We are in the Springtime of God’s Providence

At the April Monthly leader’s meeting in New York on April 12, 2018, Dr. Ki Hoon Kim, Regional Chairman of Family Federation North America, shared experiences and lessons he learned during his time spent with True Mother over the previous thirty days. 

Thank you for your work and for your dedication to make heaven and True Parents joyful. As I listened, I cried internally over your dedication, your prayerful heart and for what you shared in these wonderful reports.  Don’t worry [Dr. Walsh], I will be leaving again this Friday for 30 more days. [laughter]

I never understood where scripture says a thousand days is like one day to God. But these last thirty days feel as if I’ve been away for only one day. I’ve been with True Mother for the last thirty days, going here and there, and I found out there is no night and there is no day. I couldn’t count the day after I slept as the second day. Counting days held no meaning. With God and with True Parents the spirit is: there is no counting days and the nights. So, how did that make me feel? “Oh! This is the Kingdom of Heaven!” Why bother counting the days? There is no meaning. This is True Mother’s heart and lifestyle. At night we usually prepare for sleep but for True Mother, nighttime is the same as daytime. Every morning at the breakfast table I asked True mother, “How was your night? Did you sleep well?” I asked this once or twice and then I didn’t ask anymore because True Mother would, for the worldwide providence, wake up in the middle of night—I don’t know time—and pray and make conditions and meditate on what to do the following day for the sake of the world. Please join the prayer conditions. People like Teresa have mentioned they hold prayer conditions at 9PM on Fridays for the sake of 360 CARP members who will be going to Japan and we have national 9PM prayer conditions every Wednesday evening. I try to not to miss it.  This prayer condition makes me cry and revives my spirit and my motivation to follow Heaven Parent and True Parents. This prayer condition really changed my life day and night.

Revival start with me. These young people in the Los Angeles CARP chapter are rallying and that’s a miracle. Their University president came to their church center and addressed CARP members sharing her commitment saying, “I will walk with you!” The president of their campus came and supported our youth. I believe we are the only people before the eyes of Heavenly Parent and True Parents; like True Mother said in her last words at our Famicon leader’s conference, “I came here because I trust you.” What else do we need? God told me “ I trust you.” True Mother really wants you. She trusts you, saying, “Stand up America; stand up American family members. You are only hope before God’s eyes, before True Parents. We received all kinds of blessing and inherited God’s fatherland and motherland and we are called the elder son nation. This is God’s Providence now. This is our current position in the eyes of True Mother and True Parents. “I [True Mother] trust you. Stand up and revive this country once again and bring this country to God’s side.”

I met once sister in Honolulu on my last night there and I met with some fo the family members after everything was over and this one sister she said to me, “I was 15 years old when I was at the Yankee Stadium and Washington Monument rallies. Fifteen years old. And she shared, “Even though I was born in Hawaii I went to Los Angeles and took the bus with my family the Yankee Stadium and Washington Monument rallies. Think about it. Forty years ago, even a family from Hawaii committed to this saying, “Yes! The second coming of the messiah is giving a message for America and for American families; we shouldn’t miss that.” We used to have that kind of tradition [in the early days of the movement]—total mobilization when God called us—when True Parents called us. So that got me thinking: how can we bring about miracles? God’s miracles? True Mother shared, if we repeat the same thing day after day then the same kind of spirit will remain and we will not be able to see any miracles brought about. She said, every day we must put in that extra effort and that will allow us to see that we are miracle makers. So not just one good family—not just one blessed central family—we all most come together as a movement centering on True Parents. This year True Parent’s Day is celebrating its 60th year. That means for 6000 years God’s Providence of restoration sits on one nation—this country of America—2000 years ago it sat with Rome. Now, today, it is very clear that God’s eyes are set on America as the God centered nation. We must stand; we must utilize the power of prayer.

Two years ago I was travelling in Alaska and I met one brother. He invited me to join a prayer condition that had less than twenty people participating. They were praying for this country’s upcoming elections. I thought, “Oh they are praying for a specific outcome but I don’t think their prayers will help this person be elected. But they prayed and surprise! We had an unexpected outcome with the presidential election. That’s only one example but there are many great examples on how without the act of praying, faith holds little meaning. This is what I learned from True Mother these last thirty days. Praying is not limited to the day or to the night. This [True Mother’s prayer conditions] is the reason why Dae Mon nim’s spirit is behind True Mother, protecting True Mother and why she is able to share the secrets of God’s Providence with True Mother. That’s why.  No one can reject the Holy Spirit.

This is true. God centered power comes through the Holy Spirit. How can we feel Holy Spirit? By making our own prayer conditions. I stayed with True Mother [while she was in America] and then I went to Korea for two days and two nights and before I left, on my last day, we had breakfast with True Mother. Forty Japanese women elders, who shared stories about their eternal blessed support of God’s providence, and forty Korean leaders gathered together. True Mother asked me to share a testimony about my time travelling with True Mother this last month and to also share about our Famicon Leader’s conference. I shared stories about the miracles we have brought about centering on our unity with True Mother over the last five years and on how the American family members supported all the activities themselves, though we never thought that would be possible. True Father had mentioned so many times throughout his ministry here in America, ‘America [church], you must support Washington Times and you must support all of the activities here. Five years ago True Mother directed us [the church] not to anymore [organizations and affiliates to become self sustaining].

I believe the power of the Holy Spirit is behind her. She’s Mother and I am a child of True Parents. True Mother never shares with her children without the mindset to trust them. So we saw miracles we brought about like last year on July 25 at Madison Square Garden when all our organizations come together—Family Federation, ACLC, UPF, WFWP—and every single person came together centering on True Mother and made the MSG event great.

Last year we received incredible power and showed everybody the miracle of our witnessing element and of our young people’s. Everybody here [first generation Unificationists] from a young age, was witnessed to by someone when they were in college. There is now a college movement happening where young Unificationists are standing and carrying on the spirit of True Parents on the foundation of the last sixty years. Lets’ give the CARP students a big hand. [applause]. I shared with True Mother this miracle as well sharing how there are 360 CARP students organizing themselves, fundraising themselves—funding themselves—and planning to go to Korea and Japan. I really want you to pray for them and support them through donations. I shared these miracles with the Japanese elders and Korean leaders. And we don’t want to just create miracles for right now; we really want to make miracles through to Vision 2020. The one thing people looked for the most throughout human history was God centered miracles—the miracle of miracles. America, we really want to present to the world what they have never seen before. I shared all this about America with True Mother, True Children and with the brothers and sisters from Japan and Korea. America is committed.  We have that kind of determination.

After that True Mother gave a final message, in summary:

Now we have come to the springtime of God’s providence. We cannot receive the springtime of God’s Providence in these same winter clothes. We have to change our clothing to spring clothing but one thing we never have to change and never changes: all blessed central families are and always will be sunflowers. If you align with True Parents and Heavenly Parent when you’re doing God’s work, then God’s work will be realized. When we align 100% with True Mother and True Parents we will be clear.

It doesn’t matter today how old I am; it doesn’t matter if you look young or old, that doesn’t matter. God’s eyes don’t see day and night. God’s eyes don’t see you as being too old to do this or that, no. God’s eyes see only we are sons and daughters before True Parents. Your physical age doesn’t matter. You have to possess a golden age. Physically you may be 10, 20, 40, or 60 years of age but in my eyes you are a golden age. Our goal is very clear: build Cheon Il Guk—the Kingdom of heaven—God’s ideal of creation and our destination is very clear. Now, at this time, we have True Mother living with us; that’s why I hope you can live as if you are living at a golden age and come together centering on True Mother and together be proud of before Heavenly Parent and all of spirit world. So you are children of God, you are children of our True Parents so with appreciation and with a thankful heart let us prepare for the coming ages. Your life on earth is not eternal. I hope you live as if you are a golden age while you stay with me.

True Mother said, “I really want you to be recognized by True Father when you go to the spirit world.” How confusing it would be if I went to spirit world and I came before True Father and said, “True Father I am here!” and True Father said, “What? Who are you? [laughter]. True Mother doesn’t want us not to be recognized by True Father and Heavenly Parent. So she said, “While I am here, let us unite with True Mother with appreciation and let us build our foundation for the sake of Cheon Il Guk expand our tribal messiahship activities and become one body and one mind centering on True Parents. True Mother shared how thankful she is to those who did organized a special 21 day prayer condition during her stay in America and recognized these people asking them to come out and receive a gift True Mother prepared for every person who participated in that special prayer condition. She then gave another special gift for everyone who was with her that day. What was it? She said, “My love. I love you. This is my special gift.” Let’s give True Mother a special hand. [applause].

Thank you to each department and community leader for your wonderful presentation. This is the first time I heard UPF went to Senegal and wfwp visited the UN office and did a wonderful job centering on Yeon Ah nim. ACLC and Washington Times did a great job on the fact finding tour and with IAPP. … this time has really changed. I will share three last things I shared before True Mother and the leaders while in Korea: Mr. Hiroshi Inose’s experience—before True Mother came to Las Vegas, before even I heard True Mother was cooing to Las Vegas, he came to the breakfast meeting and said he had a dream that True Mother came to our leaders meeting and his couple presented her with flowers. After that, I heard True Mother was coming so I immediately appointed his couple to present True Mother with flowers. His dream came true the next day. Another thing is shared: right after True Mother’s speech, Rev. John Jackson shared a dream he had so I shared it with True Mother in Hawaii and in Korea. What kind of dream did Rev. Jackson have? I don’t know if you have ever seen pictures of True Father planting rice plants? They need to be planted in water. They grow that way. And John was with True Parents in his dream and he doing same thing together with True Parents, planting rice plants. But True Father was putting his plants in water—usually rice is planted in water—but on the side where True Mother was planting on the land was dry very and it was hard to put plants in the earth. True Mother poured water over the plants and planted. It was hard. True Father disappeared and John saw that True Father went to spirit world. He saw that where True Mother poured water where she was planting, the plants grew four times as fast as the plants True Father planted. This was John Jackson’s dream. I shared that and then I shared about the Blessings being held at the ACLC churches throughout the nations in all 50 states. I thank those coordinators in each state and also shared Rev. John Abernathy’s testimony: how can we explain True Mother is True mother? There is no other explanation other than that she is the only begotten daughter and mother of the universe. This testimony was given from established church pastors and by Arch. Stallings and by all their efforts. I shared all these things and those who were there were so impressed, as was True Mother. This is the reason we must carry on. God’s trust, True Mother’s trust, Heavenly Parent’s trust—we stood up and we brought this kind of foundation for the sake of Cheon Il Guk. I told her America will be the first nation to enter Cheon Il Guk.  Thank you and God bless you.