“My son, do
not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor detest His correction; for whom the
Lord loves He corrects, Just as a Father the son in whom he delights.” –
Proverbs 3:11,12
From my childhood days the only
thing I hate very much in my life is going to school. I never liked to sit in a
school for the entire day. So always I used to tell so many lies to my parents
to skip school. I will say like I have stomach pain one day and the other day I
will say I have headache and so on. I learned to act very well which my parents
started to believe that I was suffering from different pains.
One fine day when I was studying 4th
standard I woke up and decided to skip school that day for some reasons. So I
started acting as if I am having stomach pain. I continued acting and I thought
my parents believed it. The school which I studied was very near to my home. I
continued acting till the assembly bell rang and then I stopped acting.
Surprisingly my mom found that I was acting and then she immediately dressed me
up and she asked my dad to drop me in the school after getting late permission
from my teacher.
My father did that and I went to my
class that day. But yet I didn’t like sitting there. So again I started my
acting there. By the way I acted my teacher got too worried that she don’t know
what to do. Finally after some time she had send me to the Head Master for
asking permission to go home. I went happily to the Head Master and told him
that I have stomach pain. He heard me patiently and then asked me to go to
class and lay down there to take rest.
I didn’t expect that he will tell
like that. I thought he will send me home. But he decided in the other way. As
I walked back very sadly to my class, my teacher asked me about the decision of
the Head Master. I simply said a lie to her that Head Master asked me to go
home. She was surprised and she asked me to leave to home. I quickly took my
bag and then walked towards the entrance of my school.
I am a short little kid at that
time. As I walked fast, soon I found myself standing in front of a giant person.
As I am a little boy I just raised my head to see who blocked me. To my horror,
it was my Head Master. He looked at me so angrily. He asked me that who gave
permission to leave the school. I don’t know what to do. I should have accepted
my mistake that time. But yet again I decided to tell a lie. So I told my Head
Master that the teacher only asked me to leave.
He just caught hold of me in one
hand and dragged me back to the class. Without asking the teacher what had
happened he begun to scold her badly. Finally after some time she explained to
him what happened and they soon understood that I was the culprit. They called
my father and told him what all I did that day. My father stood there putting
his head down. He was so ashamed of my behavior.
On that evening for the very first
time in my life my father scolded me and had beat me a lot. For the first time
I am seeing my loving father beating me so angrily. Later with so much love he
had explained to me why he had scolded me. That day I understood that I should
not lie at all to anyone in my life. If not my father would have chastened me
that day, now I might not have become a good person at all. I know he loves me
so much but yet I know he corrected me because the wrong was in my side.
My dear young friends, even at times
when we do wrong, Jesus Christ correct us by chastening. We should learn not to
despise His chastening. He corrects us because He loves us. When He chasten us,
we have to spend some more time in His presence to find out what wrong is there
in our lives which He hates. Ask His grace to overcome the mistake you did and
surely He will give His grace to you. Do not decide to leave God when He
chasten you and also do not hate yourself when He chastens you. He does that to
correct you for He loves you a lot.
God has a purpose in your life. He
will surely fulfil all His promises in your life. Be with God and walk
according to His will so that He will bless you abundantly.
I had a teacher who will enter the
class room with a cigarette in his hand. He also forces students to buy it for
him. I prayed to God that I should escape from that particular teacher. Did
Jesus Christ help me to get escape from that teacher?
.................To be continued in GHG - 10
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