A man had two young children. When the elder
boy was at School, he gave a toffee to the younger son who was at home. But
when he was about to eat it, his elder brother returned from school. He
snatched the toffee from his younger brother, put it in his mouth and ran away.
The younger brother burst into tears and rushed to his room. He locked the room
from inside and fell on his bed, weeping profusely, worrying about the lost
toffee. After a while, his father learned about the incident and came to the
younger child’s room, carrying a bottle full of toffees which he had kept
secretly in his safe. He knocked at the door and asked his child to open the
door. He even announced that he had brought a lot of toffees for him. But the
child refused to listen to his father. He lay on the bed, paying a deaf ear to
his father’s knock and talk. He continued to cry, worrying about his minor
loss. His worry prevented him from gaining a much greater joy.
A famous painting portrays
God knocking at a ‘door without a handle’. The door represents the mind of man
which has to be opened from inside in response to the knocking from the outside.
God does not open the door of our mind by force. This message teaches us that
God is knocking at the door of our heart, awaiting our invitation to enter and
be with us, to console us and shower His infinite blessings upon us. It is said
that though God is omnipotent and omnipresent, the human mind is a special
place where He enters only with our consent. He has granted us the freedom to
frame our attitude to Him.
We may waste a lot of time, energy and
opportunities worrying about the minor losses that have happened in our lives
and cursing the persons, who were, in our view, responsible for our losses. But
by this foolish action, we are actually shutting the door of our heart against
the merciful God and refusing to receive greater gifts of grace from our loving
Lord. We must accept moments of pain and
apparent losses we may encounter in our life as parts of God’s plan for our
ultimate victory and prosperity.
Let us open the doors of our heart and
greet our loving God with pleasure. Let us seek His blessings and request Him
to purify our heads, hearts, hands and habits.
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By: Prof. Dr. Babu Philip, Darsana Academy,
Kottayam-686001, Kerala, India ( Former Professor, Cochin University of Science
& Technology, Fine Arts Avenue, Kochi-682016, Kerala, India), Prof.
Mrs. Rajamma Babu, Former Professor, St. Dominic's
College, Kanjirappally, Leo. S. John, St. Antony's
Public School, Anakkal, Kanjirappally and Neil John, Maniparambil, Ooriyakunnath, Kunnumbhagom, Kanjirappally,
Kottayam-686507, Kerala, India.
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