When a Child is in Pain - Christ Ahnsahnghong and God the Mother

It all happened when I was in fifth grade in elementary school.

While I was exercising with my friends on the horizontal bar, one of my friends pushed me hardly and I fell down and dislocated my right wrist.

Since it was a thing that I’ I've ever experienced, being surprised and hurt, I cried out loud.

Then my teacher came and quickly took me to the hospital.After a while, my mom came too.

Straightening my wrist, I was so scared and tears wouldn't stop. I kept on looking at my mom with imploring eyes.

My mom was also teary-eyed.

While I was crying, the doctor took my wrist and pulled with all his strength.

I screamed.

Trembling with fear, I was looking for my mom, but I couldn't see her.

Wiping my tears, I went all around looking for her.

At a distance, there she was near a window.

Showing her back, she was wiping her tears.

Honestly,at that time I couldn't feel anything.

But when I think now, I could slightly feel how moms would be heartbreaking when their children are in pain.

After years receiving God, I somewhat realize Heavenly Mother’s love.

Our Heavenly Mother carries our entire burden of sorrows and pains.

Though I was a disobedient child, She gives love, and with all Her strength prays for me to lead me to Heaven. 

Realizing Mother’s love and anxiousness, I will now do my best to end Her time of sufferings.

Thank you Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother. And I love you. 

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Approving the common sense - WMSCOG

One day, I was practicing preaching about Heavenly wedding banquet.  I felt proud of myself in that I studied alone and made up for some shortcomings by preaching to elders, team leader and part leader.  I was very thankful that God the Father and God the Mother gave me such a blessing to me.

Meanwhile, I had a chance to preach to a male adult brother who has just been in the truth.  When we preach Heavenly wedding banquet, there comes the part in Revelation chapter 19 saying, ‘Lamb represents the Second Coming Jesus and let’s confirm who is testified as the wife of God the Father who is the Second Coming Jesus.’

Then, we can see in Revelation 21 that ‘the wife of the Lamb is the bride of the Heavenly wedding banquet and she is Heavenly Jerusalem.  Through the verse Galatians 4:26 says, ‘Heavenly Jerusalem is God the Mother’, we can make a conclusion that God the Father and God the Mother are the ones who give us the water of  life’‘…….Then. The brother asked this question to me all of a sudden.

“If the Lamb represents God the Father, the wife of the Lamb should be God the Mother without a doubt.  Then, why are you beating around the bush and making it so complicated?

Being embarrassed a little though, I explained to him why I preached like that, thinking ‘He must be so innocent.’ or ‘He must not have studied enough.’

However, when I came back home, I could not sleep thinking about what the brother asked.  Then, I was able to sympathize his doubt.

Letting alone the truth itself, the fact that ‘If Lamb represents God the Father, His wife should be God the Mother’ was so simple and easy.   Even though it is very simple, why should we study in difficult way like this?  Coming to a conclusion after much concern, I could realize this is because of the Satan, which makes me burst into a fit of rage and finally fail to sleep.

1+1=2 is a very sensible formula but to approve its correctness is said to be very long and difficult.

In spite of not knowing its formula to approve it, once we know 1+1=2 formula, then we could make life on this earth.

We all know the formula approving who the wife of Father should be Mother.

However difficult the formula is, once we know this common sense, then we could live in heaven everlastingly.  There seem to be so many people who come to die without having the common sense like this on this earth.  I hope to preach to many people as soon as possible so they could be led in the arms of Father and Mother.

I truly give all thanks and praises to God the Father and Heavenly Jerusalem Mother who bore all pains and sacrifices in this sinful world to let us know this truth which could not be found.

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Heaven for the sick - World Mission Society Church of God

A few days ago, I visited one of my colleagues in the hospital at hearing the news of his hospitalization.  Now that the hospital is the place where sick people gather together, it gives me some stuffy and gloomy feelings.  However, this hospital got rid of this prejudice, with the garden outdoors in one part of ward.

It gave you an eco-friendly feeling in that many trees were planted around and wooden board was installed instead of concrete.  The chair was not made by wooden but by leather so it was not uncomfortable at all in spite of sitting for a long time.  Under the sunset glow, we enjoyed our conversation sitting back on the comfy chair and it was even confusing to see if we were visiting in the hospital or having a summer vacation.  When the families of my colleague said this hospital was better than his house, I could trust he could completely be recovered very soon in this pleasant environment.

Impressed by the consideration of the hospital for patients and visitors with beautiful garden, I thought the hospital could make very positive effects on patients by its lively interior and decoration, though it has a possibility get a little gloomy with sick people gathered.

In the Bible, Father said, ‘"It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Likewise, all of us are the sick and Zion where we stay equates to something like a hospital to treat the sick.

However, Father and Mother allowed us the Zion where is brighter and more beautiful than any other places so whoever comes, he/she could feel good and pleasant, even wanting to stay more and longer.  Here in Zion, the pains in our souls cannot help be recovered too.

For the sick, Zion is heaven.

I would like give all thanks to Father and Mother who allowed us this beautiful and pleasant Zion.  I would like to be a son/daughter who values it more and keeps it clean.

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Mommy Must Be Sad - World Mission Society Church of God

Few years ago, I was hustling for the evening worship with my two kids (a 7 year old daughter and a 5 year old son). That was because the time approached as I was getting ready with an ease.

Passing our house, we saw a dead pigeon that we could assume it got hit by a car. I warned my kids as we passed around it, leaving it way behind.

But after a while, my son started to mutter something. With the lack of time, I couldn't bear to listen carefully what he was saying.

As I was hurrying my steps, I got to hear what he was saying.

"Mummy must be sad... Mummy must be sad."

He has just started to talk, his speech was very slow and he was lisping, so no one really could understand what he was saying. But I could definitely understand what my son was saying.  

I thought he acted rather strangely. So taking his wrist, I gave a blunt answer for what he was saying.

"Mommy is not sad."

I think he was thinking I was odd. He opened his big eyes widely and said,

"No. The baby birdie is waiting for mummy.”

At last I understood that my son was talking about the mother pigeon and not me. He thought the dead pigeon was a nestling.

I was quiet surprised because I always treated him like a young baby.

Not missing my eyes with surprise, he said,

"You didn't know that Mommy?”

I can’t remember how I escaped that hopeless situation.

Even that small child already knew the eternal truth; that to all living creatures, mothers exist to give them life. And that those mothers would be sad if their children wouldn't return to their nests. I cannot forget forever of what I have realized that day.

Since Heavenly Mother exists giving birth to Her spiritual children, we exist. And to Heavenly Mother, I will become a child who will proclaim the good news to the poor souls who are dying not knowing Heavenly Mother’s heart. Her heart that is all burned up into ashes because they do not understand Heavenly Mother’s loving heart. 

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When You’re Sick, You Need Mom - WMSCOG

My son, who was in 2^nd grade elementary school, was getting ready for school.

Suddenly, he told me he had a stomach ache.
Obviously if you want to go to the loo, you would have stomach aches so I didn't really mind of what he was saying and just sent him away.  
At noon, I got a call from his homeroom teacher.
The teacher said that he was not doing well. He had a diarrhea and was constantly vomiting.
She said that she would call me back after seeing how he was doing, and I thought schools were all too sensitive with ill children because of H1N1. So I thought he will be alright.
However, I received the second call. She said that my son couldn't stop vomiting, so he had to take a day off. 
“Ok, Mrs. Lawrence. I will be there.”
I also talked to my son.
My son burst into tears and said he was sick.
"Mom’s coming, so don’t cry and wait for me, Ok?”
“Ok... Mom...”
I urgently got into the car.
‘He was all well when he was playing last night...’
When I arrived at school, my son was already outside waiting for me.
Looking at his pale face, I felt so sorry for him and hugged him.
He said, “Mom. I’m fine now. I can bear this!”  
My son who was bursting into tears saying that he was sick a minute ago said he was all fine after being in my arms.
Just in case, I took him to the hospital. The doctor said he had enteritis.
For three hours he got an IV and eating only soft foods for few days, he could be healthy again.
I think back and realize...
My son, who was all exhausted, throwing up and even having diarrhea, the reason why it was all possible for him to say that he was all well and that his pain went away is because he needed his mom when he was sick.
Likewise, when I was spiritually suffering in pain, my tears and pain disappeared when I met Heavenly Mother during ceremonies in Go & Come Institute.
Raising a child, I could realize a bit. How Heavenly Mother’s heart would be towards us.
When I think of Mother’s infinite love, my eyes wet with tears.
Whenever I was in pain and suffering, if I could go to Heavenly Mother and ask for help, and She would always heal me with her warm loving hands. But for awhile, I didn't go to Mother and just kept everything to myself.
I guess I didn't have faith.
When I am joyful, I should seek Mother. When I am sad, I should seek mother. I also realized I should seek Mother when I am sick.
To be spiritually strong and healthy, I will always be with Heavenly Mother. 

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The Pain of Labor - World Mission Society Church of God

As you enter our Zion, you can see silent welcoming from the fishes.

With cute gestures they present smiles for the people who are watching them.

They are tropical fishes called, ‘guppies.’

One day, I saw one of them with an unnaturally crooked back swimming along with the other ones.

‘What happened to it?’

As I was wondering with curiosity, one of the members told me the reason why that guppy had a crooked back.

Guppies are fecund fishes.

They do not lay eggs like usual fishes,but they incubate their eggs in their stomachs and give birth to baby fishes. In order to produce many of its offspring, the mother guppy uses all of its strength until giving birth to the last one, which causes them to have a crooked back.

Thinking of the maternal love of the fish, I suddenly got all choked up because it reminded me of Heavenly Mother.

Child by child, giving new life for Her children, Heavenly Mother endures all the pain of labor which cannot be described with words.

If you are a mother, you would know.

You have to pay all the pain that is socrucial, almost being in the point death, until you can see your loving child.

Thinking of Heavenly Mother who would have been going through much more pain for a long time, I felt so sorry.

The reason we can dwell in Zion being born as the children of God is because of Mother’s sacrifice and Her tears of prayer that She has been praying without having any rest. .

Always engraving Her grace in my heart, as the elder being blessed with eternal life, I will become a good daughter that loves and embraces the brothers and sisters.

For Your eternal love and sacrifice,Mother, I truly thank You and love You. 

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At anytime and anywhere - World Mission Society Church of God

When I arrived in Zion after work, one sister welcomed me and said she saw me going to work during the day.  I don’t remember seeing her, but she did see me. At that moment, I got to look back how I felt on the way to work.

Some time ago, when I was on my way to Zion with full of anger and grumble with work, two schoolboys were staring at me in front of the elevator.

While I didn’t even see them carefully, having a side-glance of displeasure, they saw me and greeted, saying “God bless you.”  Being embarrassed that moment, I also greeted them immediately.

It made me feel so shame to know they are our brothers in Zion.

A few days ago, I preached to a missionary after Third-Day worship.  The following day when I was preaching on Elohim Academy, one elder came to me and told me some examples saying, ‘I saw you preaching about the Tithe and there are some good words related to that topic.’  I was very thankful but then again, I was very surprised.

I didn’t expect he had his eyes on my preaching, since he was cleaning up the sanctuary at that time.

It suddenly occurred to me that I should always be careful of my behavior at anytime and anywhere.  Even though we behave as we please thinking no one is around, it is possible someone could see us.  Thinking the glory of Heavenly Mother could be dishonored; I could not help but reform myself.

If we always behave properly with a smile despite there is no one who appreciates us, I am pretty sure this could become a custom, which could glorify our God at all times.

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