Do you have your Citizenship proof?

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I saw a building overflowing with people and I was sure I had found the place I was looking for – the Passport Office! Got myself an application form from an old man and decided to take it back home to read it all in detail and bring all the documents required! And sure enough, there were many people (agents) tring to get my attention and ask for their help in filling up the form! I was already warned of such people. They might be a boon to many wealthy, no-time-in-hand people; but for a girl like me who had all the time in hand to spend waiting in the long queues in the passport office, and also the basic knowledge of English to read the instrucions and fill up the forms, these agents were just a hole in the pocket! So I refused their expensive offers politely and went back home. I did a thorough research about applying for a passport from the new website the passport office had started and also some practical info. from other friends and family who had experience in this area. Then I filled up the form and went to the office with all the documents I could think of to prove all that I had to prove about myself to be eligible to get myself a passport! A look at the queue in the office, I was reminded of biology… the diagram that shows the small intestines… and about how long the intestines are and yet how they curve all around and fit itself in the stomach area! Ahh… I always hated biology… and I always hated long queues… Anyways, I waited and waited and waited… for almost half a day( waiting any longer than half a day is a waste, because they will not accept your application after 1 pm anyways). But by God’s favour alone I got to the desk and put forward the form to the man at the counter. He looked at all my documents and said… ” you don’t have anything to prove your identity… your citizenship!” I was like “WHAT??? ” I had my birth certificate, my school certificates, I lived in india all my life, I studied in india all my life, I have my college identity card, I have a driving license… that should be good enough!! I have my ration card… what more do you want??? And about my identity!! well.. I am standing before you… what more do you want to now that I exist!!! But its like they say, “if the computer doesn’t say you exist… you just dont exist!!” How ridiculous!! So that man.. I wish I could call him a gentleman… told me.. that till I was 19 years old, all the above stated documents were enough… but I am one year older than 19… and now I need either my election identity card or a bank account that has been used for a year! “But there should be something else I could do…” I pleaded..” My bank account is just 5 months old and I don’t have an election id card cause I was not all that eager to vote… and if I have to apply for one… it’ll take a long time… but I need my passport soon… ” The man said that he is not the one who makes the rules around here and said “Next!! ” Argh!!! Well I thought its a democratic country… I have a part in making the rules too… and I think this rule is just… ahhh… terrible!! I couldn’t understand why they make such a big deal out of an election id card!! And if that id card is all that big a deal, they should provide provision to apply for it anytime …. not ones in a year!!! I mean, I have to wait for a whole year to get my id card… or I have to wait another 7 months so that my bank account has one years duration! Ahh… why didn’t I apply for an account in the bank when those people came to school and stuff? Hmm.. cause I got my pocket money and never thought of a bank account! Gosh!!

Anyways, when things go wrong, I look to my Lord who can make all things beautiful.. and He usualy teaches me something from such situations… He said:-

* If a democratic country has its rules to prove your citizenship, the “Kingdom” of God also has its rules…. and many who might have thought that they have the citizenship of heaven might realize it very late that they dont have the key documents to enter heaven. There are many who think if they do good, they will go to heaven.. but it is not so… because… all the good things that a man can do are like filthy rags before the Most Holy God! Its foolishness to think that we will enter heaven by being righteous through our deeds, cause we have all sinned and fallen short of His Glory! So the key is believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of the only true God and accept Him as your Lord (meaning “owner”) and saviour. Repent of all your sins and know that when Jesus died on the cross, he paid the price for all your sins, and if you ask him for forgiveness, He is faithful to forgive you and give you eternal life. So we get to heaven through Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and because of His Grace and Mercy! There are many who knew this good news and started living life as a true christian.. but on the way, they forget the key factors and lost their salvation… Many who preach and many who do miracles in the name of Jesus might not enter the Kingdom of God, because they loose the true Gospel (meaning “good news”) They forget that “By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:8, 9).

So today, make sure that you have all that it takes to be a citizen of heaven. May it not be too late to know the documents you need! And don’t complain about rules and changing rules, cause unlike India which is a democracy, Heaven is a”Kingdom” and Jesus is seated on the throne… we dont get to make the rules… only He does.. and He is a good God… So just make a simple prayer to Him and get to heaven.

About my passport, well by the grace of God, this year the application to add the names to the voters list was too long that they decided to take in the application twice a year… so I will get my election id card in a few days time and then I should be eligible for my passport too. All Glory to God.

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