FOLLOW YOUR DREAM WITH FAITH AND HOPE

ONCE THERE WERE THREE TREES ON A HILL..THEY OFTEN DISCUSSED THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS..THE FIRST TREE SAID “SOMEDAY I HOPE TO BE A TREASURE NEST..I COULD BE FILLED WITH GOLD,SILVER AND PRECIOUS GEMS..I COULD BE DECORATED WITH INTRICATE CARVING AND EVERYONE WOULD SEE MY BEAUTY..

THE SECOND TREE SAID “SOME DAY I WILL BE A MIGHTY SHIP AND I WILL TAKE KINGS AND QUEENS ACROSS THE WATERS AND SAIL TO THE CORNERS OF THE WORLD..EVERYONE WILL FEEL SAFE DURING THE JOURNEY BECAUSE OF MY STRENGHT”.

THE THIRD TREE SAID,”I WANT TO GROW TO BE THE TALLEST AND STRAIGHTEST TREE IN THE FOREST..POPLE WILL SEE ME ON TOP OF THE HILL AND WILL THINK HOW CLOSE I AM TO GOD AND THE HEAVENS.I WILL BE THE GREATEST TREE OF ALL TIME AND PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER ME”..

A FEW YEARS LATER,A GROUP OF WOODMEN CAME UPON THE TREES..LOOKING AT THE FIRST TREE,ONE WOODSMAN SAID,”THIS LOOKS LIKE A STRONG TREE,I THINK I SHOULD BE ABLE TO SELL THE WOOD TO A CARPENTER”AND HE BEGAN CUTTING IT DOWN.THE TREE WAS HAPPY,BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT CARPENTER WOULD MAKE HIM IN TO A TREASURE..

AT THE SECOND TREE THE WOODSMAN SAID,”THIS LOOKS LIKE A STRONG TREE..I SHOULD BE ABLE TO SELL IT TO THE SHIPYARD”.THE SECOND TREE WAS HAPPY BECAUSE HE KNEW HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO BECOMING A MIGHTY SHIP.

WHEN THE WOODSMEN CAME UPON THE THIRD TREE,THE TREE WAS DISMAYED BECAUSE IF THEY CUT HIM DOWN,HE WOULD NEVER REALISE HIS DREAM.THE WOODSMEN SAID”I DONT NEED ANYTHING SPECIAL,SO I’II TAKE THIS ONE;AND HE CUT IT DOWN..

FROM THE FIRST TREE,THE CARPENTER MADE A FEED BOX FOR ANIMALS WHICH WAS PLACED IN A BARN AND FILLED WITH HAY.THE SECOND TREE WAS USED TO MAKE A SMALL FISHING BOAT.HIS DREAMS OF BEING A MIGHTY SHIP SHATTERED IMMEDIATELY.THE THIRD TREE WAS CUT IN TO LARGE PIECES AND STORED IN A DARK PLACE.

YEARS WENT BY AND THE TREES FORGOT ABOUT THEIR DREAMS.THEN ONE DAY,
A NAB AND A WOMAN CAME TO THE BARN.THE WOMAN GAVE BIRTH AND THEY PLACED THE BABY ON THE HAY IN THE FEED BOX MADE FROM THE FIRST TREE WHICH THEY FOUND IN THE MANGER.THE TREE REALISED HE WAS CRADLING THE GREATEST TREASURE OF ALL TIME.

YEARS LATER,A GROUP OF MEN LET OFF IN THE FISHING BOAT MADE FROM THE SECOND TREE.ONE OF THEM WAS TIRED AND FEEL ASLEEP.SOON A GREAT STORM AROSE AND THE TREE DIDNT THINK IT WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP THE MEN SAFE.THE MEN ROUSED THE SLEEPING MAN AWAKE AND HE STOOD UP AND SAID “PEACE” AND THE STORM STOPPED.THE SECOND TREE(NOW A BOAT)KNEW NOW THAT HE HAD CARRIED THE KING OF KINGS ACROSS THE WATERS.

FINALLY,SOME ONE CAME AND GOT THE THIRD TREE.IT WAS CARRIED THROUGH THE STREETS AND PEOPLE MOCKED AT THE MAN WHO WAS CARRYING IT.WHEN THEY STOPPED,THE WAS NAILED TO THE TREE(NOW SHAPED LIKE A CROSS) AND WAS RAISED IN THE AIR TO DIE AT THE TOP OF A HILL..THE THIRD TREE CAME TO REALISE THAT IT WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO STAND AT THE TOP OF THE HILL AND WAS GOD AS WAS POSSIBLE BECAUSE JESUS HAD BEEN CRUCIFIED ON IT..

SO WHEN THINGS DONT SEEM TO BE GOING YOUR WAY,ALWAYS KNOW THAT GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU.IF YOU PLACE YOUR TRUST IN HIM,HE WILL GIVE YOU GREAT GIFTS..

EACH OF THE TREES GOT WHAT THEY WANTED,THOUGH NOT IN THE WAY THEY HAD IMAGINED..WE DONT ALWAYS KNOW WHAT GOD’S PLANS ARE FOR US..EVEN IF HIS WAYS ARE NOT OUR WAYS,THEY ARE ALWAYS THE BEST…
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HI EVERYONE,,
THANKS FOR READING SUCH A LONG STORY…
MOST OF THE TIME WE NEVER TRY OUR BEST..THAT IS THE ONLY REASON FOR
OUR FAILURE…SO I WISH ALL MY FRIENDS TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN THEIR PATHS..
DEDICATED TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO WOULD READ IT,,THANKS A LOT…FOR ENCOURAGING ME..LEAVING UR COMMENTS…FOR EVERYTHING…
HAVE A NICE DAY…take care,,ashu…