A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. While creating roads in the soft sand, he1 a large rock in the middle of the sandbox.
The boy dug around the 2, managing to move it out from the dirt. With much effort, he tried to push the rock out of the sandbox. 3, he failed. The rock was too 4 for his small body.
As he 5 to accept his failure, the little boy dug, pushed, and pried, but every time he thought he had made some 6, the rock rolled and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy 7 again and again, but the only result was to have the rock roll back.
8, he cried loudly. All this time the boy's father 9 him from his living room. The moment the tears fell, a sweet 10 rose above the boy's head. It was his father. 11 but firmly he said, "Son, why didn't you use all the strength that you had?" The boy replied with tears, "But I did, Daddy, I did! I have tried 12 I could do!" "No, son, you didn't," replied the father kindly." You didn't ask 13 to help you." With that the father 14 the rock and threw it out of the sandbox.
Are you discovering that sometimes you don't have the strength to move your "rocks" away? There is ONE who is always willing to 15 you with the strength you need. Don't forget that!
