WORLD OF LITTLE GODS
by Raja Sharma
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Christ started walking along the 79th Park Avenue, lost in His heavenly thoughts. People were passing by, grinning and passing remarks, “Nice getup, buddy! Just got out of studio?” and so on. The priest, Matthew Walter, was keenly following him, trying to remain as close to him as he could, in the hustle and bustle of the New York streets. “May God nobody hurt him again!” he murmured to himself. The word ‘again’ was uttered with a sense of pain. “What is this, my friend?” Christ asked a street vendor, pointing to a bar of chocolate. “Get lost, you pauper!” shouted the young vendor, with his headphones over his ears. “God bless you!” smiled Christ and moved on. Matthew Walter approached the vendor and bought two bars of chocolate and continued his pursuit. Whole day he followed Lord Jesus Christ, but he was unable to have a word with Him, for the moment he caught up with Him, suddenly, he felt as if a force was trying to hold his tongue. The bars of chocolate were still clenched in his sweating hand. It was the month of July, and the heat was intolerable. Matthew remembered his country church where eight orphan kids would be waiting for him. He had come to New York to buy new clothes for the poor children. His wife Elda had reminded him many times before his departure that he had to come back before it was too late. It was just 1:00 pm, and he had a lot of time before the departure of the last train at 8:00 pm. At one place, Jesus stopped and sat down on the steps of a large building. A security personal came out shouting,”Hey, you joker! What are you sitting here for?” “Can you give me some water, my friend?” smiled Jesus, looking in his eyes. “Get lost, you beggar! This is not a charity! You will have to buy water here”, the guard yelled at him and pulled His arm to raise him from the steps of the building. Matthew Walter was watching all this with his moist eyes. He wanted to go near Jesus and help Him but an invisible force bound his feet. May be, Lord himself wanted him to stay away. It was quite strange that people were pushing Him and making fun of Him but he could not even go near the Lord. Matthew thought, perhaps, it was Lord’s way of presenting Himself. The pursuit continued for hours but, ultimately, the priest lost Him in the crowd. Finally, he decided to go to the store to buy the clothes for his dependants. It was nearing 6:00 pm, and the last train to his village was to depart at 8:00 pm. In the shop he hurriedly bought the goods and rushed towards the station. He wanted to tell his wife about everything. How much surprised she would be. Would she believe him if he told her that he had met Lord Jesus Christ. When Matthew reached home, it was ten minutes to midnight. In spite of having brought all the things as he had been advised by his wife, his steps felt heavy while walking through the gate of his church.
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