My home, which suffered troubles and trials, is now full of laughter and happiness
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Manmin News
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June 20, 2005 |
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 Senior Deaconess Pyongrye Moon (5-1 ST Women's Mission, 2-6 th Parish)
"Son, please come out and let's talk a while!"
My eldest son showed symptoms of mental disease
A strange thing happened to my elder son in 1977, about 28 years ago when he was 21 years old. He eagerly wanted to enter college, but had to give it up because my family was so poor. He became so frustrated that he stayed at home all day long without eating anything.
Finally, he began to show symptoms of mental disease. He wandered here and there crying out in a rough voice in my village. He would talk into the air as if he were talking with somebody and did strange things.
Joy left my home and sorrow covered it. I brought in a shamanist to perform exorcism, visited a famous fortune-teller and went to many hospitals, but everything was in vain.
I was guided to a church, but I found no solution there. When 10 years had passed since my son was stricken with mental disease, my daughter, who had gotten married and lived in a distant city, showed symptoms of mental depression. Because I had raised my eldest son and daughter with all my sincerity and still they were victimized by mental disease and depression, I cried with many, many tears and my heart experienced great pain. I thought, "Why did these things happen to me?"
After repenting of having worshiped idols
One day in 1993, a woman living at the same village gave me a church newspaper named "Manmin Joong-ang News" and talked to me about Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee and his healing ministry. She said that Rev. Dr. Lee had never failed to heal any kind disease with the power of God.
I believed that he could heal my son and daughter. Following the church map printed in the newspaper, my son and I visited Manmin Joong-ang Church and registered. We stayed at Manmin Prayer Center and attended the Divine Healing Meeting held at the center every day. Through the message delivered by Mrs. Boknim Lee, wife of Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee, I realized that many diseases of children are caused by their parents' sins. Idol-worshiping is a most detestable thing to God. Instantly I was reminded that I had gone to a Buddhism temple with my mother and worshiped before a statue of Buddha, and repented of it with serious tears. "God, forgive me."
Set free from the chains of darkness
When I was forgiven of my past sins, my heart was full of joy as if I could fly. It was not long before something amazing occurred to my son which doubled my joy. My son's face turned bright. He stopped talking to himself, and began to share friendly conversation with others.
We prayed for the more complete healing. We attended the Daniel Night Prayer Meeting and fasted every morning for 40 days. Meantime we tried our best to worship God in spirit and truth and obey the word of God we had heard. As a result, my son was completely healed of his mental disease and came to live normally. In addition, a few months later my daughter who was stricken with depression, registered at Manmin Joong-ang Church and she was also completely healed and glorified God.
Likewise I met the living God, and have diligently testified to the good God and preached the gospel. However, I have felt sorry in my heart because my younger son and his wife lived a lukewarm life in faith.
Running toward heaven with faith and hope
In the March of 1998, my younger son had many difficulties in his business during the economic crisis of IMF (International Monetary Funds) and collapsed due to cerebral hemorrhage. The doctors said that even if he had been operated on, he would have had less than a 30 % possibility of survival, and we would have had to prepare for his funeral.
My daughter-in-law and I came to Rev. Dr. Lee and received his prayer on the handkerchief. Next day I laid the handkerchief on my younger son and prayed for him, and an amazing thing happened to him. He confessed later that two persons came to him when he was on the edge of death, and they caught him by both hands and feet and tightly gripped his throat, but a person in dazzlingly shining white robe appeared and drove them out. Soon my son was transferred to a general ward and in 25 days he left the hospital without any aftereffects. Now he is healthy. Hallelujah!
My husband saw the kingdom of heaven in a vision before he died, and told us that he found no house for him to live in. Through his word, I realized that he would enter Paradise, the lowest place of heaven, where no personal house would be rewarded, and we gave offerings for constructing sanctuaries with all our sincerities so that he would enter the better dwelling place.
 Afterwards my husband saw the kingdom of heaven a few times, and in a vision he saw Rev. Dr. Lee gave him a key to his house and guided him to look around what would be his house. How blessed he is that he died comfortably seeing his heavenly dwelling place! God gave my family wonderful blessing of healing and salvation.
After my husband died, I felt empty in my heart and uncomfortable. In May 2002, I felt severe pain on my spine and could neither sit nor lie down nor sleep well. I went to a spinal clinic for evaluation, and I was diagnosed with spinitis. The doctor said that they would have to remove the inflamed parts and replace it by artificial bones. I thought what I had done wrong in the sight of God and prayed to God more fervently. I repented that I had not kept my promise to help the poor every month and not been at peace with my children. Then, I visited Rev. Dr. Lee and when he prayed for me, I was given the faith that I had already been healed. A few days later he prayed for me again and then I was completely healed.
 My home is full of laughter and happiness
Through those trials, all of my family have cast off every kind of idol and changed into truth. Now we are happy and joyous every day. We are faithful in our duties given in our church and bear the fruit of preaching. My eldest son is secretary of his group in Men's Mission, my son-in-law is a member of Manmin Volunteers Brigade, my daughter-in-law is a leader of a sub-district in 2-6 th
Parish, and my daughter is a cell leader and a member of Golden Light Choir. My younger son has been running a box-manufacturing factory, and received blessing in finance through Rev. Dr. Lee's prayer.
I give thanks and glory to God who has loved my family who were falling down due to idol-worshiping and led us to the way of life. We also give heartfelt thanks to Rev. Dr. Lee who prayed for us with sincerity.
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