Where's my Cookie??

Sunday, May 01, 2005

hmm.today. was a MEANINGFUL day.

all the stuff were super relevant to me and jon la. its like. the sermon, the songs, the prayer... all super relevant. like He was trying to tell me something, yeah...
im glad i told someone about my problem.its like a weight was lifted from me...thanks accountability partner!

then like.i think, losing my phone. is a blessing in disguise.now i can concentrate better on my work. yeahh.feels.so liberating. but.still... ishouldnt have lost it.stupid comfort-able taxis.

yeah. oh. and i was just thinking as i sat outside shineforth.looking at the trees. there were 2 trees, one quite short,and one very tall.

there was this tree, the base was quite withered away, and the top was sprouting flowers and there were lots of leaves, but it was bending slightly to one side. and it was also held up by supports.

so i thought about my life.like how God blessed me like the tree, and how the tree had supports, also like how i had friends to support me. but the tree grew so beautifully that it started to tilt slightly, maybe it had too much talent, or too much acheievements, that it tilted away from the path.it was too high for the supports, started thinking it was better than them. it had too much pride, too much troubles, and its base, the base of its faith was withering away.

so God decides to cut and trim the tree down to size, takes away the achievements, the talent, the blessings that he has given the tree. so the flowers wilt, leaves die, and the branches get trimmed off. it became like the second tree. the second tree was different, it was as short as its supports, and its base was not withered away.

i want to be like the second tree.hopefully.yeah.im still learning how to.

|sam| 5:49 AM|

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