“With all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering,
bearing with one another in love” - Ephesians 4:2
When my wife was
pregnant, I took her for walking on a particular evening. There was a main road
near to our home and we went on that route. The end of the road was not even as
it had a curvy structure. My wife was walking on that corner and I was walking
on the road. Many bikes and cars crossed us and at times my wife gets down from
the road and then she used to walk on the corner.
As we were walking, I
saw a lady few metres away. She crossed the road and suddenly looked at my
wife. She saw the way my wife was walking on the edge of the road and then she
saw her baby bump. Then she smiled at my wife and signalled her to get off from
the edge and walk on the plain surface. She didn’t speak a word but with a
loving smile she signalled her to go safe.
We didn’t knew that
lady and she doesn’t know us but her small gesture that she showed on that day
touched my heart and I still remember it even after so many months. She showed
her love through a simple gesture.
Few weeks back we went
with our little daughter for vaccination to a children hospital. At that time
our daughter had a small problem and my wife told about that to the doctor. He
listened to that very patiently and told a method to follow. We agreed but
again he was in deep thought thinking about the problem we told and then
suddenly he placed his hand on our daughter’s head and prayed for her within
few seconds and blessed her. Then he told us everything will be alright and don’t
worry.
He was a doctor. We
told him the problem and he told us the method to solve it. We are fine with
that itself but then when he prayed and blessed our daughter, he touched our
heart through his action rather than words. He was the chief doctor in that
children hospital and my daughter is one among many children whom he will meet
daily. But yet he cared for her as if she will care for her own daughter. His
gesture touched my heart and I decided to consult him alone as long as God
permits me to do so.
The two people about
whom I wrote above were not our relatives. I do not know what is their religion
or background but yet they took a minute to show us that they do care and love
us. If two strangers can do that how much more we have to do to our loved ones?
My dear young friends,
you have to bear one another in love. Your simple gesture has the power to
touch the heart of others. The simple things that you do for your loved ones
will strengthen your relationship. Show your love through the way you care for
them. God will give you His wisdom and strength.
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