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Take some time to stop and look at nature. Pick up a rock or two and think about where it might have started out and what it might have gone through to end up where you found it.
Rocks
The smoothest rock is the onethat was in the roughest partof the stream,where it was tossed to and fro,bouncing from rock to rockor tree branch,losing a little of its roughnesswith each bang,until gradually it comes to restin the calm, quiet sandat the edge of the stream.When you pick it up and feel its smoothnessyou can feel the vibrationsof its tumultuous journeyand know that despite the troubles you now face,you too will come to a calmand quiet place,your rough edges smoothed,and you will grant peaceto those who hold you close.The energy you containwill speak to their hearts and mindsand calm them,and they will realizethat they too can have this peace,if only they will trustthat God has their best interests at heart.We seek out the smooth stonesbecause we know that theycan easily skip across the surfaceof the water for a great distance.Those with rough edges quickly sink to the bottom - they have no longevity.A good "skipping stone" is a great find indeed.For it is in the heart of the stonethat the strength is found.The outside edges are weakand break off easily,but the centre becomes purerand more durableas the roughness is ground away.So too our inner corebecomes more durableas our rough edgesare smoothed.
Copyright Fran Watson February 2005
Fran Watson http://www.franwatson.cahttp://www.diet-basics.orghttp://www.moremoney4u.org
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