This is a good one.  Thanks for sharing it.
Virgie and Hoshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 12:43 PM
Subject: Fw: Just Push


>I rarely forward to the list but this came from my former pastor when he
> lived in Denver many years ago.  This, in my opinion, is one of the better
> ones.  Forgive me if you have seen it before.
>
> Phil.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "James L. Morriss" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "James" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 9:52 AM
> Subject: Just Push
>
>
>>
>> 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 the man 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 I, My friend, 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. May God Bless You.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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