On my way to Delhi recently, a young girl was sitting next to me in a bus. We were expected to reach Delhi around 9.30 am; but as the bus entered Panipat, we were caught in a massive traffic jam because of a rally.
The girl looked quite panicky: “Oh God, now I can’t make it to the interview.” As the clock ticked, her fears became more pronounced.
I asked her why she was so much worried? “Aunty, I have a test for a job at 11 am. This traffic jam has botched up my plans.”
I tried to make her comfortable by saying: “Maybe, God has some better plans for you. You should calm down.” “Aunty, nowadays, job is very important for girls. Even for matrimonial alliances, employed girls are preferred. Being the eldest, I want a job at the earliest.”
By the time we were at the ISBT in Delhi, it was already 11 am. And she was to return by 3 pm. So, I asked her to accompany me and relax for some time.
In fact, I was going to visit an elderly ailing person in our family. She spent some time with me in that house. By sheer chance, another visitor from Delhi offered to drop her at the bus station.
And then, after a week, I received a call from the family I had visited, “My sisterin-law who had dropped that girl at the station looks interested in her, for her son. Do you have some idea about the family?”
I told them that it was a chance meeting but then I had saved her cell phone number, which I passed on to them. After a month when I received a wedding invite, I was pleasantly surprised to note that things materialised so fast.
This incident helped me believe firmly that God has better plans for us when we apparently seem to be failing in life.
What is needed is to have absolute faith in God who will never fail us.
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