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ROCK IN THE SANDBOX
Rock
in the sandbox
Author:
Unknown
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
no 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 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.
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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 Christians for years are trying
to do
everything themselves and only turning to God as a last resort.
God wants to be your first resort.
Let Him help you with your trials, tribulations and temperament.
He loves you so much . . . all He wants you to do is ask Him to
help
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