Grant Them The Joy - God's Kind Of Marriage

In God's kind of marriage, there is a joy that conquers earthly sorrow and strife.

Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow;
Grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife,
And to life's day the glorious unknown morrow
That dawns upon eternal love and life.

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O Perfect Love - God's Concept Of Marriage

Whom God has put together let no man tear asunder.

O perfect Love, all human thought transcending,
Lowly we kneel in prayer before thy throne,
That theirs may be the love which knows no ending,
Whom thou for evermore dost join in one.

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Thank You For Grace

On the occasion of the 100th birth anniversary of my grandmother Grace, we give thanks to God for her positive influence on our lives.

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When God Touched Me On My Arm

A few months ago I was standing at the billing counter at a supermarket feeling depressed about the state of my life. I was considering the various financial challenges that I was confronted with. At that moment someone touched me on my arm, and I turned quickly to see a little child with a big, joyful smile on his face. In return I smiled spontaneously at this bright, beaming boy, amazed that this could happen. As I left the shop I turned to him again, and said bye, and then he smiled again happily though a little shyly. As I travelled back home, the thought of the child's spontaneous gesture filled my mind, and from nowhere tears welled and streamed out of my eyes. "O Lord Jesus, that child was You!" I said, utterly overwhelmed. Later I said to my family, "Jesus came to comfort me. I must not worry."

Today, as I began to worry again, a friend sent me a note that her young son sent me a hello. That made me think about God again. Is this from God? When something wonderfully spontaneous as this happens, I immediately think of God. God sends his smiles and hellos through his people. Maybe this hello is from God, saying to me that all will be well.

After the smile of the first child came much trouble in my life. My old computer failed irreparably. Every day I had to walk out of my home to a nearby computer centre, where I connected with the world in any meaningful way I could. (Only those who know my work for God on the Internet may understand the significance of my pain. And even then they may not.) For three months I did this, despite an aching ankle, which slowed me down terribly. Many times I cried out to God, and asked him, "When, O Lord, will you deliver me from this?" But at that time I did not recall the child who brought the smile of God into my life.

Today, in other distressing circumstances, as I sat before my new computer, I recalled the smile of God, when I received this message from a friend, who conveyed the spontaneous greeting of her child. And it made me think of God and how He comforts in little, but significant ways. May I receive this comfort from God and not worry about my life.

Let me end with this strange incident. As I lay in bed during the time when I was living without a computer, a single drop of water fell on my bare back. Startled by it I rose to find out how this drop could have fallen on me. There was no source above me from which this drop could have issued. And then I thought of God again. Did God do this? Did God signal His concern for me at that difficult time in my life? God knew how I prayed. I would lie at night in my balcony looking at the stars in the sky, and imploring God thus in prayer, "I have nothing. I have no family of my own and no professional life. I'm not asking you for a car or a house. I'm asking you for a computer to do your work, to convey your message of love. Why will you not grant me this? How could you be so silent? Do you not care?" And then the drop made sense. Perhaps the Lord was crying with me and for me, comforting me in my time of suffering. Strangely, no drop has fallen on me since that time.

When God connects, He leaves little room for doubt. The smiling child, the boy who sent his hello, and the drop that fell are unique incidents that leave little room for any other interpretation. I am a believer in God. And I choose to see these gestures as divine tokens of loving care. Thank you God for touching me with your love.

- Samuel Godfrey George
  September 2014

When My Father Cried

For a long time in my life I was blinded to my father's love for me. The memory of a childhood incident when I became physically blind in one eye temporarily brought back a vivid impression of my father's genuine feeling for me.

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Today I Am Happy

Rejoicing came in the morning.

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To Those Who Wish Us Well

Is it important to wish another person a Happy Birthday? What makes a birthday worthy of such attention?

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.GodInSam, My New Computer

After the stunning end came a period of restless waiting. A dream remained painfully unfulfilled, and hope seemed lamentably deferred. After many doors were closed a certain door opened. And then the answer came. The dream was fulfilled. The weeping turned into rejoicing and my voice was allowed to speak again. And GodInSam was born.

When My Father Cried

For a long time in my life I was blinded to my father's love for me. The memory of a childhood incident when I became physically blind in one eye temporarily brought back a vivid impression of my father's genuine feeling for me.

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The Road To My New Computer

It happened as I had always dreaded. My nine-year-old computer failed, and my work for God came to an abrupt stop. I was expelled into the wilderness indefinitely.

In a time of difficulty you not only discover who your friends really are, but you also discover what you are and how you are perceived by others. In my recent stay in the wilderness, I found out what I turned out to be in the eyes of those who once applauded me, and saw vividly the value that people attached to what I do in the world. Above all I was aware of my own hunger to do more of what I cherish, and I remembered how it all began - that stirring within me. He who stirred then must be still be here now. This helped me go on. And in the end, even as I hung on to hope by a thread, I felt His stirring within me again. And that is why I'm still here.
What mattered to me in difficult times is not what others thought of me, though it always had the potential to distract and cloud my vision. When I began my work, no one counseled me. No one directed my steps as I walked this road to sanity. No one heard my complaints, and no one resolved my doubts. I was all alone with God. And I realized that that is how I should stay. So what was I to do with new advisers and prophets who had come to show me the way? I heard them out and then threw them out. There was not among them even a suggestion worthy of being termed novel, let alone holy. What I saw were dubious beings in the guise of friends, and what I heard were vicious words from Christ-kissed mouths. They did churn within me for a while till I was given the grace to spit them out.
I never lashed out in retaliation, though I could have cut them down with my words. I know the death that lurks in my own tongue. But I have learned from Christ to shun the words of death and decay. I do not respond to devils spiritual or human. I just do not have the inclination. I just speak what God spoke and remind myself of who I am and Who I represent. As His servant, my job is to love and caress even those who try to maim me. When I see them I realize what I could be and what I am not, because of the graciousness of God. And that eases off the burning sensations that remain after the venom of their spite.
Nevertheless there were a few who spoke love and looked like love. And there was one who stood by me and strengthened me with deeds of love. Love on its own imparts strength, but when accompanied by deeds it empowers the recipient. I was empowered by this person's loving deeds to believe in the goodness of God at a time when it seemed improbable. Thanks to him and his family I walk on. God has shown through them and others that I am not without support.
And support was also found in my home. Those who lived with me and those who worked for me rooted for me and desired the continuance of my work on the Internet. Even as I waited patiently and painfully for a new computer, they prayed along with me and encouraged me to somehow make this possible. But how was I to make this possible without God's help? If God will not build my house, it will not be built. And if I should build it, it will not stand. So I waited and took no action. And I said to God, "You started this. You should end this or continue this. I leave it in Your hands."

It happened suddenly. One day I knew that I had enough money to make the down payment for my new computer, if certain people would allow me to do this. I wanted to use household money for this purpose. So I asked the people in my home. They had seen me struggle without a computer for three months that they immediately agreed to what I had in mind. Even a worker of mine agreed to be paid late, for she knew the importance of my work. So I decided to purchase a computer on that very day. But the computer that I was planning to buy was not available. Something more expensive, the one that I silently hoped that God would give to me, was available. A big discount was offered to me on the cost of that computer, and additional warranty worth a lot of money was offered to me free of cost. They even agreed to my request to lower the down payment. Everything came together on that day. And I returned home with my dream laptop and called it "GodInSam" just like I had christened it months ago.

My koel dreams have begun again. My beautiful Lenovo Y510p reminds me of the koel, whose body is black and whose eyes are red. My laptop is black, with a keyboard stunningly back-lit in red. This is a dream that I didn't even dare to dream. And it has come true. And like the koel, determined to sing a persistent song, I am determined to sing again for God a song that has no end.

And did God bless this venture? Did compensate the household money that I risked in buying this computer? Yes He did. A few days later God send me a very big gift that was double the amount that I had risked. And then I knew that God was on my side.

- Samuel Godfrey George

Will I Work Again?

Why should we wait for God to reply to our prayer? What is the benefit of waiting? Waiting increases our trust in God because the more we wait the more we have to trust Him. If God does grant our requests immediately then much trust cannot be expressed. But when waiting is involved a higher degree of trust is required. Patience is involved. Patience is important for the development of faith. Without patience faith cannot grow and will even remain in the infantile stage. For faith to grow, it must be tested. And the best kind of test is waiting.

The reason why we do this work is to let people know that there is a God and that we worship Him, and that He is good, and that He answers our prayers, and that we need Him, and that without Him we will not be complete, and that without God we will be nothing. And I hope that this work continues.

How God Reunited Me With My Father

How God led me to my earthly father before his death, and how He inspired me to seek my father's forgiveness and his blessing before it was too late - this is a very great miracle in my life