"Stop telling God how big your storm is.
Instead, tell the storm how big your God is!"

JUST PUSH

A man was sleeping one night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light, and God appeared. The Lord told the man he had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. The Lord explained that the man was to push against the rock with all his might.

So, this the man did, day after day. For many years he toiled from sunup to sundown, his shoulders set squarely against the cold, massive surface of the unmoving rock, pushing with all his might! Each night he returned to his cabin sore and worn out, feeling that his whole day had been spent in vain.

Since the man was showing discouragement, the Adversary (Satan) decided to enter the picture by placing thoughts into the weary mind: (He will do it every time)! You have been pushing against that rock for a long time and it hasn't moved." Thus, he gave the man the impression that the task was impossible and that he was a failure. These thoughts discouraged and disheartened the man.

Satan said, "Why kill yourself over this. Just put in your time, giving just the minimum effort; and that will be good enough."

That's what the weary man planned to do, but decided to make it a matter of Prayer and to take his troubled thoughts to The Lord.

"Lord," he said, "I have labored long and hard in Your Service, putting all my strength to do that which you have asked. Yet, after all this time, I have not even budged that rock by half a millimeter. What is wrong? Why am I failing?"

The Lord responded compassionately, "My friend, when I asked you to serve Me and you accepted, I told you that your task was to push against the rock with all of your strength, which you have done. Never once did I mention to you that I expected you to move it. Your task was to push. And now you come to Me with your strength spent, thinking that you have failed.

But, is that really so? Look at yourself. Your arms are strong and muscled, your back shiny and brown; your hands are callused from constant pressure, your legs have become massive and hard.

Through opposition you have grown much, and your abilities now surpass that which you used to have. True, you haven't moved the rock, but your calling was to be Obedient and to push and to exercise your Faith and trust in My Wisdom. That you have done. Now, my friend, I will move the rock."

At times, when we hear a word from God, we tend to use our own intellect to decipher what He Wants, when actually what God wants is just simple obedience and faith in Him. By all means, exercise the Faith that moves mountains, but know that it is still God Who moves The Mountains.

When everything seems to go wrong
...............Just P.U.S.H.

When the job gets you down
...............Just P.U.S.H.

When people don't do as you think they should
...............Just P.U.S.H.

When your money is "gone" and the bills are due
...............Just P.U.S.H.

When people just don't understand you

...............Just P.U.S.H.

P = Pray
U = Until
S = Something
H = Happens

Pass this on to all your loved ones and friends who may need it; they may get it just in time. "Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending."

Friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

True friends are an expression of God's love in our lives.

God in Nature

I went for a walk in the woods with my son and my sister a couple of days ago and we came upon this uprooted tree. Immediately we noticed the cross in the middle and it reminded us that wherever we are, God is with us.

“When you are down to nothing ... God is up to something.”

Everyone Can't be in Your Front Row

Life is like a theater, so invite your audiences carefully. Not everyone is holy enough and healthy enough to have a FRONT ROW seat in our lives. There are some people in your life that need to be loved from a distance. It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go, or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible, not-going-anywhere relationships, friendships, fellowships, and even family!

Observe the relationships around you. Pay attention to: Which ones lift and which ones lean? Which ones encourage and which ones discourage?  Which ones are on a path of growth uphill and which ones are just going downhill or just staying still?? When you leave certain people, do you feel better or feel worse? Which ones always have drama or don't really understand, know and appreciate you and the gift that lies within you?

The more you seek God and the things of God, the more you seek quality, the more you seek not just the hand of God but the face of God, the more you seek things honorable, the more you seek growth, peace of mind, love and truth around you, the easier it will become for you to decide who gets to sit in the FRONT ROW and who should be moved to the BALCONY of your life.

You cannot change the people around you...but you can change the people you are around! Ask God for wisdom and discernment and choose wisely the people who sit in the FRONT ROW of your life. Remember that FRONT ROW seats are for special and deserving people and those who sit in Your FRONT ROW should be chosen carefully.

Everyone Can't Be in Your FRONT ROW.

Saying Grace in a Restaurant

Last week, I  took my children to a restaurant. My Six-year-old  son asked if he could say grace. As we Bowed our  heads he said, "God is good, God is great.  Thank you for  the food, and I would even thank you More if Mom  gets us ice cream for dessert. And Liberty And justice  for all!   Amen!"

Along with the  laughter from the other customers Nearby, I  heard a woman remark, "That's what's wrong With this  country.  tunKids today  don't even know how to pray. Asking God For ice cream!  Why, I never!"

Hearing this,  my son burst into tears and asked me, "Did I do it  wrong?

Is God mad at  me?"

As I held him  and assured him that he had done a Terrific job,  and God was certainly not mad at him, an Elderly  gentleman approached the table. He winked at My son and  said, "I happen to know that God thought It was a great  prayer!"

"Really?" my  son asked.

"Cross my  heart," the man replied.

Then, in a  theatrical whisper, he added (indicating The woman  whose remark had started this whole Thing), "Too  bad she never asks God for ice cream. A Little ice  cream is good for the soul sometimes."  Naturally, I  bought my kids ice cream at the end of The meal. My  son stared at his for a moment, and then Did something  I will remember the rest of my life.  He picked up  his sundae and, without a word, walked Over and  placed it in front of the woman. With a big Smile he told  her, "Here, this is for you. Ice cream is  good for the soul sometimes; and my soul Is good  already."

Baptism

After a hardy rainstorm filled all the potholes in the streets and alleys,a young mother watched her two little boys playing in the puddle through her kitchen window.

The older of the two, a five-year-old lad, grabbed his sibling by the back of his head and shoved his face into the water hole.

As the boy recovered and stood laughing and dripping, the mother runs to the yard in a panic.

"Why on earth did you do that to your little brother?" she says as she shook the older boy in anger.

"We were just playing church mommy," he said "And I was just baptizing him ....in the name of the Father, the Son and in... the hole-he-goes."

Do you know your HYMNS?

Do you know your HYMNS?

Dentist's Hymn...........Crown Him with Many Crowns

Weatherman's Hymn...There Shall Be Showers of Blessings

Contractor's Hymn.........The Church's One Foundation

The Tailor's Hymn................Holy, Holy, Holy

The Golfer's Hymn.........There's a Green Hill Far Away

The Politician's Hymn..........Standing on the Promises

Optometrist's Hymn.......Open My Eyes That I Might See

The IRS Agent's Hymn.................I Surrender All

The Gossip's Hymn.....................Pass It On

The Electrician's Hymn............Send The Light

The Shopper's Hymn................Sweet Bye and Bye

The Realtor's Hymn.......I've Got a Mansion Just over the Hilltop

The Massage Therapists Hymn ......... He Touched Me

The Doctor's Hymn..................The Great Physician

AND for those who speed on the highway - a few hymns:

45mph....................God Will Take Care of You
65mph....................Nearer My God To Thee
85mph....................This World Is Not My Home
95mph....................Lord, I'm Coming Home
100mph.... ........ .... Precious Memories

Give me a sense of humor, Lord,
Give me the grace to see a joke,
To get some humor out of life,
And pass it on to other folk.

 

I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world. ~ Mother Teresa