An illiterate old man
from a remote Indian village came to a busy shopping complex in a large city,
accompanying a relative who was purchasing new dress for her wedding. He was
accompanied by his wife, who was equally old and rustic. There they saw a lift
(elevator) for the first time in their life. The old man watched the gadget
with keen interest. He saw a group of relatively aged people enter and close
the door. After a few minutes, the door reopened and an equal number of very
young people came out. After several similar observations, the old man
concluded that the lift was a miraculous machinery to transform older people to
younger and smarter ones. He was excited. His priority was to restore the
youthfulness of his aging wife. He was anxious to have her as a young and
charming beauty.
He compelled her to enter the lift the next time it opened before them.
The old lady entered it unwillingly along with many others and the door was
shut. After a few anxious moments, he saw the doors open. Rushing to the door
and madly searching among those who came out of the lift, he found an
attractive young lady, with some resemblance to the figure of his wife in her
early years. Overjoyed, he embraced her and tried to drag her away from the
others, crying out, "What a wonder, what a beauty!" The lady was
shocked and pushed him away with all her might. Lying on the floor with broken
limbs and a broken heart, the old man cried and pleaded, "Don't leave me,
dear!"
God wants us to be transformed
into a saintly state. This does not mean that our external appearance should
change. True transformation of a soul involves change from its sinful state to
a blessed state of divine grace. That is the result of a real repentance.
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© By Dr. Babu Philip, Professor, Cochin University
of Science & Technology, Fine Arts Avenue, Kochi-682016, Kerala, India, Prof. Mrs. Rajamma Babu, Former Professor, St. Dominic's
College, Kanjirappally, Leo. S. John, St. Antony's Public School,
Anakkal, Kanjirappally and Neil John, Maniparambil, Ooriyakunnath,
Kunnumbhagom, Kanjirappally, Kottayam-686507, Kerala, India.
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