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I Asked God...
I asked God to take away my pain.
Saturday 6 October, 2007
08:38 26/Sep/2007 3 Comment(s)
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I Asked God...
I asked God to take away my pain.
God said, No.'It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up.'
I asked God to make my handicapped child whole.
God said, No.'Her spirit was whole, her body was only temporary.'
I asked God to grant me patience.
God said, No. 'Patience is a byproduct of tribulations; it isn't granted, it is earned.'
I asked God to give me happiness.
God said, No.'I give you blessings. Happiness is up to you.'
I asked God to spare me pain.
God said, No.'Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me.'
I asked God to make my spirit grow.
God said, No.'You must grow on your own, but I will prune you to make you fruitful.'
I asked God for all things that I might enjoy life.
God said, No.'I will give you life so that you may enjoy all things.'
I asked God to help me love others, as much as he loves me.
Venu Gopal said...
10:54 AM 6/Oct/07
A meaningful poem. We start life as a helpless baby totally dependent on external help. We need the external help, we get to like it, enjoy it, love it and finally we get bound to the external help and pleasure we derive. But somewhere along the line we are likely to feel something is lacking. At that point of time, depending on how we are influenced, we see the solution either in even more of external (material) conquests or the rejection of a material solution. If we so tend to reject the material solution, we would have begun on a quest within. This is the spiritual quest and it ends in not just discovering God but that we are in essence that divine power, having never had a reason for any sense of lack except for our ignorance.
10:54 AM 6/Oct/07
A meaningful poem. We start life as a helpless baby totally dependent on external help. We need the external help, we get to like it, enjoy it, love it and finally we get bound to the external help and pleasure we derive. But somewhere along the line we are likely to feel something is lacking. At that point of time, depending on how we are influenced, we see the solution either in even more of external (material) conquests or the rejection of a material solution. If we so tend to reject the material solution, we would have begun on a quest within. This is the spiritual quest and it ends in not just discovering God but that we are in essence that divine power, having never had a reason for any sense of lack except for our ignorance.
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