A Thankful Heart – 1
“Lord, thank you for letting me use a normal and functioning brain, for more than three decades now.” I uttered silently, as tears rolled down my parched cheeks. It was a moment of great joy for me. Never before in my life, I thank God for a particular organ functioning in my body. It was
The Fumigated Room
They have fumigated the place with certain chemicals. I did not enquire about the chemicals they used. It was nothing unusual. It is a hospital so they are sterilizing the place. At first, my nose easily detects, for me, the unusual smell. In a day or two, I’d get used to it. Peeking back, we
The Passenger Seat
“Hit the brake now, Papa!” exclaimed my son, few times, on our way back home from his school. He was sitting deep, beside me, in the passenger seat. I was well aware that he was unable to see from my point of view. Each time he reminded, I’d told him, “Okay son, thank you for
In The Drivers’ Seat Again
There was a date with an asterisk mark in my journal. It must be a day with significance, I thought, so I looked back on that particular day: On that day, it was written, I buckled in the drivers’ seat again and drove my way to church. Few things I had noted down on the
Conforming or Not
We know it was risky and he too was well aware of it, I believed. He came running to leap forward and jump into the river bank below. But then, he stopped at the edge of the river wall about fifteen meters high. “Jump! Jump! Jump! You can do it,” we shouted. We cheered him
A Reason to Love
We were observing our story time, one late noon, in our home. All their home assignments were done. We lie down while I narrate Biblical stories, repeating each time they’d requested. “Papa, papa, I love you very much”, said my son holding my right hand tightly. “I love you too, son. Any special reasons….?” I
To Die Or Not To Die
As if in our hand, some of us tried toying with our life. When we hit rock bottom with no chance of recovering, we are tempted to think about it. It might be unnecessary or unbelievable to even think about ‘to die or not to die’, but let us talked about it. The more relevant
Remembering Good Times
When I have time, I could spend few times maneuvering my cursor over my place of birth with the help of Google Earth. Our house was no more but I enjoyed viewing the place. I lived some 1500 miles away. We dwelled in that big house at the time of my birth. And I spent
The Lighter Yoke
It is time for them to learn how to carry a yoke. They had grown up. It can took us some time to let them mastered the art of plowing the land. At a very young age, we started working on our paddy field cultivating rice. We used water buffaloes for plowing the land. They
Bethel: House of God
He had to leave his family. His brother might kill him. He had to keep safe from his brother. He was a trickster: he had tricked his brother and father. He was untrustworthy, greedy, and on the run unsure and was unsure he’d meet God on his way. His father had opened the Gate of