Bible Baptist Church of Pasay

One day I decided to quit…
I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality… I wanted to quit my life.
I went to the woods to have one last talk with God.
“God”, I asked, “Can you give me one good reason not to quit?”
His answer surprised me…
“Look around”, He said. “Do you see the fern and the bamboo?”
“Yes”, I replied.
“When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them.
I gave them light.
I gave them water.
The fern quickly grew from the earth.
Its brilliant green covered the floor.
Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo.
In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful.
And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo. He said.
“In year three there was still nothing from the bamboo seed.
But I would not quit.
In year four, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. I would
not quit.” He said.
“Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth. Compared
to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant…But just 6
months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall.
It had spent the five years growing roots. Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive.
I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle.”
He asked me. “Did you know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling, you have actually been growing roots”.
“I would not quit on the bamboo.
I will never quit on you.”
“Don’t compare yourself to others.”
He said.
“The bamboo had adifferent Purpose than the fern.
Yet they both make the forest beautiful.”
“Your time will come”, God said to me.
“You will rise high”
“How high should I rise?”
I asked.
“How high will the bamboo rise?” He asked in return.
“As high as it can?” I questioned.
“Yes.” He said, “Give me glory by rising as high as you can.”
I left the forest and brought back this story.
I hope these words can help you see that God will never give up on you.
Never, Never, Never Give up.
For the Christian Prayer is not an option but an opportunity.
Don’t tell the Lord how big the problem is,
tell the problem how Great the Lord is!

Article from http://www.GetMotivation.com

If only the “Cowardly Lion” had stopped for a moment and thought “What can I think and do today that I have been too scared to even consider before?”

In Italy, when my grandfather was only 6 years old, he had to go to work to help support his family. He only went to school through the 7th grade. From there on it was full time work for him. In 1926, at 18 years old, he came to the New World from the “Old Country” on a boat. He spoke not a word of English and had no money at all. Just a dream…

By the time he retired in 1969, he had over $50,000 USD saved, interest from investments and from selling his farm. The value of that money in today’s dollars is over $240,000. Not bad for a guy that had absolutely nothing going for him, huh?

Why did I tell you this story? Because it took courage to do all the things he did. And it took hard work, but he was always the first one to tell you that without the hard work and belief in his ability to get a job done, he couldn’t
have had the enormous joy he got from living.

Hey… you can do anything you want to do in your life if you’ll enjoy right now for what you can, look forward with expectancy, use the gifts and tools you’ve been given and accept whatever bad cards you’ve been dealt. It’s up to you to play them right. So stop stewing and start doing! You can
do great things. Believe!! When he got the farm, he had to clear tree filled orchards so that he could grow corn and other crops. And he didn’t own any buzz saws. It was the hard way… by hand. And the tree stumps? Pulled out by huge horses and ropes. The same with the giant boulders that dotted the fields.

It’s a sad thing to watch people become despondent with their lives. It’s sad because there has never been a time when the human race has had it so good, especially in industrialized countries. Better tools, better education,
better opportunities and better information to help take advantage of those opportunities.

Imagine how much harder it was to live decades ago and centuries ago. In many countries life is still the same as it was centuries ago. So please, keep these things in mind, consider yourself lucky and start acting like you’re lucky.

Do what you fear enough and you will have developed courage… Almost as if by magic.