ONCE I HEARD, BUT TWICE IT HAPPENED...--BRIBE (PART -7)

    Thus my pension papers were sent to DHE office,  I resolved to pray for this pension to be sanctioned without any bribe to be given.  I went to Vizag, where my dad built three storied building, telling us each floor consists of 8 rooms  belongs to one to each girl, The ground floor was mine and middle floor is for next girl, and the top floor to the last girl.  I went there to renovate the building which was in ruined by 2010.. ( why and by whom I will write in another blog)  So I was with my swollen legs was toiling to the core of my life all alone  ... I was there for three months to complete this task  at that time I got information that those papers were sent to AG office, now I have to pray for this issue.  When I told about this and asked for prayer, my friend reminded me that Mr M promised me to help me once the papers sent to AG office.  So immediately I called him and told him the details of the pension.  He contacted his friend The General  of Ag office, and told me that the papers were signed and he was asking him to send any one immediately to pick the papers by hand lest if they fall in the hands of the clerck concern again they would demand bribe.   This is something extraordinary on behalf of the boss telling the lay people to pick up papers from his table. then and there before the file go to the desk of the briber.  Mr M told me," aunty do u remember one particular girl L whom you lead to the Lord? her husband Mr B is now in Hyderabad , he took his daughter to attend an exam , and the center of that exam is just opposite to AG office and  I told him to pick the papers from General table before the briber clerk comes and claim the papers.  So  he picked those papers and will   bring those to Eluru tomorrow, when you come you can take those from me.  "
What a wonderful God is He. The next day I went and received those papers from Mr M   and entrusted those to a friend who was a journalist and my right hand in every work of mine in the absence of my children.  He took those papers to the Treasury office where he was given due respect and finished the work quickly without asking for a sing pie of bribe as it was their wont.    Next he only took the papers to Sub treasury office and submitted on behalf of me, on the day of receiving the check he asked me to come to the office and I was giving right into the chamber of the officer and the clerks who were known for bribe taking , came to my table and got my signatures and gave the cheques... by evening I received all my emoluments and pension orders without any delay.    I felt like I was with my Police officer Dad with this friend of mine Mr MM  journalist while this work being done... My friends my colleagues still feel this is a mystery as they did give lot of money on percentage basis to these offices, whereas I escaped it without giving even a single pie as bribe.
 But the story of pension did not end here,  it so happened I retired the post with old pay scale, and the revised pay scale is applicable so I need to send those papers of revised pay pension again to DHE office..  this time the real urge to claim the promise of 'Once I heard, but twice it happened, the Power belong to God ' came in handy to my rescue.   I started to pray louder claiming this promise.
But this time as I was not in the service, I had to take the papers to DHE office for scrutiny  and again went there to get the papers be sanctioned, this time the particular clerks played a game with me.  Making me to stand there for hours together, the attender comes and tell me if I pay some money, the papers would move etc etc.. This is the first time I ever was told to do so on my face.    I know the money to give is in my hand bag, but where my faith lies, in my bag or in my God.  I had to talk sternly, and also act docile , asking those clerks to finish the work or else I would see Suneetha IAS and would ask her why they are not able find out my service register and give to me for further dealings.  Telling them like that I went and sat at the portico of the officer, the attender came asked me whether I want to meet Suneetha, but i denied to meet her, because I knew my Lord is the higher authority and as I was sitting there and praying Him I knew He would do this on my behalf,  later they called me and gave the papers i needed asked me to go and meet someone who was not there, but on christian attender rescued me took me to the concern engineer who was about to leave for home as the time was 5pm.  He immediately signed my papers, while he was signing the concerned clerk came and was trying to object to sign as I need to get fresh application again from the college.  for which the officer answered sharply,  " I have signed, no more to do now" and gave those papers to my hand.       This was just a glimpse of the whole story, as I was not healthy at that time, my memory is lost for many minute details, of miracles which I forgot to record here.
Thus I recieved my pension full and emoluments full.  But in the year 2014 again I got some arrears , say 1000000 /- again the college clerk tried to woo me for the bribe to get those released.   I was adamant as it was,  and did not pay a single pie... tried many means to win,  see the people of this world to do wrong things, they are all ways very obstinate they never give up even on hard cases like me.  but we as christians do loose hope so easily to win a soul..

GOD AND MAMMON --(BRIBE part -6)

  God was preparing me to stand for the Lord, and not to trust in the money god, or Mammon, from the very first year of my job as a lecturer,  I was writing all those wonderful stories in the previous 5 parts under the heading   now  this is the 6th part, of those series. May of us are under the impression that taking bribe is drastically a sin because it shows the greediness of the man, but what about giving bribe,  most of us think its inevitable,  and it is a way of life, and especially in India, nothing can be done in the offices unless we give bribe, and so many think there is no problem if we give bribe as a 'gift' or do something for those bribers, even if it is out of way... to get things to be done.

But beware friends, God sees the heart, John 2:25  No one need to testify to Jesus , Christ knows what is in the heart of man without any external evidence..  " He did not need any testimony about mankind; for He knew what was in each person.."   He knows whether You trust in His mighty power to do things for you, or you believe that your might, your power your trust in money will do things for you...  Though it looks as a trivial thing,  in everyday life it reflects our faith.. our trust  our righteousness,     We cannot serve  God and mammon .. admired , trusted in, and worshipped as if they were god  for no one can serve two masters... you can serve both God and money..... Abraham trusted God and it was considered as righteousness....Trusting God that He would do any thing, change the minds of the bribers is one such thing,  but if in stead if we think that the money in the vallet will do that work ... God sees even that.  Whether we are in group or alone, whether our files are along with others or solely on the table of the briber,  can we trust in a God who is all powerful or trust Him alone?

    Here comes the test ... very stealthily,  its not a test like Joseph got, or Daniel and his friends got, but its undercover,   we think we have to give because they are going our work,   we conviniently for get that its their job to do our work and Governemnt is paying their salaries for that work... and we think we are obliged to pay extra money for the briber is expecting for his extra work, in fact its not extra work, its his work , he has to do,  he will give a pose that he is working for us alone and demand a gift.. which in other words nothing but bribe... so when one sits and think about this keenly in the presence of God , one has to answer to God ... whether he believes in God or the money in his wallet.  !
so  while we  purchased the house  at the time of registration, I was challenged by the staff that I cannot escape from giving the bribe in the registrar office, But God spoke to me through the verse " Is the Lord's power limited?" Numbers 11:25   ....Even at the time of getting Muncipal tap water, or electricity to the house God wrought miracles and helped us to get things done without giving a single pie as the bribe.

Now   after I was retired, in the year 2010, I need to get my pension,  I got terrible fever and  chickngunea and suffering a lot... my papers were in DHE ( Deputy Higher Education ) office and they say in college unless I pay the bribe the DHE office people never work out the pension and never release it in time.   The office clerk Ms V was pestering me to give away Rs. 10000/- as bribe and that she will look after everything thereafter.   As the office staff and even the new principal Sr. T C knew that I would not give the bribe, as a matter of fact told me that I need to give that amount, or otherwise my papers would be set aside along with the other 3 or 4 lecturers who were retiring that season.   I bluntly told them ' I will not give even one single pie.. and its  your duty to send the service register and the pension papers to DHE office.  I was also told once the papers moved to AG office every thing will be on computer visible to every one to know the process of work out, so if the work in DHE office is over half work is over.

so the clerk v one day called me on phone and told me that my pension application papers were returned back from DHE office.  Not knowing what was all that about I went and met her. She told me,' Mam, in your Service register its written that you were given post as Lecturer from 1976 but DHE office says, there were no posts of Lecturer at that time only Jr Lecturer posts were there."  I said , but as there was no Social work Subject at Intermediate level  I was not posted with intermediate Board but with UGC   from the very beginning so you cannot say that I was jr Lecturer at the time of my posting.   She said,' I do not know mam, there is a GO which says that all who were posted in that year were considered jr Lecturers for three years, and thereby your service as Lecturer will be cut of those three years. It means you cannot meet the required years for full pension, and your emoluments after the retirement also will be lessen to half"
I said, if it is so give me those GO orders for further enquiry, and  I want to apply again with my own explanation, through the Principal.  "  With that I requested principal to sign the requisition letter on my behalf,  but she called Miss V to the office and asked her in front of me is there any other way to solve this problemDHE office and we will try to change the year 1976 appointment as Lecturer,  and she can escape the retrenchment of three years of service..for counting the pension.     I knew these people are dancing to the tune of the bribers there in the DHE office and trying to fool me, what they were talking is  absurd, I was shocked to hear Principal T also asking me to give away the bribe.  I told her and Miss V, all this look like a planned thing for me, and how dare are those DHE people to tamper my Service Register and change the dates or appointment?  What I deserve I will get, even if it is only half of the pension, or half of the emoluments it is enough for me,, I will get only what I deserve.. but I will not give one single pie.  If you ask me for Rs20000/- for the poor I will consider to give , but as bribe I wont give not even single pie.."  Then the principal told me,' Miss then you need to take your service register and papers to DHE office all by yourself... will you go?"  I said , yes I will go, but as usual Thota Venkateswaroa is going with this work, is it not... send him on behalf of me, I will pay the TA and DA to him.  " with this words I took leave and came home, and knelt down and yeilded to His will.
After two hours, I got a phone call from Principal, telling me the papers will be sent to DHE office by courier, and Thota Venkatewarao is busy on some other work.  Was she threatening me that my papers would be thrown into the dustbin if not given by hand.  But whatever be theri intention good or bad, I trusted in the Living God, so immediately I told her,  "Sister, that would be the best thing to do, I am praying and everything will be done according to His will"


I was retired on 31st of August, 2010.. and I was attacked with high fever of 104 degrees F heat, and terrible joint pains, and bed riddenb for 3 months, later  I started to walk but could not make it in full health.   in this stature one day I went out to buy some vegetables  but could not reach home, so I sat in the church which was adjacent to my home and asked one boy to go and open the door from other side and gave him the main gate keys to do so.   I sat and praying for my pension, and that moment one couple was coming out of the hall and saw me and asked me, the man was led to the Lord by my husband, I used to take care of him and his mother, very lovingly by providing food and meeting other needs as they were from a village, he got a good job so they came and met us long back. now he was married, and told me that day was their wedding anniversary day. His name is Mr M R  so after I congratulate him I answered them why I was sitting there, and when he enquired me about my pension was settled, I informed him that all tht happend and asked him to pray for the issue. He said,  'Aunty,  once those papers move to AG office from DHE office let me know , the AG general Mr Israel is honest man, he is my room mate when I was doing my PG in Agl in Bapatla, I have met him only a month ago in a seminar, he gave me his mobile number and told me if there is any work in AG office I can call him."  ----I was fully sick my body , legs, face and even skull was inflamed, and watered,  so what I was hearing was like a dream for me.. I thanked them and came home praised God and informed to my children and one other friend, about God's good hand on me by keeping God fearing man as General of AG office who was the friend of my spiritual son...who offered to help me in this regard.

 I know that Power belongs to God,  His power is not limited... Faith does not come instantly, it has to be exercised daily in every event, it comes only when we listen to His word carefully and by experience we have to taste it...  God prepared me from 1976...even before that my dad a police officer , took many bribes, in his job,  but he sold the fertile land in E.G.Dt and gave that lump sum money as restitution money in the House of God,  we never regret for it, we did not have any property as we parted with the lands we had  as restitution, we were happy to do so. We sought  a place in heaven not in this world.  So my heart was prepared to face any consequences about this bribe right from my beginning of the job... so at the end of this job this temptation of bribe did not move me an inch.
The story did not stop here,   there were still more hurdles, and I had to exercise my faith basing upon that promise I got in case of my husband's transfer in 1992...Psalms 62:11  One thing God spoken two things I have heard  Power belongs to God----