was born in a Christian home in a small beautiful town of Kohima in the northeastern part of India to parents who loved God. I just remember the incredible warm memories growing up with my parents and my sister plugged in that small beautiful and hilly town. From my childhood, I was imbibed and nurtured that God is sovereign in all things and that trusting God is the key to everything. After completing my schooling, I moved to the south of India to pursue my higher education.
As I moved to my college days, my life was one of searching and questioning. I would ask myself the same questions over and over again: what is the purpose of life? .....is life worth it? ......what does the future hold...I tried to understand the purpose and meaning of life ......, I knew I didn’t have the answer which could satisfy me. I always remembered my parents teaching me as I grew up that God's plans are sovereign and always ultimate in our lives. However just knowing and believing in God didn't mean anything in my personal life. It was yet just another story to me which could not enlighten the queries that I asked myself. However, I was challenged to read the Bible to find the purpose and meaning in my life.
After months of reading the Bible, I gradually started understanding the Truth which I was previously blind. God opened my eyes and I started understanding God’s purpose in my life. I started to unearth what once my parents had told me about God's purpose and ultimate way to salvation!.... and that I was a sinner and no matter how much I worked to please God, it was not by my good works, but by God's Grace through faith in the Lord Jesus that I have the gift of Salvation and the purpose Why am I on this Earth. The old hymn ....Amazing Grace—how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind but now I see.... resonated the story of my life. This encounter convinced me of God’s beautiful plans in my life, which has helped me rearrange the priorities in my life. I came to the conclusion that unless my life is centred upon God it has no value or substance.
Over the years, I had faced a lot of ups and downs, like a really good roller coaster ride with twists and turns, and ups and downs; but my courage was never shattered because God was always there at the steering wheel of the roller coaster and held me by my hand all through the ride. Even as I scribble this today sitting at my office in New Delhi, I just look back at my past and when I try to connect the dots on the canvas of my timeline I see a beautiful picture emerging out of the dots. In my early days, I never understood the dots...But when I surrendered to God's purpose I can see that beautiful picture on the canvas of my life. I am assured that if it wasn't for God's favour and Love in my life I won’t have made it through. But today I have come out of the other side of it to be able to tell you that, without a shadow of a doubt, Jesus is real. His arms are wide open and it doesn’t matter who you are and in what mess you are entangled. I’m here to tell you that He is right there and His arms are as wide open to embrace you just as you are. So my hope and prayer is that if you are really in the pursuit of the Truth and Purpose in Life... I would like you to direct you to a hill called Calvary, where God Himself offered to die on the cross by sending His Son, Jesus Christ, so that anybody believing in him may know the Truth and the Truth will set them free.
