Dear JoyNet Friends , I want to share with you two incidents from my life.
Years ago, during my Pre Degree days, a Sister walked into my house. Time was around 11'O Clock afternoon. She was talking with my Mon and I was reading my lessons in my up-stair study-room. I was hearing this Sister talking to my Mon and was I thinking why this 'boring sister' had paid us a visit . Well, my Mon was glad and was busy serving her with Tea and sharing the neighbourhood-news. Then it was time for her to part us. My Mom called me down and asked me to join in prayer. I stood together with Mom and heard that Sister praying. The prayer was a simple prayer in which Sister requested God to use me for His Witness in every area of my expertise. At that time, I thought it was a joke. " What is this Sister telling God ?", I thought. But, slowly, as years gone by and I never forgot that day and that Sister or that prayer. Probably, my Mom must have forgotten that prayer or that day ( after all she serves many many Parish Sisters tea and news!) Slowly, there was a burden in my heart to that prayer and used to wonder why Sister prayed the Lord that prayer. After all, I had never heard any other Sisters pray so. But for me, the burden grew and grew. And at every corner of my life I used to think of that prayer. Today I stand liberated and I am a committed Christian. I do not call it a burden to witness God, but a joy to witness God . I should confess from the bottom of my heart that there was my God , hearing that Sister, that day !! Sometime ago, I used to crash into a Gospel channel as I used to channel-serf on my TV. And, I used to feel bad about one of those preachers. " What a boar !" , I used to think. Then, during a prayer section, a Brother told me in Spirit that I was discounting one preacher and that this preacher would form my life-line with his prayers for me. And, soon, this has come true. This very preacher I thought was a bore have become my life-line for prayers. I was phoning to him and asking his team to pray for me !! Friends, often, we may discount God's messengers in our life and we may not even know that we are doing it. But, beware of it ! God might be talking to you through that 'poor' Preacher, a 'simple' Sister or a 'country Achan'. Remember the young Samuel who said "Speak, for your servant is listening". May the Lord give us the Grace, Insight and a humble heart to know the Lord's messages and messengers. Bonded in His Love abbyabraham =============================================================================== This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===============================================================================
