How Did I Get Here?!

So I was just sitting today during Bible study and all of sudden realized where I was and what I was doing: I was at church studying the Bible. This may not be shocking to you and it hasn't shocked me for the longest time, but today it definitely startled me a bit. There were days when I used to look down on all the "religious" people. In my young and foolish mind, I concluded there is no god and all those who fall for the tricks of the religion are dumb, wasting their time and their lives...

And there I was, doing the very things that seemed to me back then to be the most pointless and worthless thing to do. How did this all happen? How I ended up being here? And not only just being there and studying the Bible, but actually believing this book? Believing as the pastor was teaching us that the most important thing about prayer is not about asking for the things I need but the time spent in prayer itself? Convicted that I should pray without ceasing? Whoa whoa whoa..

I have come a far way. Well, to be more exact, God has led me all the way here. What may be, to some, a mere series of coincidences was how God brought me to Him. From growing up with negative notion of all religions as I've witnessed the conflicts between my grandparents from both sides--one was christian and the other buddhist to the very place I am here now, He knew it all and was sovereign over it all...

So my family decided to come to America when I was in 6th grade, so within matter of months we immigrated to America. Of course, then none of my family believed; I was a bit proud then that I was an atheist, whatever that meant for the 6th grader.

After living in Sacramento as mute and deaf due to the language barrier, moving to Cerritos opened new doors for my family. We can actually DO THINGS in KOREAN!! Haha yes, it was exciting. Dial-up internet was just starting to boom (wow, I feel old), so we decided to order internet from a Korean company just because in cerritos you have the luxury of choosing from American or Korean internet companies. Previously my mom saw on the Korean newspaper about an internet company and she said she actually knew the owner of the company, who was supposedly her elementary friend. But he's the owner of the company, we did not expect to see him even if we ordered the internet from there... And guess who comes in to install the internet dial-up then, at my house?!

My mom's elementary friend/next door neighbor!!! HAHA.
That was pretty hilarious/crazy/strange I must say. They had a little reunion and he invited us to come to his church, which is the church I am still attending. Yea, that's how my family started going out to church. Of course, it was solely for social networking purposes. I mean... that's the place to go to for social networking in Korean American society, right?

But for me, that wasn't the case. I absolutely HATED going to church. Whenever my mom would decide to "rest" on sunday by not going to church (ironic, isn't it?), I was exhilarated! My sister and I would always ask if we can stay home just this sunday...

Somehow He moved in me after over 3 years of attending church, just sitting there and leaving as soon as my mom was done talking to the ahjummas. Now I spend a good chunk of my time not only at church but just spending time with his invisible God who at one point in my life did not exist to me. Weird, isn't it? But it definitely is the best thing that happened to me in my life and I don't know where I would be without Him now... He is my life.

Colossians 3:4
"...Christ, who is your life..."