God who at sundry times and in diverse manners spake in times past....
.Heb 1:1
God speaks to those who has ears to hear, as He said let him who has ears can hear me; so listening to His voice and His word depends on how you mend your ears to listen to Him. Once you learn to listen to Him, instantly you will recognize His voice, in a given moment.
Here I am going to quote number of instances where His word came to me to guide me what I have to do at given situation, how His word gave me an instruction to take, how he comforted me in a confusing situation...yes sundry times, and diverse manners He speaks....
Promotion cometh from the Lord:
It was the beginning days of my walk with the Lord, my life was changed, reading Bible was my food and drink. I did it because I needed the guidance to my life, and I found the Bible is the best Guide.
That day I had a letter from my dad, telling me his desire to get promotion in his job. He wrote,
"Leela, there is tough competetion for this promotion , there are one or two people who compete with me, do not know who will be selected for this promoted post, pray Leela!!"
Dad never asked me to pray, leave alone he never pray for anything, I was still in PG, I came to Hyderbad to finish my Block Placement, my specialization was Criminology and Correctional Administration , as part of my studies, I visited many Jails, and Prisons, Boy's certified schools, Girl's certified schools, Open prisons, interviewed number of criminals, murderers, and wrote my project reports and submitting those to the University.
That day I interviewed a man, who was going to gallows the next day. He was a Naval Officer, he was caught by the Police on Hussain Sagar bridge in odd hours of the night while he was trying to throw a jute bag into the waters.
The bag was contained the cut peices of the body of a 11 year old boy. He had illegal relationship with a friend's wife, who was entrusted to his custody when he was his ship duty. When the son of his friend threatened him and his mom that he would tell his dad about this illegal affair, both of them cut the boy into peieces by an axe and tried to dump the bag in Moosi river waters...
He was in the cell reading a big pack of James Chase novels, answering us, in a hero style. I was a bit shaken when I saw him and also came to know that the woman who was pregnant at that time killed her self by fire in the prison it self, in Chenchalaguda women's prison.
I was devastated and that time I received this letter from my dad, I knelt down, and was in His presence in a second, What I prayed I do not know, but His peace encompasseth me... as if led by the Lord I opened my King James Version Bible, to read it before I take an inland letter to answer my dad, There lies the words bulging out and out into my eyes.
.Psalms 75:6,7 For promotion cometh neither from the east nor from the west nor from the south, But God is the judge ; He puteth down one, and setteth up another
In a second I was switched off from a mood of depression to a mood of rejoicing, and praising God.
I wrote this promise to my Dad telling him, God is going to give him the much wanted and needed promotion, and that he need not look at the people.. they are not the judge, God is Judge and He will give it.
How sweetly God speaks.. do we have the ear to hear Him??
Yes, he got the much wanted and needed promotion in his career as the D.S.P (Deputy Superintendent of Police ) God sowed the seed of faith in the heart of my beloved dad.
It was too much for me, not able to cope up with so many errands to finish in time, I was cooking which I never did before in my life till then, learning everything from the scratch, not even knew how to light the kerosene stove I had that time, leave alone what ingredients to put in for seasoning.
But I had love for my husband so much, which made me to get up at 4am to prepare Vijayawada by 6am. I cannot imagine my husband could eat in a cafeteria while I eat the home made food . so toiling and toiling, then I had to prepare for the classes, to give lectures. I was also a NSS Programme Officer in College, so I have to conduct the camps and regular activities in holidays, and after college hours. Life is miserable. Physically I was fully exhausted, no strength. My uncle ( my maternal aunty husband ) came to see me, and my husband . He would stay for two or three days. I loved this uncle so much, I was so happy to have him with us. So I exhibited all my culinary skills by cooking extra curries and extra cookies etc.
By the third day, I was fully exhausted, uncle was about to leave us. We three knelt down to pray, I knelt down, and I could not control tears, did not know why I was crying, my tired body, when it went into the presence of God needed His loving touch. and comfort, did not know how to control myself.. Tears flowing down, do not remember what I prayed and how I prayed, after me and my husband said, "Our Father in Heaven.." in our family prayer, I just happened to look into the Bible which was still opened in front of me. There these words, coming out of the rest of the scriptures,
Exodus 3:7
"Lord said: I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt and I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians......"
I never said no to any work given to me by my principal, whatever it is however difficult it is I had obliged to her. I was loyal and obedient to her commands. so I cannot go and tell her to take away that extra burden of NSS from me. In heart of heart I wish I could be relieved of that extra work.
In Telugu Bible these verses are more apt for me, it described the tears, and sighs of the Israelite. The verse goes like this," I have seen their misery, their sighs and tears-----
When I read that verse in my Bible , you can not believe there was no sorrow on my face, its like every shadow of black cloud erased in a moment. it was like the full moon behind the dark clouds emerged in a second, my face was shining, my grin was as wide as you can imagine, my uncle and even my husband could not understand what was happening there with me.
Just then they saw a bruised soul of Leela, crushed and tearful, and in a second what happened to her, she is all in giggles and shiny?!!! Mesmerized they got up from the place where we knelt down to pray.
I was all in all normal myself, did the last errands I had to attend to send off my uncle, and returned to my regular schedule to get ready to go to college.
Those were the days I was taking a bus to go to college from Ashoknagar, Usually no one climb the bus to travel within the city. The villagers used to go in the bus from one hamlet to another, not the people within the city , they opt for Rikshaw which costs a little more . say 60 piase those days, but bus 25 paise, so I was in hurry to get to the bus stop to get into the bus. Money became very less in my hands all in sudden after I got married, Most of the salary was going to the expenditure of my in laws. This did not pinch me, either, might be I was a docile girl or the love for my husband was too much to notice these small irks of life.
So I got into the bus reached college and almost run like walk went to sign in the staff Register, in time. The clerk at the office told me,"Miss , Sr. Principal asked you to meet her now, if you do not have class"
I affirmed her that I did not have class the first hour, so I proceeded to the Principal office.
I used to pray before I entered into her chamber all ways, asking the Lord to protect me and give me wisdom to speak to my higher authority.
So I whispered a prayer before I asked her ,"
"May I come in Sister?"
She gave her consent, and straight to the point she said,'Miss you are working as NSS PO since three years, is it not?" Yes sister" why don't you give chance to another lecturer to work as NSS PO this year? I was jumping up and down in my heart only, outwardly I posed as if I was a very docile and obedient to her word, I answered, " Yes, sister! Shall I write the resignation letter and bring it to you?"
I think I saw a trace of surprise in her eyes, but ignoring her looks I rushed out of the room went into the office, grabbed a white paper and wrote my resignation as PO and within seconds gave it to my principal.
(NSS Po is a prestigious post in the community, and we draw extra remuneration for this work from University, I was given special room with attached bath, and special furniture etc)
--May be she was surprised to see me to leave this prestigious post so quickly without any other word.
One thing is very clear here, that morning I did not know with which task I was so burdened and crushed to the core. I was such an obedient staff member I did not get a thought even as a flash to get rid of the extra duty I was given as NSS PO , all that I had was a tired body and mind in His presence.
But God knew what type of work I need to get rid of. He arranged everything by the time I reached college.
How wonderful it is if only we can take our tasks, burdens to His presence, He can filter what we need and what we do not need.
My Father in Heaven is all ways there to stoop down to me to extend His hand to lift me up.
Is not this experience enough for me to trust in Him all ways, whenever I need ? Try and taste Him, God is so good, yes He is so good .
.Heb 1:1
God speaks to those who has ears to hear, as He said let him who has ears can hear me; so listening to His voice and His word depends on how you mend your ears to listen to Him. Once you learn to listen to Him, instantly you will recognize His voice, in a given moment.
Here I am going to quote number of instances where His word came to me to guide me what I have to do at given situation, how His word gave me an instruction to take, how he comforted me in a confusing situation...yes sundry times, and diverse manners He speaks....
Promotion cometh from the Lord:
It was the beginning days of my walk with the Lord, my life was changed, reading Bible was my food and drink. I did it because I needed the guidance to my life, and I found the Bible is the best Guide.
That day I had a letter from my dad, telling me his desire to get promotion in his job. He wrote,
"Leela, there is tough competetion for this promotion , there are one or two people who compete with me, do not know who will be selected for this promoted post, pray Leela!!"
Dad never asked me to pray, leave alone he never pray for anything, I was still in PG, I came to Hyderbad to finish my Block Placement, my specialization was Criminology and Correctional Administration , as part of my studies, I visited many Jails, and Prisons, Boy's certified schools, Girl's certified schools, Open prisons, interviewed number of criminals, murderers, and wrote my project reports and submitting those to the University.
That day I interviewed a man, who was going to gallows the next day. He was a Naval Officer, he was caught by the Police on Hussain Sagar bridge in odd hours of the night while he was trying to throw a jute bag into the waters.
The bag was contained the cut peices of the body of a 11 year old boy. He had illegal relationship with a friend's wife, who was entrusted to his custody when he was his ship duty. When the son of his friend threatened him and his mom that he would tell his dad about this illegal affair, both of them cut the boy into peieces by an axe and tried to dump the bag in Moosi river waters...
He was in the cell reading a big pack of James Chase novels, answering us, in a hero style. I was a bit shaken when I saw him and also came to know that the woman who was pregnant at that time killed her self by fire in the prison it self, in Chenchalaguda women's prison.
I was devastated and that time I received this letter from my dad, I knelt down, and was in His presence in a second, What I prayed I do not know, but His peace encompasseth me... as if led by the Lord I opened my King James Version Bible, to read it before I take an inland letter to answer my dad, There lies the words bulging out and out into my eyes.
.Psalms 75:6,7 For promotion cometh neither from the east nor from the west nor from the south, But God is the judge ; He puteth down one, and setteth up another
In a second I was switched off from a mood of depression to a mood of rejoicing, and praising God.
I wrote this promise to my Dad telling him, God is going to give him the much wanted and needed promotion, and that he need not look at the people.. they are not the judge, God is Judge and He will give it.
How sweetly God speaks.. do we have the ear to hear Him??
Yes, he got the much wanted and needed promotion in his career as the D.S.P (Deputy Superintendent of Police ) God sowed the seed of faith in the heart of my beloved dad.
It was too much for me, not able to cope up with so many errands to finish in time, I was cooking which I never did before in my life till then, learning everything from the scratch, not even knew how to light the kerosene stove I had that time, leave alone what ingredients to put in for seasoning.
But I had love for my husband so much, which made me to get up at 4am to prepare Vijayawada by 6am. I cannot imagine my husband could eat in a cafeteria while I eat the home made food . so toiling and toiling, then I had to prepare for the classes, to give lectures. I was also a NSS Programme Officer in College, so I have to conduct the camps and regular activities in holidays, and after college hours. Life is miserable. Physically I was fully exhausted, no strength. My uncle ( my maternal aunty husband ) came to see me, and my husband . He would stay for two or three days. I loved this uncle so much, I was so happy to have him with us. So I exhibited all my culinary skills by cooking extra curries and extra cookies etc.
By the third day, I was fully exhausted, uncle was about to leave us. We three knelt down to pray, I knelt down, and I could not control tears, did not know why I was crying, my tired body, when it went into the presence of God needed His loving touch. and comfort, did not know how to control myself.. Tears flowing down, do not remember what I prayed and how I prayed, after me and my husband said, "Our Father in Heaven.." in our family prayer, I just happened to look into the Bible which was still opened in front of me. There these words, coming out of the rest of the scriptures,
Exodus 3:7
"Lord said: I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt and I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians......"
I never said no to any work given to me by my principal, whatever it is however difficult it is I had obliged to her. I was loyal and obedient to her commands. so I cannot go and tell her to take away that extra burden of NSS from me. In heart of heart I wish I could be relieved of that extra work.
In Telugu Bible these verses are more apt for me, it described the tears, and sighs of the Israelite. The verse goes like this," I have seen their misery, their sighs and tears-----
When I read that verse in my Bible , you can not believe there was no sorrow on my face, its like every shadow of black cloud erased in a moment. it was like the full moon behind the dark clouds emerged in a second, my face was shining, my grin was as wide as you can imagine, my uncle and even my husband could not understand what was happening there with me.
Just then they saw a bruised soul of Leela, crushed and tearful, and in a second what happened to her, she is all in giggles and shiny?!!! Mesmerized they got up from the place where we knelt down to pray.
I was all in all normal myself, did the last errands I had to attend to send off my uncle, and returned to my regular schedule to get ready to go to college.
Those were the days I was taking a bus to go to college from Ashoknagar, Usually no one climb the bus to travel within the city. The villagers used to go in the bus from one hamlet to another, not the people within the city , they opt for Rikshaw which costs a little more . say 60 piase those days, but bus 25 paise, so I was in hurry to get to the bus stop to get into the bus. Money became very less in my hands all in sudden after I got married, Most of the salary was going to the expenditure of my in laws. This did not pinch me, either, might be I was a docile girl or the love for my husband was too much to notice these small irks of life.
So I got into the bus reached college and almost run like walk went to sign in the staff Register, in time. The clerk at the office told me,"Miss , Sr. Principal asked you to meet her now, if you do not have class"
I affirmed her that I did not have class the first hour, so I proceeded to the Principal office.
I used to pray before I entered into her chamber all ways, asking the Lord to protect me and give me wisdom to speak to my higher authority.
So I whispered a prayer before I asked her ,"
"May I come in Sister?"
She gave her consent, and straight to the point she said,'Miss you are working as NSS PO since three years, is it not?" Yes sister" why don't you give chance to another lecturer to work as NSS PO this year? I was jumping up and down in my heart only, outwardly I posed as if I was a very docile and obedient to her word, I answered, " Yes, sister! Shall I write the resignation letter and bring it to you?"
I think I saw a trace of surprise in her eyes, but ignoring her looks I rushed out of the room went into the office, grabbed a white paper and wrote my resignation as PO and within seconds gave it to my principal.
(NSS Po is a prestigious post in the community, and we draw extra remuneration for this work from University, I was given special room with attached bath, and special furniture etc)
--May be she was surprised to see me to leave this prestigious post so quickly without any other word.
One thing is very clear here, that morning I did not know with which task I was so burdened and crushed to the core. I was such an obedient staff member I did not get a thought even as a flash to get rid of the extra duty I was given as NSS PO , all that I had was a tired body and mind in His presence.
But God knew what type of work I need to get rid of. He arranged everything by the time I reached college.
How wonderful it is if only we can take our tasks, burdens to His presence, He can filter what we need and what we do not need.
My Father in Heaven is all ways there to stoop down to me to extend His hand to lift me up.
Is not this experience enough for me to trust in Him all ways, whenever I need ? Try and taste Him, God is so good, yes He is so good .
