“...You have been very
pleasant to me; your love to me was wonderful, surpassing the love of women.” –
II Samuel 1:26
Once I had completed my tenth
standard I had a desire to study higher secondary course. But my parents
thought that I won’t pass in mathematics if I join higher secondary and so they
had admitted me in a government polytechnic college to pursue diploma course
.
It was in the month of August 1999, the
course was started. I went early and sat in last bench of the class because I
love to sit in last benches. Other students who had joined were also entering
the class and I was observing everyone. At that time I saw a guy who seems to be innocent entering the class. He was looking at each bench wondering where to
sit.
As he was about to sit in the front
bench I felt to call him and so I just called him and asked him to sit with me.
He accepted my call and sat near me. I simply enquired about him and he also
spoke to me for the sake of speaking. We never thought on that day that we
will become best friends later.
Especially I never thought that I
will get a good friend but always I had a desire to have a friend with whom I
can share everything. God knows my inner thoughts and He gave me that guy as my
best friend.
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| Iyyadurai - God given true friend |
His name is Iyyadurai. Actually he
was born, brought up and studied in a village. Till that day I have never seen an innocent
guy like him. Usually in the diploma college we studied, seniors rag juniors.
To get escape from their disturbance
I had found an exit way in which usually no one goes. After few days I used to
take him also through that way so that he also won’t be caught in the hands of
the seniors. At first he was reluctant but later he understood my concern towards him and he came along with me. From that day our relationship grew stronger
with love and care.
In the beginning days of our college he took leave after which he came back to the college. That day he joined me on the
way back home. He was sitting silent in the bus and I asked him the reason
but he never told me anything. I insisted him to tell and finally when he was
about to get down from the bus he told me that his mother died and he left.
The bus was moving and I sat there
with a great shock. My heart filled with sorrow and I told my mom about him. My
mom asked me to call him home some day. As days went by he considered my mom
as his own mother and she also loves him. My family members
liked him a lot and soon our relationship grew stronger.
By now fourteen years passed. We
have entered the fifteenth year of our friendship because of God’s grace and
today is his wedding. He is getting married today and I am mindful of the sacrifice
and help he did to me.
In the past fourteen years of our
friendship, because of God’s grace we never had any misunderstanding or any
fight even once. The reason is, he is so loving and patient. When our
relationship grew stronger I was a lean guy. People around me used to say that
I was looking like a stick. But he was well built and a stronger man. There
were times simply I used to beat him hard but he never beat me
because he knows that I was very weak that if he beat me I will not get up for
some days. He was so patient like that.
When we were studying diploma my mom
used to give some money to spend but it won’t be enough to buy anything. Whenever
I feel hungry he was the one who spent so much for me. Even today
if I needed something he will never hesitate to buy it for me.
I still remember a day when someone gifted him a digital pocket diary. He loved it a lot and came
running to show me. I saw his face and it was filled with great joy
because of that gift. On those days a digital gadget was a rare thing and so he
was explaining about that to me with happiness. Somewhere in my heart I also
liked it and I know my parents could not afford some money to buy that. As he
was about to leave I told him that I liked it a lot and I asked him to give it
to me. He never expected that. He loved that gift so much and so he
stood silent. I thought he will not give but he put that in my pocket and
went to his home. My joy was more important to him than his own.
Years passed but his love towards me
remain the same. He has done so many sacrifices for my joy. He used to take me
in his cycle to tuition centre which was in a long distance. He will be
sweating all the way but he had never asked me to ride because he knows that I am
weak. He always prioritized my interest rather than his own and loved me purely.
After our diploma course I passed in
the government entrance exam but he failed. I joined a government college to
study UG engineering degree and he went to work in a private company. Though we
went in different ways Jesus Christ never allowed any separation in our lives.
In the next year he cleared the entrance and joined the same college in my
junior batch.
Though he was not a Christian, he
never interfered in my religious belief and whenever I said about Christ
he believed and prayed sincerely. Hearing his prayers Jesus Christ has blessed
him a lot.
Few years back on a particular day I
got sick and thought I won't survive. I called him through phone as he
worked in a place which was 400KM away from my work place. That day is still
in my mind. As I told him the matter he cried loudly in the office itself
because he was one among those who could not see me suffer in pain. After that I kept
the phone. There was no one around me to take me to hospital.
He called his friend immediately who
resides nearby and asked him to take me to the hospital. His friend came
running and took me to the hospital. Not only that, as my parents stood
helpless not knowing what to do he hired a taxi and came along with my family
members on that same day night to see me.
Even today my mom talks about the
way he helped me and my family members on that sorrowful day. I don’t know how I
would have reacted if he was in that situation but yet I can tell that God saved me on
that day through him.
Jesus Christ gave him as a friend to
me and He led us thus far without any misunderstanding and fights. He also tells that Jesus Christ is the sole reason for our friendship.
I have not done much help to him. I
can’t say that I love him truly and purely. But his love towards me is greater
than the love of any women. He stood with me and comforted me when I failed and he shouted with joy when I succeeded. Not even a single day he threatened or blackmailed me. All that he did was just loving me. I know for sure that he was in my life only because
of Jesus Christ. He is God’s perfect gift in my life and I really thank Jesus
Christ for him and his friendship.
As he is getting married today, I
pray for God’s peace, grace and blessing to rest upon his life forever. My only desire is that he should live happily with his wife and they should
live together in God’s presence for so many years.
Right from my parents to my wife Jesus Christ blessed me with the best always and my friend Iyyadurai is
one among those best blessings given by God to me.
Thank you Jesus for the
friend You gave me in this world who loved me truly.
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