Silver lessons

Just because God is BIG, it does not limit Him from speaking to us tiny people, in a way we can’t understand. It just awes me how He sometimes teaches life's BIG lessons using small things. We also tend to forget the lesson soon and He doesn't mind teaching the same lesson all over again until we learn it right. Don’t be surprised if He uses the same props as well to demonstrate the very same lesson. One thing we need to know here is that He never gives up on us. Even if it means to go over the same things, He is a teacher who never leaves the classroom with unfinished topics.

Class 1.

6 yrs back a friend gifted me a Silver Jewellery set for my birthday. It was the most beautiful set with small deep purple stones. One day when I wore a purple salwar I decided to wear that set. While I was clipping the studs to my ear holes one of the studs slipped off my hand and fell down. I bet I have never spent so much time searching for anything but on that stud that slipped from my hand. I couldn’t find it. So I told the cleaning lady to watch out for a small shiny thing with a purple stone while sweeping that day and left. No trace of that stud. It was like the stud just flew (not fell) outta my hand into the thin air. I came to terms with myself and accepted that I lost the nice gift and bought another pair so I cud use the set again. A few weeks back (6 years later) I made time to clean my accessories junk and make way for some new stuff that's trending. I have cleaned and arranged my collection a million times before this, in case u’re thinking I clean only once in 6 yrs. And while I was
trashing all the clutter, to my shock I found that lost stud that flew outta my hand stuck in a corner of my dressing table drawer. I was so happy that I could totally relate to the "joy effect" a lost n' found sheep could have on its shepherd.

Lesson learnt: Clean the room properly to find missing things sooner.


Class 2.

Another friend gave me this lovely silver jewellery set with small maroon stones on it for my birthday last year. I must say that of all my collections its one set that has received the most compliments so far. So yesterday evening I had plans to watch The Wolverine with my cousins and I wore this set with my matching top. I drove to the theatre and crossed the checking zone and went towards to food counter to decide what snack to buy. And one of the cousins said, "Hey akka thats a lovely chain u r wearing". I had this "oh-I-get-this-compliment-everytime" look on my face and pushed my hair behind to show off the studs as well. And suddenly she screamed, "Akka only one stud is there". I kept rubbing my earlobes and felt no presence of a stud. I might have also dug my ear holes just to make sure it didn’t fall inside. Walked all the way back to the parking lot and saw no trace of any small silver shining thing. I was deeply upset and removed the other stud and kept it inside and thought I should never be gifted anything nice until I learn to how to keep it carefully.

We’ve all been in such situations at some point in life. We lose things. We make a mess. We fail to be responsible with things that’s entrusted to us. These things sometimes come in the form of Talents, Skills, Gifts, Relationships, Trust, Peace, Money so on and so forth. We constantly plead for mending and fixing of all our flops and fails. I have personally been such a superstar at messing up and right now I am totally convinced that I can never do anything right and if there is anything I can do right, is MESSING UP.

The movie was awesome. Hugh Jackman was awesome. We came home and I kept my single stud and chain back into the case and slept off. While I was lying on the bed I was thinking how awesome it would be to find the missing stud in 6 years when I clean my junk again like how I found the purple one 6 years later. I woke up the next day and went to the car to search for the stud in the daylight just in case it had fallen under the car seats and I didn’t see well because I didn’t have enough lights the previous night. No luck. Came back to get ready for work. I opened the jewel box again to see the lonely stud and to my surprise I saw 2 studs. I thought, “Phew ! Talk about mind tricks or visual tricks or whatever a full action packed, visual effects filled superhero movie can cause”. And no, I wasn’t hallucinating. The box did have the 2 studs.  I was so happy and overwhelmed that I was singing, “I once was lost, but now I’m found…was blind but now I see…” The Holy Ghost sure knows how to make your heart rejoice with thanksgiving. Only this time, it didn’t take 6 years.

The only logical explanation to this is that I wore only one ear stud and forgot to put the other one while dressing up. But for a woman who spends hours in front of the mirror decking up before leaving out, I just find this an awful explanation. I have been doing this for 26 years now and I just cannot accept forgetfulness as an ideal explanation to this. But this is not about the missing stud or my failing memory. It’s about the lesson I learnt.

Lessons learnt: 

1. What God has intended you to have, nobody can take it away. Even if you mess up and lose it, He is a God who restores. All what you lost, all what you missed, all what you messed up with, He is able to restore.
2. Sometimes it takes time. It takes so long that you’d almost convince yourself that it’s never gonna come around. Like how I replaced my lost purple stone stud with another pair. Trust Him. He will show up. He is an on-time God. He is never late or early.
3. Sometimes you might be looking for things in the wrong places. Like how I was looking in the car, under the bed, in the parking lot, inside my ear holes etc…whereas it was in my room, in my jewellery case/drawer all the while. Pray and ask God to open your eyes and help you see things clearly. Pray that when He leads you to the things He has planned for you, you would be able to see it and not be blinded or in my case, looking in the wrong places.
4. Miracles can happen if you believe. God loves performing miracles. All He needs is your FAITH. Hope and believe for the best things. I didn’t have any faith that I would get my stud back. But I hoped to find it atleast after 6 years. I am thankful God decided to work with the next best thing I could provide Him for a miracle – HOPE.
5. And finally, we are just humans made of clay and dust. We will mess up and fail time and again. We will disappoint not just people around us, but our own selves. He is God and we are not. All we need to do is just hold on to Him. Tell Him our weakness and ask for His help. He will run to our rescue. When God Ran by Philips Craig and Dean is a song that greatly ministered to me recently. Everytime I listen to this song and try to sing along and worship, I only end up sobbing and choking throughout the song.

“He ran to me,

He took me in His arms,

Held my head to His chest,

Said “My son’s  come home again !”

Lifted my face,

Wiped the tears from my eyes,

With forgiveness in His voice, He said,

“Son, do you know I still love you ?”

Stay Blessed !