Jehovah Jireh My Provider (When God Guides You .10)

 Jehovah Jireh My Provider

" We have examined this, and it is true, so hear it and apply it to yourself." Job 5:27
His Grace is sufficient for me;(2 Corinthians 12:9)  My God shall supply all my needs according to His riches in glory.(Philippians 4:19) He will give His angels charge over me, Jehovah Jireh cares for me (Psalms 91:11)
Money is not the criteria, we can live happily with or without money;  whether you got a good job or no job is not the question. Whether you abide in Him or not is all that matter.
Remember Elijah in the days of famine at the  brook, fed by the ravens. (1 Kings 17:3,4.)   Money makes many things. It's a bad Master, but it's a good slave. As long as we trust in the One, the Provider, Jehovah Jireh 'Life is beautiful".
I tell you no one can have so much of joy , as I do have in my small home.  Even the king in the palace cannot have this jy and peace even if he built it with his gold coins, and  master mindedness, and intelligence.  Remember what our Lord said, when He saw the little flowers in the grass? Even King Solomon cannot have this beauty in his palaces. Matthew 6:28,29---"Observe the lilies of the field.... they do not toil nor do they spin; Yet I say to you that  not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these."
My small cozy little house of 50 years old is a mansion I am living in for the past 20 years. My children and children visit this house , our sentiments our love our prayers stick to the walls of this house. It does not mean that this house is my idol. Not at all, its only one of the God's amazing gifts with His hand stretched out for me. Its big house for one person, now,  but very small house for more than a family of four.
Now coming to the Municipal water tap, we were cheated by the neighbor, out of our ignorance of loosing it , I say that God has kept better things for us.  Though it looked like we lost something in the negotiations with worldly wise people. Our neighbor was not living in the portion he bought, he was residing elsewhere and gave this portion for rent at the time of our purchase, it seems the owner of the house was his student , even he yielded to the greed of our neighbor. so we could not have any one  to correct the situation.
But God sent His angel to take charge over us.
After we got the house registered for us, we met our family friend and my colleague Umadevi who was our neighbor too. My husband and her husband used to travel in the passenger train for a few years when both were working in Vijayawada, In Railways and and PWD office respectively. Both were good friends too and had respect for each other. Later my husband got transfer to Eluru, and he to Rajahmundry. Thereby we went to their house to get some suggestion about getting water tap from the municipality.
When we told him that the staff in the Eluru municipality behaving callously to our pleads to our application for water connection.
He said, " Why you worry about these people here, they are bribers, ask your relative, You will get water connection within  few days."--looking at me.
I was surprised, and asked him, " Who is my relative?"--He said, "Nilakhantam" garu is there. If you call him and tell him you will get water tap within a few days.
" Nilakhantam uncle? ( He is our distant relative and a close friend of my late father) but he is in Vizag , right?" I asked him.
He laughed and said, "He is Municipal commissioner for three districts, Vizag, East Godavari and West Godavari"  ---------
Later  that evening we went to Telephone booth to contact him.  He immediately responded and said, " Oh you bought a house? very good, tomorrow I am coming to Eluru, ask abbai, ( son, i.e., my husband) to come and meet me at 11 am in Municipal Guest House."

The next day my husband went to this office as it was just opposite to his A.E.N office where he was working for Railways, and met him, immediately he cordially invited him into his chamber, and offered a seat beside him on sofa.While the same staff  who were giving trouble to my husband and who were working in the Eluru Municipality were standing in front of him as he was giving instructions to them.

  "See this is my son-in law- he applied for water connection see that this work would be finished within a few days, and report it back to me, and another thing, the tap should be provided on my quota. You understand?" he instructed them and and sent my husband back to office.

The next day early morning, the municipality attender  came to my house and returned the draft of Rs.7000/ and told us that we need to take a fresh draft for Rs. 3500/ only as the water tap would be provided in Commissioner quota.
My husband was all in smiles, so am I . He did as they asked us to do. The next day, the work to lay the pipes to get water connection started. And water connection was given by evening, it was 15th March 1994.
The next day the water Reservoir which was near our home, in Ashok Nagar park, was inaugurated and our pipe connection which was given to us was connected to this reservoir, unlike the old tap which was connected to the town lake in 2 town area very far away. The old tap was not having proper supply of water and it was  giving much trouble to the residents, and our neighbor, but this new connection was with water connection with full force because it is in our vicinity. We bought a long plastic water tube and I was in great mirth while asking and supplying water to our neighbors  through our plastic tube over the compound walls as we had more water than we needed..

       We have a little ground to till and toil to cultivate vegetables, in the compound of our house. My husband got green fingers, whatever he plant it  yield bountifully. Whereas I do not have that technique or patience to till the ground and plant.  He is an expert in it, like my dad and my daughter. but I used to bring different seeds and seedlings to plant. Sr. Placida my bosom friend gave me many saplings of Croatians.   So we grew all the vegetables in the little kitchen garden we have. All leafy vegetables, not leaving  even one variety, he put up a small pendal(pandhiri) with the bamboo shoots, we had all the creeper-veg, like snake gourd, beans, bitter gourd, and thumb gourd, and green gourd on that.
Everyday I used to have a great fun, to go and search for the vegetables underneath the pendal just for that day's curry.  may be 1/4 kg vegetables.  We had all varieties of brinjal, and lady fingers, and tomato, green chillies, goa fruits, and even banana, I have some of  those photographs with  me.
Like that we lived on purely vegetables for one year no mutton no chicken, to cut the expenses; we used to buy only dal, milk and oil, that year we got coarse rice from our village, from his parents, the land my husband  had.                                                                        I did not buy not even one saree, the clothes were limited, I had two white blouses which suit and match on any saree, there were days when I stitch my sarees and used.  I had beautiful red glass bangles, and one rold gold chain. We had a purpose and we lived for it. We started to repay all our principle and interest money in the banks, and Post office, simultaneously, and regularly, This way of repayment gained confidence to us and the loaners too. Within one year we finished all our debts, with careful planning, and saving of money.

  Man Proposes God disposes, our neighbor thought he had his hand over us by grabbing the water tap/Even our conversation with him while negotiating for the tap looked like foolish pratte, but it was God intention to give us the better provision, and it worked out His purpose.

I think my neighbour paid extra money  to get new connection for water, and bribe too, later. I always learned to forgive him without any question.

                  Now coming to the Electricity connection.

               My husband was making many trips to Power House to get connection on the pole, as the rest of connection was already existed in the house. But they are giving deaf ear, to come and finish the work, those days were very different from now, we had to beg every tom  and harry to attend any work of this sort, coins should be shed before getting any work to be done.
That was summer, month of March , we were attending little repairs in the house, in our area there was Power cut for hours together.  My husband was standing at the gate on some errand, and he happened to see some workers from the electric department were working on electric pole at the end of the street. He went to them and asked them to come and finish the remained work in giving connection to our home. They immediately obliged to his request and came and finished the work, and we got Power connection .
How it happened and why it happened? The reason was, we came to know at the end of our street the Chief Engineer of the Power House was residing for rent, his wife would not tolerate this power cuts in summer, so on her demand, the workers came in that mid noon to give them a separate connection to their house, and when my husband approached them , The Lord soften their hearts to finish the job with us too.
This is amazing situation where our loving father stretched his hand to help us once more.   We had Thanksgiving prayer in the house on March 30th, evening, and we occupied the house on 1st April 1994.

  Now about the bank loan I took from my sister, I had to give that Rs.30000/- back to my sister by the end of April month. We paid interest on that 30000/-for month March to my sister in April first week.. We were paying, the interest and also principle money in small but regular amounts; on the loan we took on NSCs, on gold, on personal loan, and Cecilia FD, and for www plan  in the first week of  April. We had three rooms and also a tin shed in front of the house, and a tiles roof as kitchen at the back of the house.in between one hall and two small rooms and one old bathroom cum toilet outside.

         So in the month of March I pulled out a certificate from my little suitcase where we put all documents and found one UTI Mutual Fund certificate.  It is Rs. 7500/- worth face valued.

         We bought it because we were told  by one of our college clerks, Beulah, who came and pleaded us to support her business as she was an  agent of that agency.  We bought it because, we needed to pay the tax Rs. 7500/ for that year.  Usually we do not go for risks on mutual funds, or stock market etc.  But that year we bought it because we were told by her that we need to pay Rs.7500/ for tax and as usual  if we buy NSCs we had to buy Rs. 37500/(5 x 7500)- worth of those.  But with these UTI mutual funds, if we buy a bond worth of Rs.7500/ we could evade the full amount of Rs.7500/ as tax money. We thought its wonderful plan and as it was approved by the  Government that year,  we bought the Bond on 25-3-1991. (My husband's dairy gives me these dates)

    I got a funny idea , I wanted to take some loan on it to meet the expenses at home. I thought , even if I get , say, Rs.4000/ on it , it would be a great boon for us.  so taking that certificate I went to the Bank of Baroda, which was in the same lane of our college during one of my leisure hours.

 I showed it to the same kindly gentleman  clerk and asked him whether I would get any loan on it.

   When I first entered into the Bank to ask for a loan in the month of February, my throat,stuck up to my pallet , I could not speak audibly feeling a sort of fear, to ask for loan, which I never did before.  But after the purchase of the house, I got a little more courage to approach the Bank for further dealings like this.

          I was arguing with my husband that all sorts of debts was a sin according to Deu 28,  only the cursed will have to indulge in debts.  But my husband was trying to teach me  that 'loan' is different from 'debt'... but I did not heed him in those  past years.  But as I told you I cannot say 'no' to his word,  sulking in side I did not make much issue of that matter, in  those years. Even then we did not take any loans because of my adamant attitude to take any loans.

         But once I started to take 'loan' from the bank ,on his insistence, I learned that debt is something we do without any base , no security of our own, we go and beg people or private financiers to lend us money, and borrow money from others, pleading them. Which is a cursed thing, which we do by trusting man to help us rather than our own resources given by God. Debt is an act of greed, seeking things beyond our financial capacity.

         Whereas Loan is something which the bank gives to us, seeing our salary amount, or the savings we have with Government , or capital property like houses or field or gold we have, they lend money to us basing on these property. In case we could not repay back or avoid paying back, the Bank or Government could take away the property we stood surety  with them.  On the other hand the gold or documents will be with them so we have to redeem them by paying the interest and the principle money.

             So I think I became an expert now to approach the Bank to inquire about the UTI certificate, and became a little bold enough to ask them about a loan on it.

       As usual the gentle clerk ushered me to Asst. Manager who would enlighten me about the document I took with me.  That person told me, 'Mam, this is UTI bond, I see that you bought in the month of March 1991, now this is March of 1994, it means the Block Period is over on this , now you can Repurchase it. and you will get some

 money on it.'

I asked him, ' Sir, I do not know what is Block Period. what is it?'

  " See you bought March 1991, now it is April 1994,  so by last month three years were over after you purchased, this Bond, it means you can repurchase it'

  "Sir, I do not know what you mean by repurchase. What I have to do?'

 'Along with this Bond you were given some papers when you purchased this, you just sign on them and send them to the address given in those papers  along with this . That is all"

  I thanked him and went out, wondering whether I had those repurchasing papers, he said about, at home in my little suitcase'

   I told my husband what the Asst. Manager told me and we pulled out the papers from the suitcase.

   We studied them, and we both worried a little bit, thinking, in case we send this bond and the papers, and in case those papers were not return to us, and there won't be any response from the company, and we can not go to the office and enquire as it was in Madras,(Chennai) - what would happen, we will lose even this 7500/-

    That was the fear lurking in our minds.  My husband said,' Leela we are going to attend a wedding in LEF prayer center in Vijayawada, day after tomorrow, there was UTI office just nearby the center, I saw it the other day, in Benz circle center, we will go and ask them also and take their opinion too.'

We went and we climbed many staircases and went into the UTI office and asked a clerk about the Bond with us,  he told us just the same as the Asst Manager in Bank of Baroda and he showed us where to sign  those and helped us to fill up the form precisely.

 Wondering we should not lose the document; to be on safe side,  after we came home we sent the Bond and the papers in registered post after we got the true copy of those documents.

            All this was happened in the second week of April.  I did not have a single idea how we were going to give the money back to my sister,  neither  we had any idea of these or other financial matters.  but we were trusting in the Lord. Trusting means, just leaning upon His bosom and taking rest.   That was the last week of April, I had no invigilation that day, and he got week -end holiday,  it was Saturday.  He laid down on a small cot in the Tin shed, I sat on the door ground post and talking something.

 Then a postman came and told us,"On the name Mrs Leelavathi you have a Registered post"

  I signed it and took the cover, it was from UTI office, I opened it, and I could not believe my own eyes.   What I spoke to my husband, how I thank God, for His mercies, could not have any language to explain.

        Do you know how much  that Cheque was worth? Do you know how much my 7500 bond increased and sent to us We both could not believe our own eyes,  it was for Rs. 27000/-

         I exclaimed ," Emandi, Jesus did a miracle, He increased, 5 loaves of bread, and 2 fish, "  and showed the cheque.  I was grinning, and he was too.    I told him, "I will go to Andhra Bank (which was nearby in our neighborhood,)  and give this cheque and come.  I had my cheppals, (home wear shoes) and flew into the bank, because the bank will be closed by 12 am as it was only half day work for them on Saturday.
The clerk was kind enough to tell me that we could take the cash on Monday .

     My joy knew no bounds, My Lord , My Father in Heaven Hallowed His name... He was my Redeemer, My Fortress, My Dad...to take care of me/us.

       Life at every turn gives us tests with questions and blanks. we need to face them and lean upon Him, He will never put us to shame. We added remaining Rs.3000+ the meager interest we asked to pay from our salary and sent the money to my sister.

       God would never abandon us. Believe it. you will see miracles in life.  Faith is something with or without money. Faith is believing in Him. Faith is without our intelligence, our own schemes and plans.    In college every body got to know about this wonderful and bountiful yield of this UTI bond, because even the other Lecturer in commerce, Mrs. Uttama Durga got that yield as she went for repurchase after seeing me and she told everyone. Therefore some other lecturers also bought some bonds that year, but they did not get the profit, on the other hand they had some loss, I was told by  Mrs. Padma Botany lecturer, years later.

So do not trust in the Mutual Fund Bonds, but in the Lord who loves us and takes care of us all the time.  Life is always mysterious for them who look unto God, If you do not note down His graces at every step of your life, you would not find this wonderful life as mysterious as it should be. Learning to look unto Christ, remembering His deeds in life requires spotless love for Christ who bought you by His blood.
Because she poured the costly ointment on His feet kissed and wiped with her hair,  Jesus said, do not  trouble  her, she loves me much as she knew how much was her sinful life and how she was delivered from it.Only those  who looks at her life how useless it has been, lean upon God and thereby gets His blessings like this. Such love cannot forget His mercies in life.

        "To know God as the Master and Bestower of all good things, who invites us to request them of Him, and still not go to Him and ask of Him- this would be as little profit as for a man to neglect a treasure, buried and hidden in the earth,after it had been pointed out to him." --John Calvin

Trivial matters-Matters to God (When God Guides You.9)

 Trivial matters Matters to God

"Even when I am old and gray do not forsake me, till I declare Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come" Psalm 71:18
I could save only 40 thousand in 13 years another 50 thousand in one year, and 90 thousand loan to buy a house within 6 days, between, 14th February to 19th February and could entered into the PROMISED HOUSE OF GOD pn28th February 1994.  That miraculous story runs like this.
The next day I went to the Bank of Baroda where our salaries deposit every month by the UGC     ( University Grants Commission) It was first time in my life to ask anyone for financial help. My throat was shaking, there was a kind clerk who used to do our work fast whenever we go to bank, knowing we went there in between the classes in our leisure hour.  When I told  him I need loan to purchase a house, he ushered me to the manager room. I told the manager about my need.
The first question was, " You are telling me this house you want to buy is old house, how old it is madam"
"25 years Sir"
He laughed , I was puzzled, I did not understand why he laughed. May be he laughed at my ignorance. He said," We will not give any loan for old houses if they exceed 10 years madam"    ( 1 st Obstacle)                                                 I was jerked, I said , "But you gave to Swarna Kamala garu my friend, 4 lakhs"-, I reminded him, He said, " Madam they are buying a site to build a house" we will give loan for such transactions..Even for you we will give if you want to buy new house, or to buy  a        vacant site" 
If here was somebody in my place then they could easily go for better house which could be loaned by the Bank. But not me. I sat there steadily looking at him. Because I am accustomed to face hurdles in my path of His Will.  I could as well go for new house or a vacant land to build a house. But the promise I got in Levi 25:30 is very clear, that I should go for this house in Ashoknagar only.
I will tell you how I got the rest of the money...within 15 days,With all my hard toil  I could save Rs.40000/ only in all those past years; and Rs.50000/ within one year; now I should earn Rs.90000/ within 15 days, could it be possible?We would not go for finance companies, or go to any person for debts. We never opted for Chits or go for Chit companies.  Then how could it be possible? Will it be possible? Yes it could  be possible because He promised me. , You will be astonished how God will make things possible in miraculous way when He give His word. Only to those who talk and listen to His voice it could be understood-
" Ask and it shall be given to you, seek and ye shall find,  If you knock knock the door it will be opened to you every time, If his children ask the father, for a piece of bread, Will that father give him a stone instead? NOOOOO" Sunday school Song I taught to my children ringing in my ears.
TRIVIAL MATTERS - MATTERS TO GOD

"Matthews-31 "Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are more valuable than many sparrows.
.             We were given an ultimatum that we should pay the full amount of Rs 180000/- at once on 28th of February, 1994 and get the house registered.  Or else we can forgo our claims to negotiate to buy the house..  The Manager of the Baroda Bank told me I will not get any loan because the house is too old He said if it is above 10 years old they would not lend any loan; this house is +25 years old.

I went to the bank and asked for the loan on 14th February.  So what to do? I asked the same question "Sir, then what to do? I need to purchase this house before 28th of this month.". 
As I know this is the house God wants me to buy, I won't go for any other one for sure. When the seller is so obstinate, usually we do not like to take risk to buy the same one We as well go for another one, without a doubt, but that thought never occurred to me, as I knew God had directed me to buy this house only.
      " Madam' may be you will get  a personal loan, but not more than that.  We cannot help you in any other way."  He said very casually as a matter of fact. He must be astonished for my next persuasive question                          "As personal loan,  How much you will give , Sir?"                                                         "Rs. 10000/-"                                                                                  "Ok, Sir, when will you give that amount?"
(Some may think that I am a docile in money matters, as often I do think of myself too, because, when I need money Rs. 180000/at that moment,  how can I be satisfied with mere Rs.10000/?         But I knew the God of Joshua, is my God all ways, in 3:8,  He had proved Himself the most Faithful One in many instances even before;  'God has brought us so far, He is able to take me even  further ' is my motto. Did not He  ask Joshua to tell the priests like this?" Tell the priests who carry the ark of the covenant; ' When you reach the edge of the Jordan's' water, take a few steps into the water  and stand in the river'" YOU WILL SEE the flood of water from above stop to flow, there will be dry place to cross the river.'     
Therefore by faith I must take first step of mine into the water, to see the next miracle of crossing it on dry land.                                                                      God will help me certainly, So far He is leading me, He will lead me further..I am sure of it.   His promise to buy THIS HOUSE in Leviticus 25:30-If it is not redeemed before of full year has passed, the house in the walled city shall belong permanently to the buyer and the buyer's descendants through out his generation; it shall not go out in the jubilee"-Actually when I was told that the Bank on which I relied upon, rejected to give loan of Rs.90000/ I could as well with draw my negotiations with that owner of the house and as well I could get Rs. 4,00000/ and buy a new house or site very easily, but I never got that thought even for a second, because I knew the Will OF GOD IN PURCHASING THIS HOUSE.)
That was February 14th, within 6 days by 19th February,1994 I got the rest of the money I needed. I did not go for debts.
" Fill up these papers, and get your salary certificate tomorrow and we will pay you tomorrow itself, mam'.                         (2).The next day he gave me Rs. 10000/- I asked him about gold loan.
"Sir I have 4 gold bangles and one gold chain. Can you give me some loan?
"yes mam' we can give an agriculture loan to you for lesser interest, do you have any agriculture land?"
Yes, sir, we have a small piece of land on my husband name in his native village."\
"Well  taking your word for assurance we will release the amount tomorrow on your gold, say. Rs.10000/-"                                                  Next day I went and received the total of amount  Rs.20000/-   Sometime back I heard that we can get loan on NSC  certificates.
We lecturers were used to buy NSC-Certificates to evade the tax we had to pay on our salary.
Eg. when we need to pay Rs. 5000/- tax, if we buy 25000/ {5x5=25}- valued certificates and show them in income tax office,  that amount of   Rs. 5000 need not be paid for tax. But we cannot redeem them till 6 years completed, until they are matured to the double amount , because we bought those for the purpose of Tax elimination with Government permission.   It was like walking in the clouds for me, I was led by the Holy Spirit all through, otherwise I had no other support financially from any other source. Not even one second I got a thought I should seek help from any other sources too. It was just liking on the water...looking unto Jesus. When God is leading there would not be any doubts, or plans of our own  to implement, its sheer walking as He guides us.
Not knowing what to do and how to do, I went to the same bank and inquired the same clerk who was kind enough to advise me.  He told me that I need to go to Post office where I purchased them through an agent, and ask them to give some loan. He counted the face value of those certificates which came to Rs. 75000/-
The next day my husband and myself went to different post offices, like Ashoknagar, Venkatarao pet post office , and Narasimha Rao pet post  Offices.  In Narasamiha Rao post office We had a strange incident with a gentle man who was tall and fair in white attire, the Postmaster. We had different treatment by him unlike the other postmasters, He was extremely cordial towards us, treated us as VIPs,  taken us into the inner chamber of the post office and made us to sit comfortably, got two cups of tea for us, and inquired about our purchase of the house. after we told him about this old house to be purchased in Ashoknagar; he advised us like this; " I am like your father, I want to give you some good advice. I understand that you are buying an old house, then do not try to destroy it or do not be  hasty to build a new one.  Do not try to renovate it till you get rid of your loans.   See I did the same thing and I built a very big house, but my children are grown up and they cannot stay with me due to the jobs they are doing in different places. Even if they come they could stay with me only a few days, or at the most for a fortnight , not more than that.  I am getting old and it has become a great burden for me to maintain the house as it is a big house. Do not do like me. For one year do not try to do anything with that house. Just keep it as it is. Later,  after you could pay the  loans you made, and redeem the certificates, by and by, then you can think of repairing it or renovating it, slowly. This is my advise to you as an elderly person.."
It was just like my own dad was with me and telling me what to do and what not to do.  He was so kind and gentle man and well known person in the town, Meesaala Appanna's family member. We took his good advice at once. He redeemed our certificates and gave us the cash.   All together on our NSC certificates\
(3)we got Rs.45000/- on loan.so 20000+45000=65000
My friend Cecilia,  physical directress, used to come with me to the Bank while I was going for personal loan and Gold loan, because she had classes only after the college academic hours , she was free to accompany me, in my leisure hour.
One day, on our way to the Bank, she said like this," Leela, I understand you need some money to buy this house,(4) I have Rs.10000/- in the bank as Fixed  deposit.  I would like to lend it to you, but will you pay the interest I am getting in the bank every month, until you  repay the money to me?"--
I could not believe my own ears,   Can you imagine my surprise? I never know that she would lend money like this, without me asking her. She herself was a widow, and living in a small rented house, trying to save every pie for the higher education of her only son who was studying in different state. -I never thought of asking for debt from any one in my life, asking MAN for my needs is completely out of my dictionary, not even letting them know of my financial needs, even indirectly is out of question. My God, My Father gives everything I need, so I did not thought of asking her or getting help from her.
I was so grateful to her and accepted her offer.  So 65000+10000=75000 (dt 17/2/1994) We have no other sources to get some loan , no land, no more gold, no other property and we would not ask any one to lend money. I do not know how the rest of money I could get, I have to have somemore money too as any expenses for registration.
That day I went to college as usual to sign in the register, when I went to sign again for afternoon session,  I  saw a notice on the board which was not in the morning on College bulletin.  A notice of that kind was never put on before or after wards in our college. Its an advertisement from IOB ( Indian Oversees Bank)
,                 "WWW----  Working women welfare - fund."
It was written that they were ready to give Rs.10000/- loan to the working women instantly, any body can apply for it bringing salary certificate from the employer.
My joy knew no bounds, I got my employment certificate  from the Principal, and went home and informed my husband, and the next day we went to the Bank.
We both went immediately to Over Seas Bank in  1 town area, there was the Assistant Manager  whom I knew since my  childhood, I knew he was working in a bank but did not know that he was in that bank. His name was Arun kumar, his sister Shobha and me were childhood friends, as his dad also was Police Officer, he and my dad worked in the same towns three times, and lived in the bungalows side by side. in Bandar, Guntur, Eluru etc..But his sister and me were  afraid of him because he was much older to us, and used to hit us on our heads, as he was thinking that we were wasting time all the time by playing in the ground.                                                                                                   As I know him well , when I saw him there in the Bank I was  happy  and I introduced my husband to him, and told him that I came to claim for a loan on W.W.W--   He was kind enough  to do the work within minutes and handed over the cash to us. We thanked him immensely and reached home so  we got(5) another Rs.10000/   ( ---75000+10000=85000)
We both are very naive and not worldly wise, we take things as they are, mostly we depend on our Sovereign  Almighty  God. we never learned to  plan or discuss things with others for our needs,. We used to tell our God on our knees all the needs we have. In the Arts Department in college where I worked we used to ask welfare of one another , and used to suggest pieces of advice to one another, most of them were my seniors so they used to ask about others welfare and  give us advises.  My friend and my well wisher    Mrs. Umadevi, Lecturer in History asked me whether I pooled out all the money, when I told her I did pooled Rs.85000/ she calculated that I need some more ,say some Rs.30000/- for registration expenditure and other things.  ---She said , " Your youngest sister is working in Andhra Bank and your brother-in-law in Bank of India, can't they get some loan on their name and give to you so that you can pay interest on it every month until you repay the principle money in due course of time?" --- Already I tasted this sort of arrangement from my friend Cecelia, taking Rs.10000/ on Bank interest, I found this is really a very good advice.                                                                                  I went home and shared this piece of information with my husband, so that day we called my sister and told her our need and requested her whether she could get some loan on her name and give to us , and we will repay the interest on that amount every month and the principle money within short period of time.    She answered," O Leelakka, as it is we are in deep debts, you know we hardly get money as salary to bring home, as we bought the gas stove and fridge and all the gadgets  on installment basis and our salary is being cut alltogether, we hardly can help you."   
I was very disappointed, but as usual as the eldest of the three sisters, I demanded, " hey you have to help me , you being the banker you have to do something , we are coming to Jony's marriage, day after tomorrow,(19/2/1994)to Vizag, please try to get some help."---   In marriage hall she  told me that some one in her office is in habit of lending money to good and sound  party, on an agreement of  paying the Bank interest. And he is willing to give us Rs. 30000/- but that money should be returned by the end of the April month. and gave me 30000 check.                       (6).(Rs.85000+30000=1,15000/))
(I was happy knowing very well, that the faithful God would help me to repay that money in due time. He is the one who would do wonders as He is my Father. He would not put me to shame.  Knowing this, by faith, I accepted the offer. How I would pay I did not know but I would repay it, that I know. Not contemplating  plans of solving problems  of the future, is the secret of having FAITH in Him.  I have faith in Him.  Neither I was clever in counting and calculating or planning the financial matters. But  I could depend on All knowing Loving Father God                          We en-cashed the check soon after we returned from Vizag                                                                       Later they told me after 23 years that the stranger who lend money for Bank interest was none other than  they themselves under the disguise of another banker.    I thanked God  for they had a role in increasing my faith in my God by pressing me to return the money by the end of April under the name of other person.
On 26th February , We met the owner of the house, who came from Hyderabad, to finalize the negotiations of the house purchase and met us in Document writer house. Strangely enough we found the one who already purchased half portion of the house suddenly after knowing that we are going to buy the other portion   did a mischievous  act.   He built a wall encroaching some place in our site which had a municipality tap. He already had a well and steps to climb the terrace in his site, but he wanted to devour the tap also so he did it that way. Seeing this unjustful act of our neighbor, we thought of asking the owner on that day, that we should be given the tap, by all means as we bargained the house with tap water connection.
We came to know to get a new connection we need to pay Rs. 7000/, we also knew, not only money but the municipality is full of corruption, to get a new connection; we need to give bribes from top to toe of the administration, who would sanction  a new connection. Which we do not want to do, and would not do. so we thought we should get the municipality water tap, from our encroached neighbor, even we thought kindly to ask for the tap by paying him half of the cost of the Tap connection i.e., Rs.3500/ to him so that he could add the remain money for himself, to get new connection, as he already have water well, and steps to climb to  the terrace which we do not have. This was very clear bargain, we prayed over it and determined to tell our neighbor to take the money we offer, out of kindness, though we need not pay, and ask him to leave the municipality water tap to us.
Foolish Prattle Yet God's grace abundant.
But after we went to the Document writer's house, instead of sticking to our own statement , we said like this , " The tap belongs to us, now to have new tap we need to pay Rs.7000/ extra, , you have taken that  the tap and also some place which belong to us,,which was ours when we bargain the house,you  constructed a wall in wrong way,   you give Rs.3500/ to us  or we will give Rs.3500/ to you to get a new connection,."               We  added this last piece of statement Or we will give Rs.3500/ ,very very foolishly.  Immediately the neighbor jumped to the proposal and said that he would give that Rs.3500/ and he will take tap. we both  opened our mouths ajar, and could not believe our own ears. After the business was over when we came out, we both at once said to each other, "Oh Why we said so? Why we were prattled foolishly that we would give that half amount ,giving him a chance to grab the water tap." --But what is the use of lamenting now?//it now became  the past,its over. Now.we understood that after registration of the house my husband has to make rounds again and again to get a municipal water tap. We did not know why we talked like that, with a sort of remorse, we launched into other work of gaining the house premises ,i.e., registration,etc.
But later we understood that God Himself made us to yield to the cunning encroachment of our neighbor. Though we thought we prattled foolishly about the tap bargaining, God has better plans for us. Oh yes not even a strangle of hair will  fall without His order ? Even our foolish hasty prattle became a great wondrous blessing to us. In fact though we thought we spoke foolishly, in God's plan it was for our best. That story I will continue after I finished the story of purchasing the house.(-If we were given that old tap we would had forgone a MIRACLE of God awaiting for us.)
It was 27th February, the next day we will get the house registered.  I was signing in the college register, one of our good friends                Ms. Rajyalaxmi, Head of History Department, asked me
'Leela when is your house registration?                                                                   I said, 'Tomorrow Miss" She sat on the sofa, in the office room,  I too made my place beside hers.                                                    She said," You  always say you would not give any bribes, but in case of house registration you have to give bribe, without paying bribe they would not register the house. "My heart just skipped a beat at once, I was shocked"What Miss, is it real? without bribe they do not register?"    She affirmed her version of Bribe once again in plain words, that there would not be any escape from bribe. My face was pale, and I said, very slowly and steadily, looking down at the floor,  "Miss, if.. if it is not possible to register the house ,without giving BRIBE in the Registration Office, yes, I will cancel the registration of the house Miss.." I said so, in a pensive mood, and sat there for some time even after she left for her class.  In the evening when I went home and I knelt down at my bedside, I poured my heart, what I prayed, how I prayed I do not remember, but I was in deep agony which cannot be explained. How much time I was in His presence I do not remember now.
But One thing I remember very clearly, the Word of God was in front of me, my Lord spoke to me through His word, He consoled me by His word, He healed my ruptured heart with His word, he erased all my fears with His word.
Numbers 11:18 to 35--- You know what it is about? It was right in front of me in the open pages of the BOOK.
The Israelites were crying for the meat, Moses went into the presence of God and told Him,----' "See these people Lord, they are crying for the meat, what I can do?"---Surprisingly God told Him " Right, you feed them with meat " Moses was immensely surprised and exclaimed,  "Oh Lord , what are you thinking? Am I supposed to feed this vast population with the meat? Do you think thousands and thousands of goat and sheep are enough for these people , how can I provide such heaps of meat for these greedy people?"--- It was his question to God, the answer He gave was, " Do you think the HAND OF YAHWEH IS SHORT  enough?" that it could not provide it? I HEARD OF THEIR WAILING , Moses , feed them with the meat. Not one day, or two days, not even 5 days, or 10 or 20 days, I will give them for one month, go and tell them.'
Numbers 11:18 to 35--Then Moses was asking God, 'Lord I am among these people who are more than 6 lakh  people, how can you give so much meat to them? Should I kill all the goats, and cattle?  Should I gather all the fish in the oceans?---                                                              Then the Lord answered him like this, verse 23, "Is the Lord's arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true to you"This was my promise.                        Later, they ate quails which were brought by the wind till it came out of their nostrils and loathed it, and still the meat was in between their teeth they were struck with plague.
Yes His arm was not short.. that was my promise.
So on 28th February we went to the Registrar office, I wanted to go along with him into the office, I used to feel that I should be with him to give him moral support.    But he told me"Leela , you stand at the scooter under this tree, and pray for the registration to go on smoothly"   --
It was my wont to obey him without another word. So I stood there and was praying, after two hours or so he came out with a big grin on his face. I was looking at him anxiously from distance.     He approached me under that tree near the scooter and  told me, " Leela, nobody asked me for bribe, instead I took New Testament Bibles in my suitcase , and I distributed those to them and came"
We got our house registered on 28th February, 1994. No body can imagine the great JOY we had when we stepped into that God given house. Even the Queen of England may not have felt that JOY I had when I stepped into my gracious abode, I felt like there were invisible angels with wings around me  and they were fanning me as I stepped into the house.
You want to know how I re-payed that Rs.30000/- back to my sister in the month of April? And what the Lord did about the Municipality water tap? These are not  ordinary stories.. There again the Lord was there and He extended His hand and  did not allow us to face any shame in repaying that big amount of Rs.30000/- in time to my sister.
Faith walks in real sense, it is there when we were in rags or in costly apparel, You will have no words to speak when you know how we got that amount , or how we gained the Tap without any bribe giving.  We did not stop to pay our regular interest payments in the bank and post offices, while we were doing so we were able to pay that amount and got the best connection of new Municipality  water tap. And also Electric connection without giving any bribe.
We can gain things by ancestry inheritance, we can gain things by our hard earned savings, we can gain things by incurring debts, we can gain things by cheating others, but gaining things by God's approval and guidance and by His promises gives us two fluffy wings on our shoulders and cause us to fly in the clouds within a second. Even a Queen would not gain this joy of having an abode, as I have, to live in, unless they have faith in Jesus who gives every good gift from above.
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Three Questions - Sweet Home (When God Guides You.8)

 Three Questions- Sweet Home

" I will utter hidden things, things from of old..We will not hide them from our children;  We will tell the next generation the praise worthy deeds of the Lord, His power, and the wonders He has done"         Psalm 78:1-7
I asked three questions, Lord shall we buy or built a house, which house, this or that, and as they are very old houses what is the guarantee that they will sustain? God answered all my three questions in one sentence Leviticus 25:30 This story is a miracle story, like many miracles in the Bible. Read and learn Faith to ask Him.
 I never realized that there are still some more promises to be fulfilled in His Great Plan for me. I recollected the promise He had given in Numbers 32 chapter, on that night in Vijayawada, Railway Quarters.  Some people tried to involve in my personal and financial matters by diverting all my resources to be nullified by asking me to resign the job. But God showed them that they can not play games with me, they saw that God gave me an opening in Maris Stella college as a Lecturer again  even in Vijayawada, a place where they tried to throw me off without any financial support, they wanted to see me without job, but  all their intentions of humiliating me were seen by God and He uplifted me far above than they imagine. On the other hand  God made them to  ask us to go back and join my own job which God had given me in a miraculous way.Also they had to depend on us to take care of the church in Eluru.  If  a person wanted to do the will of God, and seek His will in his life, no one can destroy him/her by their evil tricks or jealous looks. This had been proved once again in a wonderful way.
The promise given on that night should be recollected once again here, it includes this  sentence too--- Numbers 32:-^{24 "}Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth."

Next Promise:

My Sweet Home: Build cities for your women and children..."Numbers 32:24 

 

                                Now God reminded me to go back to those 4 questions at the back of my Bible,  and about the wonderful answer I got in Numbers 32:24   Build cities for your women and children..."As I told you we were living in rented houses.The  first one was given in rent by one of my students which was a beautiful individual house for rent for Rs200/  one year we stayed in it, later for the summer holidays we vacated it put the things in our relatives house, went to Vijayawada where his sisters were put in  a house and we were paying the rent there too., so after the summer holidays, as the financial burden was too much, my journal was going on and on with many sighs and tears, in the presence of God. So I had decided I should seek for a very less rented house. I sought for a thatched house for Rs. 60/  only one room it was so horrible. I thought it was well with me, and told myself that I should adjust to live anywhere for the sake of his happiness and for the peace in between us, so that our prayer life should not be disrupted. As he goes to office at 6 am and I go away to college at 9 am: we both would stay at home only in the nights, so the rest of Rs120/ could be used for his sisters',and parents expenses, fees etc.

I was saving EVERY PIE, NO NEW SAREES, NO FURNITURE. I had a small iron trunk box to keep our clothes, I spread blanket on it, it was useful to sit on, by the visitors , also useful as a  table to iron clothes, also as table where I used to keep a flower vase, and Bible to read and kneel and pray, when it was not in use. Desires are simple, commitment and responsibilities were taken care wholeheartedly along with my husband, for his big family.  Yet I did not make any scenes at home, and I learned to sacrifice silently, still to meet the two ends was not possible sometimes, unless I curtail my lunch or breakfast  sometimes; without his knowledge, once I did not have kerosene for which I used to go to the ration shop, so I started to cook on three bricks, and dried wood and dung cakes, I reminded myself, that one missionary used to cook on orange peels  when there was no money in the home.  can you believe if I say all these issues were thrilling factors for me? all my married life I did not eat even one Apple as I wanted my children and my husband to eat. I was telling them that I do not like to eat. The toilet and bath was common for three co-tenants , but still I adjusted very well even though I used to live in Britisher's buildings for Police officers,in my parent's home; and five star hotel suit like hostel in college as Lecturer. Ratnamma. the maid, used to bring breakfast and coffee flask to my table in the room, and some time lunch to my room , we were treated as VIPs by our sister Principal Josephine in those days, We had luxurious life and never knew any problem in my life financially, till I got married.
Once my dad came to our home, found how miserably I was living , I did not have a bed for him so he laid down on the mat on the floor.  But still he did not say one word against my husband.  But he expressed his sorrow to me. for which I answered him that I was quite happy with the conditions as they were for my husband's sake. Again I thought, giving summer rent was too much for us, so I vacated it, went to Vijayawada again , there I got jaundice , went to Vizayanagaram to my parent's house, God healed me within a day by raising me from death bed by giving His promise.The Lord touched me in one night and sustained me on my deathbed'; and restored me from sickness and healed me with full health . Psalm 41:3
On April 13th  1982 I was conceived  again   took one house near college for Rs350/ after a few months I vacated it as I could not meet the expenditure, and went to a house rented for    Rs 80. Rented a house, this time a tiled house, near the pastor's house, and again saved money, and went back to Vijayawada, and came back stayed in small house again, shifted again into  Rs 120/ house,( near Vedaraja house) where I had to get Municipality tap water from the road, me and my husband used to get up in the middle of the night sometimes to fill our pots with water. The labourers who used to gather there to have water used to fight with us without reason, once I was pushed on the road, by a coolie Labourer, woman, then my husband came and lifted me up. This sort of experiences were strange for me, but still bore everything for the sake of saving some money. and from there to Rs160/(chalamayya house) house and again to Rs 250/(Rajavilla ) house and again to Rs350/( Leelapanduranga House)
Sometimes, the neighbors were drunkards, thieves,debauchers, and criminals, I had to change the houses very often  because we need to pay two rents in Eluru as well as Vijayawada for his sisters. Every summer I had to vacate the house I live in Eluru and when I come back I could not find good houses in good locality, therefore   the safety of me and my children was at stake. When we go for less rented houses , they were available in low class localities, like slums where people of low character  used to live, some of them were envious of us and fighting with us, some of them tried to steal things from our house.. etc(robber story) Ultimately I could not bear these tests any more .. I was vexed with changing the houses. We had changed houses for eight times in the short period of t 13 years of our married life.My husband never told me to change the houses, somehow i myself decided about the rent etc ad used to take his permission to change the houses.
The first principle we learned about the Fridge, i.e., Do not covet anything unless it's very very necessary; and Do not buy unless we have enough resources of finances to buy; Do not buy unless it is God's will applied to purchase of the house too. these lessons taught us to wait upon the Lord even for our dwelling place. So we tarried all these years, not buying house or site in Eluru. And now it has become a necessity, and we both felt that we should have our own house. On the other hand my husband was transferred to Eluru by that time.
In all those 13 years when we left our rented house in Eluru and stayed in Vijayawada for Dasara or Christmas holidays, we both were claiming the promise  Job 5;24 " YOU will know that your tent is secure' you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing." Our faithful Almighty God have been keeping His promise all through these years  till today ie.,2018.
My dear husband got a promise, Proverbs 24: 27 " Finish your work outside, get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house" .He showed it to me, I do not know what it did mean then, but now I ponder over it, he must have had finished his sever commitments in his own home, and fields in his village and thereby he got green signal in the word of God to build a house now in Eluru.
I was praying ( Niluva nilakaramaina needa leni vaaramu Prubhuva)" For we do not have a  constant dwelling  place to live in....  We both were kneeling down and praying for a house because  Bank, where I get my salary deposits every month, is giving loan to the Lecturers, and many of my friends were buying and building the houses. My friend Swarna Kamla got 4 lakhs as loan and they bought a house in Ameena pet just a month before. So I was confident that we too could buy a house taking a loan from the Bank. I started to pray like this, 1 Corinthians 4:11 "To this very hour ......, I am in rags, I am brutally treated financially,  and we are homeless.
As I was praying this issue, one day God reminded me the promise He had given, in 1985,  'Build buildings to your women and children'  Numbers 32:24   "Build cities for your women and children, I prayed to my God ,"Lord  do what you have promised. By faith I claim the same promise of School buildings to my children to own a house for our family too" it was 1993.
Good, I thought, so far I was under the impression that there are very good tall buildings for my children to study,  St. Theresa's Elementary school, High school, Jr college, and Degree and PG college where I was employed. So when God told me go back to the place and build buildings to your children, when I got that promise in Vijayawada the schools were in my mind.  But now by faith  I was given assurance to extend the promise given by God to own a house too. Many a times, when God had given me one promise, though it was fulfilled in one incident,God leads me to use the same promise even to other situations while seeking His will, and did see the promise be fulfilled again and again.  So this is one of the many many incidents where  the same promise was for the school buildings for children was going to be claimed even for owning a house too.
When the spirit of the Lord help us to pray, He will guide us how to pray, He will remind us the promises to be claimed, He will give us assurance of those promises , sometimes one promise to many occasions. That is the work of the Holy Spirit.
We Started to pray in 1993,   My dad went to the Lord in 1992,( it was another beautiful but very sorrowful story of His kindness,)  when he was alive he tried to buy a house or land for me in Eluru, but I did not heed him and I was so stupid I hurt him too because I had to say NO to his pleadings very very bluntly and harshly in order to stop him to spend his money on me, all that I wanted him to enjoy life happily in his retirement days and we both were not willing to take any financial aid from him.
Now we were in search of a house to buy , or to build a house.  As my dad's assistance or advice  is taken away from me, we have no one who could guide us or help us in deciding to have a house, because by that time my dear dad was no more.
I shared this with my friends in college, and one day that is the last working day of College I was walking home along with one Mrs Mani, Zoology lecturer. In the course of the conversation, she said, 'Leela, I come to know that you are thinking to have your own house, there is one house which we wanted to purchase, half of the house was purchased by another Zoology lecturer in C R R college, half of the house is there to be sold.  I saw it, and it is good for me, but my husband did not like it, so he is objecting to buy. If you are interested I will show that house to you.  So on our way home we turned to right side street, and got the keys from another lecturer of opposite house, and saw the house to be bought.   That particular lecturer was in charge of selling the house,  told us that the house was for sale but it was more than Rs.200000/-
 My husband and myself thought it was too much for us to buy.  Because in our family rules we should never go for any thing which is beyond our capacity .
Remember the date we saw this house, (its' very important and the things that happened later).
It was April 30th 1993.
How God wondrously works in our lives!!  God has a plan, a design for our lives, beforehand, but He reveals it to us step by step, only when we seek to find it.  And we have to pray first, some people are under the impression, that God knew our needs and we need not pray. This is wrong concept, God knew our needs,even before we ask Him,  but He would see whether we yield to His will and claim His promise to do. Tagore in "King of Dark chamber" beautifully quoted this,"We are the kings in the kingdom of the King of Kings. We can do what we like, yet,we do what He likes. 
If we do not seek His Will  we will not know it,  we cannot see it, we will never know what is good for us, or whether we are going in right way or not.. , we will never know the hand of God and His will in our issues of life. Keeping our supplications at His feet and waiting for His will gives us testimony and courage,
Thinking that all our needs would be fulfilled if it is His will; or saying all that happened because of God's will, is like depending on Fatalism. it's  not Christian faith , When we need any thing, if you seek His will to get it, and having it by His promise,   needs faith.. Other wise it look like , as a child  doing some thing as he likes and asking father to give permission; or doing something and saying it was done only because his father did not say no, . First of all he did not ask his father permission.at all.  If we do not know His Will, we will never could glorify Him.. and thank Him. We will not have "a testimony "to share with, then we would not have others who would glorify Him along with us
.In fact we should glorify Him and thank Him all the time. Whether we know Him or not but when we witness His glory in our lives we will praise Him .That should be the essence of saying "Praise the Lord" . it's not a phrase to use as Good Morning or Good Evening to brothers. It should not be a repetition of parrots. it should be something  like a song we could sing from our hearts along with the psalmist many a times,
 Open your mouth WIDE, I will fill it up"  Psalms 81:10   We need to have a BIG mouth opened Wide to receive His bountiful mouthful of food. 

THREE QUESTIONS & One Answer
" So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you, seek, and you will find, knock, and it will be opened to you" Luke 11:9"

The Lord loves each one of us, He wants to tell us what is the best , His best for us. If we ask Him He will reveal it to us. Because He never likes to be pushy even for our good. He wants us to learn to go to Him and learn of Him. Remember His Best is The Best. Even if we have the whole world in our hands we would never get that safety, joy and peace in our heart and life as it would be in finding and obeying  His will.
'We were searching for the houses, to buy and also for the site where we can build a house.  In one instance we were cheated, we paid Rs 1000/ as an advance, Mr. Aurthur and my friend, and his wife Mrs kamala Swarna Kumari both came to check  the house, and gave us a friendly and elderly advice, "better you forego your advance rather than investing big amount on this house, which is not worthy to buy.'
We withdrew, our bid over that house at the loss of Rs.1000/-.  Some times fully knowing that we have to do the will of God, still the ego in our heart goes its own way, which look like human understanding and human intelligence, which would land us in mud ultimately. In such times,  God in His mercy pull us out of that mud through some friendly advice or pulling us literally out of the fire like a burnt coal. Human heart usually do not seek the Will of God. It think it is intelligent and and wants to do its own will, But Jeremiah in the Word of God warns us, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" Jeremiah 17:9
So we were praying and claiming the promises we have at His feet.  We saw a house near our college   which is in a 600 sq feet but a small house with one room and a kitchen in it. The owner of the house was a State Bank officer.  We were negotiating with him and it was almost  come to a final decision. But in those days we did not have mobiles or even land line phone, it was very difficult to contact people. So we were waiting for his final word of our bidding.
In one of those days , that is 1994, February first week, I was going to college by walk,  just to save some money on rikshaw. While I was walking to college, suddenly I felt I must stop at a home of one of our church comer, Mrs Jhansi, a State Bank officer in our town. I thought I must ask her to enquire about the owner of the house which we were negotiating to buy.   So I turned one step towards  the right side and reached a small wicket gate, and about to call her, but I saw her brother, Mr Jacob Wesley was talking to her standing out side of their house in the compound premises. Seeing him I took a step back, feeling I should not disturb them, knowing he is a strict disciplinarian and not much in friendship  with us in those days. But  they saw me approaching the gate, so  I  quickly told Jhansi about my issue and requested her, "Can you please ask such and such person in your office, to contact us to finalize the issue about the house purchase?".
Blurting out my words, I left the gate , and rushed to college.  Never we expected  'what all that happened that evening'.  Mr. Jacob's nephew,Jacob Raj, came to our house and told us,"  My uncle Mr. Jacob  asking you both come and meet him today after an hour"
We were conducting the Sunday worship in his school hall, so we used to give him much respect to him. We thought may be he had some problem faced with the Sunday worship service. As often he being a strict disciplinarian, any church goer make any mistake like forgetting to close the door, we were taken into task, so we thought may be it was one of those reasons he was asking us to come.
We went to meet him.  Unlike the other days, he was so gentle in speaking to us and called us into his home and started to talk to us. " This morning sister ( its me) called upon my sister Jhansi in search of a house to purchase;  Are you searching for a house to buy?"
I took initiative to answer him, because I was the one who talked that morning, " Yes, brother, we are trying to buy a house of her colleague in Sanivarapet Panchayat. which is very near to our college."
He said, " Brother, I am trying to buy a house for my sister Jhansi, I have done all the preliminaries , I have all the documents of the house, It is Rs.1,80000/-.  The owner is asking for Rs.90000/- as an advance and to give the rest of the Rs. 90000/- after 6 months to get registered.  When I told my sister, she is so 'adamant' and saying ,though she is the officer in the State Bank, that she cannot pay that much amount as advance but saying she could pay only Rs.10000/- for which the owner of the house is not willing.  I will try to get that house for you if you are interested.'  My husband said. "As you already enquired about the house and got EC and documents of the house we would like to see it brother."
I said,'Thank you very much brother, for your concern, as you said, if Jhansi is not willing to buy, we can buy, actually we have only Rs.90000/- with us now.That year another 50000 rupees were added to my savings as I got some arrears of DA of my salary.
He immediately said,' God will take care of the rest."
I was happy to hear that, we both asked him at once, ' Where is this house brother?'
He told us the location, immediately we both realized that the house he was speaking about was none other than the house we saw previous year,i.e, 1993 April,30th.  At that time we were  told that it would cost more than Rs.200000/- At that time we had only Rs.40000/- which I saved when I got some arrears in the college. for the past many years of my employment. But  In this one year i.e,. between April 1993 to 1994 February another Rs.50000/- is added to that by saving and by some more arrears I got, in the college.
So I see the hand of God in this bargain, we were all in smiles while we were talking to him.  He said, that he was intended to help us at any cost. And that he would definitely get the house to  be purchased by us. He himself promised us, as if my own  dad was alive he would had taken this issue so  intensively.I felt though I rejected my dad's offer to buy a house for us, God made Mr. Jacob Wesley to take initiative in the place of my dad.
We came back  home, and we talked for a few minutes how God changed Mr. Jacob  in this case, to be so kind and concern.   Then we both knelt down, to pray, before retiring to bed that night. I still remember the place where we knelt down, to tell the Lord what was in our heart.  He prayed sincerely about the house, and asked the Lord if it is His will He would guide us in this matter."  But what I prayed , I remember very well. Point to Point. everything I asked Him.
I cannot forget one single word what I prayed, that night.
"Lord, We want to buy a house , because you know how many troubles we are facing in this matter. Lord by your grace, you have given good positions in our employments,  to build a good house. but if we start to build a house, your servant , my husband , have to spend whole time in purchase of sand, cement, and steel instead of spending his time , energy in  Your kingdom, in your service. .So tell us, Lord,
1) Should we 'build or buy' a house?
2)Should we buy the house which is near the college that is in Panchayat, or this house in Ashoknagar, Muncipality of Eluru ( I was more interested in buying the house nearby college, as I knew how difficult it was to spend money on rickshaw; I thought  even when I get old, I can go by walk to college ) So I asked God Lord,If we have to buy a house which house you want us to buy , the house in Panchayath/,village or Muncipality/Town?
3) Lord both houses are very old , if we spend all our savings on these old houses, if the ceiling  or roof would not lost for long, and walls crack further, what will happen.Lord  tell us should we buy or build a house? Even if we buy one of these old houses-- how many years would it lost?  Will you  give us guarantee for these houses Lord?"
I finished my prayer knowing that God heard my prayer. I know it.  That is all that I knew. He heard my prayer, and He would tell me what we have to do. When we pray in the Spirit, we would pray in such a way which we never  knew before what we are going to pray. .Romans 8:26--"We do not know what we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us...."Luke 21:15  The Holy Spirit will give you both words, and matter, in the same hour, instantly and immediately." The Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should you say" The groaning and sighs of the Holy Spirit pray to God
Thus I prayed , and we retired to beds that night with PEACE in my heart, which is beyond understanding, which gaurdes our minds and hearts. When we have such PEACE the whole world would be in our palm as we are engraved in His palm.
Next day I was reading my daily bible portion, It was month of February 1994, I came to the Book of Leviticus 25 the chapter, I was reading slowly and steadily, when I come to the verse 30th , I was shocked, I found answeres to all my three questions, in ONE  SENTENCE. Levi 25:30---
My Telugu version is more to my heart, more clearer to me. Its my mother tongue and I got the answer at once, I wonder how far I can do justice to this in English, Let me put the verse here. "If it is not bought  redeemed within a year, and If there is a buyer of the  house in the walled town, it will become the permanent property to the buyer throughout generations, ( children's children) It shall not go in the Jubilee"---......if it not be redeemed within the space of one full year then if the house is bought, the house within the walled city shall be established forever to forever to him that bought it through out his generations,it shall not go out in the jubilee." Leviticus 25:30
What? 1 ) question of mine... should I buy or build?
Answer was:
If there is a buyer of the house, BUYER..  buyer of the house which is not bought within one year, Answer was ----If it was not bought within an year"--- I counted immediately... Last year 1993 April... now it is 1994 February 9th.One year not yet over, it was not redeemed within this one year
2.WHICH  HOUSE??
The HOUSE within THE WALLED TOWN?  Yes this house in Ashoknagar is in Muncipality, TOWN OF ELURU.   Answer is very crystal clear  God is telling me to buy this house in the town , not the house near the college, which is in Panchayath... OOOOh wonderful God, Ohho wonderful God How can I praise Thee Lord!!
3.GUARANTEE OF THE HOUSE
God is giving me guarantee for generations, children and children, this is the answer to my next question, Will there be guarantee, should I invest all my hard earned savings on this OLD house?  The answer is it will be there for children to children,  and God answered further, It shall not go in the Jubilee.(foot notes says 50 years)
JUBILEE,  Jubilee,? what is it? 50 years of life.. for the building, well, they are saying that this house was built 25 years back,  Lord even if it is 30 years, another 20 years you are giving guarantee,  oh 20 years, by then where I would I be? where my children would be? My daughter Happy was in 7th class, and son John was in 5th class, Daughter was 12 years and John 10 and 1/2 years old.  so in  jubilee  where they would be, ( Oh my Lord, The year  2014 February this house completed 20 years that is Jubilee, my daughter is in USA and son is in AUSTRALIA...) Great God Great God, He is mighty God. this is 2018 I am still living in this house.
The house which I was going to buy was almost in ruins, one tin shed in front, one tiles shed at the back hardly three rooms, with a big hole in the ceiling where the bats dwell, and the doors had termite holes  for the mouses,  the floors were having pits all over, But still I determined  to buy. Because the Lord had given green signal in a wonderful way.
Meanwhile the owner of the house was annoyed with Mr. jacob and said to him, that," first you brought your sister to buy and now you brought another party to buy, what is all this, and I do not like to sell  it for Rs.180000/- but only for 200000/-" I do not know what made          Mr. Jacob Wesley to go to Hyderabad on behalf of us, to plead him to come down to 180000/-? I do not know but he went with Joe his youngest son to the house of his eldest son Joshua and met the owner Srinivas and convinced him to fix the rate to Rs. 180000. Meanwhile God had given a promise that the house will be for 185000/ I did not understand about this number, but in the course of the conversation with my husband I said, "Hubby The price  will surely come down to 180000/ and we need to spend extra Rs.5000/ on it  for something else" Immediately he said,"It is written in  2 Kings 19:35 t that 18500 Assyrian soldiers were killed by an angel that night..., right?" I was looking at him with wide eyes, and nodded my head approving it . My Life- prayer- partner's face was beaming and I felt how beautiful are the things when we pray with one heart , mind and soul.
They came back on 13th February, 1994 and asked us to come to their home, Joe arranged two speakers to the land line phone and asked us to sit with them in their hall. Mr. Wesley called Srinivas, he was telling him , " sir first you told us this house is for your sister, now you want to purchase it for another party, sir, Though I wanted to sell it for Rs. 2,00000 you asked me to reduce it  to Rs.180000 which causes much loss for me, even for that I accepted, but now one thing I want to tell you,  ask the party to pay the full amount of Rs.180000/ at once, that too by the end of this month, that is, on 28th February 1994, and get the house registered, I have no more patience to wait upon. If they cannot get registered the house on my terms, ask them to leave it off. and please do not disturb me any more."  Mr. Jacob Wesley  assured him on our behalf of us, that we would give Rs.1,80000 give on 28th Feb and get it registered then and there. Then Srinivas  hung up the phone.
That day was 13th, hardly we don't have much time, one fortnight only.  How we can get that much of money within this short period?  who will give us? we do not go for debts. But the promise of God Levi 25:30 is shining in front of my eye lids.
Here one thing should be remembered, When god gives us  promise by guiding us to walk in His steps, when we are sure of walking with God, even though there would be many hurdles, obstacle we face, we do not shiver, or confused, we know we are in the cave of the Rock and things will be done as He promised. He told us to buy this Ashoknagar house only, so these obstacles are not to threaten us, but they are for His glory. Knowing this pretty well, I took steps further by Faith, A person who comes to Him should believe that He is there and He will answer. And I decided to take further steps the next day.  You will read what miracle God did in these 15 days of time in next chapter.
When God gives guidelines to do any thing in our lives, He does not leave us in confusion, He steps into our lives more evidently and almost he takes us on His shoulders to reach the destination. His promises reveals His Will in each situation of life. How come I prayed in such a way? It is His Spirit that led me to pray . How could I get answer in one sentence of the Scriptures for my 3 Questions in my prayer? Its amazing story which fulfilled literally letter by letter. Its mere grace of God to love us to lead us and to give a testimony to us only for His Glory.
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SomethingSweeter (When God guides You .7)

   Something Sweeter

"Oh, that my words were recorded, that they were written on a scroll, that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead, or engraved in rock forever." Job 19:23.24
When I came home after the college that last working day, I started to pour my soul at His feet. --What else could I do? except to prostrate in His presence " Lord now, you know the staff in the college would devour me if I go to college one minute late.  Because I had given a word to them through the Principal; everyone will have an eye on me.  Especially Miss R and Miss L and Miss S is very particular about this, and they challenged me many times, saying that they too had principles.  Lord please help me , Please help me.." I was  begging Him pouring my heart asking Him to help me. I do not know for what I am asking but I could not withhold the burden in my heart anymore, I need to tell Him what had happened and how I was committed to  the next academic year blankly. But that summer, 1991  when I was accused by my colleagues , that I am not keeping the timings of the college, I promised my  Principal that I will be punctual in keeping up my coming in and going out for the next academic year,1991-1992 in written form, I was terrified by that thought. Actually I am supposed to bound to the punctuality of the timings of college. It should never be a problem. I am an employee and I am supposed to keep the timings at any cost.
But because  my children school timings and my timings to go to college were the same, and if the Rickshaw man would not turn up in time to pick them up, I had to go to their school to drop them and to bring them back. I had no other support to meet the matters. I was merely helpless. We sent our sisters-in-law for further studies, therefore I do not have any HELP in those years.
It was the month of May, I started to pray, I knew that the next year, if I am late even one minute to college, I will not be forgiven , they will devour me, especially Miss R and Miss L & Miss S who were very particular about this issue will take me to task. (My children school was in one direction, and my college was in another direction. I cannot drop children in school before the time, as they are very small children, and in those days, there were many rumours of kidnapping children. We used to employ a rikshaw man on monthly basis, he used to pick up 5 or 6 children on the way to school to drop them at school and to bring them back. Dhevudamma was my ricksaw man. But he cannot come to my home prior to the time, and we are not capable of engaging one rickshaw solely for our children. We were living at basic level because of our responsibilities of his family in the village. May be if somebody is in my shoes, they could solve the problem by their mind or might, very easily. But I am different, somehow, I wanted to tell my Lord about my problems, it is my wont. Because I knew I am not that knack to solve problems that easily.
I could not be at rest, what else I could do, except to tell my Lord, my Friend and my Counselor about my problem?   So I started to pray about this issue.  Every day I was praying the Lord, to give me strength to face the next year college timings. I was begging Him to help me to keep my timings punctual. I was utterly scared to the core.
Therefore  I was asking Him to give me proper help to face this situation in my prayer.The Lord said, "Will not God bring justice to His chosen ones , who cry unto Him day and night? Will He keep  putting them  off? He will see that they get justice, and quickly,") Luke 18:2--7  This verse was repeatedly echoing  in my heart again and again. therefore I gird up to pray at His feet day and night, whenever I had time kneeling down on the mat in that front room.
While I was praying, for many days like that in that month one afternoon, I heard a voice-- in that front room, of Chelamayya's  rented house.
God reminded me the fourth question I wrote at the back page of my Bible.                        4)  Lord , or otherwise, if you want me to work,  Please provide me a HELP to carry on the work with my little children.---------Selah-------
"You were asking for a HELPER, previously I sent Yesumani and some others to be your HELPERS ; later I gave you the Fridge in the form of a HELPER; now YOUR HUSBAND will be your HELPER ."
"My husband? How it could be Lord?"
" He will get transfer"
I felt like I was suddenly drenched in the soft drizzling of rain, in a bright morning as the morning rays hovering over me as my feet touches the green carpet of grass among many many white roses.
--"Let my teachings fall like rain and my word descend like dew . Like showers on the new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants." Deuteronomy 32:2
The voice was so clear and in that instant I knew I heard His voice  God was telling me that He is going to send "His HELPER" that is, my husband, by ' a transfer to my place where I am working'. Is this impossible to believe? When His Spirit comes, He will let us know the things that would happen. John 16:13 says, "When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all the Truth; for He will not speak in his own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak, and He will declare to you the things that are to come." 
It was just one little step of faithfulness , by not giving the bribe, my Father in Heaven was so kind to give me the blessings in abundance in return.
Remember that our Lord is living God, He promises and fulfills in miraculous way.. if only we give Him time TO TALK TO HIM & ALLOW HIM TO WALK WITH US. All those tears, humiliation I faced in College vanished in a second. I do not have any grudge or hatred towards any one, I know I would have behaved just like them if I do not know the righteousness of Christ. I would be worse than them, I am no good. What is good in me is not mine, I am only helped by my Saviour Jesus Christ who has given His blood and bought me. Because they do not have this Great Saviour, they hate me , its natural.
Here  I have a great miracle to be depicted but first I am going to describe the nature of ordeal he faced in his journey to and fro of Eluru and Vijayawada which is just 60 km away in distance. It actually takes One hour drive. But as he could not go in Express Trains, by Season Ticket he used to wait for Passenger train which runs three hours extra.. Many times the train used to stop at every station and wait for the green signal till other Express trains passed by.
He being a Railway employee the South Central Railway gives him 3 'Passes" and 3 PTO sets. All Railway employees use  one of these Passes, to travel in Super Express trains, and reach the destiny within an hour. Actually one pass could be used only once to and fro of a place.  the Pass once used to a destination  can not be used twice. The Ticket collector should  sign on it. Once signed, it is not valid for another trip.
This facility is available in whole India we can travel from place to place once we started our journey from one destination to the other having any number of stops in any desired place. for example suppose if we want to go to Delhi  from vijayawada, we can have a halt in  chennai, then Bangalore, then to Pune and Agra and then reach Delhi. So also from Delhi we can have halt at gwalior, Nagapore, any number of places in between and then reach Vijayawada.
Thus any one pass can be used with prior plan and get the sign of the TC at every halt. Whatever we can use one pass once at a time but never for second time on the same Pass. Example you can travel from one destination to the other twice on the same pass.  But many employees use it by 'managing" the Ticket collector, by not getting his signature on their Pass for an year. Thereby they travel to vijayawada to Eluru every day on one pass for whole year.
But my husband never misused his set of Passes, in that way, which caused him to travel +6 hours extra every day. I used to toil every morning getting up at 4 am to give his breakfast and lunch to the place.
His boss is an "Orthodox" briber,  known for his bribing talent and skills. He never look at any personal file if the money is not given.  My husband was working in the DEN Railway office, it was the 12th year, of his shuttling.  Sometimes the Passenger train he boarded in, used to be stopped at the outskirts  of  Vijayawada Railway station , ie. Singh Nagar, and wait hours together to get clearance from the Railway Station Master.  Though he was going from home at 6 am, he was not able to go to office and sign in the register at 9:30 am, sometimes there used to be red mark at his signature place, and it means he was forced to  apply leave. Because he could not come home and go for 'that half day work.
Three months passed away after I got that promise about his transfer to Eluru from my Lord. I was running to college hectic way, and even I was suffering with low fever because of too much stress in life and he as usual he was going early in the morning at 6 am and coming in the evening, only after 10pm.  Sometimes he runs on the platform.Most of my life spent for waiting for him to come home safely.  Passenger train travellings were great ordeal in our lives, in those days. I was continuously in the grip of fear for the safety of my husband and children.
One day , after I got an assurance from my Lord, that he would get transfer  it so happened that the passenger train was stopped  in some unknown place not even reaching,  Singhnagar as usual   10 kilometers away. This time it stopped more than usual time.  He waited for the train to start again to  Vijayawada railway station where his office DEN office was nearby.
As the train was immobile, and the time for signing in the register was short, he got down and ran to the road and found a scooter wallah and asked  him to give him lift up to Ramavarappadu where the man was destined to; then from there he got another scooter lift to Benz company circle, ( ring road circle)  from there he got a Lorry to the railway station, there he got down t and started to run in the DEN office compound and climbed the steps to reach his office.  At last he reached and signed.
Hagar God is seeing God.  "the Lord has heard your cry of affliction" Genesis 16:12 Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: "El Roi, “You are a God of seeing,” for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.”

That afternoon one lady who is known to him asked him that she saw him running in the compound fiercely and asked him what was the matter. Then my husband answered her,  ' "What to tell you madam, my life is  miserable...."    and he started to tell her all that had happened that day just to reach the office in time.
After hearing him she sympathetically said, "  So sorry to hear this , why don't you try for a transfer to Eluru?" . Understanding the plight of my husband , knowing very well his spotless conduct and integrity in the office, though she belong to other section in the same building, she advised him as follows, ' Sir, again you try , your Supervisor is my husband, I too will tell him about your problem."
This time its the turn of my husband to be surprised.  Because he never thought or knew that she was the wife of his Supervisor,  because this lady was a Christian, and the Supervisor was a Brahman, a Hindu man by caste.
He told me about this incident at home , we both praised God for that sympathetic lady and for her kindly advice and guidance, the next day he met the Supervisor and submitted the application for transfer.
I was joyful as I knew the Lord assured me about his transfer already. In heart of hearts I knew that God, my Father started to move the pawns to do what He promised me about the transfer of my husband.  I knew that God in His great mercy arranged all these steps to happen in a beautiful way. I just praised God along with my husband for He is moving the matter in His own way..
But if you think that we got transfer, instantly, it means you are ignorant of His ways.  There were many hurdles, obstacles to overcome, not one or two, but many, because the Lord did not take Israel in shortcut way to the land of Philistines , but He led them through  Red Sea  and through wilderness.  Exodus 13: 17-18 I had this experience of facing obstacles and hurdles many times before, in many of my walks with Him, So I know whatever be the hurdles, His path in the Red sea could be possible.  His path would be the best path and He is in charge of our journey. Even if it look like roundabout. Pharo and his army was defeated for the glory of God, so also those who considered me as enemy must see the glory of God.  Faith is all that matter.

That Supervisor was kind enough to inform my husband that," There is man in AEN Railway office Eluru, by name B. who  applied for the transfer to Vijayawada, it means you may get a mutual transfer; but the thing is, he applied in the year 1984, now it is 1991 almost 8 years back;  so you need to meet him and get a fresh application from him, and we will try for your mutual transfer."
Isn't it strange event that the Supervisor could remember the application of B from Eluru after all these  these 8 years to tell my husband that he could try for mutual transfer? That day  my husband came in flying colors to home and informed me that the next day as it was weekend holiday for him in DEN office Vijayawada; but working day for AEN office, Eluru that he would go and meet this man B.  I knew that the Lord was doing wonderful thing in our life, and that He is going to keep His promise that my husband could get a transfer to Eluru to be a support to me to go to college in time for the next academic year.

So thanking God we retired to the beds that night, and the next morning my husband Tadigiri Yesuratnam went to the AEN office with great expectations.   That afternoon when I came from College he informed me, " Leela, praise the Lord, B accepted to go to Vijayawada as he wanted to do Polytechnic studies to get better marks by writing some exams , and improve his career performance and so he asked me to meet him next weekend and he would draft the letter of application for transfer and give it to me."'
We praised God once again with deep gratitude in our hearts.   All through the week we were praising God for His great love for us.   Again on that weekend, Saturday, my husband went to the AEN office with great expectations,  but he was utterly disappointed by the answer he received this time.
(Obstacle No.1)  He told me on that saturday afternoon, like this, " Leela, B. has changed his promise, he told me that his Parents- in- law and his own parents live in Thangellamudi, (a place in Eluru) and they do not want him to go to Vijayawada, on the other hand it seems his wife is BA., B.ed. graduate, and that she applied for teacher post in Eluru Municipality , and that she likely would  get it soon , if only he would pay Rs.30000/- as bribe in the office.  Therefore he is not willing to give application for transfer to Vijayawada, now"
I saw the disappointment in my dear husband eyes, but the voice of God told me that he would get transfer, is it not? So I told him, "Hubby, this is only an obstacle in a  great spectacular miracle that's going to happen .. So let us pray much more and see how God would perform His plan for us"  ( I knew God is going to get this transfer, by all means )
Isn't the word of God tells us like this.." For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one falls without another to help him up!  If two lie down together they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone And though one my be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken  Ecclesiastes 4:10-12  As husband and wife when we pray with one heart and mind, according to His will we used to see great things to happen.So we both took our supplications to the Lord, who knew our problems, our sweat, our agony and my sacrificial life for peaceful married life.  One month passed on, no news of any sort, but I knew that he will get the transfer. My God can do anything, yes, anything.
We both are praying earnestly, with Hope, because God already told me that he would get transfer, I have Faith in Him, 1 Cor 13:13  Hope, Love, and FAITH.. Here I needed HOPE , waiting in Him. " Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul"_(Emily Dickson). Yes it comes softly its a gift that simply comes . No matter how dark or cold the storm, HOPE gently finds us, warms us and sings to us a wordless song, and it never expect anything in return.  It just waits..Hope is beautiful and could be understood only by those who have it in the Lord.
An analogy explains this vividly. " There was a dog which was very faithful and disciplined one. Every morning the Master calls it. The dog immediately comes and sits in front of the Master, its eyes fixed on the closed fist of the master. What's the matter? The master opens his closed fist and throws a bone into the air, the dog jumps at once and catches it with its mouth and eats. Though the Master tests its patience yet  the dog would not be in hurry to get the bone from its master, but waits in HOPE that the Master would not disappoint him, and he would surely throws the bone into the sky for him.  Till he throws, the dog waits in hope. Thou opens thine fist, and satisfies the desire of every living thing.Psalm 145:16
Our Faith waits in Him and we continued to pray unceasingly. A few days rolled by and our college reopened after the summer holiday, Schools reopened, children joined in new classes, as usual I am really working hard to reach college in time.  Many times I saw Miss.R coming late to college, God is my witness.
One month passed away without any news about our transfer application. but we both did not stop to pray about this issue. One evening my husband  came home  a bit early from the office, with a suitcase in his hands, it means he got into an earlier train, by permission.  Whenever he comes like that,with a suitcase, I knew that , he was supposed to catch a train that night to go to Hyderabad on office work ,on camp.
I was sitting on the mat along with my two little children teaching them the lessons of the school, we did not have any sofas or good chairs to sit, still.  We were married in 1979  and that year was 1991.. we had 4 folding chairs for the visitors, and we used to keep those aside.

I saw him all in smiles,  So I asked him, 'What hubby, are you going to Hyderabad  tonight?, you came earlier today?"He opened his brief case and pulled a cover from it and gave it to me, saying:
 " See, See, what is in it". His face was like 100 watts bulb, all in smiles, shining.
I could not believe my eyes, this was July 1991, I got the promise from God in the month of April 1991, about his transfer,  now what I was seeing was a Government Order...1)   A requested Transfer of a man by name xxxx from Guntur to Ongole,  2) A requested Transfer of B from Eluru to Vijayawada,   3) A requested Transfer of   Mr. Yesuratnam from Vijayawada to Eluru. It was sealed by the Office of the DEN. and signed by the highest authority of DEN office who was known for his Bribery  life.
(While I am typing this incident that, "beautiful scene of that room, my husband sitting and smiling at me, while untying his boot laces, and my sweet little children sitting on that mat looking at us expectantly trying to understand the joy of us", brings  tears in my eyes now, for His great love upon our beautiful family. My love for my husband was boundless, we were so happy enjoying His protection.  We both had a very beautiful godly life walking with Him for 22 years of marital life.) 
I found myself in abundant joy and in merry 'ohs, ahas'  I said, " Emandi , what happened, what is this miracle?"
He told me like this like a story in the Suspense novel,  That morning the supervisor,  came to his desk at 10 am hurriedly and asked him, like this,"Mr Yesuratnam, do you have the copy of the application for transfer you gave to me two month back?  I need it urgently , very urgent.. can you give it now?"
" Yes, sir,"
My husband was known for his meticulous and tidy habits, he keeps the things in order, and in their place all ways.,( whereas I could not  keep pace with him all ways and often get scoldings from him for my untidy way of keeping things here and there, I used to change the furniture or books or things to different positions, which often irks him , who wanted the paper or book in the same place all the time.
So as per his meticulous habit he opened his  desk draw and picked the another copy of the application from the file and gave it to him immediately.
By 3pm the same gentleman Supervisor  brought this GO of transfer order and gave it to my husband.
(Obstacle No.2)  What happened in the Boss office was explained to my husband and gave permission to go home earlier.What the supervisor told my husband was a story like the Red Sea being parted for Israelites.
It seems,that morning at 10 am the Boss called the Supervisor and told him that he is going to leave for USA on long leave for one year, the very next day, as visa  and flight ticket were already processed  by then,  and told him if he needed any papers to be signed , he would sign and go, and this trip is a top secret, and nobody should know about this.  so this gentleman supervisor  asked my husband for the application copy,and he  gave it to the Boss to sign with other urgent papers.  PRAISE THE LORD.   Do you know why the boss was so hurry to leave the country..?   The months April to June 1991 were the months we were praying for the transfer,  and the Lord sent Vigilance on hotline on this Boss to check with his bribe habits and drag him into the trap. Knowing this the Boss planned to leave the country immediately , and without any news of his departure leaked out to any one, except the Supervisor whom God used to help us in this spectacular way.  God loves everyone , Hindu , Muslim or Parsi, He use any one for His purpose to be fulfilled. Didn't He use  the king Cyrus ? According to the Bible, Cyrus the Great, king of Babylonian . In the first year of his reign he was prompted by God to decree that the Temple in Jerusalem should be rebuilt and that such Jews as cared to might return to their land . Isaiah 45 chapter.
Do you think that we got the transfer so easily and that he joined in Eluru Office at once? And then this story came to an end pleasantly?.. No no no no.... the real twisty story started that night.
Before retiring to the bed after the family prayer,  while retreating to sleep, on his bed before closing his eyes for the night's rest  my husband said,   ' Leela, today is Friday, tomorrow even if  I go to AEN office, B cannot give his Relieving letter and join in Vijayawada because its weekend holiday in DEN office there.  So I have to go to AEN office only on Monday to submit my joining report here., though  my relieving orders apply  from today.'
I replied , "ok you can do like that."  
Then just before he closed his eyes to sleep on the bed and say goodnight, he said,  " Leela, B is very famous person, he being ( Obstacle .No.3)a Muslim a member of the Mazdoor Union of Railways, its a very strong Union, if B tells them he got transfer and that he does not want it now, they could stop the transfer,(Obstacle No.4) on the other hand B got a very close relative an uncle in Rail Nilayam Hyderabad, recently,  in a very high position in Railways, if B called him on phone and tell him to stop the transfer it would be done."
I was staring at the back of him , as he turned the other side to go to sleep, I did not speak anything, but as the day was a hectic day for me, very tired, I closed my eyes too, to sleep.   But after a few hours of sleep, I was wide awake abruptly, it was 3am,  no more sleep,  my thoughts lingered upon the words he spoke at the end of the day. Great fear took hold of me, what if B goes to the Muslim Union, what if he called his influential uncle in Railways Hyderabad, What will happen..? the transfers will be stopped? I got down from the bed, the room was small one I did not have much place to kneel down in the little space available, near the bed, almost my knees under the cot,  and poured out  my fears to  my Friend who lends His ears all the time in a crooked place even like this.  After whispering my agony to my Lord in prayer, I opened Bible, it opened at 62 Psalm, I was reading the Psalm,  as if God was asking me to read it,   The Psalm was speaking to me verse by verse.
"1. Truly my soul rest in God: My salvation comes from Him. 2. Truly He is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will never be shaken. 3.How long will you assault me? Would all of you throw me down-- This leaning wall, this tottering fence? Surely they intend to topple me from my lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse. Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.  6. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. 7. My salvation and my honor depend on God , He is my mighty rock, my refuge. 8. Surely the low born are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. 10. Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.  One thing God has spoken, two things I have heard; Power belongs to you , God, and with you, Lord, is unfailing love"; and, "You reward everyone according to what they have done."  (New living Version)
^{King James Version---9} Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity ¹¹ God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God

Now I understood what God was telling me in that early hours of the day, .. He was telling me       9.verse "Men of low degree are vanity" It means Mazdoor Trade Union on which B. may lean upon,/ the men of high degree are a lie (his uncle in high position in Hyderabad Rail Nilayam Office?  Whatever they are altogether lighter than vanity. Oh selah !!  They cannot do any thing negatively to us, they are just a lie, and vanity.---My heart stood still, I heard His loving voice comforting me,  there.  Verse 11 spoke to me again, God hath spoken once  --- Yes He has given relieving letter to my husband, one of the transfer process is finished--- Twice have I heard this--oh yes, I heard it again, that power belongeth unto God, it means the second part of the transfer process I heard again telling me that the joining letter process will be over today, yes today, because I know That Power belongeth unto God.God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this;  What peace, what immense joyful peace, !! Did not He tell me, that they are nothing but "This leaning wall, this tottering fence? . Truly my soul rest in God: My salvation comes from Him. 2. Truly He is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will never be shaken,Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.  6. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. 7. My salvation and my honor depend on God , He is my mighty rock, my refuge. 

Jesus told us that we should believe everything that we have it already,  whatever I prayed for ,  yes now I knew that He is going to help us  in joining in the Eluru office just as he helped us in relieving from vij/ office. I knew it even while I was sitting there in those early hours of the day while praying over it.
On Monday,  instead of going to Vijayawada early in the morning at 6am , he dropped me at my college at 9 :15 pm as he had to go to AEN office here in Eluru that day,  and as he was going back , I told him, "Hubby, I have class in the first period, after it is  over, by 11 am, I will come down from the first floor to the office.  you call me on office phone and I will be there in office, let me know the good news.."    We both are light hearted and happy. Knowing God is with us.
After the first period of class I was rushing to the office then I heard the phone ringing.  The clerk who was sitting there her name Miss Leela. , seeing me entering the office room said,
"Miss this phone call is for your only"
I thanked her and told her "yea I am expecting this call", and grabbed the phone at once,  and on the other end of the line my husband's sweet voice I heard, "Praise The Lord , Leela"  ---(Obstacle No.5) -"Poor B  is suffering from fever since three days, so he did not come to office till this morning, and when he is given this GO, he did not say anything but signed and took his relieving order from the Superintendent  here, I gave my joining report and joined in the office.
"  Oh praise God, I shouted,(For us to  say "Praise God" should be something such as this , where we walk with God and see His strong hand in doing miracles for us, we automatically proclaimed rejoicing, Praise God" with all our heart, but I see people say 'Praise God' to one another instead of' 'Hello or good morning', which I do not understand till now. If we ask them for what they were saying 'Praise God', they do not have one single answer. I feel this is like using His name in vain. Second commandment of 10 Commandments
He said, "Leela I need to go to Vijayawada now, taking some files from here, now I am going from here, catching some train, so evening I will come back."
" What about Lunch?
"  Never mind today I will eat in the cafeteria"
I told clerk Leela about this good news, (Clerk Leela is my silent witness of God's dealings in my life, even previously in another occasion she saw me shouting "Praise the Lord",('when a great obstacle was nullified by Him which tried to stop me to go to Retreat in 1977 )
I rushed hurriedly into the chamber of Sr. Principal, Sr. Winifred, and while entering Into her chamber I shouted happily, "You know sister, good news, my husband got transfer to Eluru." My face was beaming with a big grin on my face, my godly sister also beamed with joy and  with a great grin on her face as well, said, " Oh Miss congratulations, so you will be in college by 9;30am?  hahah ?" she was laughing with joyful heart. I said, ' Oh no no Sister  I will be here by 9:15 am itself, because he has to be in the office by 9:30 am',  both of us laughing like little children who found a nice toy fall from sky to play with suddenly.
I rushed to the staff room and not knowing how to tell all the 14 lecturers in the room I shouted, "Hey A good news for all of you"  and again I said, ;oh no. no, its a good news for me, its, my husband got transfer to Eluru." All of them know how much I was suffering because of lack of his presence in Eluru, this group of lecturers belong to the department of ARTS  share everything with each other so they were sympathetic and understanding my situation in college.Therefore they too felt immense joy along with me, and some them shouted, " Oh so you owe a party to us"
That evening there was a greater narration of the story of what happened in the AEN office that morning.  My husband told me like this,    " Leela do you know what had happened this morning in this office in Eluru?, I went there to give my joining report after B gave his relieving report,  the superintend said that there is no Head Draftsman post which is mine to work in this office,(Obstacle No.6) while saying that he wrote with his green ink across the GO underneath of it , that there is no HD post for me and he could not take joining report from me.
At that moment the Head clerk came into the room saw the GO and said," sir , there is this post in our office, when you were on camp,  there was a GO sent from  Rail Nilayam Hyderabad, and he immediately pulled the GO from his files. and showed it to him. Because the Superintend came to office that morning only after his long camp and he did not know about that particular GO. 
With this the superintend could not say anything, so he accepted the joining report letter from my husband.  
After this work was finished and while B and Head clerk and my husband were talking about the Office work then the postman came with     ( Obstacle No.7) a  Postcard for B from the man from Guntur, who was transferred to Ongole. In that he wrote that he tried his level best to get this transfer in the previously, as he needed it then, but he could not get it. Now  he does not want now, so he requested B. not to take relieving orders in Eluru office, and he suggested that they both could go to Hyderabad and stop these transfers by 'managing things" there. (bribe giving) 
When my husband was telling me all this , I heard him intently and said to him,               " Hubby, I often had an idea before my conversion that my dad would do anything ,as he was very powerful as a Police officer, , in this case as a biological father he might have helped us in one step or two steps, but not in so many steps,   like this ..7 steps we overcame and win the victory....Our Father in heaven helped us to overcome  7 steps of hurdles and gave us victory. oh yes we walked 7 steps with the Lord.... and it's wonderful to walk with Him."
Walking 7 Steps with God is wonderful , its a relationship with Him, He lovingly walks with us, through all Obstacles, numbering 7 in this spectacular story of Transfer, FAITH versus BRIBE.  Thus the prayer I prayed with 4 questions In Vijayawada  were fulfilling one by one. Especially the 4th question for Helper  fulfilled thrice, First as Yesumani and my sisters-in-law ; next as Refrigerator, and third time by my husband getting transfer.
Devil tried to trap me, tried to put me in shame, by humiliating me for what I stood for, by not giving bribe for the release of our arrears.  Giving Bribe  was the Lion in my life, Satan is roaring like a lion to devour us, but Christ killed it and He brought sweet Nectar out of it.
The humiliation I faced and endured made me to pray much and later enjoyed the fruit of the prayer. First it look like a Terrible trap of the Satan, but when prayed over it, the result was amazing. We came out of the Terrible and then  Something Sweet emerged out of it for the glory of God.
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