This is how things would go out of your hand and mine. We intend to do good, but people are too clever to apply different motives to our intentions. Then we feel sorry, utterly disappointed, and frustrated. The word of God is our solace all the time, When our motive is pure and clean, God in His own time make everything to become good . Right? Only thing is just we need to check what we did and how we did it, when we did it. If there is a mistake of time and person to whom we talked was not right , still there is hope in Him that He can make things for good for them who love God.
The Potter when He finds the lump of clay is not formed into the desired form, He will deform that lump of clay , and take it into His hands and again , patiently He will work on it and make it into the pot He desired it should be.
We have all loving God, who can understand us, all times, Who will make our foolish things into right things with His benevolent heart. Only thing is we have to realize our mistake at His feet and accept His chastisement and ask His forgiveness.
That is all then, what we spoke where we spoke how we spoke with whom we spoke when we spoke... every thing will be in His hands and make it beautiful in His own time.
We purchased a house, a partition of house, four rooms at a stretch, and with a little back yard and side yard. When we first saw the house there was a tap inside the back yard. But to the other person of the other part of the house had a well, and steps. so naturally we believed the water tap belongs to us. That was the understanding between the owner of the house and us while we negotiate the house to purchase. Our neighbor was the teacher of the owner long time ago so , the owner had soft corner of the heart for our neighbor in these negotiations.
That too, our neighbor bought the portion one year before to us. so the things were intact, the boundaries were just as shown in the documents.
But alas the day we went for the final talks to sign on the documents we found the neighbor had built parapet wall crossing the boarder , so that the municipal tap would go into his back yard.
We both did not think of fighting or asking him to take away the wall, never in our lives then or till this moment, while I type this article. Just now I am thinking why we did not ask the person to take away the crossed wall which was not into his boundaries. Whatever we never asked or mentioned it then.
That night before we sign the final documents, right in front of the owner and document writer, we both prayed kneeling down at our beds. we both prayed alike and after we got up from our knees, we both talked and came to a conclusion . we both thought of telling the neighbor that we would give half of the expenditure of the new tap to him and wanted to ask him to give away the old tap to us. This was our final decision before we retire to beds.
Actual cost for the new tap was Rs,7000/ deposit but we both know that the bribers in the Municipal office would not give us the tap, at once, but would ask us to come again and again to get the tap sanctioned. So in order to avoid that situation we opted for the old tap and ready to offer
/Rs. 3500/ in order to get theold tap.
While the negotiations were going on, we both spoke alike saying,' If you take the tap, you need to give Rs.3500// to us, or if we take the tap, we will give the same amount to you to get new tap connection." ----As it is the person already intended to get the tap and already built a wall crossing the border, how we could expect him to go back for the new tap and all the hurdles to face , leaving the all ready existing tap/? No way , he liked the idea, but he liked the idea of giving away the half expenditure, and retain the old tap.
After coming out of the room , as it was visible to every one sitting there we were utterly taken advantage, in silence we made an exit.
After a few minutes on our way to home we both regretted for the way we spread the cards on the table. We , instead of just saying , 'We give Rs. 3500/ to you and leave the tap to us,' --We spoke a little extra and said , if you need tap you give the amount and retain the tap." ------ It was a foolish , useless , brain less uttering. We both realized it. we both felt ashamed of our selves for we did not know how to talk in front of worldly wise people. By talking so foolishly we landed into the same hot soup of a number of trips to Municipal office in order to get new connection.
But what to do, what was said was said, we cannot take the word again, the signatures were taken, and he paid the amount too, to get rid of us as soon as possible. and here we both are , my husband, and me, heads bending, mouths shutting, and blurring of brain.. reached home, astonishingly saying to one another, ' oh why we said so.. oh why" There is no answer there, except our foolishness of talk so visible right in front of our eyes. With a big sigh we just stretched our plea in front of our All mighty ,loving God, who understands us above our hearts and minds.( next -- you will see how all things work beautifully , wonderfully , marvelously above our expectations for good, for them who love God.)-- To be continued
