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P.U.S.H.

A man was sleeping at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with
light and the Savior 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. This the man
did, day after day.

For many years he toiled from sun up to sun down, his shoulders set squarely
against the cold, massive surface of the unmoving rock, pushing with all his
might. Each night the man returned to his cabin sore, and worn out, feeling
that his whole day had been spent in vain. Seeing that the man was showing
signs of discouragement, the adversary decided to enter the picture by
placing thoughts into the man's weary mind: "You have been pushing against
that rock for a long time, and it hasn't budged. Why kill yourself over
this? You are never going to move it." Thus giving the man the impression
that the task was impossible and that he was a failure. These thoughts
discouraged and disheartened the man. "Why kill myself over this?" he
thought. "I'll just put in my time, giving just the minimum effort and that
will be good enough." And that is what he planned to do until one day he
decided to make it a matter of prayer and 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, 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 sinewy and brown, your hands are callused from constant pressure, and
your legs have become massive and hard. Through opposition you have grown
much and your abilities now surpass that which you used to have. Yet 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. This you have done. I, my
friend, will now 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.

P.U.S.H!

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 react the way you think they should,...just P.U.S.H.!

When your money looks funny and the bills are due,...just P.U.S.H.!

When you want to tell them off for whatever the reason,...just P.U.S.H.!

When people just don't understand you,...just P.U.S.H.!

P.U.S.H -- Pray Until Something Happens!!!!!

-- Author Unknown

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