September 27, 2025

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There is this feature in my car, when you drive non-stop for a certain number of hours, a message pops up and tells you it’s time for a rest. It’s a pretty cool feature, and it’s important that we take a break to be safe for everyone. In fact, when I was in the Army, every time we were on a convoy, we would take a rest every 50 minutes. 

For the last two nights, I have been going to bed past 3:30 am. I wasn’t fooling around. I was in a situation where I had to stay up both times, but now my body is paying for it. I feel super tired and it’s hard to stay alert, not being able to pay attention to things. God designed our bodies to get enough rest daily, and sleeping for only three hours a day doesn’t cut it.

When I workout and go for long runs, I make sure to rest up and relax so that my body can recover. Many times runners will run too long one day, and keep the same distance the following day, but that’s calling for injury. Experienced runners will do a long run, and make sure to rest the following day or just do a short recovery jog. 

You get the point, rest is important. Rest is designed by God. That’s why you can read about sabbaticals and the jubilee in the Bible. The highlight is the Sabbath, which is the greatest example and practice that God has gifted us. “Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God created and made.” Genesis 2:3. The fourth commandment also affirms that, too. After a busy week, it’s time to just let go of everything for one day and rest. Take that rest to give your exclusive time to God, walk with Him and enjoy His holy presence.

Happy Sabbath everyone.

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September 20, 2025

I have this Bible app on my phone, and I added a widget that shows me the verse of the day when I swipe my screen to the left. This morning, it took me to Galatians 3:28, which says, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” 

My brother and I are so different. Physically, he is taller and slimmer. Intelligence wise, he is way smarter than I am. Personality wise, he and I can be at the opposite ends of the spectrum. Many of you have similar dynamics in your family as well. When I introduce my brother to other people, I would say, “He and I share the same parents.” Despite all the differences we have, the one thing that does not change is that we have the same parents. So when I see him preach, or make certain gestures or expressions, I think to myself, ‘that’s exactly the same as our dad!’ I get that, too. I don’t think I resemble my dad, but many times, Hyemi would tell me that I act like my dad. It’s like, we are different, but we are still one.

I think the same about the verse above in Galatians. We are all different, yet we are one. That is because we are all God’s created beings, and we are all His children. Moreover, Jesus has died for every single one of us in this world, past, present, and future. We are also brought together by the blood of Jesus Christ. That’s why I can call you brothers and sisters. I pray that we can always remember this in our homes, community, and our church. We are different, but we are all one in Christ.

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September 13, 2025

Somewhere in the house, there is a box full of letters that I received since I was in middle school. We are talking close to 30 years ago, and there are not just a few of them, but a whole box full of letters. I have to admit, they are mostly from girls. Over the years, I collected them and kept them somewhere in the house until I completely forgot about them as I grew up. It turns out, my parents had kept all my old belongings even after I became an adult and left home. A few years ago, my mom reminded me of the box full of letters and she gave it to me. I remember reading some of them, recollecting some good old memories from the past. 

Later in high school senior year and into college, this is when email became a thing, and we would email to each other all the time. In Korea, an email domain called “hanmail.net” was the most popular in the early 2000s and my Hanmail inbox would get filled up. We use emails mostly for businesses nowadays, but you will recall that we used to write emails in place of snail mails, where we talked about everything. This happened until we started using smart phones. I still have all those emails stored in my inbox. 

Some of you are like me, saving everything from the past about your memories, or you may have forgotten all of them and lost them. I am glad I still have those letters and emails with me. It’s not just my history, but it shows me the dynamics of my personality and the joyful relationships I had over the course of time. We actually have something even better. It’s called the Bible. Some people even call it the “Love letter from God to us.” I agree with that. The Bible was written to us thousands of years ago and yet, it still functions as the bread of life to us. It also functions as “All Scripture is given by the inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16, 17. I pray that we will always take the time to read the love letter from God and be blessed by what He provides for us through the Scriptures.

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