Post by Betty on Feb 18, 2005 7:43:09 GMT -5
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 lad dug round the rock,
managing to dislodge it from the dirt.
With lots 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 huge.) 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.
Are you facing any "rocks" in your life today ? Check
if you have used all the strength that you have at
your disposal.
Our Father is waiting for us to ask Him. All we need
to do is go to Him & tell Him that we are weak & that
we need His strength to overcome the problem we are
facing.
God Bless
luv--AARON
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 lad dug round the rock,
managing to dislodge it from the dirt.
With lots 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 huge.) 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.
Are you facing any "rocks" in your life today ? Check
if you have used all the strength that you have at
your disposal.
Our Father is waiting for us to ask Him. All we need
to do is go to Him & tell Him that we are weak & that
we need His strength to overcome the problem we are
facing.
God Bless
luv--AARON
