Dear brother Sebastian, In my life these words of Jesus has become true. "They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law." -Luke 12:53
I was born and brought up in a very orthodox Hindu family.At our home all of us were so close ,and whenever we're together we used to eat from one plate and sit in same room ..Especially me and my brother.We were good friends .He was 15 years older to me ,so some times ,he was just like a dad to me since my father was working in Madras.. Both of us were so fun loving that we used to go for even club football matches and we never missed a single english film released in Cochin !!My cousins used to say that when he gets married ,his wife will go to her home next day,seeing that he wanted me to do every thing for him..he will eat only if i serve him and i used to iron his clothes etc. So even When i went to Medical College at Kottayam every weekend and all free evenings ,i used to come home. When i accepted jesus as my all in all,in 1993...those verses became very true. My ideas ,life style every thing changed. I started to spend more time with the Lord ,in prayer, prayer meetings,programs..And i was no more interested in going for such movies and had little time to go for club matches,even though i liked them. Further my heavy syllabus at med school also held me back from comng home often.My whole outlokk changed and so often we used to have long arguments on atheism , communism and stuff ,which earlier i had an inclination to..like my brother since he was my role model. Even though most of them apprecited certain good changes in me ,like more patience ,kindness etc, all at my home and all relatives were very much worried about my future and tried so hard to persuade me to forsake Jesus.It was very hard for me. I felt like an alien many times in my own home. My mom and brother yelling at me...that;s some thing i could not stand. Coming home was just like a night mare to me .But Jesus and his JY saw me thru all these. One day one of my cousins ,caught me and started to scold me. he told that i'm mad ..and he challenged me that nobody is going to marry you .Catholics never...May be some day when you ;re in your late thirties ,some old protestant pastors,a widowed man with many children ,may come to marry you..!!(laugh)..it was too much for me..i felt like crying..but suddenly i told him.." you see my Jesus has told me that He will take care of me..and it is written in Bible that ..'Any body who has looked upto his face has never been put to shame ....anf their faces always were bright."Suddenly he stopped..(power of Word eh..). To cut the story short... after some more time i started to get proposals even from catholics,which surprised my family. But God had a different plan ..when Sunil's proposal came ...it was a surprise to all..even i never thought that there will be some body with same story as mine ever existed on this earth !The day our marriage was getting fixed all my relatives were home.The cousin who used to tease me was also there. So i asked him ,'now what do you have to say.?'..he smiled and told me .."oh that day itself you told na,,,that your Jesus will do it for you..."(the defeated smile continues..) And his wife ,my aunt and all the women said in one voice,," Sindhu now we think your Jesus really exists and its He who did it for you!!! And days after both of us took all sacraments together with the blessing of our family ,friends elders and many JY in 2000 may.Praise the Lord. So in my case the story had a nice ending.....and they lived happily everafter...(... after 7 years of faith walk..)even though its not true with many converts. Just thought i'll share how these verses became flesh in my life. And today i said a special prayer for all those who stood by my side in this faith walk..especially my family.. who really helped me test my faith. Gratefully His, Sindhu, Chicago,USA. =============================================================================== This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===============================================================================
