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Aim High!
There once was a man who had nothing for his family to
eat. He had an old rifle and three bullets. So, he decided
that he would
go out hunting and kill some wild game for dinner. As he
went down the
road, he saw a rabbit. He shot at the rabbit and missed it.
The rabbit
ran away. Then he saw a squirrel and fired a shot at the
squirrel and
missed it. The squirrel disappeared into a hole in a
cottonwood tree..
As he went further, he saw a large wild 'Tom'
turkey in the tree, but he
had only one bullet remaining.
A voice spoke to him and said, 'Pray first, aim high
and stay
focused.'
However, at the same time, he saw a deer which was a
better
kill. He brought the gun down and aimed at the deer. But,
then he saw a
rattlesnake between his legs about to bite him, so he
naturally brought
the gun down further to shoot the rattlesnake.
Still, the voice said again to him, 'I said 'Pray,
Aim high and
Stay focused.'
So, the man decided to listen to God's voice.
He prayed, then aimed the gun high up in the tree and shot
the
wild turkey. The bullet bounced off the turkey and killed
the deer. The
handle fell off the gun and hit the snake in the head and
killed it.
And, when the gun had gone off, it knocked him into a pond.
When he
stood up to look around, he had fish in all his pockets, a
dead deer and
a turkey to eat for his family.
The snake (Satan) was dead simply because the man listened
to
God.
Moral of the story:
Pray first before you do anything, aim and shoot high in
your
goals, and stay focused on God. Never let others discourage
you
concerning your past. The past is exactly that, 'the
past.'
Live every day one day at a time and remember that only
God
knows our future and that he will not put you through any
more than you
can endure.
Do not look to man for your blessings, but look to the
doors
that only He has prepared in advance for you in your
favor.....
Wait, be still and patient: keep God first and everything
else
will follow.
Pass this on in order that someone else might be blessed.
FROM ONE FRIEND TO ANOTHER
Don't worry about tomorrow, God is already there!
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