Thought of the Day

Hello Everyone, This is Chaplain Sung Kim. I am Deputy CMD CH in the 63d Readiness Division. I pray you are well.

Joshua Liebman says, “Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.”

If we are to find life; if we are to experience maturity; if we are going to become whole and healthy, we have to follow these principles. We have to stop whining that life is hard and…

Hello Everyone, This is Chaplain Sung Kim. I am Deputy CMD CH in the 63d Readiness Division. I pray you are well.

Charles R. Swindoll says, “Attitude is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, money, circumstances, than failures and success, than what other people think, say, or do. The remarkable thing is I have a choice every day of what my attitude will be. I cannot change my…

Hello Everyone, This is Chaplain Sung Kim. I am Deputy CMD CH in the 63d Readiness Division. I pray you are well.

In James 3:8-9, James says, “No man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness”  

When we speak words of love and encouragement to each other, they are healing…

Hello Everyone, This is Chaplain Sung Kim. I am Deputy CMD CH in the 63d Readiness Division. I pray you are well.

Sometimes life isn’t all rainbows and sunshine. Throughout every person’s life, there will be hard times where it’s forecasted to be dark and gloomy, with seemingly constant showers. It is important to use these difficult times as life lessons, growing and shaping you to blossom into a stronger and wiser person…

On behalf of the 63d Readiness Division

Good morning my dear brothers and sisters,

Have you ever found yourself in the desert wandering around in the wilderness?

Perhaps you are there now, or perhaps you just came out of such a dry period, and are coming through it now. What does the desert represent to you?

Personally I can say that I have been in the desert wilderness wandering and it can be soul crushing. There is…

On Behalf of the 63d RD,

Prayer

Matthew 6:5-8 “Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward. But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. When you pray, don…

On behalf of the 63d Readiness Division, Good morning my dear brothers and sisters,

Our word for the day actually begins with 3 words, “Stop, Look, and Listen…”

There is a saying that “the mind is a dangerous place to go,” and indeed I am not the exception. My mind is at times a runaway train, it moves faster than I do. Not always, but sometimes, and when it does, it can create problems…

Hello, Everyone. This is Chaplain Sung Kim. I am Deputy CMD CH in the 63d Readiness Division. I pray you are well.

How are you feeling today? What do you do when nothing is going your way? Do you ask, "Why me?" or do you look for what your life is trying to tell you? How you choose to respond to the difficult things that happen to you can mean the difference between a life of anger…or joy.

Gary Zukav…

Hello Everyone, This is Chaplain Sung Kim. I am Deputy CMD CH in the 63d Readiness Division. I pray you are doing well.

Kim Reichelm is the “extreme skiing” world champion. You may have seen him on television skiing down the peak of a treacherous mountain that looks like certain death for anyone trying to go down it on snowshoes, let alone skis. Some have died on these attempts, and others have become seriously injured…

On behalf of the 63d Readiness Division

Good morning my dear brothers and sisters,

One of my favorite scriptures that I constantly draw on for strength, comes from 2 Timothy 1:7, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Especially during this season of COVID, it has been an important reminder to maintaining my equilibrium, when the world around us has been unstable…

Hello, Everyone. This is Chaplain Sung Kim. I am Deputy CMD CH in the 63d Readiness Division. I pray you are well.

I have a problem when I go to the store. Here are just too many choices. I want to buy some cheese, but I have to decide what kind of cheese.   I went to Google-how many cheeses are there in the world? And I found 670 kinds of cheese.   A complex variety of choices is the bane and blessing of the American lifestyle…

On behalf of the 63d RD,

Walking within your limits

One of my most favorite characters in bible history is David. He changed directions in his life many times and learned many lessons about living, fighting, protecting, leading and governing during his lifetime, but the place in his life that I have been thinking about lately is when he offered to fight Goliath, a giant among men for his time, and a fierce warrior that…

On behalf of the 63d Readiness Division

Good morning my dear brothers and sisters,

Each and every day I am reminded of this simple truth, God (Jesus Christ) is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). And it brings me great comfort.

The world as we know it has changed, well, some things have changed, and others are familiar but strangely different. It can be unsettling, it is a time of anticipation, of what…

Hello, Everyone. This is Chaplain Sung Kim. I am Deputy CMD CH in the 63d Readiness Division. I pray you are well.

Are you angry? It cannot be all rainbows and unicorns all the time, you agree right? Sometimes things get too out of hand and rage takes over and an anger like that can become a habit. Do you often get so irritated by everything around to the point that you want to destroy anything that comes in your way like…

On behalf of the 63d RD,

Mothers

I was clicking through my calendar on my phone checking my appointments and 9 May popped up as “Mother’s Day”. I paused there and got lost in my brain for a few minutes while waiting in the dental office, and only came back into the room when I heard my name called to go in for my dental cleaning. My childhood was pretty solitary in that my brother’s and one sister were 4-7 years older…

The National Day of Prayer

The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of all faiths to pray for the nation. It was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman.

This year's National Day of Prayer theme is: ”Lord pour out Your LOVE, LIFE, and LIBERTY.” Praying and proclaiming a promise…

May Heritage Month (CH Patty Jenkins)    

Hello, and peace to you today. This is CH (MAJ) Patty Jenkins with the 63d Readiness Division.

             Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage is celebrated in the U.S. throughout the month of May. Having lived in Illinois most of my life, I did not encounter as many Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, who settled mostly on the west coast. Now that I live in California, I am delighted…

Hello Everyone, This is Chaplain Sung Kim. I am Deputy CMD CH in the 63d Readiness Division. I pray you are well.

Dealing with the coronavirus is a medical and emotional challenge. We’re having vaccination in the midst of COVID-19. All of us are going to need reassurance, encouragement, or a sympathetic ear during this difficult time.

George Adams said, “There are high spots in all of our lives, and most of them…

Hello Everyone, This is Chaplain Sung Kim. I am Deputy CMD CH in the 63d Readiness Division. I pray you are well.

How much money would it take to make you happy? Jack Whittaker won the largest undivided jackpot in US History in 2002 — $314.9 million — But his wife told the Charleston Gazette, “I wish all of this never would have happened.” Jack has been arrested twice for drunken driving and has been ordered into a rehabilitation…

Hello, Everyone. This is Chaplain Sung Kim. I am Deputy CMD CH in the 63d Readiness Division. I pray you are well.

Do you ever struggle with negative thinking? If you have a harsh inner critic or get caught in worry, stress, anxiety, depression or wrestle with low self-worth, then you know some of the symptoms first hand.

Negative thinking patterns can have a strong and sometimes devastating impact on our relationships…

Hello, Everyone. This is Chaplain Sung Kim. I am Deputy CMD CH in the 63d Readiness Division. I pray you are well.

We continue to wake up every day to face the amount difficulty this pandemic. Recently, I got an email, “I'm a single mom of two teenagers that are at home as well and currently going through issues of laziness and it is only adding to my stress and frustration.” The mother worried about her children’s future…

Hello Everyone, This is Chaplain Sung Kim. I am Deputy CMD CH in the 63d Readiness Division. I pray you are well.

Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that plays a role in mood, but it also helps regulate other functions in your body like digestion, sleep and bone health. When it comes to happiness and how you feel every day, serotonin is important for reducing depression and regulating anxiety

Serotonin is a chemical messenger…

Hello Everyone, This is Chaplain Sung Kim. I am Deputy CMD CH in the 63d Readiness Division. I pray you are well.

Today, I want to talk to you about what an important tool encouragement is because we are discouraged from all the negative news and comments.

When a 10 months old baby tries to stand up and walk, parents will encourage their baby. “You can do it. Oh great, you did it” even if the baby just walked two steps…

Hello, and peace to you today. This is CH (MAJ) Patty Jenkins with the 63d Readiness Division.

             When I was in grade school, our teacher gave us a lesson on air pressure. She gave each of us a plastic drinking straw. Then she asked us to close one end of the straw with a fingertip, and use our mouths to suck out all of the air. You’ve done this, right? You were probably just playing with a straw and enjoying how the sides…

Hello, Everyone. This is Chaplain Sung Kim. I am Deputy CMD CH in the 63d Readiness Division. I pray you are well.

I would like to say that “Our problems are temporary. Our God is greater than our problems.” This is my attitude for this Pandemic Crisis. If we have a positive attitude, we can be happy in any situation. Attitude is more important than anything. The remarkable thing is that we have a choice every day regarding…