Maitra lived in a tiny village nestled in the mountains.
Her husband and two grown sons worked in a different country. Though they would come home when they could, Maitra was left alone, caring for her sick and ageing mother-in-law, Rajul.
Looking for healing
With no peace or joy in her life, Maitra spent much of her time trying to find methods of healing for Rajul. She invited religious healers to her home to perform rituals and she visited many temples, offering goats and chickens to her gods and goddesses.
Maitra hoped all her sacrifices would bring healing and restore her mother-in-law’s health. But as time went on, she realised none of the rituals she performed gave her what she longed for. Instead of healing, Maitra found the pursuit of healing robbed her of peace and gave her no joy.
There was one form of enjoyment, however, that Maitra had in her day and that was listening to the newest technology known in her tiny village: radio. Her husband, on one of his visits home, had given it to her as a gift.
Turning the dial
One day, as Maitra turned the radio dial to find some music, she heard a voice. Her hunt for music ended. There in her home, situated on top of a remote hill, Maitra listened intently to a gospel radio programme.
The radio speaker talked about the love of Jesus Christ, the one who freely gives eternal hope and peace to willing hearts. Peace. It was something Maitra had been searching for, for a long time. As the radio speaker prayed at the end of the programme, Maitra lifted up her prayer to Jesus too.
Life changed
Life changed drastically for Maitra. She stopped going to temples altogether and stopped inviting religious healers to her house. Instead, she spent time listening to the radio programme every day, hungry to discover more about Jesus.
Maitra’s change confused her mother-in-law. What had happened to her daughter-in-law? Maitra’s neighbours also watched with wonder. Why was she so different? What caused this change to take place in her life?
Meanwhile, Maitra listened faithfully to the radio programme. She was desperate to find out who Jesus was, and she wanted to live her life for him. She had questions, but she didn’t know any Christians and didn’t have a Bible of her own.
Inviting the pastor
But one day she met Pastor Gulshan, from a church just 30 minutes walk from her house. She shared about the radio programme she heard and the decision she made to live for Jesus. Maitra invited him to visit her home when he could. Pastor Gulshan answered Maitra’s questions by sharing often from God’s Word, and he prayed earnestly for Rajul’s healing. Soon, the Lord healed Rajul completely!
Maitra testifies that the Lord has done great things in her life and in her family’s life. She gives him the glory for her life change and rejoices that the radio programme showed her the true way to healing and peace in Christ Jesus.
‘Through the radio programme, I could know the true God. By his grace I am changed,’ Maitra said.
Maitra can walk through life now with eternal peace in Christ Jesus, the very same peace she heard about through the airwaves. Now she hears about his love as she regularly gathers with other believers to worship Christ. Gospel For Asia
