Hak Ja Han
October 29, 2014
South Chungcheong provincial church headquarters
Mother planted a tree and sang the first verse of the Korean song, "Thoughts of a Friend."
The district pastor just mentioned the term "heavenly tribal messiahs." Many people think that the Sino- Korean character shin used in front of "tribal messiahs" means "new." Why did True Father ask you to carry out shin tribal messiah activities? He did not tell you to do it anew. He asked you to become tribal messiahs, but tribal messiahs that serve our Heavenly Parent. The character "shin" therefore does not mean "new." I sincerely hope that all of you, members of the Cheonan District Church, become victorious tribal messiahs that attend God, our Heavenly Parent. The day before yesterday, I was asked what tree to choose for the tree planting ceremony. I thought a yew would be great; I mentioned two types of trees. I believe a yew has been decided upon. I thought they decided to plant only one tree because the space is small, but now that I am actually here, I believe another tree could well be planted, too. However, I personally think a lily magnolia is better than a Chinese magnolia. A lily magnolia!
A commemorative tree-planting
(True Mother presents a gift of money.)
I feel quite happy to be able to see you in person. You probably know how much work I did until the day before yesterday, don't you? Now that I have come here to Cheonan and have seen the sanctuary, which will be completed next month, I would like to sing a song here with a truly peaceful heart. This is the first time I have volunteered to sing before being asked.
While watching the hill here, I thought of the song, "Thoughts of a Friend." I will sing that. If anyone else knows the song, you can sing along.
When the spring symphony resonates and lilies bloom on Cheongra hill, I smell the fragrance of white lilies and sing a song, a song for you. When you, my lily-like friend bloom within my Cheongra-hill-like mind, all of my sadness vanishes.
True Mother is receiving a progress report
I have passed seventy. I said that even if you are old, you are still young as long as you have hope and your mind is youthful. Many elders among figures in political circles and financial circles in Japan participated in the recent event in Japan and felt hope from that statement. I heard that those words greatly touched their hearts and that they have set their minds on living youthful lives from now on.
Welcoming True Mother with flowers
Even if many people among you have become older, they are still younger than I; hence, please have hope and do your best to become victorious tribal messiahs.