FAITHEOLOGICAL PRAYERS!

I have always believed that the best theological prayer is 'LET THY WILL BE DONE.'

I have always prayed so.

Even at the death-bed of my mother I have prayed the same.

But today,

When I saw my AMAN..lying there in the ventilator...

I just stood beside his bed...

Did not utter a word aloud...

But, in my mind...I was praying louder than ever...

"God, forgive me if my prayer is not theological. But I pray that you give back my AMAN. AMEN."

And, after two hours I heard, he was removed from the ventilator and was breathing for himself.

Then, I thought,

"God, may be you want the prayers of your children not just to be THEOLOGICAL but 'FAITHEOLOGICAL'. "

'DISTANCES'

YESTERDAY

I EXPERIENCED THE 'DISTANCE' OF SOLITUDE AMIDST FELLOWSHIP...

When I felt loneliness amidst everyone.

THEN,

I INTIATED THE 'DISTANCE' OF FELLOWSHIP AMIDST SOLITUDE ...

When I Prayed to God and thus had a fellowship with Him.

NOW,

I EXPERIENCE THE 'DISTANCE OF NON-DISTANCE'...

Yes, though we are distances away, I can feel Him close to my heart. He is not just WITH me but WITHIN me. How close!!!

ARE WE WHAT WE ARE?

Today’s world seems to believe that the more hypocritical you are; the more successful you are. While many tend to appear good, genuine and trustworthy before us, we often try to prove ourselves before them that we love, care and respect them. But when it comes to real life situations are we really what we appear to be or should we conclude as Iago says in Shakespeare’s Othello, “I am not what I am”?

And, for me, hypocrisy is nothing but the distance between our ‘being’ and ‘doing’; the greater the distance, the higher the vice.

Hypocrisy is definitely a close ally of individualism and therefore destroys community life. I do believe that the greatest enemy of community life is not ‘sincere enemies’ but ‘insincere friends’.

It is high time that we ask to ourselves, how much genuine are we? Are our expressions true? Do we smile to others outwardly while we smile at others inwardly? Are we two-faced? Do our ‘doings’ reflect our ‘beings’? In short, ARE WE WHAT WE ARE?