Even now, at the right hand of God, the Lord is continually praying a prayer of anticipatory forgiveness out of compassion for the ignorance of a sinner like me, repeatedly saying, “Father, forgive James … forgive James …” [Prayer of anticipatory forgiveness: Before the perpetrators had repented of their wrongdoing or even asked for forgiveness, Jesus first proclaimed forgiveness at the very height of the most terrible suffering, as the cross was being erected.] “Two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him. When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals—one on his right and the other on his left. Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’ And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, ‘He saved others; let him save himself if h...
“My heart is steadfast, O God” [Psalms 57] This Monday morning, I was at home with my youngest daughter Karis, and we watched a cartoon called “Cailou”. While watching the cartoon, we saw a child named Cailou planted a tree with his father and worried about the tree because the wind was blowing. At that time, Cailou's father came to help Cailou by bringing a still and tied it with the tree so that the planted tree wouldn’t be shaken. That scene came into my mind during the Mother’s Day morning prayer meeting. As I thought about the scene, I thought of becoming the stick that was tied together next to the tree to my children at home. In other words, I prayed to God that I should be strong support for my children like that stick so that they will not be shaken. After reading the book ‘Who is the Father?’(by Jong Yoon Kim), there were these two writings among th...