Saturday, February 5, 2011

Inspiring Story: Two Angles..


Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home 
of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let 
the angels stay in the mansion's guest room. Instead the angels
 were given a space in the cold basement.


As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw 
a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked 
why, the older angel replied... "Things aren't always what they seem".

The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, 
but very hospitable farmer and his wife. After sharing what little 
food they had the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where 
they could have a good night's rest. When the sun came up the 
next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. 

Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, 
lay dead in the field.

The younger angel was infuriated and asked the older angel 
"how could you have let this happen!? The first man had everything, 
yet you helped him," she accused. "The second family had little but 
was willing to share everything, and you let their cow die."

"Things aren't always what they seem," the older angel replied. 
"When we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there 
was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so 
obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, 
I sealed the wall so he wouldn't find it. Then last night as we slept 
in the farmers bed, the angel of death came for his wife. I gave her 
the cow instead. Things aren't always what they seem."

Sometimes this is exactly what happens when things don't turn out 
the way they should. If you have faith, you just need to trust that
 every outcome is always to your advantage. 
You might not know it until some time later.

Author Unknown

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Inspiring Story: A Cocoon of a butterfly


A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. 
He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force 
its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. 
It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further.


So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and 
snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.

The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, 
shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because 
he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand 
to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.

Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling 
around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.

What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that 
the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get 
through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body 
of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once 
it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. 
If God allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, 
it would cripple us.

We would not be as strong as what we could have been. 
We could never fly!


Author : Unknown


Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Inspiring Story :When My Fingers Grow Back ?????


This is a true story which happened in the States. 
A man came out of his home to admire his new truck.
To his puzzlement, his three-year-old son was happily 
hammering dents into the shiny paint.


The man ran to his son, knocked him away, hammered 
the little boy's hands into pulp as punishment.

When the father calmed down, he rushed his son to the hospital. 
Although the doctor tried desperately to save the crushed bones, 
he finally had to amputate the fingers from both the boy's hands.

When the boy woke up from the surgery & saw his 
bandaged stubs, he innocently said, " Daddy, I'm sorry about 
your truck." Then he asked, "but when are my fingers going 
to grow back?"

The father went home & committed suicide.


Lesson to learn from the Story:


Think about the story the next time u see someone spill milk 
at a dinner table or hear a baby crying. Think first before u lose 
your patience with someone u love. 

Trucks can be repaired. Broken bones & hurt feelings often can't.
Too often we fail to recognize the difference between the person 
and the performance.

People make mistakes. We are allowed to make mistakes. 
But the actions we take while in a rage will haunt us forever.
Pause and ponder. Think before you act. Be patient. 
Understand & love.

Author Unknown