The other day I was busily going about my life when I heard someone softly speak my name. I looked around, but no one was near. Again, I heard my name, this time a little louder. Startled, I stopped what I was doing and carefully listened for where it was coming from. I then heard, in a louder voice: “Cindy, this is your Father speaking”. Ok, by that time I was truly surprised and decided to listen carefully to what I was hearing. I then heard “This is God speaking and I want you to listen to what I have to say”. God’s voice was just a little stern so I decided to sit down and pay attention. God then continued speaking. “I have watched over you since the day I gave life to you. I am a little disappointed in the things I have been seeing. So today I am going to give you a box. This box will hold all your possessions that you wish to carry with you the rest of your life. In that box I want you to put your life and what you have acquired during your life and what means the most to you. This one box will hold all that you wish to put into it”. I said to myself: Wow! Just one box, but God told me it will hold everything that I wish to put in it. Ok. Things started going through my mind. I looked around me and saw all the things that I acquired during my life. I saw wall hangings, pictures, knick knacks, computers, furniture, TV, stereo equipment, musical instruments, vehicles, etc. Hmm, what do I want to put in the box first? God told me it would hold everything that I wanted to put in there so I started out with the guitars, then the cars, then the computers and photos. What next? Ok, so I put in the knick knacks and wall hangings and all those things I have sitting around that are pretty to look at. I stuffed that whole box with everything I own. All my worldly possessions went into that box. Why not I told myself. It will hold it all. After filling my box I told God I was finished and my life was in the box. God spoke again, very softly this time. I had to strain my ears to hear. “Child, you do not understand. You have to carry this box with you. You have all your possessions in your box but is it too heavy for you to carry? This box will soon become a burden to you. You will soon despise this box; you will become despaired because it is too heavy to carry”. Oh boy, I said to myself. God didn’t tell me I had to carry this box. A little troubled I asked God why I had to carry this box. Couldn’t He help me carry it? He is God and can do all things and all I wanted was his help to carry my “stuff”. God spoke again, this time with a crestfallen tone. “Cindy, you do not understand. You have filled your box with all your worldly possessions. The things that you have acquired in life and the things that you enjoy looking at and using. Child, have you forgotten other things to put in your box”. Oops, I guess I did. God told me I forgot something so I began to look around me wondering what I had forgotten to put in my box. I put everything I owned in that box, what could I have missed? As the sun began to shine through the window, a ray of light fell upon my Bible. Was that a sign from God? Was he showing me instead of telling me? I fell to my knees in understanding, my Bible clutched to my chest, tears streaming down my face as I realized what God had been trying to tell me. I prayed. Father in heaven I now understand what you are telling me. All my possessions are a burden to me; I cannot carry them with me. My box, I shall put into my box my Faith in you. I shall put into the box Love. Love for You, for life, and for family and friends who are dear to me. I will carefully put Peace, Hope, and Joy into my box. All these things I will carry with me. My box will not be too heavy. My box will not become a burden to me. My box containing my life will be a comfort to hold and cherish during my journey through life. God’s voice whispered in my ear: “Child, you now understand”. clgambell
Posted on: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 14:57:36 +0000
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