Coconut
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The Gift
There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind.
She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She told her boyfriend, 'If I could only see the world, I will marry you.'
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend.
He asked her, 'Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?'
The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind.
The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn't expected that.
The thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.
Her boyfriend left her in tears and days later wrote a note to her saying:
'Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before they were yours, they were mine.'
This is how the human heart often works when our status changes.
Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painful situations.
LIFE Is a Gift
Today before you utter unthankful words
- Think of someone who can't speak at all.
Before you complain about the cost of your food
- Think of someone who has nothing to eat.
Before you complain about your husband or wife
- Think of someone who's crying out to GOD for a companion.
Before you complain about your children
- Think of someone who desires children but they're barren.
Before you complain about your housework -
Think of the people who are living in the streets.
Before whining about the distance you drive
- Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.
And when you are tired and complain about your job -
Think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your job.
Today before you complain about life
- Think of someone who went too early to heaven.
The world tells us, that we have a 'right to life'
No my friend, life is a gift...
Today, turn your eyes upon the one who gave this gift to thee.
Isa 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name, by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power not one is missing.
Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, "My way is hidden from the LORD, and my right is disregarded by my God"?
Ecc 12:1 So remember your Creator while you are still young, before those dismal days and years come when you will say, "I don't enjoy life."
Ecc 12:2 That is when the light of the sun, the moon, and the stars will grow dim for you, and the rain clouds will never pass away.
Ecc 12:3 Then your arms, that have protected you, will tremble, and your legs, now strong, will grow weak. Your teeth will be too few to chew your food, and your eyes too dim to see clearly.
Ecc 12:4 Your ears will be deaf to the noise of the street. You will barely be able to hear the mill as it grinds or music as it plays, but even the song of a bird will wake you from sleep.
Ecc 12:5 You will be afraid of high places, and walking will be dangerous. Your hair will turn white; you will hardly be able to drag yourself along, and all desire will be gone. We are going to our final resting place, and then there will be mourning in the streets.
Ecc 12:6 The silver chain will snap, and the golden lamp will fall and break; the rope at the well will break, and the water jar will be shattered.
Ecc 12:7 Our bodies will return to the dust of the earth, and the breath of life will go back to God, who gave it to us.
There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind.
She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She told her boyfriend, 'If I could only see the world, I will marry you.'
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend.
He asked her, 'Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?'
The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind.
The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn't expected that.
The thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.
Her boyfriend left her in tears and days later wrote a note to her saying:
'Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before they were yours, they were mine.'
This is how the human heart often works when our status changes.
Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painful situations.
LIFE Is a Gift
Today before you utter unthankful words
- Think of someone who can't speak at all.
Before you complain about the cost of your food
- Think of someone who has nothing to eat.
Before you complain about your husband or wife
- Think of someone who's crying out to GOD for a companion.
Before you complain about your children
- Think of someone who desires children but they're barren.
Before you complain about your housework -
Think of the people who are living in the streets.
Before whining about the distance you drive
- Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.
And when you are tired and complain about your job -
Think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your job.
Today before you complain about life
- Think of someone who went too early to heaven.
The world tells us, that we have a 'right to life'
No my friend, life is a gift...
Today, turn your eyes upon the one who gave this gift to thee.
Isa 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name, by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power not one is missing.
Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, "My way is hidden from the LORD, and my right is disregarded by my God"?
Ecc 12:1 So remember your Creator while you are still young, before those dismal days and years come when you will say, "I don't enjoy life."
Ecc 12:2 That is when the light of the sun, the moon, and the stars will grow dim for you, and the rain clouds will never pass away.
Ecc 12:3 Then your arms, that have protected you, will tremble, and your legs, now strong, will grow weak. Your teeth will be too few to chew your food, and your eyes too dim to see clearly.
Ecc 12:4 Your ears will be deaf to the noise of the street. You will barely be able to hear the mill as it grinds or music as it plays, but even the song of a bird will wake you from sleep.
Ecc 12:5 You will be afraid of high places, and walking will be dangerous. Your hair will turn white; you will hardly be able to drag yourself along, and all desire will be gone. We are going to our final resting place, and then there will be mourning in the streets.
Ecc 12:6 The silver chain will snap, and the golden lamp will fall and break; the rope at the well will break, and the water jar will be shattered.
Ecc 12:7 Our bodies will return to the dust of the earth, and the breath of life will go back to God, who gave it to us.
