Sometimes I’d be staring at my girls and they’d say, “what?” I stare at them because I love them so much. I delight in them. My heart swells up in joy when I see them. I love it when they sit on me and we watch Korean dramas together! =) Then, why do I have […]

Luke 22:42-44-…, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”  43 And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.  At this point the closer Jesus gets to His moment of truth to be crucified, the more He senses the weakness of His […]

What is considered one man’s offence is another man’s comfort. God’s sovereignty is such a  matter. Have you wondered how much of what happens in the world is “coincidental” and how much is god-ordained? Does God let the world run its course on its own most of the time but intervenes time to time to […]

Have you heard the famous story of a king  who wanted to build the greatest monument for his deceased queen? He spent years building this monument only to find that when he finished it, he couldn’t find the queen’s body!!! “The greatest enemy of intimacy with God is service for God,” Dallas Willard once said. I […]

Luke 22:1,2–Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover. 2 And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people. When we think of the word fear, we usually bring with the word a very negative connotation to it that […]

Knowing God is of utmost importance. It determines our eternal destination. But there is something even more important. Yes, even more important than knowing God. That is to know that we are known by God. Have you rested in the fact that you are known by Him (If indeed you are known by Him) and […]

My mother handed me a bag of trinkets I bought 11 years ago when I traveled to Cambodia. It had been in the closet of my room at her house all these years, and she was cleaning it out. One of the items was a shirt with Angkor Wat, a Buddhist temple, printed on it […]

Bad movies portray evil people one-dimensionally evil. They are pure evil without a cause and we love to hate them. But good movies will portray evil people more realistically, multi-dimensionally. They are not pure evil – they love their family, they love little children, they have insecurities, etc. But we don’t like evil people thus […]

2 Corinthians 11:3-4-But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.  Paul here is addressing his people that have allowed themselves to be persuaded from pure devotion to Christ unto a way that will cause division from […]

Visiting the place I grew up in Korea reminded me of the cultural baggage that I carry around in my walk with Christ. It is a culture that puts prime importance on performance and appearance. You may think, “But all cultures do that!” Well, not to the extent that Korea does. Moms give their daughters […]