From Callie, With Love

Forgive me for boring
But you’ve always borne my painful art.
So I just take it for granted.

There were days I came to college
With a heavy heart.
There were days I felt my mind ripped apart.
My morning prayer would be filled with questions
That I never dared to ask

And we’d begin our normal chat
And we’ll talk till our mouths run dry
I never wanted you to know my ugly heart
So everything would just stay inside.

But that’s the miracle of our friendship
The one that He breathed into
He would speak into your heart
And the words would just fall through.

The very words that I needed to hear
The ones that heal and make light reappear.

I’ve always been proud and bold
You know why..?
Because my friends; I could always try..
They would never their affection withhold…
They would always protect me and love me
Even if; To others I looked cold.

I wonder how my life would have been
Without you guys…
With just mom, dad, sis and me
And everyday I say thank you
For this gracious gift that only few receive.

Its great to have fun
Its great to be together
But our lives are different.
And we may not always need each other.

Guys..God put us together
Not just for ourselves
But for Him and His great plan.
We’ve learnt a lot from each other.
And earned a lot more than we ever can.

Now its time to show the world the lessons we learnt.
To show those watching
That we’re doing just what He dreamt.
That our friendship’s was not a passing cloud.
But helped us each to build our life in the very way He loved.

I don’t believe that its for us
The parting pain and the farewell cry.
It’ll never end you know
The love and the joy..
And its true that we’ll never know how to say good bye.

I hope that I never have to mail you with those dreadful words..
“I miss you man..”
But even if we move different ways.
I’d still be glad that you’re in His hands.

I’m sorry guys
I tried really hard to give back
My best I did, to show you that I care.
But somehow I could never be fair.

-Callie

Friends Indeed!!!

Usually I spend a lot of time thinking for the title of the writing, but for this piece the title was the first thing I keyed in.

I wonder how my life would have been without my two friends.., Evelyn and Beulah.

Evelyn… she made the first entry into my life; When she came in I hardly knew what friendship meant. She did a lot of things for me, things I can never write. When I was away from my parents, just when I was around her ,she made me feel totally at home,.Though our likes and dislikes are entirely different we stick together like paper and glue. I owe a lot to her for one thing, she made me discover myself.

Beulah… she came into my life two years later, but WOW!! .. whenever Eve and I talk about her, the single word that we use to describe her is ‘gem’. She is totally understanding and very adjustable. Initially when Evelyn and I were new to college and Beulah was a new entrant into our lives, she gave us the space we needed. She never demanded attention and she saw to it that she never came in between the both of us. By becoming our best friend she strengthened our bonds stronger than ever.

You may wonder what this is got to do with ‘My Master’s Voice’. Well, my Master is the only God who calls His worshippers as friends, and He knows the value and importance of friends and that’s why , when I surrendered my life to God, He gave me the perfect friends. Friends I could never have made on my own.

God uses them to add colour to my otherwise plain and boring life. Moreover, I can hear my Master’s voice clearly anywhere whether in class, or in the bus, or in the mess hall, or in the lab, or in the library, because these the guys who are always around me,the Master’s own special children.

When I think about these angels in my life, all I can say is , “Lord, you know me too well.. and that’s why you gave me friends who can keep a check on my life. Thank you so much”

We fellowship, we pray, we do bible studies, we study (they’re going to hit me for this!!), and most of all we live like we share the same life.

Ecclesiastes 4:10
If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!

Luke 5:20
When Jesus saw their faith, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”

John 15:15
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.