Devotee's Experience - Contributed by Archana

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DEVOTEE EXPERIENCE - Contributed by Archana

 

Sai Ram

 

My experience with Baba - I have been Sri Sai Baba’s

devotee since 1998 – which was prior to my marriage. I

got married in 2001 and moved with my husband to US.

During our initial years of marriage we went through a

lot of misunderstandings between us and both our

families also went through some rough times. The gap

between them had widened and my husband had also

restrained himself from being cordial with my side of

the family. The relationship between my husband and me

had also become very fragile. In the meanwhile he had

lost his job and it was the most challenging time for

us. A friend had forwarded Sri Sai Chalisa in the

email and I chanted it every Thursday, to this day. My

husband got a job within 6 months by Baba’s grace.

 

I went through a phase where our relationship was on a

downhill and had no hopes of anything at all. I prayed

ardently to Baba during such times to help me get

through it and to restore the family peace and build

bridges between both the families again. The

relationship between my in-laws and me had healed by

that time by Baba’s grace, but there was absolutely no

hope about my husband’s relationship with my side of

the family.

 

I had heard through my friends that by reading Sai

Charitra – one can find new meaning and wisdom about

life/relationships/God. So I read Sai Charitra on

Thursdays. I started seeing some positive changes. We

had fewer disagreements and our relationship got a bit

stronger. I started concentrating on my family life

and gave up hope about my husband’s relationship with

my side of the family.

 

My parents visited US in summer and they stayed with

my brother and I had no hope that they would ever

visit us. Things were changing slowly but steadily and

then one day an unexpected thing happened – my husband

personally invited them to our place and even booked

the air tickets! This is when I realized that even

though I gave up hope Baba did not give up on me. He

taught me the valuable lesson of patience and

perseverance. I have a stronger and renewed sense of

faith in Baba and I thank Him from the bottom of my

heart for restoring the family bond and peace. Baba’s

mercy and grace has been with me all this while even

in my most challenging times – I was ignorant not

realizing it.

 

Thank you so much Baba!

 

Archana, Texas USA