Subject: Rocks {Insp}
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Sun Jul 15 2001 - 16:09:32 EDT
"Rocks"
A little boy was spending his Saturday morning
playing in his sandbox. He had with him his box of
cars and trucks, his plastic pail, and a shiny, red
plastic shovel. In the process of creating roads and
tunnels in the soft sand, he discovered a large rock
in the middle of the sandbox.
The boy dug around the rock, managing to dislodge
it from the dirt. With a little bit of struggle, he pushed
and nudged the rock across the sandbox by using his
feet. (He was a very small boy, and the rock was very
large.)
When the boy got the rock to the edge of the sandbox
however, he found that he couldn't roll it up and over the
little wall. Determined, the little boy shoved, pushed, and
pried, but every time he thought he had made some
progress, the rock tipped and then fell back into the sandbox.
The little boy grunted, struggled, pushed, & shoved; but his
only reward was to have the rock roll back, smashing his
chubby fingers.
Finally he burst into tears of frustration. All this time the
boy's father watched from his living room window as the
drama unfolded.
At the moment the tears fell, a large shadow fell across the
boy and the sandbox. It was the boy's father. Gently but
firmly he said, "Son, why didn't you use all the strength that
you had available?"
Defeated, the boy sobbed back, "But I did, Daddy, I did! I
used all the strength that I had!"
"No, son," corrected the father kindly. "You didn't use all the
strength you had. You didn't ask me."
With that the father reached down, picked up the rock and
removed it from the sandbox.
Do you have "rocks" in your life that need to be removed?
Are you discovering that you don't have what it takes to lift
them? There is One who is always available to us and
willing to give us the strength we need.
Isn't it funny how we try so hard to do things ourselves.
Sadly, many adults who have been religious for years are
trying to do everything themselves and only turning to G~d
as a last resort. G~d wants to be your first resort. Let Him
help you with your trials, tribulations and temperament.
G~d loves you. Let Him help.
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