Never doubt God, trust HIM in all situations

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Never doubt God, trust HIM in all situations

 

GOD AND HIS ANGEL

 

Once God commanded his messenger (an angel), " Proceed to Delhi immediately. The

life of a middle-aged woman is coming to an end. Bring that soul (jiva) here. "

The messenger as bid by the Lord left for Delhi. On reaching the place, the

angel was stunned at the sight that awaited!

 

There, in an old dilapidated small hut the angel saw a poor young woman lying

unconscious in a pool of blood. She had given birth to three baby girls only an

hour earlier. One child was feeding from its mother while the other two were

lying on either side of their mother.

 

The scene touched the heart of the angel. Tears welled up in the angel's eyes

and it was angry at God for having asked it to take away the life of the young

woman. It thought, " Oh! How could God be so cruel? Unaware of the situation in

its entirety, He goes about giving commands. If I obey His command now, what

will happen to these baby girls? If the woman's life is spared for another 10

years, these girls will grow up and might be able to support their lives by some

means. How could God do this without thinking of these? Oh! I can't take away

the life of this woman so mercilessly! I am not concerned about the anger of God

that I might incur by disobeying His commands. I AM NOT GOING TO DO THIS. "

Deciding thus, the angel went empty handed to God.

 

It begged God to spare the life of the lady and add 10 more years to her life.

The Lord smiled at the angel and said, " It is I who have appointed you as the

angel. Your job is to take away the life of the human beings once their lifetime

ends. And that's it! I have blessed you with the required skills on my own

accord. From your words I gather that you believe yourself to be endowed with

more intelligence and compassion than Me, the Supreme Being. You dare to teach

me how to manage the world that I have created by my will! You have to suffer

the punishment for disobeying my orders. I punish you to lead a life of an

ordinary human being in the same city of Delhi. You will remain there until you

laugh at yourself twice for your foolish behavior! "

 

And Lo! The next moment the angel took a human form and was standing in the

Delhi Connaught circle without appropriate clothes to cover its body. It was the

month of January and was cold outside. The angel stood there shivering with

cold. A cobbler who was passing by took pity on the angel, bought clothes and

gave them to the shivering angel. The angel thanked him and said, " I do not have

any place to stay either. I will be very grateful if you give me shelter. " The

cobbler said, " Don't worry! Now that we are friends, you can stay with me at my

place.

 

But I warn you, my wife is very short tempered and one cannot prejudge her

action when she gets angry. She will not stop from even throwing vessels. If

that is ok, you can come " . The angel nodded and followed the cobbler home.

 

When the wife of cobbler got to know that he had bought clothes for the angel

with the money meant for buying clothes for the kids her anger knew no bounds!

She started cursing the cobbler and started throwing vessels at them. The angel

was also badly hurt. The angel laughed at its foolishness for the first time,

for ignoring the warning of its friend!

 

From that day, the angel helped the cobbler in making sandals. The angel

designed various shoes imitating the ones it had seen in heaven. The shop soon

became very famous for its fabulous and rare shoe designs . Thus, 12 years

rolled by.

 

One day the angel was standing in front of a cloth store. At that time it saw a

rich old lady getting down from an expensive car. Three beautiful young women

followed her. The angel noticed that the three of them had a trident shaped mole

in their right cheek. The angel immediately recognized them to be the children

of the lady, whose life God had ordered to take away 12 years ago.

 

The angel went to the old lady and enquired if these girls were really her

children. The old lady replied " Not really! About 12 years back, I was going in

my car near Connaught circle. I suddenly happened to hear the cry of kids. I

went to the hut from where the cry of the children was heard and found these

three baby girls lying with their dead mother. I had lost my husband and had no

children. I adopted these three kids legally. I have educated them well and they

are the sole heirs to my entire property. "

 

The angel wad dumb-founded. It thought, " Oh! How very foolish of me to have

analyzed the orders of the all-knowing God with my small little brain! If that

Lady had not died then, would these kids be leading such a happy and rich life

now? " And for the second time it laughed at itself for its foolishness!

 

REFLECTION

 

With the iota of brain and intelligence that God has blessed us with, we dare to

question the very actions of our omniscient Lord!

 

Only God should bless us with the realization that all that happens is by the

will of God and it is indeed for our own good!

9:30 PM 10/30/2009