05. Hannah Kim

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Hannah Kim

God has shown me so much through my girls. I just want to share with you the things God has been doing through them that has ministered to me. You really learn so much through your children.

Matthew 21:15-16 But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant and said to Him, "Do You hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes. Have you never read, 'Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise'?"

Bubble gum… Nothing is too small for God

I take the girls swimming at our local community centre swimming pool. At the lobby, there are gumball machines and once in a while I let the girls get a gum after our swim. One day, Autumn and Emma both got a gum. Autumn got a watermelon flavor gum and Emma got a yellow one. Emma saw Unnie’s gum and wanted to get the watermelon gum the next time. Next time we went swimming the girls got gum and this time Emma got a white gumball. She was a little disappointed, because she really wanted the watermelon one. A few weeks later, as we were walking toward the community centre, Emma asked me if she prayed and asked God to give her the watermelon gum, would God answer her prayer. I looked down at her and said that God cares about all our needs, the big and the small. I told her to pray and ask God because he hears your prayers and cares. As we were walking from the parking lot, Emma prayed right there. I couldn’t hear what she said exactly since she prayed inside. I just saw her fold her hands and bow her head and close her

eyes.

After our swim and got dressed, we walked over to the gumball machine. I prayed, I cried out to God to PLEASE answer Emma’s prayer and to show her that God does care about all our needs, not just the big ones but the little ones as well. As we walked to the gumball machine, I saw Emma putting both hands over the glass gumball machine and bow and pray. I prayed right along with her inside, (I wasn’t as calm as Emma though). I couldn’t see which gum came out. She walked over to me and in her closed hand slowly opened up to show me the WATERMELON gum! She had such a happy, confident face, and she said to me, “God does care about our little things, even as small as a gum ball”. And I looked at her with a big smile and said, “Yes, God cares for all our needs, even the small ones, even our gum balls”.

1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

God cares about ALL our concerns, there’s nothing too big or too small that God doesn’t see and care. Let’s remember to cast all our cares to Him, even our gumballs.

James 5:16

“Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”

Goldfish…

This past Halloween, we were in California. The girls and I went to Calvary Chapel of Huntington Beach for their Halloween Festival. They had game booths set up and pony rides and a puppet show about Jesus. The girls had a great time playing all the bible character games and winning candies as their prize. As we went around to each booth, we went to one booth that had little goldfish in fishbowls. You got three ping-pong balls and you had to throw the ball into the bowl. We thought, if you win, you get candy, just like the rest of the booths. Autumn went first and her second ball landed inside the fish bowl. To our surprise, she got a candy and a

goldfish in a plastic bag. Emma was next, now she really wanted to get the ball in so she could get a fish too. All three of her balls missed, so she just got candy. Only if you get a ball in the bowl do you get a fish and candy, if not, just candy. Emma was so sad. We did some other booths and the bouncy house. Autumn could tell that Emma was sad so asked if we could try the fish booth again. We went back in line and tried again. As the girls stood in line, they prayed that they could get the ball in. Autumn said, “Emma, I’ll give you the fish if I get the ball in”. As the girls were waiting in line, they both prayed really hard. I prayed inside too, begging God to please help them get a ball in the fishbowl.

Autumn went first and missed all three. Emma went again and missed again. We moved on to other things and it was almost time to go home. Autumn could tell that Emma was really sad, so asked if she could try one more time for Emma. I said okay, and this time all of us would try. Once again, we were in line and I could see the girls praying so hard. I prayed too. Autumn went and missed all three. Emma went second and missed all three. Now it was up to me. I prayed and prayed that God would help me get the ball in. (In my entire life, I have never won anything at games, so it would take a miracle). My first ball bounced and missed the fish bowl. I tossed the second and it went in. I screamed and jumped and thanked God. We walked away with two goldfish.

What really touched me was Autumn. She saw how much it meant to Emma and prayed and tried to get a fish for Emma. I believe that God loves to hear us pray for others than for ourselves. And the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Let us not loose hope in prayer. Our prayers are heard and it does matter.

Let us not loose hope in prayer. Our prayers are heard and it does matter.