Title: Who Will Know My Heart?
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Who will understand my heart? (Proverbs 18:12-16)
*** Life is a message, author Ki-seok Kim, in “A Poor Heart”
Mahatma Gandhi said that happiness does not come from outside, but from within.
So who is happy?
Only happy people are happy happy person. He is a person who provides a fountain of happiness within himself and lives. He can be surprised by the mysteries of the world, and although he is not ignorant of the underlying sorrow of being alive, he can smile brightly in the midst of that sadness.
Even when trials come their way, their eyes are open to discovering the most right thing that one can choose in the midst of it. I am very grateful for the small help I received from someone.
So is there no happiness that comes from outside?
We experience happiness when our wishes come true, when we are receiving someone's warm gaze. But it stays with us for a while and then fades away like a shadow.
That happiness falls to the ground like a haze on a spring day, and like a dingo, it causes only dizziness in us and makes us suffer from a bigger loss.
Desire is infinite, fulfillment is finite. For those who want to taste happiness from being filled, happiness is always out of reach. say
First, the human heart (Proverbs 18:12)
“When a man’s heart is arrogant, destruction follows, but when he is humble, glory follows.”
1, Haughty heart: A heart that follows destruction
2, a humble heart: a heart followed by glory
Saul's heart (1 Samuel 24:1-3)
“When Saul returned from following the Philistines, he told him, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.” 2. Saul, with three thousand men chosen from all Israel, went to the rock of the wild goats to find David and his men. When they came to the sheepfold by the way, there was a cave, and Saul went in to cover his feet, and David and his men were in the depths of the cave.”
David's heart (1 Samuel 24:5-7)
“David's men said to him. "Finally, the very day that the Lord promised the captain has come. The very day has come when he said, 'I will deliver your enemies into your hands, and you must deal with them as you please.'" David got up and secretly cut off the hem of Saul's robe. 5. David, even though he had only cut off the hem of Saul's robe, soon had a remorse in his conscience. 6. So David said to his men. "Do I dare stretch out my hand against our king whom you have anointed? May the Lord prevent me from doing that, for you are the one whom you have anointed." 7. David rebuked his men with these words, and prevented them from getting up and attacking Saul. ○At last Saul got up and went out of the cave and walked down the road.”
Second, the wisdom of reconciliation (Proverbs 18:13)
“To answer without hearing everything is foolishness worthy of humiliation.”
1, the premise of reconciliation
1), you must break down the blocking wall.
2), must be voluntary.
3), it must be permanent.
2, the benefits of reconciliation
1), gain credibility.
2), you will live a life of joy.
3), it will bear the fruit of love.
4), you will be reconciled with God.
*** Shigemune Iidagura of Japan is said to have established a reputation as an excellent judge in the early Edo period.
Once, when a friend of his friend came and asked the secret of the verdict, he said, "I close the door and sit in my room alone to judge.
There are two types of human faces: a face that gets hated the more you look at it, and a face that looks nicer the more you look at it.
But just because they look bad in my eyes doesn't mean they're all evil, and just because they look good in my eyes doesn't necessarily mean they're good people. Therefore, if you do not see your face, you will lose self-interest and will judge the truth as it is. answered.
Third, a determined heart (Proverbs 18:14)
“It is said that a man can overcome a disease with his spirit, but if his spirit is broken, who can raise him?”
1, A heart without will: You will get a disease.
2, The heart of faith: You will meet God.
3, the heart of the righteous: history praises him.
*** Anecdote of Saint Benedictus, who is called the father of religious life in the Western Church
He was in hiding in a valley near Rome, devoted to prayer.
One day this monk was tempted by a body he had never experienced before.
An evil spirit brought up a woman he had once seen before his mind's eyes. When the flames of lust for the beautiful woman burned Benedictus' heart, he was overcome with lust and left the cave.
But after a while, Geun-geun looked back at himself. The moment he saw himself drawn to lust after abandoning his ambitious will to live as a servant of God, he saw a thicket of nettles and thorns growing along the roadside.