"Coming to the US was all a part of God's plan," Grandpa commented after explaining the struggles he experienced in adjusting to a new country. They began a gardening business, and once again Grandpa was struggling to make ends meet through manual labor.
When I asked him what he believed God's plan to be, he stated that it was to humble him. In South Korea, the family was not poor by any means. Grandpa had a certain amount of respect in the community. He experienced in America that he was not too good to be working on his hands and feet again. He also believed that through their generation's struggles that it would make it easier for the next generation - so that the younger generation would not have to struggle as much.
I mentioned to Grandpa that growing up I have never felt like I struggled the least bit. I have always felt like there was a covering or bubble around me that protected me. I attribute that to the prayers and spiritual inheritance that has been passed down to me from my Grandparents to my parents.
Grandpa explained:
"What you said is something your generation should not forget. You should feel it to the bone that our family's struggles are not something to be resented. Difficulties in life should not be resented. When you're faced with a challenge, think, what is God trying to teach me now. In the Bible, all God's people faced hardship. Yet, hardship is different for each person because of our different personalities. Each of us has our own journey."
As grown adults, spiritual life is not about what your parents or your grandparents tell you to do, but it is about discovering for your own self, through prayer, what it is that God is trying to speak to you.
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