Although my circumstances and the way I lived seemed very unfortunate and pitiful to people, as a child I rarely thought of being unhappy, and I never cried because I thought I was unhappy.
Looking back, I suddenly wondered, 'How did I remember those days as happy times, not discouraged?' Now that I'm in my 40s, I understand why.
God revealed to us that she is 'Mother'.
It was all thanks to my mother's prayers.

--- p.20~21

A person who is happy with wealth is unhappy when wealth disappears.
When we have little wealth, we become restless and fear that our happiness will disappear.
People who are happy with popularity become unhappy when their popularity disappears.
But if the reason for happiness is ‘God’, then that happiness will not disappear.
The longer you walk with the Lord, the deeper your happiness will become.
What will you consider your happiness? I hope today will be a day when your standards for happiness are set correctly.

--- p.47

While meditating on these words, I began to write lyrics about the gratitude that a saint can show.
After about a year of meditation, I came up with a more or less complete set of lyrics.
Gratitude filled my heart.
I wrote the lyrics as, 'Sometimes I'm grateful to be taken away.'
But from then on, environmental difficulties arose.
God's verification of that song was beginning.

--- p.57~58

I am grateful that you were with me so that I could only reveal God's glory, rather than revealing myself through my shortcomings, for whom everything can only be said to be 'grace.'
It is God's grace that He used me, an ordinary and lacking person who could only reveal God.

--- p.86

I just sat there blankly, my heart heavy with emotion.
“God, what should I do?” I was sitting listlessly at my desk in my studio, muttering to myself, when suddenly my eyes fell on the songs on the desktop of my computer monitor.
I tend to keep the sheet music of the songs I'm composing on my desktop so I can look at them from time to time while I'm writing.
At that time, among the many songs, the song called “Fullness” caught my eye.

--- p.103

"God, what kind of life is this missionary living? Is this the result of his dedication to the gospel?" At that moment, I felt the Lord's voice, and it touched my heart.
'Life is the most precious thing.'
--- p.117

My 20s took a different path than I expected.
I walked a path that my wisdom could not have known.
However, I have been grateful for my life in the Lord and have walked each step of the way by obeying the path given to me.
As I look back on my life after 20 years of ministry tours in the United States, I cannot help but be amazed at God's grand plan.
And I came to know God, who is good and works all things together for good.
'What I'm doing now is composing praise songs, producing albums, leading worship, teaching students at school, and giving testimony.
Could I have prepared all of this with my own wisdom?'
--- p.164

I always thought that what I had was like two lepta coins.
It was so small that I was hesitant and embarrassed to show it off in front of people, so I wondered what I could do with what I had.
When I felt like I couldn't do anything because my talents and circumstances were like two small coins, these words always comforted me.

--- p.171

I am grateful for my calling as a songwriter, and I began writing the lyrics of a hymn titled “God’s Calling” while meditating on Romans 11:29.
In particular, God gave me the heart to write a song for the evangelist and his team who came to see me.

--- p.186

So I started writing lyrics because I wanted to sing about the grace of the Lord.
I meditated on what kind of confession I would make when I meet the Lord at the end of my life and on His grace.
But no further explanation was needed.
“The grace of the Lord” – this one word describes our lives.
I didn't want to add any other lyrics.

--- p.205