The Words of the Hwang Family
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The Words of the Hwang Family |
This month Mother invited FFWPU family members in Korea to join with ambassadors for peace, leaders of Korean society and delegations from Japan and the United States to participate in a rally at the Cheongshim World Peace Center in Chung Pyung. The event was titled "World Leaders' Convention for the Advancement of Korean Reunification and Peace in Northeast Asia."
It was a very cold day, but the stadium was filled with warm-hearted people who came in response to Mother's call. Thousands of members and friends of our movement came to raise their voices and pledge support for world peace. Mother stressed the need to overcome conflict and bring peace in our world. As children of True Parents, as children of our Heavenly Parent, that is our responsibility. She reminded us how lucky we are to live in the age of True Parents, when we have their guidance and direction to follow.
Personally, I was deeply moved by this event. It brought to mind the many times in the past when True Father called large numbers of members to rally for a specific purpose. This occurred in 1975, at a time when tensions were high on the Korean peninsula, and Father spoke to one million people at a rally on Yoido. A similar thing had occurred in the United States in 1974 when Father rallied American members to support President Richard Nixon.
In all these instances, tensions in the world posed a threat to God's providence. In every case, by gathering members together, True Parents appealed to God to protect the people, the nation and the world. This was not for the sake of our members or our movement, but for the sake of the world.
This event was announced at Hoon Dok Hae on December 1, which gave us very little time to prepare; yet key leaders of our movement prepared presentations and provided a very meaningful program. At first, we all wondered why Mother called for this rally at this time, but one week after she announced this event, it became clear that serious problems had arisen in North Korea. The leader, Kim Jong-un, had had his uncle, his closest advisor, arrested and executed. We learned that many other people had already been killed, and that more deaths were likely to follow. It was also possible that provocations against South Korea might occur. The South Korean president put the military on alert.
When news of these events broke out, it became clear to us that True Parents were appealing to God, through our members' sincere response to their call, to protect Korea and prevent harm to its people, North and South. Since God has determined the destiny of Korea, we know his hand is upon this land, and since God chose True Parents, we know that he responds to their ardent requests when members unite with them and make the right conditions.
Whenever trouble arises in this world True Parents, as the parents of all humankind, feel a sense of responsibility. When we respond to their call for mobilization with a public mindset, we help carry our Parents' responsibility for the sake of all humankind. As children, that is the least we can do to ease their burden and play our part.
Sometimes we lose sight of the fact that our actions can have implications far beyond our own lives. Because we do not fully understand the way spirit world works, we may not see that our attendance at a rally in Chung Pyung could save lives in North Korea. But if we honestly examine the history of True Parents' work in the world, we will see that their actions shaped the history of the past century, both in public and behind the scenes, and with the involvement of spirit world. True Parents never stopped meeting and advising world leaders, meeting and instructing people of all backgrounds, within and without our movement, educating people in how to build a world of peace. Through their words and actions, they moved and inspired many leaders and influential people, though they were not always recognized fully for their contributions.
Through this rally, we can see very clearly that True Mother, working with True Father in the spirit world, is carrying on this historical role, working as the True Parents for the sake of all humankind, just as they have done throughout their lives. We can be comforted and inspired to know that the guiding and protective hand of our Heavenly Parent, through the True Parents, is upon our future history.
It is God who shapes the history of the world, but as we know, he has to struggle with humankind to get it right, as people are constantly undermining his plans. We should not be that kind of people. As followers of True Parents, our mission is to learn from them how we can support our Heavenly Parent in building the heavenly kingdom of Cheon II Guk on earth, and to do so with all our hearts, our minds and our spirits.
God bless you all in that endeavor.