Love of Our Lord is Unimaginable

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AUM SAIRAM

God Carries His Creation

 

by Nina

 

We often doubt whether God really cares for us.At that moment,

we forget that the very thinking process enabling us to think

in this manner is verily God's grace.The entire creation

starting from microorganisms to human-beings are all a result of his

wish.

 

He created all of us and thus is verily our mother.God can be

attempted to be understood as an universal Mother whose love

for his creation cannot be estimated.The very life we posses

has been given by God.Then the quostien arises as to why we fail

to find his grace during our hard times?The following story

explains it all.

 

Shantanu was an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna.He

always seeked his grace and chanted his name.Once he was suffering

a loss in buisness and his condition became worse when he got

trapped in charge of cheating one of his customers.But,he was

innocent.He prayed the Lord for help but was unable to find

his grace.Fadeup with life,he went to the ocean for commiting

suicide.

 

Before he went deep into the waters,he saw a sudden flash of

bright light out of which Lord Krishna appeared before him.Out of

desperation he started scolding the Lord for his lack of concern for

his devotee.

 

The Lord looking at his child's desperation,persuaded him to

go to the shore.Then he pointed out a huge,incomplete circle made

out of footsteps to Shantanu and explained that it was his

present cycle of life which when complete he will die.Then the Lord

made Shantanu remember his every moment of joy and sorrow and

explained that there were four footsteps during Shantanu's each

glorious moment because along with him the Lord was also present.Then

Shantanu's desperation knew no bounds as he could find only his two

footsteps during each moment of sorrow.When he enquired the reason

for the same,the affectionate Lord explained that during moments of

sorrow the footsteps seen were of the Lord as he himself underwent

the sorrows and was lovingly carrying Shantanu in his arms.Next

the Lord explained Shantanu that he always acts like a boat (to

which) if his devotees cling then,they will cross the vast ocean of

sorrows of their lives without harm.

 

The above story explains that whether we realise or not

but,God never leaves us alone while we are alive and after

we die.

 

The reason for our present sufferings are the results of our

previous life's karma(action).But,the one who trusts in God can

overcome this cycle of life and death and get enlightened by devoting

himself to God and finally realising him within the self and being

carried by him through the bitter-sweet experiences of life.