Seotingla T. Thonglarü
LINES I’m gonna jot down are not because of wrath and unforgiveness, but with pure heart and perfect love (Roman 12:9-21 and 1 Corinthians 13). Dear friends, I really don’t have any grudge feeling against anyone but I was deeply inspired to share few thoughts out there, so today listening to my heart beat, I humbly take this privilege to jot down those “Inspired Thoughts” and I believe, many believers will be good witnesses to my “Inspired thoughts.” I would love to thank each and every one who all are gonna agree with my “Inspired Thoughts.” Thank you again. H. Jackson Brown Jr. quotes, “Never forget the three powerful resources always available in you: love, prayer and forgiveness.”
Well! If heavenly Father can forgive my sins which were impure like scarlet, yet cleanse me like pure white snow and clothed me with His righteousness and my father has no grudge feeling against anyone, I’m nobody to go beyond what Heavenly Father and my father don’t do, for I know they will surely pull my ears and punish me so severely and I won’t be able to bear that. No doubt, I’m the person who suffered physically, but I’m only the third person in the scene, first- Heavenly Father, second- my father and third- me. So, it’s absolutely okay with me, because I’m blessed with wonderful and caring people around me, most of all Abba, Father is with me every mili second and all of them love me so much just the way I’m. Even if I was death on that so called fateful day, it’s fine with me, I must have surely died if Gracious Lord was not with me, not forgetting if the Lord haven’t written this day in my life history (I’m extremely sorry each and every one of you who all really care for me, I truly don’t mean to hurt any of your sentiments). Here, I would love to say Amen with Paul the apostle “For to me, to live in Christ and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21, NIV).
Yes, it’s me, Seotingla Sangtam, D/o Tsalise from Chimonger Village, District Tuensang, who was seriously injured on that so called fateful day the 11th September 2011, were a tragic accident took place at 1:30 pm below Kohima Law College, NH-29. Whereas the driver Mr. Wekutso of sumo bearing registration No. NL01T-0088 was said to be in inebriated state and hit the local taxi van (in which I was sitting) that was coming in opposite direction.
Dear friends, by December 2011 (middle), when I came to sense I asked my mother, “Mummy did papa and you impost any fine?” She said no, on learning that I felt quite relief. My mother showed me my treatment file and a bag of envelope that wonderful and generous people has contributed, in a file I found that local daily 13th October 2011. Truly, I never and never thought of writing this article but my mind and heart (inner being) wrestled like never before for few months, so with lot of “Courage” I decided to listen to my heart beat, thereafter I felt quite relief (it was something like huge load released from me) that is why I entitled this article “Inspired Thoughts” because I was deeply inspired within ar else my poor brain never. Of course my speech were not fluent because a kind of disturbance was there in my throat, not forgetting I get easily tired after speaking some words and my handwriting hardly one page in an hour because my right fingers were not very strong especially the thumb. God the Abba, Father who is so full of miracle has raised me from dead and restored me. Yes, my savior “It is finished.”
I would like to request brother Wotezo Lohe (sumo owner) of Phek Town to kindly take care of the property that Heavenly Father has faithfully entrusted you to take care. Yes, it’s your property but you are only the temporary owner on earth, the real owner is God the Heavenly Father. Not only him but each and every one of us need to be responsible enough to take proper care of whatever God the Abba, Father has faithfully entrusted us to take care because I believe, God the Abba, Father is maintaining every single record, every little thing in detail and yah, He is the All-knowing God.
I would also love to request brother Wekutso who was said to be driving the sumo on that so called fateful day in inebriated state. Here, with the help of Word of God which is God’s own breathed (2 Timothy 3:16). Isaiah the prophet wrote, “This is what the Lord says: Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be? Has not my hand made all these things and so they came into being? (Isaiah 66:1-2, NIV) and Paul the apostle wrote, “Do you not know that your body is a temple of Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; You were bought with a price. Therefore honor God with your body (1 Corinthians 6:19-20, NIV). According to these verses, it is very much clear that our body is a temple of God, which is bought with the precious blood of Christ and He loves to dwell in it. In addition to those verses there is a beautiful psalm which sing “I am the temple of the Lord.” My question is, How can He dwell in our body (God’s temple) if we are not ready to receive Him? I’m compelled to jot down this because according to local daily 13th October 2011, it is very much clear that you were drunk. Maybe, that could be the reason you lost the control, missed the track and hit the local taxi van that I was sitting. So, here is a request, kindly stay away from alcohol for it is very much clear from my incident that drinking alcohol is not at all advisable and not good as well. Not only him but each and every one who all use alcohol, kindly stay away from it, before facing any dark hour, for its quoted, “Prevention is better than cure.” It is really dangerous not only for the person who drinks it, but also for others. Yes, I know it’s none of my business to judge anybody but the situation compelled me to do so. We need to keep good watch of what enters and comes out of our big mouth; mouth can be a blessing as well as curse, “For drunkards and gluttons become poor.” I believe, we will all face the judgment day in the presence of God the Heavenly Father and there we will all give our own account, father will not speak on behalf of son, or mother on behalf of daughter. No matter how great or small we are, all will be judged. Every act, every hidden thing, will finally be brought into the light and each person will be rewarded according to his/her deeds. “Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me and I will give to everyone according to what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End” (Revelation 22:12-13, NIV). 1 Peter 1:16 says, for it is written: “Be holy because I am holy.” Yah, there will be no Second chance after Second Coming. Izaak Walton quoted, “God has two dwellings; one in heaven and the other in meek and thankful heart.” Kindly note: our State’s slogan is “Nagaland for Christ” not “Nagaland for Alcoholism.” (I’m extremely sorry dear fellow citizens; the situation compelled me to attach our sweet homeland with this wicked word). It is always wise to remember “Nagaland is a dry State”, which means “Free from Alcohol.” It is very much important for each and every one of us to live as the last hour on earth. Here I would love to jot down some definition about Alcohol that I came across in History, William Shakespeare quoted, “Alcohol is a poison men take into mouth to steal away the brain.” Gladstone: “Strong drink is more destructive than war, pestilence and famine.” Abraham Lincoln: “A cancer to human society eating out its destruction.” Lord Chesterfield: “An artist in human slaughter.” General Pershing: “Drunkenness has killed more men than all of history.” Sir Wilfred Lawson: “The devil in solution.” Robert Hall: “Distilled damnation.” Moreover, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 says, “Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? God has promised that neither thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists shall inherit the kingdom of God.”
Sunday is meant to stay at rest and worship our Creator, of course every moment should be at state of worship (Genesis 2:2-3 and John 4:23-24). 11th September 2011 was the said day and that tragic accident took place as I was heading towards hostel after worship service. Thank God the Abba, Father, people found and took care of me or else I must have gone from the spot, without saying even good-byes (most hurting word) to my parents, siblings, near and dear ones. O! That will be such a tragic Separation, yah and I really and really don’t want to remember about it, though it is the very fact. It seems my own dear brother said to his friends as they were coming to see me, “Ayah! This accident is so cruel, people who were sitting in this taxi must have gone” sadly his own dearie sister was the one who was more serious that other passengers. Yes, I became unconscious and it seems I got so much “shock” that led me to “coma” that simply means the accident was seriously tragic, but God the Abba, Father was with me (Genesis 39:21) and only by His grace, not failing any believing heart, I am alive today (Psalm 91). That is why I named my Testimony “Grace filled Testimony” graciously gifted by Gracious Lord. Yes, things sounds somehow rough, a young lady jotting down such daring words but it is very much true and my little heart will never allow me to swallow the truth without pouring them out, so please take me positively.
“Faith and Hard work always goes together everywhere” they are like two different sides of coins, because men and women of great faith are often those who are hardworking. Best example:- Paul the apostle who was earlier called as Saul, he was totally changed after his conversion on the way to Damascus. Being filled with Holy Spirit, he was not sitting idly but went around proclaiming the good news, healing the sick and raising the dead. Three times he pleaded with the Lord to take away the thorn in his flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment him. “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Corinthians 12:9-10, NIV). Consider my case. Believers were not just sitting beside my unconscious body praying and trusting, but in addition to those powerful weapons, they did every kind of necessary things they were supposed to do. So Lord God Almighty honored their unshakeable faith and hard work and as a result of that I’m alive today, not only being alive, I’m sharing my “Inspired Thoughts” that is so simple, simply because “Nothing is impossible for God the Abba, Father.”
