Sai Descends to help Devotee in Distress

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Sai Descends to help Devotee in

Distress

By Puttanna

 

Sri Sai is ever watchful. He is always with those, who constantly

repeat Sai... Sai.... Sai. Not only that, He helps

them. He nourishes their devotion. He takes care of their worldly needs. He

becomes one with them.

 

Poor Swarna for she lost her husband at

the age of 21 or so. Her only daughter, Champa, was

three years then. Through somebody's help, she got employed in the Khadi Gramodyoga Bhavan and started living independently with none to help

her.

 

It was somewhere in the beginning of 1996, she started coming to

Sri Saipadananda Satsanga

to participate in Sai Satcharitha Parayana

on every Thursday morning. When she was introduced to the Satsanga,

her daughter, Champa, was

already 20, studying in college. Swarna's worry then

was how to find a suitable boy and to conduct the marriage without anybody's

help and money. She said Sri Sai was her only refuge and she was sure that parayana of Sri Sai Satcharitha

would fulfill her desires. She also said she was not poor as Sai is her father.

She was so strong in her faith in Baba.

 

After 2 or 3 months, she stopped coming. I wanted to know what the

problem was. When some devotee took me to her small house, I was very much

pained and moved to see her lying in bed due to severe pain in the back bone,

which had made her unable to sit or walk. Sand bags had been tied to her legs

by the Doctor. During this difficult time, some of our Satsang

members were inspired to help her by Baba's Grace. After two months treatment

she recovered and was able to attend the office too. She started again to come to

Satsanga for reading Sai Satcharitha.

 

Baba is always aware of the needs of His devotees. It so happened that she was invited to attend a relative's

marriage where she went with her daughter. When she was witnessing the

marriage, an elderly couple came to her to enquire whether she would offer her

daughter to their son who was working in ISRO. Swarna

never expected such a surprising situation. She believed that Sri Sai only had

directed the elderly couple to approach her. Then and there the boy and the

girl saw each other and consented to the marriage. When Swarna

explained about her health and financial conditions, the boy's father only said

" Don't worry. Everything will be all right by God's Grace. "

 

Now, Swarna had no money and she has to

conduct the marriage. The boy's father also fixed up the marriage hall and told

Swarna to take care of the expenditure with regard to

food only on the marriage day. But Swarna's problem

was how to raise money.

 

Lo! Baba's unseen hand worked. At that time her brothers at her

native place decided to dispose of their father's house. Through this deal,

Baba helped her to get a fairly good amount as her share, just enough to meet

the marriage expenses.

 

Thus, Champa was married on 6.12.1996.

Sri Sai will never let down those who surrender and take total refuge in Him

and Him alone.

 

Bow to Sri Sai - Peace be

to All.

OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA

SAI

(Source Sai Padananda

Magazine Special)