A Grace-filled Day!

I used to post everything that was going on, on my blog. I even think that some of my former colleagues read what I wrote here and misunderstood. That along with hearing news about people whose careers had ended because of social networking made me think I should be more careful about what I post. As I was thinking about today, it dawned on me that I should write about something good that happened to me today. It is all rather mysterious. I went to sleep late last night (2am) and woke up at 8am this morning. I expected it to be a rough day (sleep deprivation and attending church in a foreign language don't usually end well for me). But it turned out to be a good day. Rather than remain seated during my cell group's meeting, I walked around (having a ten-month-old baby has its advantages). This enabled me to interact with more people than I usually do. Then, for the service, rather than assume my position attached to Sinae (my wife) I decided to be bold and leave her and Uri (my ten-month-old son) in the nursery with another mom and baby while I participated in the worship service in the sanctuary. Today, a missionary serving in Oman spoke. I certainly couldn't understand everything but I just had a sense of what he must be struggling with as I considered my struggles in South Korea and how my struggles are probably nothing compared to what he experiences. After that we had lunch together (without my cell group leader because he had a meeting). For some crazy reason I was really energetic and had a good time. Eventually Sinae and the other two ladies got into an historical (or perhaps hysterical) conversation. I decided to bow out, realize I wouldn't be able to understand and just enjoyed the moment with Uri. After that, we headed home and dropped by a coffee shop to see a couple we've become friends with. She's Korean and he's American so both Sinae and I were comfortable talking to the other person from our home country in our native language. They are getting ready to have a baby and it was interesting hearing their perspective (by the way, we really didn't talk about the baby all that much, at least not us guys). We then came home and I gave Uri a bath. Not too long after that he fell asleep and I revised the script for my club tomorrow which I first wrote in English based on the "Lifetree Cafe" ministry video put out by Group Publishing. Perhaps I can talk about that process next time. The script is in Korean and English so I had to ask lots of language exchange partners for help. They have been very generous. Here's to more days like this. I give the triune God honor and glory for today and pray for more of these to come.