I woke up today to the sound of my home stay mom chanting and i was challenged by her passion to god. She is devote to her beliefs and exercises her faith with diligence. She wakes everyday (even weekends) at 5am and she chants and does her prayers. There is not one day in which i don't hear her ring her bell which is always rung prior to chanting and prayer. It's symbolic, the om sound is said to wake god so that his attention can be on you. Many Hindu's will say that they know that this might sound silly to an outsider, and they also know that God doesn't sleep, but they believe in the power of "om" which is the sound that is omitted when the bell is run or the gong is hit. She has challenged me in my faith, without a word i have been dared to take my own faith into that level. To pray everyday with that devotion and diligence. I want my hands to be God's hands and his eyes God's eyes, i don't want to be so selfish and so wrapped up in my own world that i forget to seek Jesus. This is currently difficult for me because, i have been trying to balance both the academic and the spiritual and i find myself lacking in the spiritual. I thank God for using my Prabha to push me to be a better follower and radical, so in love with Jesus.
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Isn't it just unbelievable when we are challenge by people you least expect...the bible talks about piedras que hablan...I have been challenge to take my faith to a very high level too.. I was moved to put more thought about how devoted I am to God...being in Haiti and struggling with so many spiritual things made me realize how powerful and necessary prayer is...I was constantly in prayer and it might have been because of darkness in that place that reminded me to be in prayer...I feel that at times we loose that in "our normal world". I make so many excuses about being tired or not having enough time but that is plainly a mediocre mentality. Thanks for sharing this.
Hey I made a missionary friend at one of my jobs, and he is from Fiji. He converted from Hinduism... fascinating stories... but also very scary in terms of the spiritual realm... it's interesting how these things happen...
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