Theme: Better ways to treat the God. Know this:
(1) We face failures of every kind in our life time. Sometimes we are desperate,unable to find solutions to our problems. We need a method to overcome this.
(2) A significant population of the planet lives by faith. The other way is, living by knowledge.
(3) It takes a long time to acquire knowledge. Not many have an ideal environment to learn.
(4) Life is too short, to learn all that is there to learn.
(5) For the above reason, living by faith is the only way to most people.
(6) Messiahs of God described God as a superior being.
(7) Over a period of time, we started treating god as an equal. Now you read instances where you treat God as a power broker and so on.
(8) If you believe in God, treat God as a superior entity. Look for Spiritual elevation and wellbeing.
(9) Do not involve God in material prosperity. Now read a short story to describe a typical scenario, in the place of worship.
Short story: 06.
The merchant and the God
Khalid Sheik was an international trader of his times.
He travelled from country to country for several months and earned a great fortune.
This god-fearing merchant wasi coming home, with all the wealth he earned, riding his camel.On the way, he noticed a place of worship and decided to go in and worship the Lord who he felt had given these riches.
He spent some time praying and some more time in thanking Him for all the fortune he had.On reaching the entrance of the mosque, he noticed that his camel had run away. Now he was angry with God. He exclaimed in anger and sorrow “I came to worship you leaving the camel behind, hoping that you would take care. But now, the camel has run away and I have lost all my riches. You are responsible for this.”
He cursed Him using very foul language and epithets he knew.A Sufi saint passing by instantly knew what happened and exclaimed loudly for the merchant to hear, “God fearing is fine, but you could have tied the camel”.