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Daily Devotion: Jeremiah 17:7, Romans 8:28, Psalm 40:2, 1 Peter 2:9


Jeremiah 17:7, "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD And whose trust is the LORD."

 Romans 8:28, "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."

 Psalm 40:2, "He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm."

 1 Peter 2:9, "But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light."

 Thank you LORD. I may have walked to the path where I regretted if you did not help me. Thank you for letting me to trust you and courageously walk to where my heart wanted. I found myself at guilty feeling after waking up late. I was already 30 minute late to the church. I was hesitating whether I should still go to church. I sort of knew this might happen yesterday.

 When I went to eat chicken with my fellow sophomores in Calvin yesterday, I wished to not go over 12'o clock, but we ended up hanging out until 1 am. Because I did not want to ruin the whole mood, I could not leave early. I did have fun after all, but I was doubtful about my entry to church the next day. And I ended up waking up late. :(

 While being hesitant, I pushed myself and chose to go to church, and it ended up giving me such feeling of peace and comfort afterward. But while I was on my way to church, I was still tempted to turn back and miss the church.

 When I arrived at the church and started to listen to today's sermon, I found myself being healed. We sang "Beautiful One" afterward, and I felt nostalgic about my old church. I remember singing the song hundred of times with my Turkish friends. I taught Dilan and others to learn the song in both English and Turkish. It was fun old days. I think church was my home although I did not like to stay there.

 I used to wish to be a normal church kid, because I was lonely and tired going to a Turkish church. But now, I am thankful for God to send such blessings to me. It does not mean the time in my old church was always good, but rather in the midst of such painful memories, I can be thankful to God who taught me a valuable lesson of what is home.
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[Translation Practice] Political Science 319: The GATT/WTO Trading System 관세 및 무역에 관한 일반 협정 쳬계

Let's first look at how state power and structure of trade affects Trading System. Existence of Hegemonic leadership - rationale (reason /evidence) winners vs. losers [domestically] -> incur collective action and involuntary defection [cf. Putnam] 승자와 패배자의 세상 -> 단체행동과 본의 아닌 탈퇴를 막는다. Hegemon must bear the domestic, political, economic, and social costs  *tries to find some way to avoid involuntary defection -> creates institutions. 해지몬은 모든 국내 정치적인, 경제적인, 사회적인 값을 감당해야한다. 그래서 본의 아닌 탈당을 막기 위함이다. 이걸위해서 해지몬은 "기관"을 설립한다. GATT (General Agreements on Tariff and Trade) Framework (international institutions) - rationale (reason / evidence) (이유,증거) 관세 및 무역에 관한 일반 협정의 쳬계 winners vs. losers [domestically] <- supports collective action and impedes involuntary defection. [cf. Putnam] 국내의 승리자와 패배자들의 세상에서 단체 행동과 본의아닌 탈당을 방해하거나 지연시킨다. Reciprocal trade agreements (상호간의/호혜) - issue (주제,안건, 쟁점, 사안) linkage (결합, 연결) (i.e. bargaining (협상) by state actors) ...
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[Book] Problem of Pain - C.S. Lewis

http://allaboutcslewis.com/2013/05/17/the-problem-of-pain/ I pick-up this book while I was working in HaeunDae. It took me a week to read this book, and I read in Korean. The context is complex. But there are few things that I remember about this book. One word to remember from this book is probably the last sentence of the book. It says pain helps to show heroic ability or reveal such quality. Some people may fall into deeper pain, but most of the people end up showing their heroic quality. Pain helps people to strengthen their spirit, but that is not to say that pain is good all the time. Romans 8:16 writes that the pain leads it to show God's glory, but we need to acknowledge some downfall that pain may lead into. Anyway, people learn how to give-up themselves and learn how to give their ego instead of having strong self ego. Lewis knew this. He also talks about how heaven is very important. Its existence determines whether Chri...
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spring day

For Christ has been raised from the dead, he has won victory over death. Through his blood, we are forgiven. Let us give thanks to the Lord. I will give thanks to the Lord, because your presence brightens my day. I take this time to think about you. I know that you were with me the whole time. But as I try to remember my day, I did not find much interesting things. It was one of those routine days, but here is what I remember. I woke up today early to study for the business test. I spent about two and half hours for the test. I had to take few breaks, because I was not only losing concentration but also suffering from boils on my butt. Boil swells easily on my butt especially if I spend long time on chair. I felt like I need to buy a really good chair seat. I could not understand most of the things professor Westra lectured. He gave a lecture about monetary policy, and he said states have to find stability in their  monetary  system and take various strat...
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