WHEN STONES MELT
“When God is at the center of your life, you worship;
When
He’s not, you worry.”
Rick
Warren
Some
days ago, I was sitting with a young couple. In the course of our discussion,
they were describing to me about how the conflict between Israel and Arabs had originated.
The couple was in the early thirties, and I was amazed by the ‘knowledge’ they
possessed. They sounded very authentic in their knowledge about different
religions, particularly Judaism (Religion of Jews), Christianity and Islam… I
suddenly felt how unaware I was about my own religion for all these years and
still claimed myself as a ‘Christian’.
So, that evening, I just remained quiet and listened to this young
couple…
After the couple
left, I was asking to myself:
“Do we need to ‘know’
all such things in order to ‘know’ God?”
I was not asking
this to defend myself or justify my lack of knowledge on historical facts about
my own or my fellow-beings’ religions. I was asking this question to make sure,
that the God that we all worship accepts all our prayers regardless of our lack
of historical knowledge…
One
of the most amazing worship songs, which I keep listening to, is from the film ‘Lagaan’.
In fact, I was prompted to write this Post while I was listening to it, early this morning… I was going through thousands of comments and how
people from different faiths, regions and backgrounds were sharing how the song
had impacted them… I was watching the faces of those villagers - how
simple-hearted they were… they were just praying, just singing… They had no knowledge
about the historical facts, yet, they seemed so ‘authentic’ in their worship… It
hit me so hard, for a moment, that the lesser we ‘know’ who God is the better…
For, God ‘is’!
And, how much
can I ‘know’? Will my ‘knowledge’ take me closer to Him or away from Him?
“It’s okay if I
do not know ‘history’,” I am consoling myself, “I am able to feel His presence
in my heart.”
I firmly believe,
that God hears every sincere prayer… Whether I am a Christian, a Hindu, a
Muslim, a Sikh, a Jew or whatever – how does it matter? If there is one God,
all our prayers should reach Him… He lives even in a stone… Hence, sincere
prayer can melt the hardest of stones!
I listen to scores
of songs and hymns from all faiths… Here I share just four of them, which I
have repeatedly gone back to…
Hope you experience
the ‘melting’…
GERALD D’CUNHA
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