Loving Jesus in Korean

Last night, after a weekly campus ministry service, I was planning on going to the library with my friend Lu.

Our other friends, MiHyun and Jinwoo from Korea, were walking with us from the Curris Center. They said they were headed to Fine Arts to hear Jinwoo play the piano.

Lu and I thought it was a good idea to go with them before the homework commenced. We got to one of the practice rooms and Jinwoo pulled out his music book and began playing. I was pleasantly surprised at his skill. He plays extremely well.

He started playing a familiar tune: "Jesus, I believe in you... Jesus I belong to you. You're the reason that I live, the reason that I sing..."

I sang in English while MiHyun sang in Korean.
After our mixed duo, Jinwoo asked me, "Liz, do you know this one?"

I heard the tune to the hymn "As the Deer." I couldn't help but sing it. Then, I sang "Amazing Grace" with Jinwoo accompanying me.

After that, I insisted that MiHyun and Jinwoo sing a Korean song. Hearing them sing to Jesus in harmony was one of the most beautiful sounds I've heard in a long time. After each song, they explained to Lu and I what the Korean lyrics meant.

"The song says... even though I'm living here... on earth... my mind is in Heaven." And the other song meant, "Jesus, I will follow you with my whole heart."

Jesus just keeps on being more and more real to me. He was so obviously in that practice room.
I love Him.