My life today
It is amazing.
My father is Korean, and my mother is Japanese.
My mother prayed her prayer to accept Jesus years ago with me and she went to church on and off since then. But she was not able to accept Jesus' grace completely and she kept saying that she was not a good person. She was struggling to be free from her own negative feeling.
Then her day of deliverance came.
She is a new person now. Totally.
A friend of mine from my church in Japan started visiting my parents on a regular basis mainly because my father had developed the Alzheimer's type of Dementia and my mother needed someone who would come and talk to her so that she is not stuck at home 24 hours a day. God has put a desire in my heart to ask my friend to consider visiting my parents once in awhile. I kept procrastinating because I didn't know how to ask but I finally asked. I was desperately in need of help for my mother. As it turned out, she was thinking the same thing. We were glad that we communicated!!
Then last month my mother called me. She said Jesus came into her heart.
I never doubted Jesus was already in her heart, but now even on the phone I can tell she is different. Something happened inside her. My friend led her to a deeper place to meet Jesus. She told mother her face looked different now. I believe that!
What is amazing is that my relatives in Korea are Christians. (well, two of them that I know.) They are visiting my parents right now. My mother called me tonight. One of my cousins is in a full-time ministry ( I don't know the whole story.), and her father, my father's brother, started going to church several years ago. Now those two are visiting Japan. My uncle said he and his daughter wanted to pray for my father. It is amazing that our LORD keeps sending messengers to my parents, and I believe it is in His timing. My heart goes out towards those who pray for their family members. Keep on praying! is all I can think of.
My father's story is another story.
Before he developed Dementia, we had a short, quiet conversation alone. When I visited my parents that year, I had a mission. My goal was to tell him about Jesus clearly, face to face. I had never done that before. My God knew that if I didn't do that, then I would regret it. That is what I believe. I got the scriptures that spoke to me, and I was in a situation God had set up (it looked like it). My father started singing in Korean suddenly. When asked, he said the song says, "whoever believes in Jesus shall have eternal life". (If you know my father, you would never imagine that he would speak of Jesus positively.) When I asked if he would believe in Jesus, he nodded. That was it. But I have no doubt God was at work mightily!! You see, someone used to take him to a christian church when he was little. I imagine that the Korean Christians would pray earnestly! I felt like I just witnessed God's work in front of my eyes. I didn't do anything. I just saw the answer to the prayers that was prayed 80+ years ago! What a privilege. Later that week, my doubtful thought came in. Should I have led him to say a sinner's prayer? But I had all other confirmation and faith that I will see him in heaven. But who else will stand with me on that? No visible evidence that my father is saved is available.
I didn't want to share this good news about my father since I was afraid that other people may deny what I experienced. Yet after the service I decided to share this with the pastor's wife. She gave a message that day. She said, "now I understand", and explained what had happened the night before. She was praying for the next morning and suddenly a verse came to her heart. It was as if the verse fell upon her from the heaven. The problem was it did not fit anywhere in the message. She asked the LORD if it was really for the next morning. No answer came, but she decided to jot it down because it was given to her. It was from 1 Corinthians 1:21: . She said it was for me. I was doubting, but I wanted to believe like Abraham! Then I start doubting, then I thought, I want to believe like Abraham.... I was not standing firm. This verse somehow encouraged me that it is okay to believe foolishly. God doesn't think it is foolish.
Oooo...I wish my writing skills were better... I am not much better in Japanese, either.
Sorry.
I praise God for all His timing.
I will pray for my relatives and for my family now.
My father is Korean, and my mother is Japanese.
My mother prayed her prayer to accept Jesus years ago with me and she went to church on and off since then. But she was not able to accept Jesus' grace completely and she kept saying that she was not a good person. She was struggling to be free from her own negative feeling.
Then her day of deliverance came.
She is a new person now. Totally.A friend of mine from my church in Japan started visiting my parents on a regular basis mainly because my father had developed the Alzheimer's type of Dementia and my mother needed someone who would come and talk to her so that she is not stuck at home 24 hours a day. God has put a desire in my heart to ask my friend to consider visiting my parents once in awhile. I kept procrastinating because I didn't know how to ask but I finally asked. I was desperately in need of help for my mother. As it turned out, she was thinking the same thing. We were glad that we communicated!!
Then last month my mother called me. She said Jesus came into her heart.
I never doubted Jesus was already in her heart, but now even on the phone I can tell she is different. Something happened inside her. My friend led her to a deeper place to meet Jesus. She told mother her face looked different now. I believe that! What is amazing is that my relatives in Korea are Christians. (well, two of them that I know.) They are visiting my parents right now. My mother called me tonight. One of my cousins is in a full-time ministry ( I don't know the whole story.), and her father, my father's brother, started going to church several years ago. Now those two are visiting Japan. My uncle said he and his daughter wanted to pray for my father. It is amazing that our LORD keeps sending messengers to my parents, and I believe it is in His timing. My heart goes out towards those who pray for their family members. Keep on praying! is all I can think of.
My father's story is another story.
Before he developed Dementia, we had a short, quiet conversation alone. When I visited my parents that year, I had a mission. My goal was to tell him about Jesus clearly, face to face. I had never done that before. My God knew that if I didn't do that, then I would regret it. That is what I believe. I got the scriptures that spoke to me, and I was in a situation God had set up (it looked like it). My father started singing in Korean suddenly. When asked, he said the song says, "whoever believes in Jesus shall have eternal life". (If you know my father, you would never imagine that he would speak of Jesus positively.) When I asked if he would believe in Jesus, he nodded. That was it. But I have no doubt God was at work mightily!! You see, someone used to take him to a christian church when he was little. I imagine that the Korean Christians would pray earnestly! I felt like I just witnessed God's work in front of my eyes. I didn't do anything. I just saw the answer to the prayers that was prayed 80+ years ago! What a privilege. Later that week, my doubtful thought came in. Should I have led him to say a sinner's prayer? But I had all other confirmation and faith that I will see him in heaven. But who else will stand with me on that? No visible evidence that my father is saved is available.
I didn't want to share this good news about my father since I was afraid that other people may deny what I experienced. Yet after the service I decided to share this with the pastor's wife. She gave a message that day. She said, "now I understand", and explained what had happened the night before. She was praying for the next morning and suddenly a verse came to her heart. It was as if the verse fell upon her from the heaven. The problem was it did not fit anywhere in the message. She asked the LORD if it was really for the next morning. No answer came, but she decided to jot it down because it was given to her. It was from 1 Corinthians 1:21: . She said it was for me. I was doubting, but I wanted to believe like Abraham! Then I start doubting, then I thought, I want to believe like Abraham.... I was not standing firm. This verse somehow encouraged me that it is okay to believe foolishly. God doesn't think it is foolish.
Oooo...I wish my writing skills were better... I am not much better in Japanese, either.
Sorry.I praise God for all His timing.
I will pray for my relatives and for my family now.
