Please come in...

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!