[Faith-talk] Fw: The power of Love.

[Lisa Felix]

Daniel,
 
That was beautiful!  I have never seen that story circulated before.  Thank you so much for sending it, as it touched my heart.
 
Warmly,
Lisa> From: daniel7047 at yahoo.com> To: savedsinglesgetaway at yahoogroups.com; redeemddchristiansingles at yahoogroups.com; faith-talk at nfbnet.org; annettehwy at yahoo.com; dianneswy at yahoo.com; OhioBuckeye65 at aol.com; odiekrul101 at att.net; GRANERHINTON at msn.com; Khinton at wowway.com; duttyweb at yahoo.com; Katindahat092675 at aol.com; sueacarl at juno.com; bobmiller49 at sbcglobal.net> Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:03:21 -0500> Subject: [Faith-talk] Fw: The power of Love.> > > If God is for us who can be against us? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Smiling? > To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 9:41 PM> Subject: The power of Love.> > > The Power of Love > > It was a bitterly cold Christmas Eve in Korea in 1952. > > A pregnant young mother, > > Bak Yoon, hobbled through the snow toward the home> > of a missionary friend where she knew she could find help. Tears of sorrow froze on her face as she mourned her husband. He had recently been killed> in the Korean War, and she had no one else to turn to. > > A short way down the road from her missionary friend's house was a deep gully spanned by a bridge. > > As Bak Yoon stumbled forward, birth pains suddenly overcame her. She fell, realizing that she could go no further, and crawled under the end of the bridge. > > There, alone, under the bridge, her baby was born. Bak Yoon had nothing with her except her heavy, padded clothes. One by one she removed all pieces of> her clothing and wrapped them around her tiny son, still connected to her body by > > his umbilical cord. Then feeling exhausted she lay back in the snow beside her baby. > > The next morning Miss Watson, long-time missionary, drove across the bridge in her car to take a Christmas basket of food to a needy Korean family. > > On her way back, as she got near the bridge, the car sputtered and died - out of gasoline. > > She got out of the car and started across the bridge. > > Through crunching snow under her feet she heard another sound - a baby's faint cry. > > She stopped, unbelieving, and heard the cry again. > > "It's coming from beneath the bridge!" She crawled under the bridge to investigate and there she found a tiny, bundled baby, warm but hungry, and young> Bak Yoon frozen in death. > > With a knife from her toolbox she cut the cord and took the baby home with her. After caring first for the child, she, along with some helpers, brought> Bak Yoon's body back to near where > > she lived and buried her there. > > She named the baby Soo Park, and adopted him. > > He was strong and healthy and so grew up among many other orphan children that Miss Watson card for. > > But to her, Soo Park was special. She often told him, > > "Your mother had great love for you, Soo Park", and about how she had proven that love. > > He never tired of hearing of his beautiful mother. > > On Christmas day, his 12th birthday, snow was falling. > > After the children had helped Soo Park celebrate his birthday, > > he came and sat beside Miss Watson. > > "Mother Watson, do you think God made your car run out of gasoline the day you found me?" he asked. > > "Perhaps He did", she answered. > > "If that car hadn't stopped, I would not have found you. But I am so glad it stopped. > > I love you and am very proud of you, Soo Park." > > She put her arms around him. He rested his head against her. > > "Mother Watson, will you please take me out to my mother's grave? I want to pray there. I want to thank her for my life." > > "Yes, but put on your heavy coat. It's very cold." > > Beside the grave, Soo Park asked Mother Watson to wait at a little distance. She walked aside and waited. > > As the astonished missionary watched, the boy began to take off his warm clothing, piece by piece. > > Surely he won't take off all his clothing! She thought. > > He'll freeze! > > But the boy stripped himself of everything, laid it all on his mother's grave, and knelt naked and shivering in the snow. > > She waited one minute, two minutes. Then she put her gloved hand on his snow-covered shoulder. > > "Come, Soo Park. Your mother in Heaven sees how much you love her. I will help you dress." > > Then in deep sorrow he cried out to the mother he never knew: "Were you colder than this for me, my mother?" > > And he wept bitterly because he knew of course, she was. > > Jesus stripped Himself of His royal garments > > to come and live among us. > > "Was He that cold for us?" > > Surely we never have to wonder if He loves us, > > or even how much he loves us. > > He demonstrated that to us nearly 2000 years ago. > > Celebrate in His love. > > Try and always remember to never forget, that The Heavenly Father Lord GOD, simply Loves you!
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Daniel,
 
That was beautiful!  I have never seen that story circulated before.  Thank you so much for sending it, as it touched my heart.
 
Warmly,
Lisa
> From: daniel7047 at yahoo.com
> To: savedsinglesgetaway at yahoogroups.com; redeemddchristiansingles at yahoogroups.com; faith-talk at nfbnet.org; annettehwy at yahoo.com; dianneswy at yahoo.com; OhioBuckeye65 at aol.com; odiekrul101 at att.net; GRANERHINTON at msn.com; Khinton at wowway.com; duttyweb at yahoo.com; Katindahat092675 at aol.com; sueacarl at juno.com; bobmiller49 at sbcglobal.net
> Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:03:21 -0500
> Subject: [Faith-talk] Fw: The power of Love.
>
>
> If God is for us who can be against us?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Smiling?
> To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 9:41 PM
> Subject: The power of Love.
>
>
> The Power of Love
>
> It was a bitterly cold Christmas Eve in Korea in 1952.
>
> A pregnant young mother,
>
> Bak Yoon, hobbled through the snow toward the home
>
> of a missionary friend where she knew she could find help. Tears of sorrow froze on her face as she mourned her husband. He had recently been killed
> in the Korean War, and she had no one else to turn to.
>
> A short way down the road from her missionary friend's house was a deep gully spanned by a bridge.
>
> As Bak Yoon stumbled forward, birth pains suddenly overcame her. She fell, realizing that she could go no further, and crawled under the end of the bridge.
>
> There, alone, under the bridge, her baby was born. Bak Yoon had nothing with her except her heavy, padded clothes. One by one she removed all pieces of
> her clothing and wrapped them around her tiny son, still connected to her body by
>
> his umbilical cord. Then feeling exhausted she lay back in the snow beside her baby.
>
> The next morning Miss Watson, long-time missionary, drove across the bridge in her car to take a Christmas basket of food to a needy Korean family.
>
> On her way back, as she got near the bridge, the car sputtered and died - out of gasoline.
>
> She got out of the car and started across the bridge.
>
> Through crunching snow under her feet she heard another sound - a baby's faint cry.
>
> She stopped, unbelieving, and heard the cry again.
>
> "It's coming from beneath the bridge!" She crawled under the bridge to investigate and there she found a tiny, bundled baby, warm but hungry, and young
> Bak Yoon frozen in death.
>
> With a knife from her toolbox she cut the cord and took the baby home with her. After caring first for the child, she, along with some helpers, brought
> Bak Yoon's body back to near where
>
> she lived and buried her there.
>
> She named the baby Soo Park, and adopted him.
>
> He was strong and healthy and so grew up among many other orphan children that Miss Watson card for.
>
> But to her, Soo Park was special. She often told him,
>
> "Your mother had great love for you, Soo Park", and about how she had proven that love.
>
> He never tired of hearing of his beautiful mother.
>
> On Christmas day, his 12th birthday, snow was falling.
>
> After the children had helped Soo Park celebrate his birthday,
>
> he came and sat beside Miss Watson.
>
> "Mother Watson, do you think God made your car run out of gasoline the day you found me?" he asked.
>
> "Perhaps He did", she answered.
>
> "If that car hadn't stopped, I would not have found you. But I am so glad it stopped.
>
> I love you and am very proud of you, Soo Park."
>
> She put her arms around him. He rested his head against her.
>
> "Mother Watson, will you please take me out to my mother's grave? I want to pray there. I want to thank her for my life."
>
> "Yes, but put on your heavy coat. It's very cold."
>
> Beside the grave, Soo Park asked Mother Watson to wait at a little distance. She walked aside and waited.
>
> As the astonished missionary watched, the boy began to take off his warm clothing, piece by piece.
>
> Surely he won't take off all his clothing! She thought.
>
> He'll freeze!
>
> But the boy stripped himself of everything, laid it all on his mother's grave, and knelt naked and shivering in the snow.
>
> She waited one minute, two minutes. Then she put her gloved hand on his snow-covered shoulder.
>
> "Come, Soo Park. Your mother in Heaven sees how much you love her. I will help you dress."
>
> Then in deep sorrow he cried out to the mother he never knew: "Were you colder than this for me, my mother?"
>
> And he wept bitterly because he knew of course, she was.
>
> Jesus stripped Himself of His royal garments
>
> to come and live among us.
>
> "Was He that cold for us?"
>
> Surely we never have to wonder if He loves us,
>
> or even how much he loves us.
>
> He demonstrated that to us nearly 2000 years ago.
>
> Celebrate in His love.
>
> Try and always remember to never forget, that The Heavenly Father Lord GOD, simply Loves you!
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