One day my bosom friend made a courtesy visit to our house and started the conversation, ' So, your daughter-in-law has left for her parents's house for the first delivery. Take it for granted from me that she would be delivering a female child'. 'How can you be so sure about the child ?' I surprised. He continued with a smile, 'This is my accurate foretelling. I will tell the valid reason also for my surmise. From her parents' side all the three children are daughters only And from your side you have two daughters and a son born later. So, the law of nature points towards a female child only in the first delivery'. I put forth my view, ' What you have foreseen might be a law of nature for which I have due respects. But above these laws is the One who framed them. His dispositions are beyond comprehension of the human beings. Who knows, my daughter-in-law's parents might be destined to rejoice with the blessing of a much-sought after-first male child in their family, as grandson. We should not under estimate the divine schemes'. In this context, I narrated to my friend a story from the 'Gospel of Ramakrishna'...........
One day in the midst of conversation about God, Mathur Babu ( nephew of Rani Rasmani, in charge of the Kali temple and Ramakrishna was the priest of it) observed, 'God too must abide by his own laws. He has no power to transcend them'. 'What an absurd proposition' Ramakrishna exclaimed, 'One who has made a law can repeal it at pleasure or make a new law in its place'. How can that be', said Mathur, 'A plant that produces red flowers can not produce any other colour - white for instance, for such is the law. I shall like to see God produce white flowers from a plant bearing only red flowers'. 'This too He can do', answered Ramakrishna', 'for, everything depends on His Will'. Mathur was not convinced. The next day while taking a stroll in the temple garden, Ramakrishna came across a Chinese Rose plant with two flowers on the same stalk, one of which was red and the other snow white ! Ramakrishna broke off the branch to show it to Mathur who felt highly surprised at the sight of it and exclaimed, ' Father, I will never more argue a point with you !'.
As I finished the story, my friend got up to bid adieu, but with a passing comment , ' Any how, I have unflinching faith about my surmise of female baby and it would be proved very shortly'. I simply smiled. When the news about the birth of grandson was conveyed to him, he replied, 'it is strange but true. I admit that 'Nothing is Impossible for Him !'
Om Shanti !
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