647. The Wife’s Love He Felt, Echoing Within His Heart When Responding with “Amen”

💌647. The Wife’s Love He Felt, Echoing Within His Heart When Responding with “Amen”

My husband continued to testify about the grace of repentance he had received. “So, I tried everything in my power to save my wife no matter what but by then, it was already too late and no remedy could work. I held onto her and said, ‘Honey, the only reason you, who are like an angel, are dying is because of this foolish husband of yours.’ I begged for her forgiveness while crying and resolved to do anything to save her.

Then, one day, in the midst of despair, the Lord healed my wife, who was on the brink of death and saved her. Although I thought I was grateful to the Lord for saving my wife, I had not truly offered my full gratitude. That is why I had initially tried not to come to today’s overnight prayer meeting, using tiredness as an excuse.

But during his sermon today, Mr. Seung Baek Ha said, ‘Love must be felt and one must know how to be grateful.’ I merely responded out of habit, saying, ‘Amen!’ However, his words echoed within my heart, as if the Lord Himself were speaking directly to me.

At that very moment, I realized how wrong the life I had lived until then was and how wrong I had been to take my wife’s love for granted. I prayed with genuine gratitude from the depths of my heart, saying, ‘Lord, I sincerely thank You from the bottom of my heart today for saving my wife, who was on the brink of death. From now on, I will truly live anew for You and my precious wife. Thank You!’”

When my husband’s testimony ended, thunderous applause erupted. Listening to his testimony, I thought, “As I willingly lay down even my own life for my husband’s repentance, the Lord has indeed made it come to pass. It has taken 15 years since I met my husband to finally share true love with him.” Tears flowed uncontrollably. I deeply felt the truth of the saying, “The echo of love always returns.” It led me to meditate on the life of Jesus.

Jesus, who silently waited for 30 years to begin His three years of public ministry! Although my life, which has been unworthy and could never be compared to Jesus’s, I had silently endured all the pain I had received up until then, offering it up with Semchigo as if I were loved, without ever sharing it with anyone. For me, hearing my husband’s repentance brought immense joy.

“Love is about giving unconditionally and I have loved unconditionally. But to achieve true unity, we must share love with one another.” Reflecting on this, how much I had longed and hoped to share true love with my husband! Feeling a tinge of envy on the affectionate sight of the briquette seller couple and the tofu shop couple, the day I resolved flashed through my mind: “Even if moments in life come like a raging snowstorm, we will, as lifelong companions, hold hands in love, supporting, loving, and caring for each other, becoming a couple of loving birds.”

How could I not praise and glorify the Lord who answered my tearful, earnest prayers? I offered boundless gratitude to the Lord, who bestowed such great grace of repentance, even through my husband’s simple, offhand “Amen.” 

In truth, that day’s sermon was tedious and many people were dozing off, complaining that it was boring. This also clearly showed that the Lord’s work does not come from whether someone speaks well or poorly.

“Oh! My beloved Lord, my dearest One! I thank You again and again. Let everything in my life be fulfilled according to Your will.” As I prayed in gratitude, I heard the gentle voice of the Lord resounding in my ears:

“Yes, my beloved little baby! You have lived all this time enduring every pain, bleeding inwardly and yet offering it all with ‘Semchigo’ as if you were loved. What else would it be if the life you have lived with ‘Semchigo,’ is not truly a life of offering up?

Was not everything you truly longed for, cried out for and desperately pleaded for, simply your earnest desire to become fully like Me? What then, would I not grant you? He will help you become a grain of wheat that falls to the ground and dies to bear much fruit. Now, you will feed the fruits of the Holy Spirit to parched souls, filling their spirits with abundance.”

My personal reflection note with Mama Julia🌹💗 

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