Don't Give Up!
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Wow this story ministered to me. Have you ever tried to reach someone and you felt as if you were slamming your head against a brick wall and you just wanted to give up? If so, this story is for you!!
One (Last) Try Did It
A discouraged minister once dreamed that he was standing on the top of a great granite rock, trying to break it with a pickaxe. Hour after hour he worked on with no result. At last he said; “It is useless; I will stop.”
Suddenly a man stood by him and asked, “Were you not allotted this task? and if so, why are you going to abandon it?”
“My work is in vain; I can make no impression on the granite,” was the minister’s reply.
Then the stranger solemnly replied, “That is nothing to you; your duty is to pick, whether the rock yields or no. The work is yours, the results are in other hands; work on.”
In his dream the minister saw himself setting out anew his labor, and at his first blow the rock flew into hundreds of pieces.
One (Last) Try Did It
A discouraged minister once dreamed that he was standing on the top of a great granite rock, trying to break it with a pickaxe. Hour after hour he worked on with no result. At last he said; “It is useless; I will stop.”
Suddenly a man stood by him and asked, “Were you not allotted this task? and if so, why are you going to abandon it?”
“My work is in vain; I can make no impression on the granite,” was the minister’s reply.
Then the stranger solemnly replied, “That is nothing to you; your duty is to pick, whether the rock yields or no. The work is yours, the results are in other hands; work on.”
In his dream the minister saw himself setting out anew his labor, and at his first blow the rock flew into hundreds of pieces.
posted by Live, Love, Laugh | 9:41 PM
8 Comments:
Yeah!
Don't give up.
Our Lord will reward us in His time :)
Keep on keepin' on, right? I love this story; it brought me strength and fresh hope this morning. Thanks for sharing.
I LOVE that story!
Awesome Story! :)
We never know what effects our efforts have I guess...the thing is that what ever you put your hand to, do it with all your might, as unto the Lord...but it can be discouraging when we don't see any breaks in the stone...:)thanks for the encouragement to keep on keeping on...
That's a very good analogy. Not in our time, but the Lord's.
Mom are you trying to say I am hard headed?
great story, "the work is yours, the results are in others hands; work on" what an encouragement, what a challenge
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