Living in God's Glory

to hear the news. he said, “i kept checking my number with the one being announced.” Even then, he could not quite believe that it was he who had won the prize. his first reaction after hearing the news was to rush to his wife, who was asleep. he said to her, “i think we are millionaires.” Then, while talking to the newsmen, he said, “i got whatever i need. i got my house. i got my tomatoes.” in this world, money suffices people’s material needs. it, therefore, makes them think of it as an end in itself; possession of wealth comes to be regarded as everything. however, in the next world, it is not money that will matter but God’s grace. The problems that one faces in this life are very different from those that will have to be faced in the life to come. Today, wealth is held to be of paramount importance. however, in the next life, good deeds alone will count. Today, there is nothing we cannot obtain in return for money. however, the only way our needs will be satisfied tomorrow is by God’s grace. THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES If a man cannot bear being hurt by so much as a pebble today, how will he be able to bear a mountain of suffering tomorrow? dr uttam Parkash, head of the department of surgery at the all india institute of Medical sciences in new delhi,