No, Pain, No, Gain [Tim 3:10-11]

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No, Pain, No, Gain

[Tim 3:10-11]

 

 

/ By Priscilla

 

 

Praise the Lord!

God is good all the time

 

 

God always watches over

His chosen people

and calls the people

as his instruments

 

 

whether rich or poor and

old and young, from 

all kinds of situations.

 

 

Now I am going to tell you

about my testimony

under the title of

 

 

“No, Pain, No, Gain”

 

 

From 16 years old to

before I was married.

 

 

Even I was a Cristian,

I wondered here and there

without going to church

regularly, as nominal

Christian.

 

 

At that time, my mother

worshipped Buddha

 

 

and I realized that,

mother and I were

following different ways. 

 

 

In fact,

two religions existed

in my family and it was

very hard situation for me.

 

 

To make maters worse ,

I didn’t know the spiritual

warfare and recognize

the Holy Spirit.

 

 

When my mother

persuaded me, to stop

following Jesus, I accepted

 her suggestion.

 

 

After that, I was really

hungry and thirsty

in the spiritual world

 

 

and I couldn’t solve the

problem until I got

married by myself. 

 

 

At that time, I met one person,

who was a non-christian

as well as his family.

 

 

His grand parents worshipped

idols, and mother was

suffering from serious

disease.

 

 

It was very hard to make up

my decision with already

knew about her agony.

 

 

But in spite of knowing

their struggle I make up

my mind to get married

to him in 1978. 

 

 

After married, I found

the most problem was

 

 

that mother-in -law

couldn’t do anything

by herself.

 

 

Only she had to be

in her bed, every day

and night or a long time.

 

 

She couldn’t have the

meal and go to the toilet.

 

 

My father-in-law had to

serve her all the time

besides her. 

 

 

In oriental custom,

the eldest son has to

take care of his

parents at home.

 

 

Althought I was trying

to make her comfortable,

she sometimes cried out

with great pain.

 

 

When

she was very depressed

I was depresses too,

and felt broken hearted.

 

 

Furthermore,

I was struggling with the

problems and the power 

of darkness I was 

really burnt-out.

 

 

I had no more hope

and do not wish to live

to any more.

 

 

But , surely our Father

God doesn’t forget our

petition with tears!

 

 

One day in 1980,

the Holy Spirit came to my 

mind to comfort me.

 

 

And then,

I confessed my sins

that I didn’t follow him

for a ling times.

 

 

On that day

I felt refreshing and

experienced ‘Born-again

 

 

an Christ Jesus as my

personal wonderful Saviour.

 

 

 

Then I realized that

Jesus Christ is my salvation

 and my happiness.

 

 

Before I was born-again,

I never know that this kind

of happiness could be exist,

 

 

but God showed me how

 to love and what is feel

like to be loved.

 

 

However,

after I was born-again,

Jesus Christ has made me

set a free from the bondage.

 

 

At last I found that being

a Christian is exciting

 

 

because there is always

a new challenges

so much to learn. 

 

 

The Bible says,

“Therefore if anyone

is in Christ.

 

 

He is a new creation,

 

 

the old has gone,

the new has come.”

(2 Corin 15:7)

 

 

Sooner or later,

I persuaded my

parents -in-law to 

believe Jesus Christ

 

 

and after much prayer,

they agreed to believe

in Jesus as their Saviour.

Thanks to God!

 

 

After that even though

her pain still resisted,

all of our family really

enjoyed good relationship

 

 

and united one another

in the Holy Spirit

for 13 years in

South Korea.

 

 

Thought we were faced

with lots of problems. 

 

 

Even I wanted to be

a servant of God quickly

but I couldn’t.

 

 

However,

we overcome situation

because we could

all rejoice in the Lord.

 

 

The reason is that

there was peace

and joy at home.

 

 

Finally,

she passed away

in my arms.

 

 

I’m sure she has gone

to Kingdom of heaven.

 

 

Sometimes,

I missed my mother-in-law

because I could find

 

 

the truth of God through

her agony witnessed

the grace of God in her life.

 

 

Surely she was a seed of meal

as a sacrifice offering before God.

 

 

As a result,

my family became all Christians

including my husband.

Paul who became as a pastor!

 

 

Now, when I look back

through my life,

 

 

God gave me a good training

of observation through

my circumstances.

 

 

Truly, I realized that

“No Pain, No, Gain.”

 

 

Through the deep sorrows,

agonies and pains.

 

 

Already God trained me.

I totally understand

to other’s problems.

It is benefit for me.

 

 

This is God’s Gift.

Therefore,

I never forget

 

 

“No Pain, No, Gain.” 

 

Hallelujah!

 

 

_______

 

 

 

"You, however,

know all about my teaching,

my way of life, my purpose,

faith, patience, love, endurance,

 persecutions, sufferings-

 

 

-what kinds of things

happened to me in Antioch,

Iconium and Lystra,

 

 

the persecutions I endured.

Yet the Lord rescued me

from all of them."

(2 Tim 3:10-11)

 

 

 

2022/05/18

 

 

/ By Priscilla