Once upon a mountain top, three little trees stood and dreamed of what they wanted to become when they grew up. The first little tree looked up at the stars and said: "I want to hold treasure. I want to be covered with gold and filled with precious stones. I’ll be the most beautiful treasure chest in the world!"
The second little tree looked out at the small stream trickling by on its way to the ocean. "I want to be traveling mighty waters and carrying powerful kings. I’ll be the strongest ship in the world!"
The third little tree looked down into the valley below where busy men and women worked in a busy town. "I don’t want to leave the mountain top at all. I want to grow so tall that when people stop to look at me, they’ll raise their eyes to heaven and think of God. I will be the tallest tree in the world."
Years passed. The rain came, the sun shone, and the little trees grew tall. One day three woodcutters climbed the mountain. The first woodcutter looked at the first tree and said, "This tree is beautiful. It is perfect for me." With a swoop of his shining axe, the first tree fell. "Now I shall be made into a beautiful chest. I shall hold wonderful treasure!"the first tree said. The second woodcutter looked at the second tree and said, "This tree is strong. It is perfect for me." With a swoop of his shining axe, the second tree fell. "Now I shall sail mighty waters!" thought the second tree. "I shall be a strong ship for mighty kings!" The third tree felt her heart sink when the last woodcutter looked her way. She stood straight and tall and pointed bravely to heaven. But the woodcutter never even looked up. "Any kind of tree will do for me," he muttered. With a swoop of his shining axe, the third tree fell.
The first tree rejoiced when the woodcutter brought her to a carpenter’s shop. But the carpenter fashioned the tree into a feedbox for animals. The once beautiful tree was not covered with gold, nor with treasure. She was coated with sawdust and filled with hay for hungry farm animals. The second tree smiled when the woodcutter took her to a shipyard, but no mighty sailing ship was made that day. Instead, the once strong tree was hammered and sawed into a simple fishing boat. She was too small and too weak to sail on an ocean, or even a river; instead, she was taken to a little lake. The third tree was confused when the woodcutter cut her into strong beams and left her in a lumberyard. "What happened?" the once tall tree wondered. “All I ever wanted was to stay on the mountain top and point to God...”
Many, many days and night passed. The three trees nearly forgot their dreams. But one night, golden starlight poured over the first tree as a young woman placed her newborn baby in the feedbox. "I wish I could make a cradle for him," her husband whispered. The mother squeezed his hand and smiled as the starlight shone on the smooth and the sturdy wood. "This manger is beautiful," she said. And suddenly the first tree knew he was holding the greatest treasure in the world.
One evening a tired traveler and his friends crowded into the old fishing boat. The traveler fell asleep as the second tree quietly sailed out into the lake. Soon a thundering and thrashing storm arose. The little tree shuddered. She knew she did not have the strength to carry so many passengers safely through with the wind and the rain. The tired man awakened. He stood up, stretched out his hand, and said, "Peace." The storm stopped as quickly as it had begun. And suddenly the second tree knew he was carrying the king of heaven and earth.
One Friday morning, the third tree was startled when her beams were yanked from the forgotten woodpile. She flinched as she was carried through an angry jeering crowd. She shuddered when soldiers nailed a man’s hands to her. She felt ugly and harsh and cruel. But on Sunday morning, when the sun rose and the earth tremble with joy beneath her, the third tree knew that God’s love had changed everything. It had made the third tree strong. And every time people thought of the third tree, they would think of God. That was better than being the tallest tree in the world.
The next time you feel down because you didn’t get what you want, sit tight and be happy because God is thinking of something better to give you.
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Felix's Testimony
Hi everyone...just want to shared with you all how I got saved in church. Some of you guys have heard of this testimony while the others haven't. Anyway, it's a great honor for me to share what God has done for me when I first got saved in church. So, hope you will take some time to read through it and be blessed by it.
I remembered I was being pestered to church by a certain wonderful sister called Samantha. Upon arriving at the church, I was immediately amazed by the church building, the church auditorium, the svc and the members...then came the altar call, when Pstor Phil had asked for those people who had put up their hands to come down to the altar, I was felt suspicious and quite reluctant to do so coz in my heart I don't want to become a Christian and the only reason I put up my hand is because I admit I am not perfect and have sins in me(I know nuts about altar call or anything to do with Christianity at that time)...anyway, I was easily persuaded by Samantha to come down to the altar call(at that time I still don’t know the true meaning of responding to the altar call) and it was until I went up from the altar call then I knew that I have made a decision to accept Christ to be my Lord and savior…so there I am, saved for my first time in church but without anyway emotions, commitment and faith in my salvation but rather someone who is quite reluctant and downhearted about it…but I decided to give God a chance and this church a chance to prove to me why all these people can be so fervent about their religion...
For next three weeks or so, whenever anyone ask me how I was being saved in church, I would answered them that I was saved by luck and chance, that my salvation is really a funny one and it cant be any lamer...I mean, where got people get saved so unknowingly and unwillingly as me??...but little do I know, God has already shown His grace and mercy towards me on that day I was saved..
One night, after a makeup cell, I was home getting ready to sleep...lying on my bed, my mind was going through all the things that happened on the day itself…my mind then came up a recapped of what happen after the makeup cell where I was waiting for a bus with a sister call Hengling. We had a brief conversation regarding my salvation..
Hengling: "Felix, tell me how you get saved in church lei."
Me: "Oh, aiya... it was by luck one la... "
Then all a sudden, a voice spoke in my mind "Hey Felix, you are not saved by chance" I was stunned and my eyes were wide opened now, I knew it was not my voice and I was afraid (I mean who wont?? Don’t tell me you are not afraid when you heard a voice and there is no one around…) but all the fears were quickly swept away now as a strong and thick wave of love started to descend upon my body and in my mind, a vision birth forth…it was the day of my salvation, I can see God’s Spirit hovering across the sanctuary looking for souls, and He saw me, and He knew me, that why He purposed in His heart to let me got saved unknowingly so I may have the chance to know Him and experience His great love towards me...
Tears started to stream down my cheeks as I caught hold of this truth from the vision God had revealed to me…and in the awesome presence of His love, grace and majesty, what else can I do than to rejoice, dance and kneel before my great King.
Haha...sometimes I wonder is it because I am been so faithless in my salvation even after so many people have told me it was by God will I am saved that God has to come down personally to show correct me…so my friends, I don’t want you to make the same mistakes as I do, I just want to assured you all that your salvations are no fake!! No matter how you see your salvation as "unspecial" or you feel unworthy that God would actually want to save you (like what I felt when I first got saved), know that you are very significant to God. :)
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