Title Remember the past
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Deuteronomy 32:7 Remember the days of old, think of the ages, ask your father, and he will explain to you, ask your elders, and they will tell you.
New Year 2012 came to mind. You will have a dream and a vision in your own way and think, ‘I have to do this this year’. So, as a New Year's sermon, 'Make your dreams come true. The sermon should be titled ‘Let 2012 be yours’, but I think the title of the sermon ‘Remember the past’ may seem odd. Moreover, if you are about 12 or 13 years old, I think it would be too absurd to say that you should remember the old things.
I have lived in Daegu for 28 years. I lived in a place called Sinam-dong. There, I played marbles with my friends, boxed, rode horses, and played. The women also broke the rubber bands and ran away, making many women cry.
When I go down to Daegu, I often walk around the place where I have lived for 28 years. If you walk slowly with your back instead of walking fast, 28 years of time will pass by like a film. There are good memories and there are bad memories.
My father told a lot of old stories. When they complained about side dishes in front of the table, they would scold me, ‘Where was white rice in the past?’, and if my test scores didn’t go well, I would shout, ‘When I was your age, I never went outside the top 10 of the school’. I learned later that my father's hometown was Pacheon-myeon, Cheongsong-gun, but the fact that there were only 15 students in the entire school...
Anyway, it was so embarrassing when my father talked about the old days. It wasn't a new story, but I hated that time because he kept repeating the things that were said and said only things that weren't interesting. But people have a habit of learning by swearing. As I grow up, I often talk about old times more harshly than my father. Just like my father, I would make an impression in front of the table or talk about the past when I am not happy with my report card. But these guys get annoyed by saying, ‘That sound every day!!’. Words that couldn't have been said in the past...
When people talk, the things they hate to hear the most are ‘soccer stories’ and ‘old-fashioned stories’, and it seems that everyone has at least one thing called the old days. When it comes to athletics, in my old days, I ran 100 meters in 10 seconds even with one foot lifted. In my old years, I had a 17-to-1 fight and all of my nosebleeds were blown... and so on, I have my own old years. Women, too, must have heard the complaints of aunts who lamented that I had good skin and smooth hair in my former years, but now my skin is deteriorating and my hair has changed to dog hair.
The phrase “ongojishin” means “knowing the old while knowing the new”. As we approach the long-awaited 2012, I want to tell you to remember the old things first. I've seen two kinds of mischievous children before. While there was a child who ran away crying with a distasteful expression when the mother scolded him, the same situation occurred and the child came into the mother's arms. The child running away only hears the angry mother's expression and loud scolding, but the child entering the mother's arms is probably because she has seen the love hidden in the mother's heart.
There is a child who is always upset and rebellious. It feels bad no matter what anyone does. There are children who feel bad even if they say hello, feel bad even if they say they want to eat something, and are always upset and upset. Thinking about the reason, the child remembered only the dissatisfaction with not receiving it rather than the gratitude he received. When I investigated the children who went to the juvenile detention center for crimes when they were young, most of the children were dissatisfied with their parents. Other people's parents did this to me, but my parents only did this for me... But that's not the case with my parents. I feed them better, dress them better, and buy them better and more expensive gifts...
What a person remembers is really important. Whether you remember good memories or bad memories changes your life. The Israelites crossed the Red Sea by the grace of God. I was overjoyed. Just three days after crossing the Red Sea, we arrived at a place called Mara. There is nothing but bitter water. No matter how thirsty you are, you can't drink water, like water that only gets more thirsty if you drink seawater when you're thirsty... In the midst of this, the people begin to complain. They said, ‘Is it because there are no tombs in Egypt to die here?’ I can't remember the grace of God who rescued me from the Red Sea just three days ago, and I only feel dissatisfied with the present situation.
Do you know any animals with bad brains? What do you have? Did you know that one of them is a fish? Now, let's go fishing together. What do you need? First, prepare a fishing rod, prepare a bait that the fish will like, and a rice cake that lure the fish around, put it in the water and wait. It must be this picture. Then the fish will gather, spin around the bait, and bite into it. That is the time to lift the fishing rod. Then the fish will try their best not to be dragged. Even if you've been arguing for a while and you've missed it, there's no need to be disappointed. It is said that this fish is so brainy that even if you put the same bait on the same rod on the same fishing rod, it will catch you again. Because the bait caught him and he even forgets that he was caught fishing. It's a very forgetful fish.
But like a fish that gets lost when they turn around so quickly, people forget about it. They forget what God gave them yesterday and complain about what they do not have in their hands today. Instead of being grateful, they always complain about what they don't have and live a life of dissatisfaction.
When you're born, no parents will complain, 'Why was this guy born?' In the old days, ‘This guy came from under the bridge. There was a time when he joked, ‘I got it from Aunt Bungeoppang.’ Mothers these days are really weird. Saying, ‘My child needs to be fed something special!!’, he buys something special than others, feeds him, and wears something special, and is so unusual. In my case, put it in one room and do it yourself. While I was doing it, I lived by inheriting clothes from my brother and sister...
When my children were only in grades 5 and 6, I seemed to forget when my parents were nice to me. open the album Remember your parents who are so happy to see you grow up.
I have decided this year's motto is 'Remember ( )'. Thank you. Thank you. Tank Q in English... Let's remember only the good. Let's remember only the love we received. If you can't remember, try to refresh your memory by opening the happy photos you took when you got home today.
I will teach you the heart of God this year. We will preach the hope and vision God has for us. Please remember every word of my sermon. These are the words of life that the world does not teach.
And remember God's love. Remember the love of God that has been protected for 12 to 13 years. The most precious thing is invisible. Remember God, who is with us like air. Let's remember God who protected me from accidents while walking on the road, and even in the event of an accident, He made me hurt enough so that I would not be crippled. Let's remember God, who protects us when we study, and is always with us when we are at school or at academies.
Remembering God who always accompanies me like a shadow when I walk, I hope that you will be together with me this year to create a wonderful world.