Dear friends, Personal experiences of people, if shared, can work real wonders in the lives of other people.
We do not have to wait for big events to happen in our lives. The simplest facts happening in our life, if shared, they are so helpful. I think this is one way of praising God. Sometimes to convey some important points these personal experience help in a better way than attending some one-hour class or talk on the same point. In this world where the importance of the value of basic characteristics of Christian life, are ignored, it really helps when one of our youths share how he could manage it with the grace of God. The other day one elderly person was talking about the importance of the Word of God. Then he shared one of his experiences. During one of the univeristy exams, he was asked to supervise found one girl busy copying from some text she brought to the examination site. Then he thought of giving her the best possible punishment by asking her to stand up before all others and asking her to go out etc. But the spirit of God inspired him to speak to her a Word of God. Thus he went and whispered "those who are faithful in small things, will be entrusted with big things." The girl stopped what she did and that was it. After many years once this professor was in a busy bank and one lady came to him with much respect and asked, "do you remember me?" Obviously he did not and the lady explained and said "those words you said in that examination hall were so powerful that changed the rest of my life. It helped me to stand by the truth throughout my life and worked hard and now she I have a very good position in this bank. Now tell me sir How can I help you?" She asked. This experience helpmed me understand the importance of using the Word of God in practical situations which can change the lives of other people. We had the service team gathering last week in Abu Dhabi. Unlike the other gatherings there we had a chance to open up and share our experiences, which were so helpful and all were happy at the end of the day. During the last couple of days, number of mails in the Joynet are considerably low (but the number of junk mail coming in has actually increased). A few months back, there was a sharing from Fatima about praising, which was so helpful and I could share it to some of my other friends who did not get a chance to read this mail. May this sharing from Smiju, help others to share their experiences as well, which would really help in the life of others reading it. Prayerful regards, Sijo Mooken Abu Dhabi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Smiju Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jesus Youth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 11:57 AM Subject: [JOYnet] Labour Police, Truth and Jesus :) > My friends, God bless you all. > And peace with you. > > It was a pleasant, day. Morning onwards my tongue was > praising Jesus, with songs. I was so happy and felt > HIS presence. > "You can buy a ticket to Paris > .................................... > .................................... > Jesus gives the ticket to heavenly home." (Hector > taught us this song) > > "Smiju, why are you so happy?" > "I don't know." was preparing quotation for my > customers. > > In our company only two (me and Mr. Shanavas) have the > company visa. Others visa is under process. And it is > illegal to work without company visa. If labor police > caught, that is more than enough to cancel visa, > sentence to jail and deport from UAE. And they can > even close company. > > One more quotation to finish. When I looked up, two > Arabs were standing in front of the door, I wondered > from were they came. I greeted and suddenly my smile > vanished because I recognized one of them. I know him > before and I know he is labour police. Everything > finished!!! > > I told him "Sir These ladies are studying here". > He shouted "You shut up...!!!" > For a few seconds I felt there was no tongue in my > mouth. > He counted us. "All off you working here?". We were > total five. > My engineer (Mr. Milad) said: "No, I came here to buy > computer!!!" > All were frightened. > > And suddenly Shanavas prepared Bill for him and gave > Mother Board, Processor etc., and our engineer acted > as customer. > > Yes. It was a beautiful drama. How wonderfully they > acted. I was wondering about their talent. May be > police were also wondering about that. Laugh came, how > could I laugh infront of a police officer!!! > > Any way the 'play' was a very big flop! But the > officers had the patience to watch it till the end, > with a sympathetic smile. > > Mr. Milad turned to go. > "You are not going any where! You will come with me" > Officer was angry to Milad, and other officer took all > our 'pathakka' (ID Card) and started writing in his > statement book. "Tell the truth, otherwise you all > will be in Jail" other officer said. > > "It is first time I ever saw a grocery sales man > wearing tie!, and in official dress. You cheat. Tell > the truth, otherwise....!" Officer commented. > > Mr. Milads ID card was off a Grocery shop, because the > shop is his father's. But he is a Microsoft Certified > System Engineer. > > He was not willing to say truth. > > Up to that time I was silent, and was trying to please > officers. But suddenly some sort of strength came into > me and I started telling the truth. "Smiju don't tell > the truth, if so, sure they will catch us", Milad said > in Malayalam. I praised my Jesus and started telling > the whole story. How Milad came, why we appointed him, > how much we pay, how long he is with us etc. > > But the police officer was busy completing his > statement. I thought he was not even listening to me. > > Finished!!! No chance at all. Only thing is left is... > just go with them. > My heart beats sounded like a 'motor boat'. "Jesus, > why you left me alone?" > > Suddenly I heard something and looked at the Police > officer. He was tearing the statement from his book > and tore it again into pieces. > > Everybody wondering, what's going on! He handed the > paper pieces to me and said. "Next time don't repeat, > take back all your ID Cards (Pathakka)". And they > left. > > You cannot imagine our happiness, that much we were > happy. > > I thanked my Jesus in front of my colleagues. I > thanked him very much. > > When I shared this with my friends. > "They said impossible things happened today". > > Nothing impossible for my Jesus Christ. > > > With lots of lov & prayers > Smiju joseph, abu dhabi **************************************************************** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to this mailing list, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************************************************
