brothers and sisters. By preaching with Mother’s love, I’d like to find all our lost brothers and sisters.