not a scratch...

It started when sil asked when i last got tt. Me and my fish brain memory cantbrecollect. 

Made me think of when I had trouble and God healed, rescued me. So here's a way of keeping check of my countless miracles and blessings under his wings.   

Jan 2024 was sick with pneumonia.  Was admitted in hospital for 5 days with iv antibiotics,  as antibiotics for more than 3 wèks did not make cough go away.

May 2025. Bad knees. Unable to walk.( shifting to new house in udayam grande) Physio for 5 days. I thought I could never kneel down to pray. But God healed me.

July 2025 hot Puttur water on my right arm. Took 2-3 weeks for new skin to come .

Had a bad cough cold. Had to take nebuliser for 14 days. In nov,December 2025

Steel splinter in right finger in August 2025.

Injured left big toe 18 Feb 2026

Terrible proj. In 2nd shift since May 2025 till date March 2026. 

Salty Or tasty

It's been ages, since we had a thought provoking interesting conversation. My brother's prayer Or talk, his behavior always teaches something and though it is slow and  difficult to understand I got it! 

So here it is. 

The conversation was around the flag hoisting in every house. He said Salt is invisible and supposed to be invisible. If we want it to be prominent, it becomes salty. And fit to be thrown away.  People wanted to crown Jesus. They wanted him to be  king. But he was already king. 

This was a conversation  2-3 years back and I had it drafted and never posted. This salt nugget though has often reminded me when. I feel invisible and unworthy. I don't have to be seen. I need to be tasty. Spread the fragrance. It is such a relief. And a comfort to know, God wants us as  salt. Not as a monument  or some big achiever. Too much salt qould spoil anyway! Wherever you are. Whatever you do. However you are. Just be the salt. In just the right amount. That's all!

Savor the time

More than 11 years back, I remember  walking into the hall to see my bro carryon rhe then 1 year old niece in his arms, for a pretty long time.she was dast asleep. I said she's too big, why don't you put her down! 

He replied, with a nod as he always does. This is the age, when you can carry them in your arms. One day they'll be big and you just can't lift them up.  To me a tired mom, all night with a lil baby, this wasn't fancy. I was just waiting for my baby to grow up quick and stand on her legs. It did not make sense to me now. But it does now. With my 3 girls,  its didficult to carry the youngest foe more than 30 secs. 

Today, I saw him leave his busy meetings and take my girls to school.. and boy were they pampered and hyper excited. They were giggling and beaming. He's their favorite  mama handsdown. Even if he spends 15 mins, it was the entire 15 mins of the universe. 

He told me later, that these years are only for couple of years, then they will not be as attached, showing the love or care, they would even forget it all. I look back and can't remember a thing. He was right. Savor it. before it flees.

I thank God for a bro who walks his talks. 

God in the center of your life.

My bro prem seeing me being busy bee in back to back and no time to talk, stopped me. 

He said keep God in the centre of your everything.   While walking. While talking. While in meeting.  While getting up. In everything.  Cast your burdens on him and be free. 

He is a marathon runner. And while playing soccer with his son Adam, he fell twice. A bad fall. He flew stretched out. His glasses were found at a distance. He had scrapped elbow. He felt he was carried gently. no broken bones. He wanted to see if his fall was captured in any cc camera. But couldn't. He said it was very evident that had I not been with the Lord, I would have broken multiple bones. It was grace that kept him safe.

So he said. Keep God in the center of whatever you are doing. While walking from one room to another. While talking to your team. Let him be with you. He opened the Bible to Exodus 3 where God says to Moses, is it not I who made the mouth. The blind and the one who can see. I will put words in your mouth. Meaning when we walk with him. His words are in our mouth. He talks through us.