Update on Hanbit Children’s Hospital

This is my last week here and I have a few additional things that have touched me. First off, I have come to the conclusion that even with everything I have done in my life thus far and all the things I will do, all my hopes and desires, my goals and plans, I am nothing without Christ. David, the King of the Israelites, stated it best in Psalms 16:2 (NIV), “I say to the LORD, ‘You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.’” This verse has been implanted into my heart. If a righteous King proclaims that he has no good thing without Christ, who am I to say  anything less? Everything I do must be for the Lord, everything I do must be for His glory and to praise His name to the very ends of the earth, Psalms 71:23 (NIV), “My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you…” I leave knowing that while being a voice for the voiceless is my commission here on earth, if I don’t do such things with Christ at the core of my life, it will all be for naught.

Further, I received healing from some emotional scars that caused me to hold a grudge against my parents. I am an emotional guy, more emotional than most. With that said, when I used to play in basketball and golf tournaments or play in jazz bands, the one thing I wanted was for my parents to be there. However, 9/10 time they weren’t. Thankfully, my brother was which saved me from total embarrassment and resentment. But I never understood how the church or Bible study was more important than my emotional wellbeing or happiness, and now I have come to realize my parents calling by God is SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT than me. They have been called to save souls, how precious is that? They have been called to give people living in darkness with life and to provide the empty with purpose. But it’s not easy. Sometimes it takes months and years of persistence to save one soul. Driving hours every week for the chance to share the good news with another soul, but oh how sweet it is when someone finds out that they have a creator God who created them and loves them, there is nothing sweeter. So now I understand why they do what they do and did what they did, and am ready to bury this resentment and give it to God. I am freed.  “It is for freedom that Christ set us free.” (Gal. 5:1 NIV)