When God Called My Name

[책속으로 이어서]
My Sister's Testimony
My fourth sister, who had known in her prayers whenever I struggled, whether in Canada or elsewhere, gave me a phone call and said to me, "I was praying for your operation when I saw God's angels over you, and Jesus looking down on you beside them. God loves you so much!" The testimony was a powerful reminder that God was with me during the operation. My heart warmed with joy and encouragement. The post-surgical recovery was painful, but knowing that the Lord's love was unchanging gave me peace and joy in the depths of my soul.

Now I know that my ears must be open to the sounds and responses of my body, and that I have to strengthen myself physically. It was so hard to endure the torment and other struggles in life with my eyes fixed solely on the Lord while being true to myself. I was a lonely tree standing in defiance of the storms and lightning, my soul and mind battered constantly but standing tall nonetheless. The same did not go for my body. My body remembered the agony and cried out for relief, but I was so caught up in living, in enduring, that I did not spare the pain a second thought. Now that I have gone through this pain, I feel guilty towards my body. God shaped me out of the dust of the ground and breathed life into me (Genesis 2:7), but I had not treated my body as well as I should have. With the understanding that body and soul were deeply connected, I also apologized to the Lord. I now hope to take good care of my body, which is also a gift from God, crafted with his own two hands. I resolved to accept the physical limitations of my body and surrender in areas where there is nothing more I can do.
Now I know that whatever struggles I face in the future, I must leave everything in God's hands, unshakable in powerful prayers led by the Word, so that I would reach that transcendental point of surrendering everything before the Lord. Like an eagle entrusting itself to the winds, spreading its wings to fly freely through the air.

Part 1 God Saved Me
1. My First Encounter with God
2. My Parents
3. Seeds of Blessing
4. Training through the Wilderness
5. God Came to Me through the Word
6. When God Called My Name
7. The Voice of God, the Holy Son

Part 2 God Led Me to Discover My Inner Self
1. Praying for the Inner Self
2. The Power of Early Morning Prayer
3. My Unconscious Self
4. Practicing in Daily Life What God Says
5. Happiness in Gratitude
6. My Realization about Greed
7. Do not Judge Others
8. Back to My Old Self
9. Quiet Time
10. The Things I Lose
11. Like a Dying Frog

Part 3 God Guides Me in Every Detail of My Life
1. To My Small Group Brothers and Sisters, to Whom I am Truly Grateful
2. Intercessory Prayer for My Sister
3. Fellowship in Christ
4. An Idea from the Holy Spirit-at the Perfect Moment
5. Dreams
6. I Hear Thy Welcome Voice
7. God Guides Me and Prepares Every Small Detail (Part 1)
8. God Guides Me and Prepares Every Small Detail (Part 2)
9. God Guides Me and Prepares Every Small Detail (Part 3) - Such Simple Words
10. Studying Abroad in Canada (Part 1)
11. Studying Abroad in Canada (Part 2)
12. Studying Abroad in Canada (Part 3)
13. I Remain in God, and God Remains in Me
14. God Prepares Everything for Me
15. A Refreshing Shock
16. A Spirit-filled Publication Service
17. A Letter to Heaven
18. A Prayer from Heaven
19. God's Lessons in Faith for Our Family
20. The Providence of God in My Spiritual Anniversary
21. My Relationship with the Lord Restored Through Physical Suffering
22. Even My Hesitation

Part 4 God Raised Me up to Do His Work
1. Evangelizing to My Brother
2. Evangelizing-in Season and out of Season
3. Evangelizing on the Airplane
4. My Neighbor
5. Evangelizing to My Friend
6. Evangelizing to My Family
7. How My Husband Came to Wholeheartedly Serve the Church
8. My Husband's Evangelism
9. The Faithful Servant
10. God Led Me to the Welcoming Team
11. My Fourth Spiritual Anniversary
12. A Children's Mission Camp Filled with the Holy Spirit
13. A Blessed Deathbed Service
14. A Family Service Guided by the Holy Spirit
15. A Prayer Event for the Women of the World
16. A Prayer for the Women of the World
17. My Fifth Spiritual Anniversary
18. I Love It!
19. Tears of a Drunken Man
20. A Misunderstood Prayer Request
21. God's Guiding Hand and Presence
22. Arise, Shine
23. Reading in Faith: A Book Study Club Led by the Holy Spirit
24. You, Praying
25. To You, Discouraged and Tired
26. How to Recognize God's Workings in Daily Life
27. A Letter of Love to God
28. My Realizations

김복희 Bog Hee Kim was born 1959 in Ulsan, Republic of Korea and raised in a primarily Buddhist and Confucian background. She received an undergraduate degree in business administration at Sookmyung Women's University in 1982, and a graduate degree in business administration at the same university in 1984. She met God for the first time in 1981 in her fourth year at university, during her teacher practicum placement at Seongdeok Girls' Business High School. Kim worked as a full-time teacher at the same school from 1982 to 1986, when she departed for the USA alongside her husband for his studies, then returned to Korea. In 2001, Kim took her two sons to Canada for their studies.
In 2006, having realized the importance of internal reflection, she prayed to understand the sins of her heart. Her prayers were answered a month later on December 9, when she heard the quiet and welcoming voice of God calling her name during the Saturday early morning prayer service at Young Nak Presbyterian Church of Toronto. The encounter changed her perspective and values, and inspired her to record every experience of the living God at work in her life as a testimony. Kim returned to Korea in December of 2009 and led a small group at Kangnam Joongang Baptist Church in 2012 and led the Reading in Faith group and Pilgrimage group at the same church until 2020. She also served at the Korea Baptist Woman's Missionary Union as an executive board member, publishing chairperson, reading club leader, and as chairperson of the International Mission Committee from 2011 to 2017.
Her husband was ordained as a pastor in 2020. Kim is currently serving at Toronto Young Nak Presbyterian Church.
Kim published the Korean edition of When God Called My Name in May of 2012, and God's Guiding Hand and Presence in 2022. The former book, combined with some of the testimonies from the latter (dated post-2012), were translated and published in English as the 68-testimony collection When God Called My Name.
In August of 2016, Kim made her literary debut when she was awarded the New Writers' Award by the Korean Essay; in October of the same year, she was also awarded the Grand Prize in the 11th National Mothers' Letters Competition, hosted by Pyeonji Maeul of Korea.