Too beautiful not to share:
P.U.S.H.
A man was sleeping at night in his cabin
when suddenly his room
filled with light and G-d appeared.
Hashem told the man He
had work for him to do and showed him a large rock in front of
his cabin.
G-d explained that the man was to push against
the rock
with all his might. So, this the man did, day
after day.
For many years he toiled from sun up to sun down,
his shoulders
set squarely against the cold, massive surface of
the unmoving
rock, pushing with all of his might.
Each night the man
returned to his cabin sore and
worn out,
feeling that his whole day had been spent in
vain.
Since the man was showing discouragement, the Satan
decided to enter the picture by placing thoughts
into the weary
mind:
"You have been pushing against that rock for a
long time, and it
hasn't moved."
He gave the man the impression that the
task was
impossible and that he was a failure. These
thoughts
discouraged and disheartened the man.
Satan said, "Why kill yourself over this? Just
put in your
time, giving just the minimum effort, and that
will be good
enough. That's what the weary man planned to do,
but decided to
make it a matter of prayer and to take
his
troubled thoughts to
the L-rd.
"Hashem" he said, "I have labored long and hard
in your service,
putting all my strength to do that which you have
asked.
Yet, after all this time, I have not even budged
that rock by
half a millimeter.
What is wrong?
Why am I failing?"
Hashem responded compassionately, "My friend,
when I asked you
to serve Me and you accepted, I told you that
your task was to
push against the rock with all of your strength,
which you have
done.
Never once did I mention to you that I expected
you to move it.
Your task was to push.
And now you come to Me with your strength spent,
thinking that you have failed.
Is that
really so?
Look at yourself.
Your arms are strong and muscled,
your back sinewy and brown;
your hands are callused from constant pressure,
your legs have become massive and hard.
Through opposition you have grown much,
and your abilities now surpass that which you
used to have.
True, you haven't moved the rock. But your
calling was to be
obedient and to push and to exercise your faith
and trust in My
wisdom. That you have done.
Now I, my friend, will move the rock."
At times, when we hear a word from G-d, we tend
to use our own
intellect to decipher what He wants, when
actually what G-d
wants is just a simple obedience and faith in
Him.
By all means, exercise the faith that
moves
mountains,
but know that it is still Hasehm who moves
mountains.
When everything seems to go wrong...just
P.U.S.H.!
When the job gets you down... just P.U.S.H.!
When people don't react the way you think they should... just P.U.S.H.
When your money is "gone" and the bills are due... just P.U.S.H!
When people just don't understand you... just P.U.S.H.
P= Pray
U= Until
S= Something
H= Happens
