“I’m not saying that there is no God,all that I am saying is that,it will be good if there is a God” …so says Kamal Hassan to Asin in the movie ‘Dasavatharam’…..”Sometimes I wonder,will God ever forgive us for what we have done to each other…then I look around and realize,God left this place a long time ago”….so says Leonardo DiCarprio to Jennifer Connelly in the movie 'Blood Diamond'….
When you switch on the television, you might see reports of countries fighting with each other,genocides taking place,famine,the destruction caused due to floods and earthquakes and the like…. You might have noticed or seen children begging on the streets…seen the people living in slums.... Does not a thought comes to you ,”How could God let this happen….?”
I must say that this thought always comes to my mind when I see such things…. Is it because I don’t believe in God or my faith in God is not as strong as the faith that the other people have…?
I do believe in God…that there is an Higher Power that we cannot comprehend…but,I must admit, I sometimes wonder whether there is actually a God who looks down upon us from the heavens above… When I look at myself and see how blessed I am,thinking of all the gifts that I have received from God, I think to myself ,”Why can't everyone be as blessed as I have been so far….?” Have I done anything for me to live so comfortably….? Has the child on the street who goes in search on food,not only for himself, but also for the baby whom he holds in his hands, done anything to deserve the life that he leads….? "The answer to these last two questions is a resounding NO… then why is there an imbalance in the our life and the lives of our neighbours….?Why?
When I ask such questions to my Mom,she says that God has plan for each one of us… that it’s all part of His Masterplan…We just have to have faith and believe in Him…. I believe that the word “Faith” is a very powerful word….it means believing something that we cannot see… Do I faith in God? Yes…. Then why do I get such questions in my head from time to time….? Is it wrong of me to get such thoughts….?
When I hear people talking about it all being part of God’s masterplan,I struggle to comprehend how an infant dying,a child losing his/her parents when he/she is yet to be a teenager could all be part of God’s Masterplan…. Why can’t God make me understand….? Maybe it is because of the fact that the Masterplan can only be truly understood by the Master….. and there’s only one true Master….the One who is above us….the One who looks down upon us from the heavens above….the rest of us should just have faith…faith that one day we’ll know…..
Imagine a world that has no poverty, no wars, no deaths due to hunger…..How great would that be…? We should have faith...faith that one day we shall wake up to such a world...
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