Re:ASKING FOR THE RIGHT THING !!!

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ASKING FOR THE RIGHT THING !!!

 

 

Our faith diminishes because our ambitions are limitless. There is a

small story for this. There was a rich person who had a daughter with a

flat nose. The father wanted to get this girl married. Every person who

came and looked at the girl used to go away, although they were tempted

by the wealth. In those days, persons who could perform plastic surgery

were not available.In desperation, he announced that he would give plenty

of money to anyone who would marry the girl. He somehow found someone

willing to marry her. The marriage was performed and thereafter the

couple developed considerable faith in God. They visited many temples,

went on many pilgrimages and bathed in many sacred rivers. They met a

saint who advised them that no one who is involved in worldly matters

can give a good nose. Only He, who created the nose, can bring it back

to normal. Although they had lots of wealth, they were not happy at

all. The girl used to feel that others were looking at her and making

fun.

She suggested to her husband that they should both go

to the lonely Himalayas and pray to God and spend a month there in that

manner. He agreed and they did so. The girl had a great desire to get

back her nose, so she began to pray to God in great earnestness.God appeared, due to her good luck and asked her what

she wanted. As soon as God appeared, she asked for the grant of a good

looking big nose. God said, so it shall be and granted her the boon.

As soon as God disappeared, she looked at her face. She

looked at the big nose and felt that she had become uglier than before.

She prayed again more earnestly and God appeared again and asked her

what she wanted. She said that she did not want that big nose. God

said, so it shall be and granted her the boon. She immediately found

that her nose had completely disappeared. She had thought that she was

praying to God for a good nose and in the process, she lost her nose

completely.The moral of this story is that although God is present before you,

playing with you and talking with you, you do not know what to ask,

when to ask and where to ask. Not knowing what we should ask, we are

asking him for one thing while really we want something else. In this

process, we are getting ourselves into difficulties. God is always

ready to give you all that you want, but you do not seem to know what

is good for you and what you really want. Since you do not know what

you should want and under what circumstances, it is better and easier

to surrender yourself completely to God and simply ask for His grace.

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