~ Deaconess Young-ah Jang (8-33 Mission, Salt & Light Mission)

While reading Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee's book Heaven last May, I had a wonderful time experiencing God's gentle and delicate love.
Towards the end of Heaven I (pp. 240-243), I was reading a part about the glory in New Jerusalem prepared for "a servant of the Lord who will have carried out his God given-duty of martyrdom."
This particular servant of the Lord had enjoyed playing sports but he abstained from actively enjoying them so that he could concentrate on doing God's work. Noticing this and as a way of rewarding and comforting him, God will prepare a variety of equipment for his enjoyment at his residence in New Jerusalem, and this part really caught my eye.
Reading about how this servant, as he looks upon all sorts of equipment made of all types of materials that he had not even thought of in this world placed in one corner of his garden, will be comforted and grateful of God's love once again in heaven, I became filled with hope.
At that moment, I saw a vivid vision in which I was sitting before an easel in heaven, with a brush in one hand. At the end of the brush were pieces of crystal instead of water color, and the pieces were shining ever so brightly. I was so enraptured by that scene that I still tremble whenever I think of it.
Always interested in drawing, I had taken classes year after year since 1992. When I began working at a department store, however, I did not have enough time for classes.
After having been preached the Gospel by one of my coworkers, I began my life in Christ in 1998 in the Salt and Light Mission and, always wishing to draw again, I thought of taking classes earlier this year but it wasn't easy to find time for it.
That's when God showed me that vision while I was reading Heaven, comforted me, and gave me encouragement. Words cannot describe how joyful I was when I felt and experienced the delicate touch of God who remembers even the smallest of pieces of hope and happiness.

* "The Salt and Light Mission" is a is an interdenominational mission group at Manmin Joong-ang Church, consisting of brothers and sisters in Christ working even on Sundays, and bringing them together in worship, prayer, fellowship, and service.