Master Plan Of God (A Bit long but very good.) - Story our Non-Indian Friends can relate to & Still get our Vedic Message.

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srimathE rAmAnujAya namaha: Jai Sreeman Narayana:

 

Gods Ways :--- Story our Non-Indian Friends can relate to & Still get our

Vedic Message.

 

Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods. They were

discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said,

"Someday I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold,

silver and precious gems. I could be decorated with intricate carving and

everyone would see the beauty."

 

Then the second tree said,

"Someday I will be a mighty ship. I will take kings and queens across

the waters and sail to the corners of the world. Everyone will feel safe

in me because of the strength of my hull."

 

Finally the third tree said, "I want to grow to be the tallest and

straightest tree in the forest. People will see me on top of the hill

and look up to my branches, and think of the heavens and God and how close

to them I am reaching. I will be the greatest tree of all time and people

will always remember me."

 

After a few years of praying that their dreams would come true, a group

of woodsmen came upon the trees. When one came to the first tree he 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 the carpenter would make him into a treasure chest.

 

At the second tree a 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 frightened

because he knew that if they cut him down his dreams would not come true.

 

One of the woodsmen said, "I don't need anything special from my tree

so I'll take this one," and he cut it down."

 

When the first tree arrived at the carpenters, he was made into a feed

box for animals. He was then placed in a barn and filled with hay. This

was not at all what he had prayed for.

 

The second tree was cut and made into a small fishing boat. His dreams

of being a mighty ship and carrying kings had come to an end.

 

The third tree was cut into large pieces and left alone in the dark.

 

The years went by, and the trees forgot about their dreams. Then one

day, a man and woman came to the barn. She gave birth and they placed the

baby in the hay in the feed box that was made from the first tree.

 

The man wished that he could have made a crib for the baby, but this

manger would have to do. The tree could feel the importance of this event

 

and knew that it had held the greatest treasure of all time.

 

Years later, a group of men got in the fishing boat made from the

second tree. One of them was tired and went to sleep. While they were out

on the water, a great storm arose and the tree didn't think it was strong

enough to keep the men safe.

 

The men woke the sleeping man, and he stood and said "Peace" and the

storm stopped. At this time, the tree knew that it had carried the King of

Kings in its boat.

 

Finally, someone came and got the third tree. It was carried through

the streets as the people mocked the man who was carrying it. When they

came to a stop, the man was nailed to the tree and raised in the air to

die at the top of a hill.

 

When Sunday came, the tree came to realize that it was strong enough to

stand at the top of the hill and be as close to God as was

possible,because Jesus had been crucified on it.

 

Now : The Moral of this Story ?

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The moral of this story is that when things don't 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,just not in the way they had imagined. We don't always know what

God's plans are for us. We just know that His ways are not our ways, but

His ways are always the best.

 

 

AzhwAr EmberumAnAr Jeeyar ThiruvadigalE saranam

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

Mukundan Vankipuram Pattangi