Renewal

These few days, specifically from Tuesday till today, Thursday (29.11.2007)... in these few days, i have learnt a lot of things from the Advent retreat organized by my church.

It actually started on Monday, but i didn't went for it because i was lazy cum so-called-busy. :p but then my dad came back and said it was good and sorta 'persuade' me to go for it.. so i went on Tuesday and i continued until today, the final day of the retreat.

There are many things which i have learnt there that i can put into practice immediately and the talk was really really good and i want to share with all of u guys a story. A story about a pencil

The pencil, after being made was on it's way to be put inside the box. And the maker of the pencil told the pencil

1) In the future, you would do great things, things that you cannot imagine doing. But you can only do these great things only if you let yourself to be held in your owner's hand.

2)From time to time, you will feel a sharpening pain, but that is essential for you to become a better pencil.

3)Remember, what is important, is your inside and not your outside.

After being told this things, the pencil was put inside the box. And that is the whole moral of the story..

We as humans can do great things, things that we can never imagine doing, but only if we allow to be held in God's hand

From time to time, we will definitely face obstacles and challenges and that is essential in our growth. This is where our sharpening pain comes in, in order for us to be a better person and be more matured.

And remember, God looks at the inside of a person and not the outside. We can go to church, or temple or any religious place everyday, but that does not mean we are pious or good people. Being good means we help people around us, being good means not laboring hatred to one another. Being good means we need to forgive. Being good means we need to LOVE..

and i know it is not easy to love the people around us, when we don't get love from them.. why should we love the people who doesn't love us? it doesn't make much sense does it? But remember this

JESUS LOVES YOU.. He loves all of us alike, both good and bad. Yes Yes, i know some people out there don't believe in Him, and this is sooooo a bias perception of mine, say it however you want to say it, but yeah.. He loves all of us..

And so when we don't get love from the world, and find it hard to love, turn to Him and you will find love.

Even if you don't understand what i am trying to say here, remember the story of the pencil.

God Bless~