Wow thats so true, but this story is not at all unique to this little boy!! Thanks Vimbai.
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:04 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Awesome word Vimbai. > > > *Vimbai Makoni <[email protected]>* > Sent by: [email protected] > > 02/11/2010 02:01 PM > Please respond to > [email protected] > > To > [email protected] > cc > Subject > Faith > > > > > > A little boy planted a grain of maize with great expectation. He enjoyed > eating boiled maize but had never had a big cob all to himself. He wanted to > eat all to himself. After planting the seed, he dutifully watered it and > went inside the house. He was anxious to eat his maize that he waited for > 30mins which seemed like an eternity to him and then went out to check > whether the plant had germinated. He saw no sign whatsoever, so he dug it up > to see what was wrong with it. After inspecting the seed he replanted it and > went back, this process continued for the next 2 days. His constant anxiety > and interference in the process of the seed’s growth prevented it from > germinating. His anxiety turned into frustration, he then concluded that > what he had learnt at school did not work after all so he threw the seed > away. This paints a picture of a person who prays with a lot of anxiety. > Move from the point of anxiety to that of faith ,if the boy had understood > the whole process of germination, he would simply have continued watering > his seed with the firm knowledge that the seed was receiving the nourishment > it needed. He would have trusted in the ability of the seed to produce fruit > of its own accord and in its time. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "tribewithavibe" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<tribewithavibe%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tribewithavibe?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "tribewithavibe" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<tribewithavibe%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tribewithavibe?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "tribewithavibe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tribewithavibe?hl=en.
