Ninth standard was a great turning
point in my life. I was average in my studies. Was very much content with my B
and C grades. Life went very well as my mother doesn't even know how my
textbooks look nor my father. Early in the morning as my mother is in the
kitchen, I will hurry my mother to put a signature in the report card. She with
a comment usually re-reading the comments written by my class teacher.
God had different plans
in my studies. So to fulfill that there came a bitter event in my life.(its
truly very tough to change me) Just as in Samson's life when God planned to
defeat the philistines he allowed some bitter event in his life.
It was Christmas
holidays in 2001 December. As my Dad was in Mumbai, I and my mother went to
spend our holidays with him. His manager came for tea one evening. Like every
uncles not knowing any other topic to speak to me asked about my grades. I
would have said "A" had not my mother stood there. Much to the
awaiting disaster I replied "B". He asked back again , why not
"A"?. That evening my Dad burst into anger because of my
"B" grade and scolded very badly. Still that day he didn't know what
grades I got and was least bothered. Like a typical tamilian family, that night
ended up by me crying for one hour and my mother for the whole night. (Actually
I was practicing those days to behave more like a guy and not to have a tear
roll down from my eyes:-(( ). That night I decided to concentrate on my
studies. Having been taught by God, I knew that I couldn't excel without Lord
Almighty.
(My mom often uses this
promise in her prayers "All thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and
great shall be the peace of thy children'. Isaiah 54:13.
I started studying by
first reading the scriptures. As far as I can remember, I moved from 30th to
15th rank to 5th and 2nd rank that single year. God helped me score 94.5% in
10th all for His glory.
