[nukkad] PUSH

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 Assassination: The extreme form of censorship. -George Bernard Shaw, 
writer, Nobel laureate (1856-1950)
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A man was sleeping at 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 sun up to sun down, 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.
Since the man was showing discouragement, the Adversary (Satan) decided to
enter the picture by placing thoughts into the weary mind: "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 sinewy 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 a 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 react the way 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


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