바울의 마지막 문안 인사 (30) 바울 은 마지막 문안 인사에서 이렇게 말씀했습니다 : “아킵보에게 이르기를 주 안에서 받은 직분을 삼가 이루라고 하라” ( 골 4:17). 아킵보는 자신의 직분을 충분히 입증하라는 말씀 입니다 . 신약성경에 나타난 주요 직분으로는 목사 , 장로 , 집사 등이 있습니다 . 직분자들은 자신의 직분을 충분히 입증하기 위해선 (1) 그리스도 예수님께 감사해야 합니다 . 디모데전서 1 장 12 절입니다 : “나에게 힘을 주신 우리 주 그리스도 예수님께 내가 감사하는 것은 나를 충성스러운 사람으로 여겨 나에게 직분을 맡겨 주셨기 때문입니다 . ” 바울은 자신이 예수 그리스도를 믿지 않았을 때에 모르고 하나님을 모독하고 성도들을 핍박하던 난폭한 사람이었는데 하나님께서 자신을 불쌍히 여겨 주시사 회심케하셨을 뿐만 아니라 사명을 주시사 이방인의 사도로 세우셨기에 예수님께 감사했습니다 . (2) 은혜의식 속에서 더 많이 수고해야 합니다 . 고린도전서 15 장 8-10 절입니다 : “맨 나중에는 부족하기 짝이 없는 내게도 나타나셨습니다 . 나는 사도들 중에 가장 보잘것없는 사람이며 하나님의 교회를 박해했기 때문에 사도라고 불릴 자격마저 없습니다 . 그러나 오늘날 내가 이렇게 된 것은 하나님의 은혜로 된 것이며 내게 주신 그분의 은혜가 헛되지 않아 내가 다른 모든 사도들보다 더 많이 일했습니다 . 그렇지만 그것은 내가 한 것이 아니라 나와 함께 하신 하나님의 은혜였습니다 . ” 그래서 그는 은혜 의식 속에서 다른 모든 사도들보다 더 많이 일을 했습니다 . 우리도 그 리 해야 합니다 .
A family meal where
hearts are shared
To celebrate my wife’s birthday
today, in the morning, my wife and I had a meal just the two of us, and in the
afternoon, after my wife finished work, the family gathered at a restaurant she
chose for a hearty meal. I’m grateful. Especially, it was nice to watch my wife have
various conversations with our son Dillon and his wife Jessica, including about
his proposal to Jessica. It was
heartwarming to see Dillon chatting with her, smiling brightly. Jessica, as expected, ate her favorite Korean food
Bossam with great enthusiasm. Haha. Our youngest daughter Karis seemed to have
only eaten ramen all day, but it was heartwarming to see her happily eating her
favorite seasoned egg. After the meal,
my wife wanted to have tea or something for dessert, so we went to the café we
often visit as a family. There, though
it wasn’t planned, I just opened my heart and shared my sincere feelings. And
that sincerity was ...
1. Your dad never had the chance to date and only
experienced unrequited love until I met your mom and got married. I knew so little about women, and because of
that, I had many regrets for the times I treated your mom poorly.
2. Also, after our first child, Charis, passed
away, my wife and I longed for a baby so much. When God gave us Dillon, we were so thankful,
but I had no idea how to raise children and became a father without knowing
much about parenting.
3. So, as I raised the three of you children, there
were so many things I did wrong. I’m
really sorry for that.
4. Mom and dad don’t focus on what we have or
haven’t done for you. When we talk about
you three, our focus is on how God is working in each of your lives.
5. Mom and dad can’t help but be thankful to God. The reason is that, even though we are
imperfect parents, God loves you more than anyone and is personally raising
you, and He has allowed us to catch a glimpse of that through faith.
I
shared my sincere feelings like, and during the process, I asked my children if
I was too strict when they were young, but they said I wasn’t. Haha. Also, there were several times when I
disciplined all three of them at once with a stick, and Dillon and Karis
remember those moments. What’s amazing,
though, is that both of them said I disciplined them with love, not in anger. But in reality, I feel like most of the time I
disciplined them out of anger. I’m not
sure. I apologized to my kids, thinking
I had made many mistakes in raising them.
But I realized they perceive things differently. It must be God’s grace.
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