MARBLE STORY
There was this museum laid with beautiful marble tiles with a huge marble lady statue displayed in the middle of the lobby.
Many people came from all over the world just to admire this beautiful marble lady statue.
One night, the marble tiles started talking to the Marble lady.
Marble tile: Marble lady, it's just not fair, it's just not fair! Why does everybody from all over the world come all the way here just to step on me while admiring you? Not fair!
Marble lady: My dear friend, marble tile, Do you still remember that we were actually from the same cave?
Marble tile: Yeah! That's why I feel it is even more unfair. We were born from the same cave and yet we receive different treatment now. Not fair!
Marble lady: Then, do you still remember the day when the designer tried to work on you, but you resisted his tool?
Marble tile: Yes, of course I remember. I hate that guy! How could he use his tool on me, it hurt so badly.
Marble lady: That's right! He couldn't work on you at all as you resisted being worked on.
Marble tile: So???
Marble lady:When he decided to give up on you and start working on me instead, I knew at once that I would be something different after his efforts. I did not resist his tool, instead I bore all the painful tools he used on me.
Marble tile: Mmmmmmmmm??
Marble Lady: My friend, there is a price to everything in life. Since you decided to give up half way, you can't blame anybody who steps on you now.
The Moral of the story is:
The more hard knocks you go through in life, the more you'll learn and put them to use in the future.
Do not be discouraged by setbacks, challenges and failures.
There is No gain without any pain
What's past is past, you can't change it, but it is actually a blessing in disguise.
Past was good, present is better and the future will always be the best.
For us true Christians, it's a calming reassurance that the trials and viccisitudes of life are meant to mold us into the perfect image of Christ. The hard knocks every once in a while all add up to make us the Master's beautiful masterpiece.
KEEP YOURSELF FOCUSED ON YOUR HIGHEST VALUES, YOUR GOALS, AND YOUR ASPIRATIONS IN this Life and The Eternal Kingdom, Not Forgetting that it is God who will guide you through all that you undertake.
My Personal thoughts:
Have you allowed God to mould you? Have you, because of the sufferings and persecution faced, rejected God to work on you, to renew you? Are you, therefore, like the marble tile, who rejected the designer's work and came to regret it only at the end? At the end, when nothing more can be done to change things. That is, at the Second Coming of Christ.
Or are you like the Marble Lady? Who endured the pain and sufferings that came with the work of the designer. Who understood the meaning of "endurance till the end" to receive a far better prize. Who understood the will of the designer, which was to change her into something better. Do you understand the will of God? Do you realise the reasons for your sufferings in Christ? Only when you do, then can you fully submit to the beautiful will of God.
I do not think that people are truly growing cold in their hearts. Rather, i think the majority do not understand their faith well enough and they lack the motivation to do so. But this isn't good. This means that one's foundation in God will not be strong and this leaves a foothold for the devil!
Also, understand that God treats all man equally and fairly. Equal opportunities were given to the Marble Tile and the Marble Lady to be worked on.
If you are currently facing persecutions or sufferings because of your faith in Christ, do not give up. This means that He has already started work on you. Do not give up halfway. Suffer a little while, endure to the end and He will give you the Crown of Life.
Note also that He doesn't give up on you. Just that the deadline is when He comes again. He is constantly trying to work on you. Its a matter of whether you are resisting His work. Not whether He is working on you or not.
Do not come to regret it at the end.
"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. "
1 Peter 5:8-10
Many people came from all over the world just to admire this beautiful marble lady statue.
One night, the marble tiles started talking to the Marble lady.
Marble tile: Marble lady, it's just not fair, it's just not fair! Why does everybody from all over the world come all the way here just to step on me while admiring you? Not fair!
Marble lady: My dear friend, marble tile, Do you still remember that we were actually from the same cave?
Marble tile: Yeah! That's why I feel it is even more unfair. We were born from the same cave and yet we receive different treatment now. Not fair!
Marble lady: Then, do you still remember the day when the designer tried to work on you, but you resisted his tool?
Marble tile: Yes, of course I remember. I hate that guy! How could he use his tool on me, it hurt so badly.
Marble lady: That's right! He couldn't work on you at all as you resisted being worked on.
Marble tile: So???
Marble lady:When he decided to give up on you and start working on me instead, I knew at once that I would be something different after his efforts. I did not resist his tool, instead I bore all the painful tools he used on me.
Marble tile: Mmmmmmmmm??
Marble Lady: My friend, there is a price to everything in life. Since you decided to give up half way, you can't blame anybody who steps on you now.
The Moral of the story is:
The more hard knocks you go through in life, the more you'll learn and put them to use in the future.
Do not be discouraged by setbacks, challenges and failures.
There is No gain without any pain
What's past is past, you can't change it, but it is actually a blessing in disguise.
Past was good, present is better and the future will always be the best.
For us true Christians, it's a calming reassurance that the trials and viccisitudes of life are meant to mold us into the perfect image of Christ. The hard knocks every once in a while all add up to make us the Master's beautiful masterpiece.
KEEP YOURSELF FOCUSED ON YOUR HIGHEST VALUES, YOUR GOALS, AND YOUR ASPIRATIONS IN this Life and The Eternal Kingdom, Not Forgetting that it is God who will guide you through all that you undertake.
My Personal thoughts:
Have you allowed God to mould you? Have you, because of the sufferings and persecution faced, rejected God to work on you, to renew you? Are you, therefore, like the marble tile, who rejected the designer's work and came to regret it only at the end? At the end, when nothing more can be done to change things. That is, at the Second Coming of Christ.
Or are you like the Marble Lady? Who endured the pain and sufferings that came with the work of the designer. Who understood the meaning of "endurance till the end" to receive a far better prize. Who understood the will of the designer, which was to change her into something better. Do you understand the will of God? Do you realise the reasons for your sufferings in Christ? Only when you do, then can you fully submit to the beautiful will of God.
I do not think that people are truly growing cold in their hearts. Rather, i think the majority do not understand their faith well enough and they lack the motivation to do so. But this isn't good. This means that one's foundation in God will not be strong and this leaves a foothold for the devil!
Also, understand that God treats all man equally and fairly. Equal opportunities were given to the Marble Tile and the Marble Lady to be worked on.
If you are currently facing persecutions or sufferings because of your faith in Christ, do not give up. This means that He has already started work on you. Do not give up halfway. Suffer a little while, endure to the end and He will give you the Crown of Life.
Note also that He doesn't give up on you. Just that the deadline is when He comes again. He is constantly trying to work on you. Its a matter of whether you are resisting His work. Not whether He is working on you or not.
Do not come to regret it at the end.
"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. "
1 Peter 5:8-10
