A Korean Woman's Faith

When I was pastor at the Richmond Hill Church,  a young Korean woman came to serve as a Minister of Music.  In addition to her expertise in music, she brought to our church a rich tradition of faith that was born out of her family and the Korean Church.  Her mother who still lives in Korea recently completed copying the Scripure for the sixth time.  It is by any standards an amazing accomplishment that not only brings to mind the ancient monks who copied the Word, but also a commitment to let the Word of God soak into the soul in a way it could not do with the casual reading we often give it.    

If you and I were to set out on such a discipline, we would no doubt discover very quickly that it slows us down and allows us to receive the Word of God in a way never before experienced.  Our usual reading which is often measured by the clock does not enable us to sit as one immersed in a small section of the Word as would happen by sitting with a pen and notebook writing the Word verse by verse.  Actually, it is impossible for us to imagine the spiritual benefits of something so foreign to our walk with God.  We walk with Him, but at a more hurried pace than this woman who sits and copies the Scripture one word at a time.    

My friend's 87 year old Mother has no awareness how her faithfulness to this ministry has touched someone who  met her long ago and remembers her mainly through her daughter.  It is always that way with what we do to serve God.  Our life of faithfulness has a rippling effect through a world so large we cannot envision it.  It is amazing that what God set in motion through a single older woman in another country blesses folks like you and me who live thousands of miles away.