Meeting God who healed my rotten leg, I came to dream of a spiritual Gospel singer
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February 19, 2005 |
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 Bro. Sol Jin (3-12th parish, 1sts College Mission)
Healed of the rotten leg
In the late February of 2003, inflammation started on my right leg and my right foot became so swollen that my shoe came near bursting into pieces. The inflamed part was followed by a hole the size of a fist. So, I could not walk properly and had to walk with crutches. The result of medical examination said that the skin and connective tissues inside the skin had been inflamed, and I would have my right leg amputated without fast medical
treatment.
I did not know why it had happened to me. Until now I had seen many people healed of various diseases and infirmities through the prayer of Rev. Dr. Lee, and with that kind of faith I left the hospital.
A few days after I was discharged from the hospital, I attended to the 28-day Special Prayer Meeting and tried to seek for the cause of my disease. An idea hit upon me that I had seen what I should not see on the Internet and gone where I should not go. I realized how meaningless and wrong those things are and repented of having followed the worldly pleasures in curiosity.
This way I demolished barriers of sin between God and me and received the prayer from Rev. Dr. Lee. The pain on my leg disappeared on the spot and after two hours, blackish red blood gushed out of there. Day by day new flesh came out of the festered part and finally came to walk.
 Determined to repay God's grace with praises
Since I experienced the power of God, I had prayed fervently to repay God's grace. In the summer of 2003, I met a professor through a sister in Christ and he let me know my hidden music capacity. "I will glorify God with singing praise!"
It was never easy for me, a beginner of music, to study vocal music when one and a half years remained till the entrance examination to college, but I tried my best to prepare for the exam with a firm resolve to repay the grace of God and love of the senior pastor.
During the year of my senior grade in the high school, I had to show the faith in God's sight preparing the entrance exam. Because I started studying vocal music late than others, my personal teacher advised me to take lesson on Sunday. He explained to me that he could concentrate his ability on me because his schedule was the most unoccupied and his healthy condition was the best on Sunday. I refused to take lesson on Sunday because I wanted to attend worship service and keep the Lord's Day holy. Instead, I spent all my might and energy on practicing during the weekdays.
A month before entrance exam, the 22nd church anniversary festival was held and I joined in preparing for the festival in charge of the play properties to please God. God was pleased with it and gave me much more strength and capacity that enabled me to study till the late morning. As a result, I gained a satisfactory exam points on the entrance exam, and experienced God's grace and help in the practical examination.
 I sent applications to two Colleges of Music at Kyunghee University and Yonsei University, and received the prayer from my senior pastor Rev. Dr. Lee. At the practical examination of Kyunghee University, participants had to sing one selection from No. 20 through No. 40 of Concene. Many participants made errors or mistakes on that practical exam although they had practiced enough.
Some participants practice until just five minutes before the exam. I prayed to God and said to my personal music teacher, "I will practice the page you will unfold now." No. 28 was opened and I practiced the difficult parts in it. When my turn, I drew my lot for the practical list selections and it was "No. 28." I really felt the help of God and gained courage. I was able to pass the practical exam very easily.
Last January 13th, at the first practical examination of Yonsei University, I had to sing an unfamiliar song "Chor bungen." I prayed to God and by the help of God I sang it in the fullness. I received good points.
That day before the final practical examination of Yonsei University I should have slept for more than 8 hours for the best condition. But, I attended the Friday All-night service and after a short sleep, I went to the University for my practical examination. The concert hall is able to accommodate over one thousand people. During the practical exam I sat with the handkerchief on which Rev. Dr. Lee had prayed on my chest.
But mistakenly my breath was wrong at the part I had been good at, yet God empowered me to continue singing that song courageously to the end.
 I passed the College of Music of Yonsei University!
In January 20, at the news that the announcement of Yonsei University was advanced by a day, I ascertained my success on the Internet. "Congratulations! SIB10120 Jin Sol." I was very joyful and gave thanks to God on the spot. Later I heard that most of 15 participants who passed the exam had tried twice or three times. Really it is due to the grace of God that I passed.
On January 24, I was received the success information
from Kyunghee University, but I was already determined to go to Yonsei University. I asked my senior pastor to pray that I might be put under a good guidance professor who would guide and help me for the following four years. "Father, control the hearts of examiners."
God blessed me to be under the guidance of the chief professor of the vocal music department and a senior professor who has produced great vocal singers. I give thanks to the grace of God who has opened the way in which I would glorify Him through singing praises. And I give thanks to my senior pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee who prayed for me with all his sincerity.
 Bro. Jin's happy family in God's love
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