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You should be able to think: “We are the ones who have come forth in search of the people of hope. We are the ones who are needed to revive the nation of hope. The day we set to work will be the day when the citizens who can become constituents for reviving the nation will be revived. We are the ones who have inherited the traditional ideology of this nation and stepped forward to rebuild the nation of our desire. Therefore, we should unite with them through this traditional ideology and find the right nation. We are the ones in charge of recruiting such a group.”
Cheon Seong Gyeong 1088
The Shimjung Candle was created on January 5, 1961, and was given to Blessed Families. The Shimjung Candle symbolizes True Parents and is therefore used when one prays in order to comfort God’s heart and to commit oneself to the fulfillment of God’s will.
After Adam fell, he lost the source of his true life and love, shimjung (heart). Humankind has continued to fail You in heart. Because of this failure, You have had to engage in restoring fallen people. Keeping in mind Your hard work, each of us has lived with the hope of rising to the position of the restored Adam. Please bind us further in our determination to restore all things.
Whenever these Shimjung Candles are lit, may the flame they produce comfort Your heart and remind You of our commitment to accomplish Your will. Whenever we burn them and pray, may we further strengthen our determination in this time of restoration.
Cheon Seong Gyeong
Selections from the Speeches of Rev. Sun Myung Moon
Book 7
Etiquette and Ceremonies
Chapter 4
Tradition and Daily Etiquette of Blessed Families
Summary:
To build a harmonious marriage, a woman should maintain her hygiene and appearance by changing her clothes, washing her hair, and using makeup or hairstyles to bring joy to her husband while also engaging his mind through arts, music, and literature so he feels completely comforted by her. Once married, a couple must remain united through every trial, moving together as embodiments of God’s dual characteristics to capture His divine love. Parents must remember that their children and their marriage were created for a public, heavenly purpose designed by God, meaning that any misery they feel is shared by Him. Ultimately, we are in an age of family salvation where blessing comes from spouses tuning their minds to one another, and wives are called to follow heavenly law through absolute obedience and devotion to their husbands, which guarantees their ultimate liberation and eternal life together in the spirit world.
Section 5. Proper Behavior between Spouses
5.2. Spouses are comrades in faith
A woman should change her clothes at least once every three days. She should also wash her hair that often. She should always smile. A smile is a flower of the mind. Always keep your flowers in bloom and give off a sweet fragrance. A woman should test her partner’s response to her hairstyle and makeup. If you cannot bring joy to your partner with your facial or external appearance, you should do so through your interests even if you have to mobilize all the arts, such as music. You may research women’s physiology by looking at magazines or explain to him about literature after reading several books. Make your husband live like a child who is enfolded in your skirt. (27-88, 1969.11.26)
Once a husband and wife meet, they should be together, holding each other’s hands, whether they are going the way of life or death. Since you are to go together, you should do so with style. (27- 89, 1969.11.26)
After marriage, you cannot act whatever way you want. In which direction should you go after marriage? You are to take charge of God’s love. Human beings are born as men and women because of love. Love can bear fruit when a husband and wife become one. You are embodiments of God’s love and divided into His dual characteristics. Accordingly, for these two divided embodiments to form a harmonious union, they should look for God’s love. (144-132, 1986.4.12)
When Blessed Families embrace and love their babies, they should know clearly the purpose for which their children were born. They were born because of God. They were born in relationship to God. Even though you may share secrets with your precious husband or your precious wife, this relationship is not of your own design. You met along a public path, following a heavenly principle. God intervened to create your meeting. Because of such a connection, if you should feel misery, then God feels the same misery. (67-291, 1973.7.22)
In laying the family foundation, if the wife can tune her mind to her husband’s mind, she will be blessed. If the husband can do likewise, he will also be blessed. If the children unite, they will also be blessed. We are now in the age of family salvation. (12-261, 1963.5.22)
Women should go the way of women in response to heavenly law. You should be able to die if your husband asks you to die with him. Even though you die, you will live together in the spirit world. There will be a way for liberation as long as you regard your husband’s order as absolute and are obedient to his command. Looking from the view of morality, there will always be a path to liberation for those who remain absolutely obedient to the three fundamental principles and five moral disciplines in human relations, even though they may dwell within the evil, fallen realm. (26-265, 1969.11.9)
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Daily Inspiration Discussion Forum
How can an awareness that God brought us, as husband and wife, together in (Blessed) marriage deepen,strengthen and sustain us as a family unit?
Why should we seek the Blessing, if we are not yet a Blessed family?
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