THE POWER OF TRUE FAITH AND TRUE YEARNING!

[SAI ANKITA]

There was a certain priest who served in a household

chapel. Once he went away leaving the charge of the

service to his little son. He told the boy to place the

daily offring of food before the Deity and see that He

ate it. The boy, following the injuctions of his father,

placed the offering before the image and silently

waite. But the image neither spoke not ate. The boy

watched for a long time. He had firm faith that the

Deity would come down from the altar, take the seat

before the offring and eat it. Then he prayed, " O

LORD, COME AND EAT; IT IS GETTING VERY LATE, I

CANNOT WAIT ANY LONGER." But the Lord did not

speak. Then the boy began to cry saying, "LORD, MY

FATHER TOLD ME TO SEE THAT YOU DID EAT THE

OFFERING. WHO DO YOU NOT COME? YOU COME

TO MY FATHER AND EAT HIS OFFERING WHAT HAVE

I DONE THAT YOU DO NOT COME TO ME AND EAT

MY OFFERIN?" He cried bitterly and for a long time,

Then as he looked up at the seat. he saw the Deity in

a human form eating the offring!  When the service

was ended and the boy came out, the members of the

household said to him, "If the service is over, bring

out the offering ," The boy replied, "YEs, but the Lord

has eaten everything." In amazement they asked, :

What did you say ?" With obsolute innocence the boy

repeated, " Why, the Lord has eaten all the I offered.

" Then they entered the chaped and were

dumbfounded at the sight of the empty dishes.

SUCH IS THE POWER OF TRUE FAITH AND TRUE YEARNING!....
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HAVE A BLESSED SAIDEVA DAY.......

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