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Hyung Jin Nim
Welcome brothers and sisters!
We'll going to start with Cheon Seong Gyeong, page 452:
"Just as all plants absorb sunlight as an element of life
love is an element of life for people
Our hope is that the Kingdom on earth
will be built where we can live eternally
in love and in adoration"
I love how Father here
resembles love with
the element of life
and necessity
something that we need
something that nourishes us
and gives us strength and vitality
That is of course coming straight from the principle
But when we think about that in our lives
it really is so important to be able
to nourish others who are around us
also in our family environment
our friends' environment, wherever we are
It is so important to create that atmosphere
We are actually nourishing each other
giving each other vitality, strength
new hope, new life
This is so important
Brothers and sisters
we pray that every week
is that kind of new vitality element nourishment
When we come to service
when we are able to
collect the joy of last week
of the victories of last week
and offer them up to God
bring Him happiness
bring Him smile this day
when we do that, I do believe
next week is going to be even better
it is going to be more victorious
If you believe in this
let's give God a round of applause
Once again, welcome to service
Yeon Ah Nim
Not long ago after I joined the True Family
once I asked Hyung Jin Nim a question
I asked him like this
"I really don't understand
how some people can be like double face
I cannot really understand
how they can hide their own emotions so well
and show a good face even though they
are in terrible emotional turbulence"
I thought that is only possible
if they have double face
totally double face. And I said
"I don't want to be like that"
And I said that to him
Instead of answering back my question
he asked me a question
He said
"Let's say you just found out that
you passed a very difficult exam
and you are very happy
Right after that you have to
be in a funeral house
and you pay respect
to a person who just passed away
And in silence
does it make you hypocritical?"
He asked me a question
He asked me another question. He said
"Let's say you are a teacher
Do you think you should get mad at your student
just because you have a terrible day?
Does it make you hypocritical?"
And I could not answer his question
Recently I saw
True Father and True Mother
and I knew that they had
many things on their minds
Usually, they are very happy
when Shin Joon is around
but even that didn’t work so well
They were not in good mood actually
but even during that period
when Father and Mother met with members
True Father talked to members
and smiled with members
and True Mother sang fun songs with members
And I realized this is what
they have done always for us
They have always
overcome their personal difficulties and
personal situation for the public good
Brothers and sisters
in life there is a time we may feel
that nobody really understands our pain
and we are the only one
who suffers tremendously
but when we think about our Heavenly Father
and True Parents life course and victory
we know that our mountain
is much smaller than the victory of True Parents
and Heavenly Father
Brothers and sisters
let us have our best year this year
We love you so much
and we believe in you
Aju!