NO ONE COULD DENY
THAT THESE TWO DID NOT COME FROM A WEALTHY FAMILY.
A STRANGE SMELL FILLS THE RESTAURANT,
CAUSING THE OWNER TO LOOK UP AND YELL,
“SIR! I DO NOT HAVE ANY MONEY TO GIVE YOU SO LEAVE!”
THE CHILD DOES NOT SPEAK AS SHE TAKES HER FATHER’S HAND
AND SITS DOWN AT A TABLE.
IT IS THEN THE OWNER REALIZES THAT THEY CAME IN TO EAT A DECENT MEAL.
“PLEASE SIR, CAN YOU BRING US SOME HOT SOUP,” THE CHILD ASKS GENTLY.
“ALRIGHT, BUT COME HERE FIRST,”
THE OWNER REPLIES AS HE MOTIONS HER TO COME TOWARDS HIM.
“IM SORRY BUT I CANNOT SELL ANY SOUP TO YOU RIGHT NOW,
THE TABLE YOU ARE SITTING AT IS RESERVED FOR A VERY SPECIAL CUSTOMER,” THE OWNER EXPLAINS.
THE CHILD FROWNS AS SHE IS SAD BECAUSE HER FATHER CANNOT SEE,
SHE IS EMBARASSED AND NERVOUS
BUT SHE STANDS STRAIGHT WITH COURAGE AND REPLIES,
“PLEASE SIR, WE’LL EAT AS FAST AS WE CAN AND LEAVE.
TODAY IS MY DADDY’S BIRTHDAY.”
SHE TAKES SOME WET DOLLAR BILLS AND COINS OUT OF HER POCKET
AND PLACES THEM ON THE TABLE.
THE OWNER TAKES THE MONEY AND ANSWERS,
“ALRIGHT, BUT YOU MUST EAT QUICKLY.”
HE THEN BRINGS TWO BOULS OF HOT SOUP TO THE CHILD AND HER FATHER.
HE SITS DOWN IN FRONT OF THE REGISTER
AND CAREFULLY EXAMINES HIS TWO STRANGE CUSTOMERS.
“LET ME PUT THE SALT IN FOR YOU DADDY,”THE CHILD TELLS HER FATHER.
BUT INSTEAD OF TAKING THE SALTSHAKER,
THE CHILD TAKES HER BOWL
AND POURS HER SOUP AND PIECES OF MEAT IN HER FATHER’S BOWL.
“THERE, NOW EAT UP, THE OWNER SAID THAT WE HAVE TO LEAVE THIS PLACE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.”
THE FATHER’S EYES ARE FILLED WITH TEARS
AS HE PICKS UP HIS SPOON TO EAT HIS SOUP.
AFTER WATCHING WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN HIS OWN RESTAURANT,
THE OWNER DID NOT DARE TO LOOK UP AT THE CHILD AND HER FATHER, REGRETTING THE WAY HE MISTREATED THEM...
...AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD CHILD OWNS NOTHING BUT A HEART FULL OF LOVE FOR HER ONE AND ONLY FATHER.
THEY HAVE NO ONE BUT EACH OTHER,
YET THEY SHARE A LOVE NO ONE ELSE CAN UNDERSTAND.
THEY DO NOT ENVY THOSE WHO HAVE EVERYTHING: A HOME, A CAR, FINE JEWELRY, CLOTHES, SHOES, AND LUXERIES.
WHEN YOU DO NOT HAVE THE BETTER THINGS IN LIFE,
YOU LEARN TO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO HAVE.
NO ONE IS BORN INTO THIS WORLD
WITH COMPLETE HAPPINESS AND SATISFACTION.
IT IS SOMETHING YOU STRIVE TO SEEK
THROUGHOUT THIS OBSTACLE CALLED LIFE.
SOME MAY SUCCEED IN FINDING WHAT THEY LOOK FOR, AND SOME MAY FAIL. SOME MAY HAVE MORE DIFFICULT PATHS THAN OTHERS.
SOME MAY CHOOSE DIFFERENT PATHS TO WALK THROUGH THAN OTHERS,
BUT IN THE END, WE ALL END UP IN ONE PLACE OR THE OTHER,
DEPENDING ON WHICH PATH YOU CHOOSE.
GOD HAS A REASON FOR EVERY SINGLE THING
THAT HAS HAPPENED IN YOUR LIFE,
AND A REASON FOR EVERY SINGLE THING THAT IS TO HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE.
HE HAS A REASON WHY YOUR HAIR IS BLACK AND WHY YOUR EYES ARE BROWN. HE HAS A REASON WHY YOU ONLY HAVE A DAD OR ONLY HAVE A MOM.
HE HAS A REASON WHY YOU LIVE IN LOS ANGELES
AND WHY YOU LIVE IN A SMALL APARTMENT RATHER THAN A NICE,
BIG HOUSE IN BEVERLY HILLS.
GOD HAS A REASON TO EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO YOU.
IF YOU PUT YOUR LIFE IN HIS HANDS,
HE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU LIKE HIS VERY OWN FOR HE HAS CALLED YOU CHILD. THE GREATEST GIFT AND HONOR WE CAN EVER POSSIBLY BE BLESSED WITH IS GOD'S GREAT LOVE.
AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD CHILD KNOWS THIS, WHY DON'T YOU?
이글은 황순원사모님 컬럼에 보시면 "아빠 서금넣어드릴께요" 라는
글을 읽고 영어로 해석한 글입니다.
"8살 아이는 하나님의 사랑이 가장 소중한 선물이란걸 아는데...왜 넌그걸 모르니?"
나이를 들을수록 더 많이 불평하는것 갔네요...
그만큼 감사해보세요.
DID YOU GIVE THANKS TO GOD TODAY?
NO? WHY?
"GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD FOR HE IS GOOD, HIS LOVE ENDURES FOREVER"
PSALMS 136:1
PUT YOUR LIFE IN GOD'S HANDS, YOU WILL FIND PEACE IN YOUR HEART - 애스더