How Infy fshp helped me build a Christ centered family?

How Infy fshp helped me build a Christ centered family?

Journey in Infy, no regrets
1 year full, I was on bench after my training period in Infy. We as a group of fshp girls always worked with passion to do something for God. We used to give birthday surprises decorating cubicles of fshp girls. We girls meet in each other's rooms every month for fasting prayers. Fasting prayers, helped us to know each other and also grow in Christ. Few passionate first generation believers in our fshp are a true source of inspiration. Few girls used to stay in our room and we used to try different dishes and have fellowship together. We used to wait for Thursday fellowships with so much eagerness and God helped us grow together through every Thursday fellowship. We had mission trips too. It helped me understand the real field work of ministry and increased my burden and passion for Christ. We girls used to visit orphanages together over weekends to help them out by God's grace. Passion and love for God even drove few of us to Vellore to meet a young college boy who had cancer and after we shared gospel with him, in few weeks he died. God's ways are amazing. Confluence, thanksgiving days once in a year was yet another joyous moment. We were not shy to perform choreo for His glory. Christmas programs were yet another chance to show the love of God in our workplace and we worked together with zeal and enthusiasm. Any fshp wedding, mostly all of us girls we will plan and be there to witness the testimony of God. Once few girls even travelled to my hometown, unforgettable joyous days in my life. Yes we learnt verses with passion, prayed together, attended many prayer meetings together. Haggai leadership conference, Sishya pre-marital seminar and many more over weekends helped me understand that God is so real and is working in many lives and how I can be a witness in workplace. Yes, each day in Infy were fruitful days for me personally. I don't have even a small regret that I wasted my days when I was a single. God took care of me, he blessed me with friends full of love and care. He prepared me and moulded me each day for a bigger purpose. I later realized that God used Infy fshp as a tool, to lay a strong foundation on Christ, to help me build a Godly family and raise a passionate generation for Christ.

My waiting time for marriage
Once I happened to meet my elder sister's friend along with my dad in an hospital during my college 1st year I think. She adviced me that I should start praying for my life partner to be a believer and instructed clearly not to get unequally yoked. I sincerely started praying for my life partner to be a believer, God fearing, loving, caring, no bad habits and many other small small things I wrote in a diary and started praying right from the 1st year of my college.

All my room friends and fshp friends got married one by one and then I was left all alone. It was difficult but still God was speaking to me those days. I have never stayed alone before that. I was earlier a coward full of fear even about cockroaches, darkness, worms. I was lacking courage to face things on my own. But God moulded me each day after I joined Infosys. He delivered me out of all of my fears, inferiority complex and worries about pimples on my face, worries about how short in height I am and much more. He gave me rock solid faith to keep every small thing in prayer and then to leave it in His hands according to His will. This rock solid faith is helping me to still run for His grace, do multi-tasking handling family chores, office, kids, Sunday school ministry, Friday fasting prayers and many many small small things for kingdom of God. Passion to serve God has never come down. Yes He talks to me each day through His word, His people. He is so real in my life. Yes there are times when I break down in tears, when things hurt me. But His grace is abounding to lift me up from the sorrows. Yes He wipes my every tear. He heals my broken heart and wounds. If not for Him, I won't exist today. If anything I feel overwhelming, then I put fasting prayers for days as however God leads during that time and before I finish, God fills me with peace that no one in the world can give me. Yes again I start running with divine strength each day by His grace. One thing God taught me is to deliberately take conscious effort to bounce back soon to a joyful mood. As Beu often says and reminds me "Joy of the Lord is my strength!". Another thing we all often remind each other. "if you going through a struggle, its God's time to show OFF. So sit back and relax after you give it to Him in prayer!"

Hannah Faith Daniel from our fshp once told a testimony about how she prayed for a microtip pencil and she got it finally in a very miraculous way. This strengthened my faith to keep anything and everything in prayers however small or big. In the year 2010, I prayed to God fervently for my marriage to happen before my birthday August 9th. I still do not know how I prayed like that :-). But God has been so faithful to fulfill my small desires. I was taking a clear stand to my daddy that I would get yoked only with a believer. God had already prepared my life partner in a totally different place and different family that we were not even aware of. God had sent an angel in the form of a pastor (I should say) to a petrol bunk where my FIL was standing with a sad face. Pastor voluntarily picked up a conversation with my FIL and came to know that he was upset and praying for his son's marriage. After few weeks, this pastor contacted my FIL and gave my dad number from a monthly magazine in which my father had given details, seeking alliance. Yes my husband's family came to see me just exactly one week before my birthday. Next week, my parents went to their house. I fasted and prayed for a day, and cried in His presence. God gave me the peace to say Yes to my dad and it was exactly on my birthday. It is an awesome unbelievable miracle and it's purely God arranged marriage I should say. He answered every small prayers. He is such a faithful God. From then on, I listed down prayer points for my marriage needs and for it to happen in perfect peace 1 month before. Me and my husband started prayer daily over call for our marriage needs and yes he led through beautifully and we did not lack anything. Engagement and marriage happend within a month. By God's grace our fshp friends took a van and came to witness the testimony in person. The marriage arrangements and everything fell in place so beautifully. I had took my baptism from Father Berchmans during my 11th or 12th std. The biggest dream of my life finally got fulfilled. Yes Father S.J Berchmans himself conducted my marriage ceremony too, a blessing I don't deserve. A true, humble man of God who dedicated all his life for Christ alone. It was purely His grace that it happened. Yes again God fulfilled my small desires.

How Friday fasting prayers started
After marriage, it was a struggle to handle new things initially. 3 fshp friends usually met for lunch and as days passed by, since all 3 of us were married we used to discuss about the issues we had at home. One among us was waiting for baby for long and she had visited many doctors and was almost in tears. God gave us burden and oneness to fast and pray for a miracle instead of simply talking about it daily. By God's grace, Yes she herself stopped going to doctors and she naturally conceived within 6 months or 1 year I remember after we started the prayer. In that Friday prayers, we also started seeking God's wisdom on how to be submissive to husband, how to be active and energetic to do all household chores with joy, how to show love and be patient with in-laws even if there are differences, how to raise up kids, how to hang on to daily prayer and bible reading even if we don't have time etc. Yes many many small things we put forth in God's presence and started seeking his wisdom. Praise God, it was a big turning point in my life to lead a healthy marriage life and to understand God's will about marriage. God brought in so many women of God from nowhere into Friday fasting prayers over years and yes His ways are amazing. Numerous testimonies we witnessed together along with beautiful women of God in our fshp. Pages and books can be written… all memories are so close to my heart. By God's grace I started enjoying my marriage life even amidst ups and downs. I love my husband, a blessing directly from the hand of God with no bad addictions and a person full of love. He helps me wherever possible in every small thing. We play together hide and seek, all games, we pray, sing, dance, read and talk about bible together with kids, we go early to bed and have ample family time, simply talking to kids and playing, no cable, only time-boxed screen time for all of us, we make yummy dishes together at home many more….countless amount of fun we as a family are having. Purely, only His grace alone. I am testifying this for the glory of God and for whoever is reading this to understand that our God is a living God. This is only because Christ is the center of our family. "A chord of 3 strands is not easily broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12". Having said this, it doesn't mean that there are not even small arguments or small problems that I face in my family. I have many things from different angles. God taught me to take one thing at a time and also one day at a time. I do mistakes sometimes, I regret for it and get reconciled with God. I get hurt and cry out my heart sometimes for hours too to God. He heals my wounds and I bounce back through His grace to run the race kept for me. My favorite verse "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13"

HINT: If you need to find time for family, please track your mobile usage time on apps, whatsapp, social media. Install Digital well-being apps to track your screen time and reduce it as much as possible. Spend time with family, friends and every person you meet daily to build and nurture relationships. Human beings sitting near you in car pool, cubicles, at home are more valuable and they need you!

Now if you are a single and part of Infosys women fshp, be clear today, you are not here by accident. But God has a plan in your life. He loves you so much and you are so special in His eyes. Yes please pray to God to reveal himself and His purpose for you being part of Infosys. Utilize every minute of your single life to get closer to Christ, to make your foundation strong in Christ. Grab every opportunity that comes your way to be part of prayer, bible meditation, fshp meetings, prayer meetings and so on. Please dont give excuses and never say NO TIME for God! Develop good friendship with other women folks in Christ so that you can join hands, help each other when someone is low. Never isolate yourself, get into loneliness for any problem that you are facing. It will only put you into a pit with darkness around. But instead choose to be joyful and active in God's kingdom and contribute however little you can.

Remember if you going through a struggle, its God's time to show OFF. So sit back and relax after you give it to Him in prayer!

ALL GLORY TO GOD ALONE! I am a sinner still fighting hard to do the will of God!

Note: There are so many married women of God who have been blessed through Infy  fshp. We all would like to help you out for any questions. Please feel free and reach out to us. We love to help you, as we ought to give back what we received from God.