Saturday, April 26, 2008

Sent from above

hahaha. was about to die yesterday.
seriously. i just realised that im very very lack behind in my studies. i kinda thought i knew what was going on but when i read back the notes from last month. poof* the first thing was what the heck.
slept at 2 plus yesterday and i had to wake up real early. well i couldnt afford to miss out on Batman x) he's so hot!! and Danny Phantom. whoooo. lol. heart melters. not forgetting Spongebob Squarepants x) but nah. he's not hot. just plain annoying and really realy funny.
haha. anyway. as i was saying yes i almost died. but then i read thins book The Prayer Of Jabez by Bruce Wilkinson (credits to kor yew juan and suzanna) : )
it was sent from above. here's the story.

One day when our children were preschoolers,Darlene and I took them to a large park city in Southern California. It was the kind of place that makes a-grown up want to be a kid again. The
park had swings,monkey bars,seesaws and slides. There wasn't just one slide,but three-small medium, and giant. David who was five, took off like a shot for the small slide.
''Why don't you go for down with him?''my wife suggested.
I had another idea. ''Hang on'', I said. Let's wait and see what happens.''So we realxed on a nearby bench and watched. David climbed on the top of his slide,waved and whizzed down. No problem.

He moved to the medium-sized slide. He had climbed halfway up the ;adder when he turned and looked at me. But i pretended not to notice. David thought for a moment, then carefully backed down the ladder one step at a time.
''Honey,'' my wife said,''you ought to go help him out''
'' Not yet,''I replied,hoping my smile would let her know I wasnt just being careless.

David spent a few minutes watching other kids climb up,shoot down, and run around to do it again. Finally his mind was made up. He climbed up all the way up..and slid down. Three times, in fact,without even looking back at us.

Then we watched him turn and head toward the giant slide. Now Darlene was getting worried. '' Bruce, I don't think he should do that by himslef. Do you?''

''No,'' I replied as calmly as possible. '' But I don't think he will. Let's see what he does.''
When David reached at the bottom of the giant slide,he turned and called out,''Dad!'' But I glanced away,pretending i didnt hear.

He peered up the ladder. To a little boy, that monster slide must have looked like it reached to the clouds. He watched an older boy go flying down the slide. Then,agaisnst all odds, he decided to try. Step-by-step, hand over hand,he inched up the ladder. but he hadn't gone up a third of the way when he froze. By this time, an older boy was coming up behind him and yelled at himto get going. But David couldnt's. He couldnt go up or down. He had reach a certain point of failure.
Irushed over.''Are you okay,son?''I asked from the bottom of the ladder. He looked down at me,shaking and hangingon for dear life. And I could tell he had a question ready.

'' Dad would you come down the slide with me?'' he asked. The older boy was losing patience, but I didnt want to miss this moment.
''Why?''I asked,peering up at him.
'' I cant do it without you, Dad!'',he said trembling. ''It's too big for me!''

I streched as high i could to reach him and lifted him into my arms. Then we climbed that long ladder up to the clouds together. At the top, I put mt son betwween my legs and wrapped my arms around him. We started laughing. Then we went zipping down the slide together, laughing all the way.

That is what God's hand is like.
You try something that's too big for you. You could fail-or you could pray. So ypu pray,''Father, please do this in me because I cant do it alone. It's too big for me!'' Then you step out in faith to do and say things that could only happen by His power.
Afterward,you shout, God did that! nobody else! God carried me, gave me the words, gave me the power-and it's awesome!''
Credits to Bruce Wilkinson-The prayer of Jabez for teens.

haha. there you go. hope you liked it! Thank you God! : D



2 comments:

Yew Juan said...

Hey nat!
Awesome post! Praise God!
Got ur sms this morning too, so encouraging! All the best to ur studies k, i'm sure you'll do great for SPM! Most of all, i know you're going to gave a great two years of school ahead of you till then. Take care, Awesome Nat!! God bless U!

Yew Juan said...

Oh yeah, i meant 'have' and not 'gave'.

p.s. also, u might not want to write with dark colours on black background. Can't see... but maybe coz i'm old... hehe