Title: Happy Tear (Luke 23:26-31)
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Successful people are not happy, happy people are successful.
In the words of the philosopher of success, Dr. George Washington Carver.
Everyone! Are you happy? I wish you happiness.
God wants His children to be happy.
He tells us to be happy not only when we are walking on a prosperous road, but also when we are walking on a path of hardship.
He says, 'You can be happy' not only during this time of worship by laying down the burden of life, but also on the steep road carrying the burden of mission.
Therefore, children of God can be happy even in high positions and in low positions. They can be happy even if they have them, and happy even if they lose them.
He says that you can be happy when you are healthy, and 'you can be happy even when you are sick'.
How about last year?
I bought an art piece from Samsung Group with slush funds, and the name of the painting is Happy Tear.
This painting measures only 96.5 cm in width x height and is said to cost about 9 billion won.
In particular, this painting depicts a crying woman by Roch Liechtenstein in 1964.
As the saying goes, you are smiling at the corners of your mouth. Happy Tear Happy tears.
Everyone! People shed tears when they are sad, but they can also shed tears when they are happy and when they are happy. Are you crying happy tears in your life?
Looking at the three years of our Lord Jesus Christ's public life, He shed many tears.
In John 11, when 'Lazarus' died, he saw people mourning and wept together. In Luke 19, Jesus entered Jerusalem and saw the city of Jerusalem.
He wept when he knew that the castle would be destroyed later.
And in AD 70, the Roman general Tito attacked and this Jerusalem city was destroyed.
Also, looking at today's text, the Lord was having a hard time carrying the cross, so he had 'Cyrenesimon' to bear it.
Weep for your children.'
That is, the Lord did not shed tears for Himself.
Not only that, he didn't want tears for the Lord.
Rather, He says, 'Weep for ourselves and for our children.'
Everyone! What kind of tears are happy tears?
Please believe that tears are for others.
'For children, for husband and wife, for parents, for the church, for our neighbors and people,
We believe that tears for others are tears of happiness.
Therefore, according to Hebrews 5:7, 'During the public life of Jesus Christ in the flesh, especially in front of the cross, when he prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, he said, 'He offered tears and prayers, which
That is, we prayed the high priestly prayer to save us.”
That is, we prayed with tears and weeping for the salvation of our souls.
Everyone! Happy tears are tears for others. I believe that tears are especially for children.
The founder of Methodism, 'John Wesley', said that if we all live on this earth and go to God, there are three answers.
say do. First, how did we use our time? Second, where did we spend the money we earned? Third and last, how do we teach children, the fruit and reward of the womb that the Lord has given us? They say you have to answer the question.
Can you confidently answer this question?
In fact, Johann Wesley's mother, Susanna, had 19 children.
'How did you grow so well?
At that time, 'Suzanna' says, 'I have taught my children with the word, prayer, and tears since they were young'.
How difficult is it to raise children these days? Isn't it called 'Children are the best?
Everyone! How old are the couple? Muchon
What is the distance between parents and children? Ilchon
But what if your children are raised in middle and high school? become cousins.
How about going to college? becomes a cousin.
if you marry It will be a buy-in. Know that and raise your children.
Therefore, I hope that you will cry a lot for your children, knowing that the tears of true happiness are tears for your children.
Many great men of faith shed many tears.
However, in Korea, 'Confucian culture' prevented us from crying.
'I'm sorry for crying. sorry for crying Santa Claus doesn't give presents to crying children'
But look at 'David', the king of tears. 'Put my tears into your bottle.'
Also Psalm 42:2 The sons of Korah said, "People say to me all day long, Where is your God? My tears have been my food day and night."
Please believe that God is counting the tears of all the believers.
We know a person named 'Heo Jun'. This character appears in Donguibogam.
He learned many medical arts from his master 'Uui-Tae Yu', but there was one thing he couldn't do.
In Confucianism, we are 'body-footed plastic parents', and everything on the body, from the toes to the skin, came as parents.
However, this 'Yu Ui-tae' is caught in 'dissatisfaction' and dies after telling 'Heo Jun' to 'dissect my body'.
Then, 'Heo Jun' went to 'Gyeongnam Miryang Cheonansan Grottoes' where his body freezes even in summer for 3 days
He was able to make great achievements in medicine by dissecting it.
But think about it. not even children. He is just a disciple, but he tells him to dissect his body.
This 'Yui-tae' gave me a dead body.
But our Lord Jesus Christ gave a living body on the cross, and He
Don't shed tears, but rather weep for your children.
Why? Because these are happy tears...
A lot of people donate organs these days (of course I did).
A certain medical student went to the hospital to practice. But isn't it true that a doctor poked the buttocks of the body with his finger and put it in his mouth?
And I will give an A to any student who follows me. It's asking someone to do it.
Then all the students hesitated. Who would stick a butt in their mouth
However, a brave medical student bravely walked out and followed suit.
Then the doctor said with a surprised expression,
'Are you really brave? I stabbed with my middle finger and sucked my index finger,
A student stabs with his index finger and sucks with his index finger
You should know properly.
Our Lord says that happy tears are tears for others and tears for children.
Today is the entrance exam season. It is the entrance exam season, so the CSAT is important, and above all, your grades are important.
But children also have grades. Grade 1 - I studied well and listened to my parents well.
Level 2 - I can't study, but I can listen. Level 3 - Someone who looks like Gabi
Everyone! Parents are the best teachers for children.
That is why parents must weep for their children.
Around the 4th century AD, a woman came out of a church in Italy and prayed with tears in her eyes every day. Then 'Amburosius', who was the bishop of the church at the time, said why? When asked, the woman answered, 'My son was sent away to study, but he did not study and gave birth to an illegitimate child.
'Amburosius' made a famous saying.
'Woman, children of tears never perish'
Isn't this mother 'Monica' and this son 'Saint Augustine'?
Children under the parents of tears, please believe that the devil can never take away their soul.
Therefore, in today's text verse 31, Jesus calls himself a 'green tree'.
'Green Tree' refers to an innocent image with a fresh and strong spirit.
A 'dry tree' represents a false and sinful appearance as old and powerless.
That is why the Lord tells us to let your children become green trees.
So shed tears for your children.
I also want to shed tears for you every morning.
Why? Because crying is happiness...
Now let us all shed happy tears.
For the church, for the family, and above all for the children...
Then I believe that you will make our children green trees.
Let's pray.