While in school, one subject that I dreaded the most was
History!!! Long lessons, boring lectures, too much to study about things I thought
were not relevant anymore; dates, events and names which were too many to fit
into my small brain! But the one thing that interested me was kings, their stories
and their royal lifestyle. Lately I found
the interest being renewed.
Spending more than a year in Hyderabad gave me an opportunity
to see and experience the royal lifestyle of the yesteryears. From Golconda
Fort to Salarjung Museum to Chowmohalla Palace, each one of them showed the
luxurious lifestyle the earlier Nawabs had. The icing on the cake was the visit
to Falaknuma Palace, where an entire part of the palace has been renovated and
restored to how it was hundreds of years ago. From the Nawab’s office which had
his books, his pictures, his royal seal and papers, the quill pen with which he
used to put his royal signature, to the
banquet hall adorned with crystal chandeliers, to the dining room which had
gold plated cutlery, the longest dining table I have ever seen etc etc etc. I
was just dumfounded as the guide took us from one room to another!!! The
grandeur in which they lived just took my breath away!
Well all thats exactly what comes to my mind when I think
about Kings - palaces, forts, wealth, gold, silver, luxurious lifestyle, armies.......
But all that fades away before my King! He is a king who had none of it, who didn’t
have a place to be born and when He grew up He had no place to stay, who was a
nomad wandering from one town to another, who never had the luxury of hosting
banquets, who never had any wealth or Gold , who didn’t have a mighty army, but
instead whose followers were a bunch of illiterates, outcasts. In spite of
this, He is a King who
is
more powerful than any other king, whose kingdom spreads farther than any
others, whose reign is everlasting, who has touched and transformed more lives
than any other, who is and will forever be called the King of Kings. That my
King! Do you know Him?
Watch the video below.
He’s a king who said, “The greatest
love a person can have for his friend is to give his life for them . And
you are my friend. I do not call you servants. I call you friends... This, then,
is what I command you: love one another.” (John15:13-17)
God Bless!
beautiful....God bless!!
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