💌 485. The area around the beauty parlor transformed into a pub street

After moving my beauty parlor to a new location, something unexpected occurred. At first, on the right side of the new location where my beauty parlor moved, there was a hotel named Hanilgak and a bar named Hanil club in the same hotel where girls served liquor. And there was a bathhouse on the first floor of the hotel. On either side and in front of it, there were only warehouses or vacant lots. When we first moved, there was no other bar around my beauty parlor aside from Hanil club.

Then, not long after I opened my new beauty parlor, buildings began to be constructed on the vacant lots and bars started to open one by one. Then, at some point, the area next to and in front of my beauty parlor, as well as the surrounding vicinity, all turned into a district filled with bars, becoming an entertainment street. Moreover, every bar had five to ten girls waiting on customers.

I prayed, “Oh, God! What should I do? I am worried about my children’s education and it is too difficult. With these bars constantly emerging, should I consider moving somewhere again?” Then, the Lord poked me in a designated part of my body. When I asked, “Should we just stay here?” Then, He did not poke. “Yes, my beloved Jesus! If it is Your will, I will stay here even if it is difficult, offering it up graciously. And I will show love to those poor girls just as I receive Your love.”

But every single day, the bar girls came to my beauty parlor to get their hair done and talked about their relationships with men, which was highly embarrassing. Moreover, they did not hesitate to share stories that should not be told in the presence of other customers. Nothing could have been more difficult than this. Yet, just as God loved Mary Magdalene so much, I always spoke beautiful words to encourage them to repent.

I offered up everything with Semchigo as if I was living a happy life in a residential neighborhood, not in this entertainment district filled with bars. And I did my best to be born anew with love alone. In the past, I used to reject bar girls or barbershop girls, considering them very filthy. So, there had been times when I deliberately made them wait without ever attending to their hair.

However, now that I accepted God and Jesus in my heart as my Beloved (Lord), whenever they came, I felt sorry for them. So I showed love to them as if I were their mother or older sister. Then, I was able to treat them with a genuine heart. By the way, some new customers or bar girls, instead of recognizing me as the owner, thought that I was an employee and talked down to me because I appeared too young.

At first, I felt embarrassed when they said to me, “Hey, go buy some cigarettes for me.” They spoke politely to the hairdressers who were much younger than me. Even though I was the owner, more than 10 years older than the hairdressers, they perceived me as an apprentice, talked down to me recklessly and even told me to run errands. Nevertheless, I was pleased. As the Lord made me look like a 19-year-old girl, I regarded it all as my fault and offered it up. So, how could I not be happy?

As the Lord came to this world, He came not to be served but to serve, washing His disciples’ feet and serving everyone. Likewise, in my role as a servant, I endeavored to care for their hair with a heart of serving the Lord and the Blessed Mother. I was enraptured by the joy that the more humiliation I receive, the closer I become to Jesus who descended to the lowest place. Therefore, I was able to offer it up even more joyfully.

As I always did the customers’ hair, thinking of them as the Lord and the Blessed Mother, the Prayers of Life came naturally out of me. These kinds of incidents must have happened because God gave me a youthful appearance by saving me from near-death. I perceived their disregard as an opportunity to reveal the greatness of the Lord who performed a miraculous wonder in my life. So, I offered glory to the Lord.

Through all these experiences, I felt God's love towards me even more deeply. Thus, Semchigo, considering it as if I had received God’s visible love and offering it up made me incredibly happy.

My personal reflection note with Mama Julia🌹💗 

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