5. A Gift and a Slap

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I was in my twelfth grade and my exams were nearing. It was this time that I was longing to read a Bible. And one fine day, my longings were answered. A good friend of mine, offered me a Bible, as a present. I was very happy, then. And I started reading it. I just opened the Bible for the first time and the verse I looked at the very instant was... Psalms 51:7- 'Cleanse me and I will be clean and I will be whiter than snow. It so touched my heart and my Bible reading started from Psalms. The first book I read in the Holy Book was Psalms and even now it remains close to my heart. And I used to pray for my friends, by reciting Psalms. Days passed on and one day, I thought to read the Bible from the beginning. So I started of with Genesis. It was a bible that had introductions about each book and in that I came across the word, 'Devil'. I paused and many questions were popping up my mind. I believe in the existence of God, because I have experienced His lovely presence. But I have never experienced devil as such.. I just thought, Lord, may be devil doesn't exist! I have never experienced him.. The next moment I thought so, my dad walked into my room. He asked, "What are you reading?" I said, "Its a Bible." His face grew red with rage amd he slapped me and started to beat me! I was shocked and before I knew what was happening, my dad took off the Bible from my hands and threw it at a distance amd walked away. With the unsubsidized pain and tears in my eyes, I took back the torn Bible in my hand, and said, 'Oh Lord! Devil does exist!', whereby I saw my dad's fury and hatred, in that incident. But God's Love was stronger than my dad's hatred, which made my prayer, stronger!!!

 But God's Love was stronger than my dad's hatred, which made my prayer, stronger!!!

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