Y Sunday, September 07, 2008Y
11:29 am
A father is on the beach with one of his sons and the son is just fascinated by shells so he just keeps loading them in his pockets and till there full.that's not enough he picks them up till he is walking around with hands full of shells..and while this is happening his father spots what his son really wants that's floating on the top of the ocean...a starfish ....what his son really wanted in the first place so.. he tells his son that his starfish is floating not too far from where they are.so the son spots the starfish and goes after it.His father watches from a distance and sees his son go out in the ocean and gets close but the waves come in so he comes back and the father is cheering him on ''come on that's your starfish get it it's yours!!!''so the son tries again gets close again then comes back and the father is like ''come on your almost there !!!''so the son gets so close and looks like he can reach it but doesn't so the son runs back and the father says ''why didn't you get your starfish it was right there???'' and the son says ''i couldn't get it because my hands are full of shells''.....
in life we get distracted and busy..and life is hard but in the midst of the pain and problems and hurt there is always something good that God gives you..and we miss it all the time because our hands are full of shells!!
The boy must drop the shells in his hands to get the starfish. The seashells were not bad for the boy, they were good. But...they were not best. God wants best for his children, not just good. Each of us are made for greatness. Ask Him what the broken shells are that you are clenching on to. Ask Him to clarify, it is worth it.