[mit-ac6] the teacup
- From: ShaOliN TeMpLe <lil_shao27@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mit-ac6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 16:43:52 +0100 (BST)
THE TEACUP
> >
> > There was a couple who used to go to England to
> > shop in the beautiful
> > stores. They both liked antiques and pottery and
> > especially teacups. This
> > was their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
> >
> > One day in this beautiful shop they saw a
> > beautiful teacup. They said,
> > "May
> > we see that? We've never seen one quite so
> > beautiful." As the lady handed
> > it to them, suddenly the teacup spoke.
> >
> > "You don't understand," it said. "I haven't always
> > been a teacup. There
> > was a time when I was red and I was clay. My
> > master took me and rolled me
> > and patted me over and over and I yelled out, 'Let
> > me alone', but he only
> > smiled, 'Not yet.'
> >
> > "Then I was placed on a spinning wheel," the
> > teacup said, "and suddenly I
> > was spun around and around and around. Stop it!
> > I'm getting dizzy! I
> > screamed. But the master only nodded and said,
> > 'Not yet.'
> >
> > Then he put me in the oven. I never felt such
> > heat. I wondered why he
> > wanted to burn me, and I yelled and knocked at the
> > door. I could see him
> > through the opening and I could read his lips as
> > he shook his head, 'Not
> > yet.'
> >
> > Finally the door opened, he put me on the shelf,
> > and I began to cool.
> > 'There, that's better', I said. And he brushed and
> > painted me all over.
> > The
> > fumes were horrible. I thought I would gag.
> > 'Stop it, stop it!' I
> > cried.
> > He only nodded, 'Not yet.'
> >
> > Then suddenly he put me back into the oven, not
> > like the first one. This
> > was twice as hot and I knew I would suffocate. I
> > begged. I pleaded. I
> > screamed. I cried. All the time I could see him
> > through the opening
> > nodding
> > his head saying, 'Not yet.'
> >
> > Then I knew there wasn't any hope. I would never
> > make it. I was ready to
> > give up. But the door opened and he took me out
> > and placed me on the
> > shelf.
> > One hour later he handed me a mirror and I
> > couldn't believe it was me.
> > It's beautiful. I'm beautiful.'
> >
> > 'I want you to remember, then,' he said, 'I know
> > it hurts to be rolled
> > and
> > patted, but if I had left you alone, you would
> > have dried up. I know it
> > made you dizzy to spin around on the wheel, but if
> > I had stopped, you
> > would have crumbled. I knew it hurt and was hot
> > and disagreeable in the
> > oven, but if I hadn't put you there, you would
> > have cracked.
> >
> > I know the fumes were bad when I brushed and
> > painted you all over, but if
> > I hadn't done that, you never would have hardened;
> > you would not have had
> > any color in your life. And if I hadn't put you
> > back in that second
> > oven,
> > you wouldn't survive for very long because the
> > hardness would not have
> > held. Now you are a finished product. You are
> > what I had in mind when I
> > first began with you.
> >
> > MORAL: God knows what He's doing for all of us. He
> > is the potter, and we
> > are His clay. He will mold us and make us, so that
> > we may be made into a
> > flawless piece of work to fulfill His good,
> > pleasing, and perfect will.
> >
> > Author Unknown
> >
> >
> >Let this story be an encouragement to you and
> >remind you that God has a
> >perfect plan for your life. He may need to place
> >some struggles in your
> >life to strengthen your character so that you may
> >be strong in the days
> >of
> >greater adversity. Don't get discouraged when you
> >feel like the heat of>
> >
> >the struggle is going to burn you. God knows
> >exactly when to pull you
> >out
> >and deliver you from that problem, and when He
> >does you will be much
> >wiser
> >and stronger than you were before. (Proverbs
> >3:5-6) (Psalm 103:13-14)
> >
> >God will never give to us more than we are able to
> >withstand, so remind
> >yourself that if many problems are coming your
> >way, it is only because
> >God
> >knows your inner strength and ability to be strong
> >even in the midst of a
> >problem.
ShAoLiN
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