IS PRAYER YOUR STEERING WHEEL OR YOUR SPARE TYRE?





Our little good thoughts and deeds of years and years don’t simply go wasted. They come back to help us when we need help the most. There is cumulative power concealed in our good thoughts and deeds… The Law of Karma doesn’t spare any one of us… What goes around comes around… We reap what we sow!

But, the important thing is this: when we sow the seeds – our little good thoughts and deeds – we do not do it with any clauses and conditions… we just do it out of our love and concern. So, most of the times, when the rewards comes to us, we aren’t even able to trace their roots… for, we hadn’t kept any record of our ‘sowing of good seeds’!

To me, it becomes clearer by the day, that our God is merciful. He knows what we need and He knows our anxieties and fears. Thus, He sends us the help when we expect it the least… To me, that’s Providence… Often, I have tried with all my herculean strength but failed… while, suddenly, from nowhere comes the help… the solution… the reward!

How do you explain this phenomenon? Am I suggesting to be a believer in Fate and Destiny? A believer in Luck? Not at all… What I am suggesting is this: We should keep sowing our little seeds – of good thoughts and deeds – gladly and regularly and trust the process of good karma…

God doesn’t betray!

“Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tyre?” I came across this quote from Corrie Ten Boom, some days ago. This amazing Dutch woman and her family lived during the Nazi brutality. Her family managed to save close to 800 Jews from the Nazi savagery. However, she and her family ended up in the Concentration Camps. While others in her family perished, Corrie was not only destined to survive but also to write and speak about her experience in order to inspire and transform millions of people, long after Hitler and his monstrous men were dead and gone… Corrie died at the ripe age of 91, on April 15, 1983, which was her birth date, too! She wrote many inspiring books, and her quotes and poems have given hopes to millions of people… Here I share her most famous poem – ‘THE WEAVER’

My life is but a weaving
Between my Lord and me;
I cannot choose the colors
He worketh steadily.

Oft times He weaveth sorrow
And I, in foolish pride,
Forget He sees the upper,
And I the under side.

Not till the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly,
Shall God unroll the canvas
And explain the reason why.

The dark threads are as needful
In the Weaver’s skillful hand,
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned.

He knows, He loves, He cares,
Nothing this truth can dim.
He gives His very best to those
Who chose to walk with Him.






I am still spell-bound by her question: “Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tyre?”


GERALD D’CUNHA
Pic.: Avinash Mantri
Video and Poem courtesy: Internet

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