Chuseok Holiday Experience at Gyeongbokgung Palace

Mercy and Grace

I always like receiving free items and buy discounted products. I like the feeling of spending what your money is worth plus the perks. On the other way around, we dont want to give something more than what we have, we only give what is left. We always want to be treated special but dont want to treat others like that.

God's grace is free and it does need your work because it is given as long as you accept Him as your Lord and Saviour. He died for our sins and showed mercy towards His enemies. Jesus Christ taught about showing grace and mercy. In the beatitudes, Matthew 5:7,  Jesus said that the merciful shall be blessed for they will be shown mercy.

If Jesus has shown mercy to us, we also need to share that to others. We may feel compromised and abused to our different dealings with people, but even so, Jesus taught us to show mercy.

Be patient and show mercy even if you are hurt. Show compassion even in turmoil. Be calm even in the storm. Trust God always and show your love to others through your actions.

Be humble

Are you confident to do things on your own without any help? Do you boast all your accomplishment to others?

As a christian, Jesus reminded us in Matthew 5:5 that He will bless those who are humble and He gave a promises of inheritance.

Be humble and do not boast. You don't need to please others. You only need to please God. Remember to set away your pride and do not be too much proud of yourself. Always glorify God in everything that you do.

My Hanbok Experience in Daejeon Festival this Fall Semester

True Humility

When I was young, I always want to win an argument and I don't want to lose a debate even if its about small simple things. Sometimes we all have that gesture of wanting to dominate a conversation. Do you have that desire to set away your pride and humble yourselves to others?

In Proverbs 22:4 (NLT) it says, "True hu

mility and fear of the Lord lead to riches, honor and long life." God held these promises for those who fear Him and exalt true humility in word, thought and deeds.

Let go of pride and swallow it

Let go of fear and forget it

Embrace confidence for its your defense

Be humble so you will not stumble

For the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom

Spread kindness and humility to all!♥♥♥

Strenght and Courage

Sleeping late, waking up drowsy, study, do your assigments and papers..... All of these activities are routinary and we end up getting tired. How can I gain strenght and have the courage to continue? 

Only God can help us who gives us strenght and courage to continue. In Psalms 31:24, it says that we need to be strong and set our hearts to God who gives us hope.

No matter how tired we are or we lose hope. Just remember that God is constant and permanent in our lives. He will never leave you nor forsake you. 

Let us trust the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our mind, body and soul. 

Act of Kindness

Living here in South Korea since 2022, I have experienced a lot of challenges. I struggled financially, emotionally, physically and spiritually. In my darkest moments, when I have no food to eat because I sent all my money back home. I was fortunate that my friends were there to lend me money to buy food. I also pay it forward by helping my cousins back home by paying  their meals at our university cafeteria.

Daily Encouragement

Are you feeling down and not able to wake up immediately every morning? Why are you waking up each morning? Who are you dedicating your life to?

Sometimes or almost always we have low energy to do our daily routines. There are times that we want to give up the fight and chose to quit. Our fears are always greater than our desire for success. 

How can we turn our fears into encouragement?

The answer is all in God's word from the bible. They say BIBLE means Biblical Instruction Before Leaving Earth. This book is our daily manual to guide us on what to do and how to make decisions in life.

In Romans 15:5, it says that God gives us endurance and encouragement and give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had.

The solution to drowsy mornings is a pill of endurance and encouragement from God's word in the bible. His words will give us energy and boost our motivation to do our works through praising and worshiping Him in everything that we do.

Do not be discouraged and always trust the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and soul.

Against Us?

A Good Worker

We practice and train ourselves to learn new skills and to acquire knowledge that our relevant to our careers. We want to be good workers for our bosses. Do we have the energy and motivation when we work for the kingdom of God?

I am a late bloomer when it comes to having the habit of reading. I started reading pocketbooks on personal development, leadership and psychology to better equip myself on how to change my mind set, habits, leadership and these are essential in my career as a lecturer in a university. 

Aside from that, when I was 31 years old. I came to have an intimate relationship with God and accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and started the habit of reading the bible, have my devotional time and share the gospel to family. I always pray and meditate on His words as a guide in my daily living. I committed myself to always acknowledge God in everything that I do and be a diligent worker in His divine Kingdom.

In 2 Timothy 2:15, Paul wrote to Timothy to encourage him to do his best in serving God and reminded him not to be ashamed as a worker of the church.

Are you a good worker in your office? Can you transcend your energy from your job to be a motivated worker of God? 

Brothers and sisters, we can always start equipping ourselves to become good workers of God. It is never too late. Start your Christian journey today.

Thanksgiving

Do we have the attitude of thanksgiving? Do we thank God only for the success you accomplished? Or do you also thank Him for your failures?

When we experience defeat, we lose hope and discourage to continue our journey. This does not call for celebration right? But if you have Christ in your life, no matter what are the consequences, you should be thankful because all of these things are according to His will. 

I failed 7 times in my sholarship applications abroad. But everytime I was rejected, I just accepted it and there is no hard feelings for me because I was faithful that God has prepared something great for me and that sholarship is not for me. I tried to apply the 8th time and God granted my prayers. I am now a doctoral scholar at South Korea.

In Psalm 100:4, it says "Give Thanks To Him and Praise His Name". God is amazing right? If you have a prayer for so long, don't give up. Because everything you have is from God, lets us always thank Him in the good and bad times.

Have this attitude of gratitude no matter what the circumstances in your life us. You always have something to be thankful for, your family, community, job, children, school, house, etc. Remember that you are a blessing the moment you were in your mother's  womb. Be thankful always!