what did I do to deserve this ???????????

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HARE KRISHNA

 

 

 

What did I do to deserve this?

 

 

Sometimes we wonder, " What did I do to deserve this? " or " Why did God

have to do this to me? " Here is a wonderful explanation!

 

A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong, she's

failing in algebra, and her best friend is moving away. Meanwhile, her

Mother is baking a cake and asks her daughter if she would like a

snack, and the daughter says, " Absolutely Mom, I love your cake "

 

" Here, have some cooking oil, " her Mother offers. " Yuck " says her daughter.

 

" Would you like some flour then? " " Gross, Mom! " " Or maybe baking soda? "

 

" Mom, those are all yucky! " To which the mother replies: " Yes, all

those things seem bad all by themselves. But when they are put

together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake! "

 

God works the same way. Many times we wonder why He would let us go

through such bad and difficult times.But God knows that when He puts

these things all in His order, they always work for good! We just have

to trust Him and, eventually, they will all make something wonderful!

 

God is crazy about you. He sends you flowers every spring and a

sunrise every morning.

 

Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen. He can live anywhere in the

universe, and He chose your heart.

 

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might

as well dance and chant the holy names of God.

 

 

 

 

Srila Prabhupada instructs:

 

God knows everything, but we do not know what is God. That is our

position.

Our position is not knowing. Isvara sarva-bhutanam hrdye-deshe arjuna

tishtathi(Bhagavad gita.18.61). Isvara, God, Krishna, is situated in

everyone's heart. Sarvasya caham hrdi sannivishtau: " I have entered

into everyone's heart.? (Bhagavad gita. 15.15) The Supreme Lord refers

not only to the hearts of human beings but to those of animals and

everything else. The Supreme Lord is within the atom as Paramatma, and

therefore He is also within the individual soul. Being within

everything, He knows everything. Since He knows everything, we have to

take lessons from Him.

 

God knows how many necessities you can create. And for all of them the

supply is there. But you do not know, you take it as chance it has

come. It is your foolishness that whatever necessities may be... God

knows that so many necessities can be. It may be millions types. And

for all of them there is immediately supply.

 

He knows everything and still He says " sarva dharman parityajya mam

ekam saranam vraja . . . [bhagavad gita. 18.66]'' God will save you

from the destiny that you have created by misuse of your independence.

He knows but still He is so kind. Surrender has nothing to do with

your destiny, that will depend on you (the spirit-soul) because you

have a little independence, a little freedom. So anyone who surrenders

to Krishna , his destiny is changed by the omnipotency of God. He

takes charge of the devotee and guides him how the devotee can go back

to Home, Back-to-Godhead. This is the Mercy of God.

 

 

 

 

HARE KRISHNA

 

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