His mother got him married. After the marriage, he worked
as a teacher in a primary school. Due to the lack of
experience, he was squashed by the students in less than
a week.
When he returned home, his wife dried his tears. She
comforted him with these words. 'You should not be too
sad about it. Probably there is a more suitable job waiting
for you out there.'
Later on, he found another job and before long he was fired
due to his slowness. This time, the wife commented.
'There are always people who are skilful and non skilful.
Some have experience from their years of work. As for you,
you were in school all this while. So, how could you acquire
these needed skills?'
He went for a number of jobs but never stayed long in
those jobs. Each time, he would return home with a
dejected spirit. His wife would always comfort him and
never once was she disappointed or resentful.
He was in his thirties when he aquired a flair in languages.
He became a counselor in a school for the deaf and mute.
Later on, he opened a school for the disabled. A few years
later, he set up chain stores in different cities and
provinces selling apparatus & equipment for the disabled.
He became a multi-millionaire.
One day he asked his wife. 'When I was looking bleakly at
my own future, what's the reason that you had so much
faith in me?'
His wife gave him a very simple reply. She said,
'When a piece of land is not suitable for planting wheat, we
could try planting beans. If the beans are not growing well,
we could try planting fruits or gourds. If the vegetation is
not economical, we can instead scatter buckwheat seeds.
These seeds will one day bloom into flowers. On this land
itself, there will be one seed that will germinate and grow.'
After listening to his wife's explanation, he cried. His wife's
faith, love, patience, and persistence is likened to the one
seed in the land. This is the seed that persists and
creates the miracle on this piece of land.
"In this world, there's no person who is useless. It is just
that they have not positioned themselves firmly in the
right place"
God does not create useless creatures. There is ALWAYS
some purpose/mission. You just have to persist and find
it!!!
