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Only through self-conscious choices can humans achieve their purpose of being, which is to become the image and likeness of God.

A father in this modern world is expected to be much more than the fathers in the old days although there is virtually no one to teach them how to be good fathers.

Our true self exists in a realm where chronological time does not exist, while our outer self exists in a realm where chronological time dictates everything.

We should not be concerned with the final reward we receive after our life on earth, but the people near us, and our actions toward them right here and right now.

God’s voice is not heard by minds preoccupied with their own agendas or selfish desires. That is why God shouts out to the people, “Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove your evil deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil.”

If we would like to enter the kingdom of heaven, it is critically important to change our hearts, which are attached to what is of the earth.

The power that a mother has over her child(ren) is indeed undeniable. In Isaiah 66, even God compares his love toward humans in this way: “As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you.”

What we should subdue and prevail over is neither other humans nor forces of hell, but the selfish desires arising from our own heart.

Reflecting on the meaning of the Latin word merced, “price paid,” I cannot help but to think of redemptive work accomplished by the life and suffering of Jesus Christ. Jesus, Incarnate Divine, brought back what humanity lost: spiritual freedom.

Being family with the Creator is neither an automatic status nor purchasable commodity. According to Jesus, we must earn this spiritual state of being by “living the will of God.”