I Peter 2:9 “But you are
a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people,
that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into
His marvelous light”
Even though as my father accepted Jesus Christ as His savior,
He never surrendered his life to God completely. He lived a life as name sake
Christian doing sins and hurting God.
Someone said like this: “God hate sins but not the sinners”. God never
hated my dad but He loved him so much that He gave my father a Virtuous woman
as his wife.
My mother was born in the year 1954 as an eldest child in a
family which then had nine children. She never knew about Christ as she was
born in a family which worshiped man made idols. As she became young she hated
to worship idols and decided to live a holy life of her own. At that moment of
her life she got married to my dad who was a converted Christian. Both got
married in the year 1977.
As she married a Christian, she also became a namesake
Christian without knowing who Jesus Christ is. God begun to touch her life
slowly and she completely stopped worshiping idols and started praying to
Jesus Christ. Soon in the year 1978 she
gave birth to my eldest brother and in 1979 she gave birth to my elder brother
and in the year 1984 I was born.
From my childhood days I have seen the way my mom dedicated
her life completely to Jesus Christ. As we were living in a environment
surrounded by my relatives who earnestly worship idols, God decided to bring
us away from our relatives. We moved so far from our relatives and started a
fresh life in a new city.
God touched our lives in that particular city. He directed us
to the churches in which His presence overflows and He begun to draw everyone
of us closer to Him. My mom is the first person who earnestly dedicated her
life completely to Jesus Christ. From that day to till date, I have seen her
living a holy life before God.
Thereafter she had begun to spend more time with God. She has
never seen any movies or any dramas or any kind of unwanted things. She decided
to take up her cross and started following Jesus Christ. The best thing about
my mother is she never compelled us to choose Jesus Christ but she patiently
thought us about Him and prayed to Him for our lives.
There were times my dad was affected by deadly diseases and
confronted with worldly enemies. At those times I have seen my mom crying to
God alone and never ever she cried to any man for help. Whenever we faced any problems
and trials, the only person she looked up to is God. She never spends time
talking unnecessarily to anyone but had made Jesus Christ her lover and shared
everything to Him alone.
Even today, your life might be filled with sorrow and pain. Learn to look to God alone. People will fail you but God will never fail you. He will wipe away your tears and fill you with His gladness.
It was by the grace of God we have got a mom like her and
through her tearful prayers we were blessed so richly.
My mom’s patience and prayer touched the life of my father
and He left all sins and begun to follow Jesus Christ so diligently. There was
a time my dad got affected by a dangerous disease and everyone around him lost
their hope but yet my mom went to Gods feet and fought with God literally in
prayer.
Does God heard my mom’s prayer and healed my dad? Can God
heal a dangerous disease even today?
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To be continued in GHG - 4
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