Oh mother! Don’t shed tears for your
son. Would you, if he were in another
land, busy fulfilling the purpose of his journey? You would miss him no doubts.
From time to time you would pull out those family albums buried under your
precious saris and then sit perhaps near a window which would allow the light
from the sky to filter in on the pages you turned. Some pictures would lead the
way to a stream of thoughts. Your gaze would shift its focus and your eyes
would have a blank look in them. Suddenly though, an unexpected smile would
light up your sad face because you were glad you knew he was safe.
Oh mother! It is dark all around you. You
wonder if you had signed up for this. What a journey you are crossing! There
are hills and valleys you have to scale and then of course, there is the peak
you have to reach. You are into a battle – an emotional one. They say every
trouble gives an opportunity to grow and learn. But you have grown enough and
learnt more than enough. No more weights of pressure you want to carry.
Oh mother! There is a thin line of light
filtering into the darkness around you. It shines in your eyes and moves to
your heart. It pulls at the string to release the captivated love and a shower
of peace springs forth. Is there a goal you have to reach? You don’t know if
there is one; but you walk taking strong strides of faith. I can understand how
hard it must be mother; but they say: faith moves mountains. The shadow of
grief has to make way for the dazzle of faith.
Sitting by the window, mother, go through
the albums and smile at your little bundle of joy, now united in eternal
exuberance of joyfulness. You know he is safe for sure.
It is now the night of his life and he
sleeps soundly. What an amazingly lovely bed he has under the cool shade of the
swaying branches of a tree. In the rustling of their leaves, they sing to him a
lullaby. Don’t worry mother, he is awakened now in the Lord.
“But
God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was
impossible for Him to be held in its power.” Acts 2:24
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