LITTLE STARS ON EARTH

LITTLE STARS ON THE EARTH

Jesus said "Let the children come to me and stop keeping them away from me for the Kingdom of God belongs to these little people."

Recently (maybe 2 years ago) a very popular (but not your run of the mill Bollywood) Hindi movie was screened. It is called in Hindi TAARE ZAMEEN PAR - meaning Stars on Earth.. It's a real tear jerker with a 5 tissue rating. 

The stars are the little children from all different communities and backgrounds. The movie is about one little star who gets crushed and is almost lost....but is saved through the love of an out-of-the-box teacher and is made to shine brightly. While others saw just a stubborn rock with no potential of becoming anything...the teacher saw the star and the potential it had to shine. 

Since yesterday I am getting a strong sense of God wanting to bring little stars to make the Temple of Light shine even brighter. He has promised to give us the treasures that are hidden in dark places. It seems like these little stars are a special category of those treasures.

Our youngest disciple of Yeshu is about 12 years old, though she looks more like 8-10 or so. She is such an encouragement to me personally when I see how she takes her stand and not give in to pressure from family members to worship idols. It's so wonderful to hear her strong confession of faith coming through when she prays. Just yesterday she was singing on the PA system with me during our worship. It warmed up my heart so much. 

Sejal is Naniji's grand-daughter. She is the first of all the grandchildren (about 14 in total) to become a disciple of Yeshu. Naniji has 6 daughters and 3 sons. It is seeming to look like that God has picked out at the least one grandchild from each of her children. 

Two years ago Naniji's 5th daughter spent about two months with us during her last term of pregnancy. She was told that she was on her final two weeks but it turned out that she had another two months to go. It seems like this was a God-incidence because after she delivered a healthy girl child she and her husband (both of whom are not Yeshu believers) dedicated their child to Yeshu in a very simple ceremony at the Temple of Light. Both of them say that if their child will choose to walk in the path of Yeshu they will not stop her. Her name in Hindi means Petal.

Just a few days ago Naniji's son's son was visiting us with his mother. His mother is a seeker with a very open heart to follow Yeshu. The son had no interest in studies and is known to be very naughty and most people have given up on him. When he came to us he was most of the time sitting with books. People were so surprised. He told his grandmother (Naniji) that if even the others won't follow Yeshu he will follow him. He is about 12 years old. He left this place yesterday very heart-broken. He really likes being with us.

A son of Naniji's oldest daughter of about 16 years old also shows strong interest in Yeshu even though his father hates Yeshu with a passion. They live opposite us and the children are banned from coming to visit us. They do come when the father is not around. The father does all the prayers in the temple, the same work Naniji used to do when Yeshu took a hold of her and took her out of there.

A daughter of another daughter also shows strong interest. She once became ill and insisted that her parents take her to Naniji otherwise she is going to die in their place. She made such a big fuss of kicking and screaming that they had to take her. When she was at Naniji's place she was at total peace. She had some stomach problem and she was taken to the hospital and given medication and then she came to us. All the while she was with us she had no problem with the stomach at all. The moment she left our place the problem started all over again. Her parents are also very against Yeshu. 

Naniji's youngest daughter, now 20, the first in the family to follow Yeshu is now almost full time with us and is able to handle the evening meetings when I am not available. She had drifted very far from Yeshu after the death of her father but praise be to God, she has come back as the prodigal daughter. She is now learning English and spends almost all day with us.