03 April 2011

Your Valuable Life

Prince was a young teenager. He was very creative and he used to paint very beautiful pictures of people and landscapes. His keen observation skill made him imprint some of the minutest emotions of human behaviour in his paintings. His parents and friends encouraged him in every way possible and gave all assistance for improving his skill. Unfortunately at the age of 15, his kidneys had a major failure and he became a patient living on medicines.

Though Prince was living on medicines, he never showed any kind of regret about his life. Accepting that painful state of life from God’s hands, he treadled the path happily. Always fetching an inspiration from the people and nature around, he continued his beautiful sketches of life. He inspired all those who came to him with his bustling words and humour. He never fell short of confidence and always had this urge to stride through this painful situation with the utmost determination.

But at the age of 17, Prince passed away leaving a great void in the hearts of many a number of persons who loved and prayed for him. But his memories remain vivid in all of their hearts.

Dear friends, this young man had very good reasons to flee from life. Yet he never entertained even a stray thought of anguish to affect his mind. Instead of fretting over the illness, he looked towards the Lord and tried to enjoy and sublimate the goodness and value of his God given life. This is what the Lord expects from each one of us. What really matter is that we have and not what we do not have.

Prince was unhealthy. Yet he used his skills to depict the beauty around to make others happy. Till the last moments of his life he tried to spread love, joy and encouragement to all those who came up to him, ignoring his illness.

“Be joyful always, pray at all times, be thankful in all circumstances.” (1 Thess. 5:16)

Let us take heed to the Word of the Lord and become a source of blessing and joy to all those around us.

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