Sign from above !

This is again about the impending move. Since the news was broken to me at work, I tended to second-guess my decision to move; the primary reason, in our minds, was to ensure that it would do good and be better for DS. Or else, I do not see a big need to move jobs, although the recognition is greater. It was always on my mind - and wryly thought like Jim Carrey in "Bruce Almighty" would look for some signs from above to see if this is the right thing for us to do.

Then cut to my travel last week; on the flight, where I tend not to see many movies, decided to see "Evan's Almighty" - which, post-facto, seemed a loose sequel to the Bruce Almighty. The plot for the movie is the God appears and commands Evan Baxter (a congressman ?) to build an ark, in the lines of Noah's - the plot is pretty thin though. So he starts building it, but the whole world and the family thinks he has turned crazy; In one of the scene the wife and the kids are sitting in a restaurant and there is a TV on playing the incident of Evan's ark - the people around make fun of Evan, while the wife squirms in her seat. Then God appears in front of the wife (as a waiter) and talks to her. When the wife tells him, all she wants is the family to be together, God asks her - if you pray for something, does God give it to you as is or provides an opportunity to do so - for eg, if you pray for courage, does God give you courage or provides you an opportunity to show courage ? Or when you want peace, does He give you peace or provide opportunity for peace"...

Hmmm... so when we were asking for "well-being" of DS, has God given us this "opportunity for the well-being" ? Perhaps, this is the sign !!!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I particularly like the bit about "if you pray for something, does God give it to you as is or provides an opportunity to do so". What God does, I think, is to show you both sides of the coin and will allow you the freedom to choose. Subbu

Anonymous said...

XThere is a saying in Kannada - "Aadadella olitae aaiyitu" meaning whatever happens, happens for good.
Believe in him and your DS, definitely things will change for good.

All the very best.

Imp's Mom said...

Its all about recognizing the signs and believing in god :)

And here i was wondering why would anybody leave me a link to their post.. now i know:)

thanks for visiting!