The Words of the Cromwell Family
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The Words of the Cromwell Family |
To me, these are not just words, or some kind of theory. These are real things that I experience in my life.
When I am with True Parents or with True Children, I experience true love. When I pray or otherwise interact with our Heavenly Parent, I experience true love. When I am with my brothers and sisters (especially Blessed Children), I can give and receive true love.
However, the ways of true love are never simple. Once we receive true love, we are in fact obligated by the laws of heaven and earth to give true love. To receive and not give is like to be filled with some kind of energy but be unable to use the energy to do something. If we cannot give after we receive, we become spiritually sick.
We do not necessarily have to give to the person who gave to us. 1st generation members received true love from God, True Parents and Abel-type brothers and sisters. Then, they went out into the world and gave true love to the people of the world through fundraising, witnessing and other forms of outreach activities.
In order to restore the process of the Fall, 1st generation members were responsible to love the children of True Parents. 1st generation stood in the position of restored archangels. Although Satan (originally the archangel Lucifer) spiritually abused God's children and did not give them love (after having received love from God), 1st generation can restore Lucifer's failure by loving and embracing True Parents' children. It does not matter what True Children do. We can restore the archangel Lucifer's failure by serving and attending the True Children with the heart of true love.
On the foundation of receiving love from 1st generation, the True Children should naturally love and embrace the 2nd generation. An historical overview of what True Children have done will show that they have done this. The earliest Blessed Children were cared for and guided spiritually by Ye Jin Nim, Hyo Jin Nim, In Jin Nim, Heung Jin Nim, Un Jin Nim and the rest of the True Children. As 2nd generation, Blessed Children have the honor of being in the position to warmly love and attend the True Grandchildren, so the cycle of true love can continue.
Why is it so important to love the True Family? It is because the True Family stands in a representative position. In front of God, all of humankind is represented by the True Family. In front of all of humanity, the True Family represents God's Family. Through believing in, loving and following the True Family, we can become part of the Realm of the Royal Family, mentioned in the Family Pledge.
Many people in this age will live and die without ever knowing about the True Family. Others who know the True Family may not fathom its value or may actively spread hate and judgment about it. But the ones that God will work through and work with are those who actively support the work of the True Family.
What about true life? True life comes to be when the world of our hearts is connected to and centered on God. When the first thing we think about in the morning and the last thing we think about at night is God, when our days are full of God in every way, when we are spiritually living and breathing true love in a restored Garden of Eden, then we can begin to say that we have true life.
The best way to connect to true life is through reading speeches by True Father. Other ways include listening to Hyo Jin Nim's music, going to Chung Pyung workshops and connecting to God and True Parents through Heung Jin Nim, going out fundraising and witnessing as part of STF under Hyun Jin Nim's guidance, going to church and connecting to God and True Parents through Abel-type church leaders and members, reading Ye Jin Nim's poems, listening to In Jin Nim's music and attending Lovin' Life Ministries, etc.
Why are all these activities valuable and worth our time? The members of the True Family are closer to God in heart and spirit than any of us, and God wants to relate with all of humanity through the True Family. Of course, we can relate to God through studying the teachings of the saints in history, but no one before Father was able to establish a True Family. True Father and True Mother have perfected the Four Great Realms of Heart -- the heart of a true parent, a true spouse, a true sibling and a true child. Moreover, the True Children are each also working to perfect the Four Great Realms of Heart. Before even starting his family life, True Father became completely one with God in heart and devoted his life for the sake of liberating God's heart and delivering all of humanity from Satan's clutches.
People's words (or songs or other creative works) express their feelings, which come from their heart. Therefore, reading Father's words allows us to connect closely to his heart -- the heart of a filial son of God; the heart of a true father and Messiah of all of humanity. Attending Lovin' Life Ministries allows us to experience the heart of a true daughter and a worthy spiritual leader. Each True Child manifests a different aspect of God and True Parents, so it is valuable to spend time studying each True Child.
True lineage is God's lineage. Originally, all human beings were to resemble God perfectly. Just as children resemble their parents and grow to become like their parents, originally all human beings were to resemble God and become like Him. However, due to the Fall, humanity inherited Satan's lineage, meaning that they resemble Satan and have become like Satan.
Through the Providence of Restoration, God has worked to restore the original nature in human beings so that they could resemble Him. He has worked ceaselessly, without anyone recognizing his pains, sorrows and suffering until the coming of the Messiah, a man who could relate directly with the heart of God. True Father had to restore through indemnity the course of all the saints in history and stand as a victor in front of God and Satan. He had to pay indemnity for all the sins of humanity until he could stand as a filial and loyal son before God and the Messiah, Savior and True Parent of all humanity.
We now receive this precious true lineage from God and True Parents through the miracle of the Blessing. Let us please not forget what we have and what we are able to give to our children.
Aju!