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28. Thank You God !

Once there was a 35 year old foreign woman whose husband
passed away. She had 6 children. She was now confused and
helpless. She wondered, “How will I manage to raise all these
children ? The one who earned is no more.”

She met a psychiatrist. She told him, “Lord’s kingdom is dark
and unjust. Those who do not have children have no other
problem. A person like me having 6 children has to face
widowhood. Does Lord want us to die of hunger ?”

The psychiatrist calmly replied, “Here, there is no darkness
but light, no unjustice but absolute justice. You are given a
chance to improve your efforts. You were living a happy,
prosperous life and had forgotten Lord. This was real
darkness. Now, you have acquired the real light which is to
remember God, to pray to him, to remember his innumerable
favours and to thus have faith in him. Pray to God that may
your unmatchable power help me and result in my wellbeing.
Eventually as you start being happy, consider this to be his
grace. Take this little amount. Start a small shop selling
biscuits. Alongwith this do not stop praying to God and
always remember his gratitude.”

This was it. The depressed lady suddenly saw a ray of hope
and acquired strength. She started the small shop and her
daily prayer to God. “Lord ! It is your unmatchable power
and grace which is at work. It is definitely going to result
in my wellbeing.” As and when things worked in her favour
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