Lucas Garden

Two years ago, I read Pilgrim Progress, a novel written by John Bunyan. It described how human beings suffer from a variety of troubles in their lives metaphorically but realistically. I was impressed that the hero called 'Christian' had a heavy burden on his back, and he started to make a trip toward a light to be perfectly saved. However, his travel was not easy since he had been harassed by evils such as temptation, lie, desire, and so forth. Nevertheless, he did not get out of his own way toward salvation, and he could arrive at the door of the Heaven. Pilgrim Progress (Resource:  Miscellanies ) As shown in this story, we should not avoid any trouble which approaches to us in our lives, but we should exert ourselves to overcome all troubles. However, it does not mean that we should strive hard to get rid of all troubles; it is because we cannot obtain perfect victories against evils. As we frequently fight with evils, they may tease us more severely. Instead, we can g...

Our lives are the sequence of mistakes. Everyone wants to give and take love with friends, but unfortunately we make a lot of mistakes throughout our lives. When we make a mistake or experience failure, what we need is not self-discouragement but self-confidence. If we repent our faults and make them as a good chance to improve ourselves, these faults would not be harmful but profitable for both you and your friend. For instance, we sometimes used to be rude to our best friends, which finally breaks friendship with them by incurring their grudge. It would be a really serious fault in our lives. What will you do in this case? You may suffer from the conscience on your serious guilty, or may continue to justify your bad behaviour. However, such an attitude never solve this situation. The first step is to pray to the God with sincere repentance. Then stand up promptly and go to your friend to make a sincere apology to him. It is very simple but not easy because it requires your...

Sons of Noah (Source: free-stories.net) I took part in a Sunday worship of Korean Christian Community in Halle at 17 October, 2010. I heard Pastor Hyun-jung Kim's good preach on the chapter 9 and 10 of the Book of Genesis. The brief summary of the chapter is as follows. When Noah was drunken and naked, Ham, a son of Noah, did not take care of his father; on the other hand, Shem and Japheth, other sons of Noah, nursed his father back to the health. Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent.Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers outside.But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father's nakedness.When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had d...