Faith Can Move Mountains (January 1984)

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Faith Can Move Mountains (January 1984)

 

Believe me dear readers the context of the saying is Above Board (Honest,

Upright and fair). An incident of my life will illustrate the truth of it.

 

But first let us see what is 'faith’.

 

Instead of going into an elaborate interpretation of the literary meaning

of the word, the following narration will serve the purpose far better :

 

In a village there was no rain for a long spell. The people gathered

therefore in the local Church to pray to God.

 

The priest who presided over the prayer-meeting looked at the crowd and

inquired, 'we have gathered here to pray to God to bestow us with rain. Why

then have you not brought your umbrellas ?. Where is Your Faith ?."

Indeed, true faith is a rare gift and its fruits are the sweetest. We must

develop such true faith in Sai, Our Lord, and should lay ourselves

completely open to His protection in order to enable His divine grace to

shower abundantly on us.

 

The perpetual faithful meditation of 'Mara Mara' (although a wrong

pronounciation of 'Rama Rama') enabled dacoit Ratnakar "to achieve fame and

immortality as 'Rishi Valmiki”.

 

True and sincere faith with firm belief in ‘Sai Lord’ and a little of self

help, can create wonders and surpass the worst of difficulties.

 

My Mother in law and myself desired that the Navjote (Thread Cermony –

Munj) of my elder son should now take place. But the financial circumstances

were such that it looked like a paupers dream.

 

Years passed - time flew - taking on its wings my dear mother -in-law to

her heavenly abode, leaving me alone with the dream, which we had so jointly

cherished. Realization of this dream now seemed like a long road that has no

turning.

 

I had now a double responsibility, two sons-one of eleven and the other of

eight, both of the age when the religious ceremony was absolutely required

to be performed. My husband and myself sought the help of our relatives to

back us up. But to no avail. Either they were helpless or pretended to be

helpless.

 

Driven to bay, my husband thought of seeking help from our religious

institutions which performed Common-joint Navjotes (Sarvajanik Munj) for

poor Parsi children.

 

"Beggers cannot be choosers. Better a little fire to warm you than a large

one that bums." be advised.

 

But I could not give in I wanted the occasion to be a grand one as dreamt

by my mother-in-law. After all while there is life there is hope.

 

"Well, your dreams, your desires are your own bed and so you must lie on

it, "he threatened.

By now(this is after 1977), I had come under the fold and protection of

Lord Shree Sai and was well aware that "All things come to him, who waits".

 

Desperate cases need desperate remedies I started praying day and night, in

earnest, at the feet of Sai, to invoke His help, for I remembered. He had

said, "Meditate on Me, repeat My name, and sing about My deeds – I shall

stay by your side, always",

 

It was October 1st. 1981, I saw His grace in my dream beckoning me to go to

Shirdi.

 

(to be contd....)

 

Mrs. H. K. Chhapgar

38/1266 Kalpavraksha

Thane

 

 

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