New
city, new job, new people, new living conditions. These are a few important
events that became part of my life during the last three days; current settings
of my nomadic life that has been successfully taking me places over the past
six years.
As
I moved into my new PG with roomies D and K who were also my colleagues at
office, I wondered what this place had in store for me. One thing was definite:
this was going to be the place where I would define myself and become truly
independent. You might be wondering why I think so. Well, because I had to cook
on my own!!
After
a long time of being served food on your plates, four times a day at fixed
timings, this was a bit of a nerve-cracking surprise.
Not
that I’ve never cooked, but it’s always been under the guided mentorship of
granny who is one of the best cooks I have ever seen or would ever see again.
To be left alone to decide what goes into your tummy and to prepare it on your
own, without having granny to suggest how much of spice or salt should go in
seemed like pushing me into the wrath of an ocean after a couple of swimming
lessons in a pool in my backyard!!
As
I lay on my bed wondering about what to do on my first lonely day in the
kitchen, a thought flashed my mind. My mind raced to the prayer meeting I had
attended the previous Sunday where a friend spoke about how we should bring
Jesus into every situation. There are many situations in life where we freeze
or we are in pain and don not know how to handle it. BRING JESUS IN.
“But
will Jesus come into my kitchen?” I wondered. Of course he will, said an inner
voice. And so, I decided to check it out.
I
took Jesus along with me into the kitchen that day. And he was beside as a
mentor and a friend. Yes, it all went fine and there were no cooking disasters!
Funny as it may seem, I blessed the rice and curry as it was being prepared. It
works, you know.
That
day, I learnt two lessons. One is that Jesus will come in anywhere at any time(
even if it sounds stupid to human senses) and second is that we should believe that
he will come in when and where we need him to.
It’s
unto us if he bring Jesus into our situations or not.. As I always think, Jesus
is a perfect gentleman who doesn’t barge in unnecessarily. Ask him to come in,
even if it is something you think you can handle gracefully. It can work
wonders if you try it out. After all, He’s the one who changed water into wine!
