Sorry guys, that was just the start earlier, here's the full thing.
Dear All,
It was the night of 14th August 1997, Indians all over were celebrating 50
years of Indian Independance. I was working in Kuwait then, but happened to
be on vacation that time. I was all set to make a grand celebration,
starting late in the evg. Started out with friends and went to a bar.
Finished at one place and then went to another bar. We were boozing, even as
it was midnight and there was shouting and dancing all around. India
completes 50 years of freedom. Finally when I reached my building I was
drunk, but not enough to go home and sleep. So I stood on the road and began
acting like a 'bhai' - that's the Mumbai word for a gangster. I stopped and
confronted a cab driver and then a car driver. The car driver was about to
charge on me, but I managed to keep things restricted to words and not
action. The night finally ended and it was the morning of 15th August.
As I recollected, I couldn't believe what had happened last night and
thought that it should have been a bad dream. But it wasn't and it was a
fact. I was terribly ashamed of myself and also knew that God had protected
me that night inspite of my acts. That was the time I decided to quit
drinking. I knew I couldn't do it and so I stepped down from whisky to beer
before I quit. It was around a year later in July '98 that I accepted Jesus
as my Lord and Saviour and committed myself to him. I was under the bondage
of booze and God set me free. 4 years back was the beginning of my
independence from alcohol. God has given me freedom from a sinful life and I
praise His name by the following verses:
But thanks be to God! For though at one time you were slaves to sin, you
have obeyed with all your heart the truths found in the teaching you
received. You were SET FREE FROM SIN and became the slaves of righteousness.
At one time you surrendered yourselves entirely as slaves to impurity and
wickedness for wicked purposes. In the same way you must now surrender
yourselves enitrely as slaves of righteousness for holy purposes. When you
were slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness. What did you gain
from doing the things you are now ashamed of? The result of those things is
death. But now you have been set free from sin and are slaves of God. Your
gain is a life fully dedicated to Him and the result is eternal life.
(Romans 5:17-22)
Praise Jesus that He has given us freedom from the slavery of sin. Even as
we celebrate the Indian Independence day, may God give us victory over the
evil one so that we will be true overcomers through Christ alone.
God Bless
George Fernandes.
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