Life Goes On

BTS’s new album and single came out November 20th.

I told my niece that BTS put out the new song just for her birthday.

The Korean Boy Band has been known to sing songs that bring solace to the hurting, like their song, Spring Day, and this song is no different.

We could all use a little comfort in this Pandemic and in other situations life brings at us.

At 6AM the day the song was released a friend texted saying she needed prayers, because the fire department had scheduled to burn down the remaining structure after a devastating fire had destroyed her home of many years.

She watched as her home turn to ashes.

Her children spent their whole lives there.

They lost cherished and sentimental items.

All that remained were her memories.

But as the song says, LIFE GOES ON. Please turn on Closed Captions for the English Subtitles.

My friend sent the following video of the scheduled burn.

BUT it is not about the burning house, but about the conversation between her oldest and youngest sons.

Before the the video begins, her oldest son had said how blessed they were that the fire started at the shed and not inside the house where they were. Listen carefully.

I love her youngest son’s responses.

The BTS song asks, Is there way out?

Yes, The Man who was the fourth in the fire.

Daniel 3:24-26New Century Version

²⁴ Then King Nebuchadnezzar was so surprised that he jumped to his feet. He asked the men who advised him, “Didn’t we tie up only three men and throw them into the fire?”

They answered, “Yes, O king.”

²⁵ The king said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire. They are not tied up, and they are not burned. The fourth man looks like a son of the gods.”

²⁶ Then Nebuchadnezzar went to the opening of the blazing furnace and shouted, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, come out! Servants of the Most High God, come here!”

So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire.

다니엘 3:24-26Korean Living Bible

²⁴ 그런데 바로 그때 느부갓네살왕은 깜짝 놀라 일어서면서 자기 보좌관들에게 물었다. “우리가 묶어서 불에 던진 자는 세 명이 아니었느냐?” “그렇습니다, 폐하.”

²⁵ “그런데 어째서 네 사람이 불 가운데 걸어다니고 있느냐? 저 사람들은 묶여 있지도 않고 상한 흔적도 없으며 더구나 네 번째 사람은 그 모습이 신들의 아들과 같구나.”

²⁶ 그러고서 느부갓네살왕은 무섭게 타오르는 용광로 앞으로 다가가서 “가장 높으신 하나님의 종, 사드락과 메삭과 아벳느고야! 이리로 나오너라” 하고 외쳤다. 그러자 그들이 불 가운데서 걸어나왔다.

Isaiah 48:17Christian Standard Bible

¹⁷ This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says:

I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you for your benefit,
who leads you in the way you should go.

이사야 48:17 Korean Living Bible

¹⁷ 너희 구원자가 되시는 이스라엘의 거룩하신 하나님 여호와께서 말씀하신다. “나는 너희 유익을 위해서 너희를 가르치고 또 너희를 바른 길로 인도하는 너희 하나님 여호와이다.

John 14:5-7Christian Standard Bible

⁵ “Lord,” Thomas said, “we don’t know where you’re going. How can we know the way?”

⁶ Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ⁷ If you know me, you will also know^[a] my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

요한복음 14:5-7 Korean Living Bible

⁵ 그때 도마가 예수님께 “주님, 저희는 주님이 어디로 가시는지도 모르고 있는데 어떻게 그 길을 알겠습니까?” 하였다.

⁶ 그래서 예수님이 그에게 말씀하셨다. “나는 길이요 진리요 생명이다. 나를 통하지 않고는 아무도 아버지께로 가지 못한다.

⁷ 너희가 나를 알았더라면 내 아버지도 알았을 것이다. 이제는 너희가 내 아버지를 알고 또 보았다.”

Isaiah 41:13 Christian Standard Bible

¹³ For I am the Lord your God,
who holds your right hand,
who says to you, “Do not fear,
I will help you.

이사야 41:13 Korean Living Bible

¹³ 나는 너희 하나님 여호와이다. 내가 너희 오른손을 붙들고 ‘두려워하지 말아라. 내가 너희를 도우리라’ 하지 않느냐?

Psalm 30:10-12New International Version

¹⁰ Hear, Lord, and be merciful to me;
    Lord, be my help.”

¹¹ You turned my wailing into dancing;
    you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
¹² that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent.
    Lord my God, I will praise you forever.

시편 30:10-12Korean Living Bible

¹⁰ 여호와여, 들으시고
나를 불쌍히 여기소서.
여호와여, 나를 도와주소서.”
¹¹ 그때 주께서는
나의 슬픔이 변하여
^[a]기쁨이 되게 하셨으며
내게서 슬픔의 옷을 벗겨 주시고
기쁨의 띠를 띠워 주셨습니다.
¹² 그래서 내가 침묵을 지키지 않고
주께 찬양합니다.
여호와 나의 하나님이시여,
내가 주께 영원히 감사하겠습니다.