this is the message i read today... thought of sharing it =)

My uncle who lives in Florida, was discouraged by the lack of fruit on his grapefruit tree. someone told him he needed to whack the trunk of the tree a few times with a board. apparently, there is some truth to this unusual method of encouraging growth. one gardening expert says, 'at times, the flowering hormone in the tree seems to get stuck n no flowers appear. carefully persuade the tree to flower by shocking it. hit the trunk...several times..(which wil cause) small bruises in the bark.'

when trouble comes into our lives, we sometimes feel as if we've been hit broadside. we feel desperation n then we wonder. 'why is this happening to me?'
one possibility is that God is using a painful experience to get our attention. in psalm 119:71. david wrote, 'it's good for me that i've been afflicted, that i may learn your statutes.'

is God using pain in our lives to lovingly persuade us to change? the season of trouble may not be easy, but if we let ourselves be trained by it, new growth will result as we become more like His Son.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 ~ to everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.

does love means sacrifices ? or to sacrifice is to love ? love needs sacrifices ? geEzz... confusion.

cause life is life. everything is unpredictable. no one has the precise answer for everything that happens in our lives. all we can do is to tell ourselves : everything happens for a reason.

when a sheep lost its shepherd, it losts its way too. but as time passes by, the sheep will eventually find its way out.