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Monday, November 14, 2005

sai student

Yahoo! Mail - dhanyaarun2004@yahoo.com: "'Push against the rock with all your might', ordained the Lord in a vision to the man in the night. So, this man did, day after day. For many years he toiled from dawn to dusk, his shoulders set squarely against the cold, massive surface of the unmoving rock, pushing with all of his might. Each night the man returned to his cabin sore and worn out, feeling that his whole day had been spent in vain. The failure to move the rock disheartened him and encouraged him not to put in his best efforts. Prior to his half hearted effort, he submitted a prayer. 'Lord, 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. Why am I failing?' The Lord very compassionately said, '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, look at yourself. Your arms are strong and muscled, your back sinewy and brown, your hands are callused from constant pressure, and your legs have become massive and hard. Through this effort you have grown much and you have surpassed your best of the abilities. Yet you haven't moved the rock. But you have been obedient to push and exercised your faith and trust in my wisdom. Now I will move the rock.' Life rocks in simple obedience to His words and faith in them. In a cocoon of a butterfly, a man found a small opening. He watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. As it seems to stop making any further progress, the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the "