----- Original Message ----- From: "Woolsey AMCS Kyle E" <[email protected]> To: "Annette Fetterhoff (E-mail)" <[email protected]>; "Brandy Woolsey (E-mail)" <[email protected]>; "Chad Willis (E-mail)" <[email protected]>; "Curtis Ray Marcantel (E-mail)" <[email protected]> Cc: "George Dow (E-mail)" <[email protected]>; "Don Hutson (E-mail)" <[email protected]>; "JOHN MCELLIGOTT (E-mail)" <[email protected]>; "Rich Mays (E-mail)" <[email protected]>; "Ricky & Teresa (E-mail)" <[email protected]>; "Scott latham (E-mail)" <[email protected]>; "Tom Gatza (E-mail)" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 4:36 AM Subject: KYLE > If you ever need this, I hope it helps. > > Just PUSH! > > 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, > 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 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. 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. Now 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 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 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 looks "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 the loved ones and friends who may need it, they may > get it just in time. >