55. PERSEVERENCE FRUCTIFIES
Shri M. A. Venkatararnana Naidu, M.A.,B.L, has written an article
in Sanathana Sarathi in August 1969, entitled, "How Baba Came Into My Life". In this he writes that his
parents had stayed in the physical presence of Shirdi Sainath and because of
this he himself had come to worship Him, from his early youth. His elder daughter
had been a great devotee of Shirdi Sai,
for nearly two decades and had once in 1965
been rescued from a serious illness, following her second pregnancy. She also
visited Prasanthi Nilayam and was blessed with an interview. To her amazement,
Sri Sathya Sai Baba said that He had
known and accepted her devotion since twenty years. He told her that he knew she
had named both her children after Him. She, her husband and Venkataramana's family
have been enjoying the warmth of Bhagavan's Blessings, (Grace, Love and
Compassion ever since that coveted day.