We must learn from the past history and definitely study and absorb whatever is educational for us. We’ve got to really know and learn why [they] succeeded; why [they] failed; and why things unraveled in the way they did. With that, we must hasten to do what we must do in our reality, as well as prepare and get ready for the future in the present.

Even a small thing cannot be done once things start rolling, unless preparation for it has been made. In the present, your life achieves its success of today; in the present, you find time to make up what you could not do in the past; and in the present, you are given time for future success. The present is a very valuable time when your future fate is controlled. If you waste [your life/time] in the present, your life will end up wasted in the future, too.

The Lord said, “Balance yourself; keep your balance.” ‘The present is the center of the past and the future.’ Focusing on the whole, we must balance ourselves. We must not just look at one part and take it as the center. The Lord said, “The balance of the whole must be kept in the light of the whole.”

The Lord is our core.

Yes, you too,
Often doubt.
Yes, you too,
Often fear.
Yet, He is surely with you.

And when you,
At this Glad Season,
Rededicate
Your Life,
Your Body,
Your Mind,
To His Service,
You too, may know, as they,
That He Lives.
And that He is at the Right Hand of God
To make intercession for you.

If you believe.

If you believe that He is,
You may experience.

For as many as have named the Name,
And that do unto their brother and sisters,
The deeds that bring to them,
And you,
That closeness,
And that oneness of purpose with Him,
May you know too,
In Body,
In Mind,
That He lives today,
And Will Come
And receive you unto Himself,
That where He is,
There you may be also.

(A brother's poem that needs sharing)

Oh, my bride
Where are you going?
Why does my request to be by my side trouble you so?
Am I really that difficult to live with?
How is it that our love has grown so cold?
Do you remember when we first married?
Oh, how we made love all day.
Oh, how we talked, sharing our heart as one.
Oh, how we dreamed, believing we would be together forever.

Oh, my bride
What are you doing?
Why do material things of this world really matter so much?
Have our momentary set backs made it unbearable for you to trust me?
Do you realize how much I long for that first love once again?
Why don't we call each other by our pet names once again?
Oh, how we always loved to be together in those days.
Oh, how it seemed nothing would separate our eternal love.
Oh, how I wish we could return to the days when our love was like fire.

Oh, dear bride of mine
How are you doing, really?
Please listen to me.
I am your King.
I am your Priest.
I am your Salvation.
Love me once again, truly.
And I will love you that much more.
Is this not God's Will for us, my dear bride of han?

The Shimjung of the Lord.
Geumsan, Majon 2009.05.31.