I work at the office of a construction site, where there is a laboratory to measure the solidity of cement. Earlier this year, we had a new director who is in charge of the lab.
From the first day, I noticed that the new director was different from others. Although an employee from a cleaning company comes to clean our office, but he himself cleans the lab of 1,500 square feet by himself, worrying that it’s hard for the employee to clean two floors alone. Even though he can give instructions to his subordinates, he is humble to them and kind to clients. I truly wanted to deliver the word of God to the director. When I started to talk about our church, however, he said nothing but just smiled.
A few months passed by. One day, all the employees were out on business and only the director and I were left in the office. I took the opportunity to preach and showed him the video about the Passover.
“I truly hope that you’ll keep the Passover to be protected by God. God never fails to keep His promises.”
It would be rather better if he had just smiled as before, but he was calm unlike my expectation. I was embarrassed, and so I came back to my desk. Even though he responded like that, I was thankful to God.
‘Thank You, God, for allowing me to deliver Your promise to him. Thank You for giving me courage to preach the gospel.’
After two or three months, we had lunch together and on our way back to our office, I heard that he would be on duty on Saturday. As he said that he would have the morning shift, I plucked up myself to ask him again.
“What about visiting my church after work?”
“I’ll call you,” he said.
It was a short answer, but I felt good because he was a man of his word.
On the following Sabbath day, he came to Zion as he had promised. After watching the church introduction video and knowing that we have God the Mother, he was stunned with his eyes and mouth opened in wonder; it seemed that he was lost for words. On that very day, he became a child of God, and said that he became happy.
He—now our brother—said that he flat refused to have a religion when he was young, and only trusted in himself. Lately, however, he came to think that he had to have a religion. I believe that God led him to Zion in due time.
Although he’s just received the truth, he tries to know the will of God and keeps the laws of God with a humble mind as he does at work. The boughs that bear the most hang lowest and wait for harvest; I think this is the time when well-ripened wheat expect the time to enter the kingdom of heaven.
I’m reminded of the mission of the gospel given to us. And I also feel the boundless love of Father and Mother who are waiting for even a single soul to come to repentance even now.