After about five weeks in Jalna, i decided i needed a break from rural life and a visit to civilisation was paramount. Also a visit to see my newborn niece was long overdue. The onward bus journey, the stay at Bombay were uneventful. The return was....
Well, after a long wait, i finally got bus back to Jalna. At 3 a.m. i was suddenly jolted from pleasent dreams. The bus had a breakdown miles away from civilization. In the middle of the forest, it was quite scary to even get down from the bus. They got us out of the bus and sent us into another one. A family of 3 adults and a child adopted me under their wing. The other bus had vacant berths only at the end - where 5 people sleep on one huge berth. This family occupied that berth and looked at me looking forlorn and lost. A spark of pity in the heart of the grandfather, " Beti, you sleep next to aunty. we men will sleep at the other end. We are going to Jalna too. You stay with us till we reach there." Heart filled with gratitude, i slid onto the berth and reached Jalna, late but safely.
Looking back at that day, considering how many people don't care about what happens to others, this family was indeed angels sent by God to watch over me.
This is the verse that comes to my mind when i think of that day.
Psalms 91: 11-12. " For He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you in all your ways, they will lift up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone."
Indeed, this family of angels protected me and helped me reach Jalna back safely.
Thanks be to the God who protects all his childern.
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