It’s a day of grief for my family today as my mom lost Her younger brother. When I look back in time the days of my uncle, my eyes fill with tears, my heart grive’s, and questions raise in my mind. The mind starts thinking and raising questions to God, because of the tragic events that unfolded in my uncle’s life.
Why do I say tragic events? What Questions…? Let me give you a brief gist of my uncle’s life history. My uncle was the youngest in my mom’s family. He was healthy, lively, mischievous as a young boy. When I was born and was few months old, He took me and my mom to my father’s place, dropped us and returned back to my mom’s (His) native place. It was few days after this He fell sick. Initially it was just a normal fever, however within few days He lost full strength from His hip to the legs. He was no more able to walk or even lift his legs on his own. He was struck with disability. It was a great shock for my mom’s family. They went and tried many hospital’s, Doctor’s, but they was no positive outcome. They were never able to diagnose as to why and how this disability was caused.
My uncle’s life complete changed after this disability. My mom’s family tried to help Him in many ways to strengthen and encourage.He used to walk with the help of streachers and took interest in cooking at house. But I feel somewhere deep inside, my uncle was loosing the battle. For 33 years long He hardly left the house, but the sad part is that He started losing faith in God.
My mom’s family was very spiritual and very active members of the Church. They ran a Christian book store in the houes. Had family prayer time daily at night, etc, etc. However all this did not change my uncle’s perspectives about God. His heart grew harder, in-spite of being In the middle of so many spiritual and Godly things.
In the last few months, my uncle developed much weakness and much pain in the body. The pain for Him was so sevier that He never went to bed for sleep for more than 5 months. He was on His wheel chair day and night. This inturn caused much more complications like bed sour. It was a miserable condition which I can hardly comprehend. And at the end of His life today, He is finally at Peace.
Hours back my mom on the phone was griving and asked, WHY all this happened to Him..? It was a similar situation that my mom’s sister had gone through who is no more with us. WHY…? As told earlier, my mom’s family was very spiritual and respected. Than WHY all this troubles and suffering..? I really don’t know the answer….!
I just know that our God is a Loving God. He is the perfect Judge. My uncle knew Christ as He was born in a Christian family, but I guess He did not lean on Him fully due to the circumstances. “My Grace is sufficient for thee” says the Lord and ” It’s by His Grace we are saved and not by our works”. We are saved and made worthy of His Kingdom by the finished work of Jesus, the Blood of Christ that was poured on the Cross of Calvary for all our sin’s.
Life Lessons: So what do we learn from the above facts.
1) Start having a personal, one-to-one relationship with God, Your creator.
2) Just because your are surrounded by spiritual activities, spiritual things, spiritual family, spiritual church, spiritual leaders, etc. Will NOT make YOU spiritual.
3) Spiritualness is not something that goes inside of you. It’s something that comes from inside of you and spreads outside.
4) Learn to lean on God. Lean not on your own understanding and ways, but lean and cling to your creator, no matter what the circumstances are.
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