Forgiving God

If we make any mistake in chanting the naamam or Bhajans, will there
be adverse effects? There are many different opinions about this. One
opinion and explanation I read, appealed me and I would like to share
that with all of you.

Sishya or student asked Njaanananda Saraswathi: What if I make a
mistake when I say my prayers? Is it enough to say samasthaaparaadham?

Guru said: Whether you are saying prayers or samasthaaparaadham, your
sincerity is that matters. Imagine a small baby learning to talk.
Mother tries to teach him to call father as "acha", "appa", "dad"
"pithaji" etc. Child tries his best and often comes up with some
sounds, sometimes similar or sometimes not even similar. When the
father listens to that, does he ever get angry at the child for not
pronouncing it right? Never, instead, he is happy that he is trying
and able to recognize and call him and he waits with love and patience
.for that day when he can say it right. God is our loving father and
mother (thvameva matha cha pita tvameva....) and He will forgive us
for our mistakes and will encourage us to say more. If we take one
step towards Him, He will take ten steps towards you. If we are
sincere in our prayers, He will hear that. Valmiki maharshi was a
nishaada called Ratnaakaran. He could not even utter the simple Rama
naamam. As per the story he uttered "maramaramaramaramaramaram" and it
slowly became Rama. Poonthanaam read "amaraprabhu" as "maraprabhu" and
Guruvayurappan justifiedd it saying "I am the lord of trees also".

Let us do sincere pranaamam to God who is anxiously waiting for the
unfolding of our misunderstanding of ourselves and Him. It can be in
this janma or in the next several janmaas. But great seers say that,
as long as the effort is sincere, He will guide us through until our
soul merges with paramaatma or  until we realize "soham"