Once there was a sweeper in a well known temple and he
was very sincere and devoted.
Every time he saw thousands of devotees coming to take
darshan of the Lord,
he thought that the Lord is standing all the time and
giving darshan and He must be feeling very tired.
So one day very innocently he asked the Lord whether he
can take the place of the Lord for a day
so that the Lord can have some relief and rest.
The Deity of Temple replied, "I do not mind taking a
break.
I will transform you like Myself, but you must do one
thing.
you must just stand here like Me, smile at everyone and
just give benedictions.
Do not interfere with anything and do not say anything.
Remember you are the deity and you just have faith that
I have a master plan for everything.
" The sweeper agreed to this.
The next day the sweeper took the position of the deity
and a rich man came and prayed to the Lord.
He offered a nice donation and prayed that his business
should be prosperous.
While going, the rich man inadvertently left his wallet
full of money right there.
Now the sweeper in the form of deity could not call
him and
so he decided to control himself and keep quiet.
Just then a poor man came and he put one coin in the
Hundi and
said that it was all he could afford and he prayed to
the Lord
that he should continue to be engaged in the Lord's
service.
He also said that his family was in dire need of some
basic needs
but he left it to the good hands of the Lord to give
some solution.
When he opened his eyes, he saw the wallet left by the
rich man.
The poor man thanked the Lord for His kindness and took
the wallet very innocently.
The sweeper in the form of the Deity could not say
anything and he had to just keep smiling.
At that point a sailor walked in. He prayed for his
safe journey as he was going on a long trip.
Just then the rich man came with the police and said
that somebody has stolen his wallet
and seeing the sailor there, he asked the police to
arrest him thinking that he might have taken it.
Now the sweeper in the form of Deity wanted to say that
the sailor is not the thief but he could
not say so and he became greatly frustrated.
The sailor looked at the Lord and asked why he, an
innocent person, is being punished.
The rich man looked at the Lord and thanked Him for
finding the thief.
The sweeper in the deity form could no more tolerate
and he thought that
even if the real Lord had been here, he would have
definitely interfered
and hence he started speaking and said that the sailor
is not the thief but
it was the poor man who took away the wallet. The rich
man was very thankful as also the sailor.
In the night, the real Lord came and He asked the
sweeper how the day was.
The sweeper said, "I thought it would be easy, but now
I know that Your days are not easy,
but I did one good thing." Then he explained the whole
episode to the Lord.
The Lord became very upset on hearing this whereas the
sweeper thought
the Lord would appreciate him for the good deed done.
The Lord asked, "Why did you not just stick to the
plan?
You had no faith in Me. Do you think that I do not
understand the hearts of all those who come here?
All the donation which the rich man gave was all stolen
money and it is only a fraction of what he
really has and he wants Me to reciprocate unlimitedly.
The single coin offered by the poor man was the last
coin he was having and he gave it to Me out of faith.
The sailor might not have done anything wrong,
but if the sailor were to go in the ship that night he
was about to die
because of bad weather and instead if he is arrested
he would be in the jail
and he would have been saved form a greater calamity.
The wallet should go to the poor man because he will
use it in My service.
I was going to reduce the rich man's karma also by
doing this and save the sailor also.
But you cancelled everything because you thought you
know My plan and you made your own plans."
Moral:
God has plans and justice for everyone....
We just have to have patience!!!!!
