"To render instant help, Baba rushes to His devote

[Dipika]

Protecting the Blacksmith's Child

Once in the year 1910, on the day before Diwali, Baba was sitting by the holy fireplace (dhuni) and thrusting the firewood into it, and the dhuni was burning bright, with rising flames. Suddenly, instead of pushing in firewood, Baba thrust his hand fully into the dhuni, and consequently suffered burns up till his arm. Noticing this, Madhavarao Deshpande (affectionately addressed by fellow devotees in Shirdi as Shama) grabbed Baba by the waist from behind, dragged him forcibly backwards, and asked, "Deva, why have you done this?" Then Baba came to his senses and replied, " The wife of a blacksmith at a distant place was working the bellows near a furnace. When her husband called her, she got up in a hurry, and her little child, whom she was holding at her waist, fell into the furnace. Seeing that, I immediately thrust my hand into the furnace, pulled the child out of the fire, and saved it. I do not mind my arm being burnt, but I am glad I saved the child."

"To render instant help, Baba rushes to His devotees, unmindful of his personal hardship."

(Contributed by A Sai Devotee)  

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal

[san2004]

Om Sai Ram,
Baba does help to your rescue.But at times we forget to remember what he has done for us because of our limited knowledge and thinking.
We strive to aspire for what we do not have at present. Baba knows what to do and when.Without YOU there is no Hope.With YOU I can do anything.
Give us the sensibility to understand that you are always with us.
Jai Sai Ram,
Sanjiv