I have a kiwi homeless man I met a few months ago. As a person who is about five years older than me, when I left the church after morning prayer, I noticed that I often sit on a bench, but I was repeatedly seen during the daytime. A person who has no one to turn to. I went to a Japanese restaurant around and served delicious food. Tell your own story in earnest. I couldn't understand everything. Just in case, I asked him to come to church around 2pm on Sundays. He really came and it became a relationship, and he guided us to a place where we could live with the active help of members in related organizations among the saints. For a few weeks, I shaved my beard and took a shower and it looked good.
But last Tuesday (08/17), I went to see the church, and he was eating at the entrance of the church in the same shape as before, avoiding the rain. When I sat next to him and listened to what was happening, he said that there were other people in the place where he lived, and he came out again because of them, because of them. It means that I can't live because of people who shake their legs, people who interfere all the time, etc. (I don't understand). At least one thing was certain: I saw the homeless man talking and behaving strangely when he was alone, so he had nothing to say. And this morning on the third day, I think that there may be homeless people of faith like Brother Lee among the Christians around us now. Even among those who do not belong to the church community, many consider themselves righteous. They see themselves by their own standards and judge others by those standards, leaving the community for reasons such as being ignorant, arrogant, lacking, disrespectful, dishonest, lack of spirituality, etc.
I think the word they call them collectively is the Canaanite Saints. It is also true that, in some cases, conversations can be understood rationally. But most of them don't seem to be much different from the homeless people mentioned above. This is the state of being able to see the specks in other people's eyes, but not seeing the beams in one's own. How to embrace a homeless brother who has reappeared? A person who seems to be trapped within his own frame. He is addicted to alcohol and is unable to quit according to his will. If you try to help it, they understand it as interference and control and run away. Is it too much of a leap forward for this to overlap as a Christian homeless person who cannot adapt to the faith community in today's pastoral field? Or is it a spirituality facing reality? We believe that the church should be able to accommodate anyone as a general hospital. However, we also believe that holistic healing is possible when there is harmony in the community to which we belong.
There is a pastor I met while doing a ministry to help Auckland pastors a while ago. After being connected, receiving a phone number and saving it, KakaoTalk was also connected. I was about to enter to send and receive messages through KakaoTalk, but a text along with an image caught my eye on the front door of my profile. “If you don’t love, you find an excuse; if you love, you find a way.” I said that, and after communicating, I had a daily life. However, this phrase came to mind and I pondered it over and over. The meaning seemed to be engraved in my heart more and more, and I found out that the same principle applies no matter what I do or have a relationship with. With love, passion and sincerity, we were shown how to find a way somehow. On the other hand, when there is no love or passion and they do not want to do it, they are shown looking for excuses.
Since the beginning of this year, I have decided to try climbing a rock wall by comparing my posture to ‘rock and cliff’. So, I'm taking a rather challenging stance from what I'm usually familiar with. For example, I tried to fix things like a broken clothespin, a Trendler wheel, or a trash can with a broken lid. In the same approach as before, I can't do it, so it's not my field, but how can I change my mind and fix it? I've been thinking As I said before, I found a way. As a result, fixable ideas arose, and possibilities seemed to emerge. And when I tried it, I experienced a solution and I am still doing it now. Recently, through this experience, I am convinced that the phrase I mentioned earlier is a wonderful saying.
Last week, a manuscript was published in relation to the church in Philadelphia, the sixth of the seven churches of Revelation. As a church that means “brotherly love,” it is an exemplary church praised by the Lord. At the heart of this community was love. I think they must have pondered and saved what they could and should do for each other because they love each other. It is a community that has properly valued the name of the church. It is said that love covers many faults (Proverbs 10:12). The saying ‘if you love, you will find a way’ echoes in my heart. I love my family and I love the ranch and community members, so what & how I should be doing is my concern lately. I am more than happy to have a companion on the journey.
These days, I try to have a conversation with my wife through my own efforts. The person with typical masculinity is reluctant to speak more than necessary for a long time. However, although it is a little late, I am taking courage in terms of insurance for the rest of my life. The topic shared before and after the vacation was about the influence of positivity and negativity in people's relationships. In the midst of the general consensus that the two exist and are necessary, the wife's neat metaphor was impressive. It is an expression that if something dirty is put in clear water, it will be visible immediately, but if dirty water is clear water, it will not be easily visible. It was a feeling that even the beauty looked pretty in the way of speaking as if it was shown in a photograph or drawing.
Most people live in relationships. From the moment you distance yourself from this important relationship, you begin to live like an astronaut. Even if we look around us, not far away, there are quite a few neighbors who live lonely and lonely lives because it is difficult to relate to people. Even if I think about it for a moment, it seems that I can live a rich life with a generous heart, but I close the door of my heart and complain about being lonely. Those who live like that seem to have one thing in common. It is a negative view of everything. Complaining and criticizing people in relationships. Of course, that standard speaks for a number of reasons, but in the end it is your own standard. In particular, if you look at the serious cases among such people, the influence of a certain group or community is so severe that the group is disbanded or broken. They find that it is difficult to build a community relationship, but it is easy to break it down.
On the other hand, in a community of people who have problems and hurt each other, the clumsy power of positivity does not make a big difference. It seems to have an impact only when the power of bomb-grade positivity comes in. I think it is possible only when a person who overcomes a seemingly impossible misfortune with the grace of heaven flows the grace that overflows to him like a river. Through such touches, there will be healing and restoration, and there will be works in which people come to life. I think that we, including myself, are still lacking. But I also think that there are neighbors who need the Lord's love more than ever. The past week I prayed especially for the history of our Good Neighbors community being used as a river of grace for neighbors in need of the Lord's grace.
A while ago, I watched a meaningful video on YouTube. The title was “Four Things I Regret Before I Die” by many people. The first is that he regretted not living his life passionately. He could have done more, but I think he regretted his lazy, indolent and passive life.
The second was to regret not choosing happiness in the past in relation to choice. Looking back, I understand that at that time, I understood that I had missed out on being happy because of unnecessary greed, pride, or pride, and regretted being unhappy amidst complaints and dissatisfaction.
The third is related to love, and there were many regrets of not loving more in life. At that time, I regretted that I would love my wife, husband, children, or parents more. He deeply sympathizes with the feeling that he will regret for the rest of his life for not saying he loves his deceased father even once. Confessing that I love you today and trying to love more is the way to happiness.
Finally, the fourth regretted the purchase without being grateful for everything. Seeing what someone wrote, he says: In the face of death, money is like a piece of tissue paper and has no meaning~ Just as happiness was a choice, gratitude seems to be determined by the choice. There was no gratitude there as I complained more than regret because of the lack of improvement in the life I looked back on. However, I think it is our handicap that we cannot think about the worse situation.
I was most grateful to myself for talking with my son about this on the night of December 31st. There is joy in gratitude because I have the passion to dream of a leap in the new year, the courage to believe in choosing happiness, and the family and community I can love. To start 2021, I want to live with passion, happiness, love, and gratitude in order not to get caught in the nape of the neck on the way to heaven by the above four regrets before I die.
Everything has a beginning and an end. The beginning and the end are tied with time. The nodes of time bring good things to our lives. The knots and knots of a day, a month, and a year make you come to your senses in a loose life and look back on your past time and life. At the same time, it also provides an opportunity to develop new minds and plans. I believe that life is made up of knots and knots. In the end, all of this will have to end well. That means you have to finish well.
The dictionary meaning of 'finish' is 'the end of work'. It is said that 'finishing' means 'to conclude the end of the work', and 'finishing' means 'making the end of work by putting it together'. Finishing should be seen as having a profound influence on the outcome or performance of work. Sometimes it can make a difference in the results of the whole day. Occasionally, in athletics, you'll find yourself being vigilant at the last minute and then losing a match you've won because of a wrong finish. Conversely, even in a sluggish match, you can win by finishing well. That's not to say that you can only finish well.
It's already the last week of 2020. Today is also the last week. It should be a good way to end the year. If there was a stain in our life, it would be wise to wipe it clean and end the year. Furthermore, I think that the whole life will be beautiful if you are always thinking about how to end your life.
On the cross, Jesus said, 'It is finished'. He fulfilled the mission God gave him, the mission he came to this world. If we, too, complete the mission entrusted to ourselves, we will receive praise from the Lord, saying, "Good and faithful servant, you were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master."