This really moved me.....

The Duck & the Devil

There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm.
He was given a slingshot to play with out in the woods.
He Practiced in the woods, but he could never hit the target. Getting A little discouraged, he headed back for dinner. As he was Walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck.

Just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly, hit the duck
Square in the head, and killed it. He was shocked and grieved.

In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood pile, only to see
His sister watching! Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing.

After lunch the next day Grandma said, " Sally, let's wash the
Dishes." But Sally said, "Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in
The kitchen." Then she whispered to him, " Remember the duck?" So
Johnny did the dishes.

Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go
Fishing and Grandma said, "I'm sorry but I need Sally to help make
Supper." Sally just smiled and said," Well that's all right because Johnny told
Me he wanted to help." She whispered again, "Remember the duck?" So Sally
Went fishing and Johnny stayed to help.

After several days of Johnny doing both his chores and Sally's,
He finally couldn't stand it any longer. He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed the duck. Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug, and said, "Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the whole thing, but because I love you, I forgave you. I was just wondering how long
You would let Sally make a slave of you."

Thought for the day and every day thereafter?

Whatever is in your past, whatever you have done... And the devil
Keeps throwing it up in your face (lying, cheating, debt, fear, bad
Habits, hatred, anger, bitterness, etc.) ....whatever it is....You need to know that God was standing at the window and He saw the whole thing..... He has seen your whole life. He wants you to know that He loves you and that you are forgiven.

He's just wondering how long you will let the devil make a slave
Of you.

The great thing about God is that when you ask for forgiveness, He
Not only forgives you, but He forgets . It is by God's grace and
Mercy that we are saved.

Go ahead and make the difference in someone's life today. Share
This with a friend and always remember:

God is at the window.

something to reflect on.... hayyy.... i never realized until now how much i have changed.. people really change, but with the changes i made in my life as a whole is very far behind from what i was before... from that simple, "manang" girl, i feel like something within me tells me to try out different things and try to be a different person.. could the "old" self of mine is currently attacking me, telling me these things which i never expected...

i could clearly remember my own personal perceptions before.. how positive i look not only to the everyday situations i encounter, but also on how i look towards other people.. i remember the old self believing that everybody is good, and that instead of looking at the negative attitudes/character of the person, try to dig out the positive ones instead... but i just realized, where is that person who views other people in a very positive manner? what could have happened to her? a person who used to be very careful of the words she will say believing that words are very powerful: they can make or break a person... more than that, the attitude of being careful not only on the words i say but on the manner of saying such words...

i do not now if the thought of trying different things, experimenting in my life, is a positive or a negative one.. i really do not now.. still the same old dilemma remains: I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I WANT.... i feel like i have been so boastful, so insensitive, selfish, self-centered, and too serious in life trying hard to be cool... this is how i feel about my self now.. i also just realized few minutes ago that with the present attitude of mine right now, i miss a lot of things.. i miss the company of old friends being too busy to think of meeting new people to come along.. and also because of pride and high regard towards my self, i have been deprived of seeing the beauty of every individual..

i know the reason has nothing to do with academics.. yes i have been so toxic, but still has time to do other enjoyable stuff like drama marathon courtesy of youtube.. i admit i have been far from my faith, and my relationship with God was in stress.. though i pray at night, but i miss the intense prayers i made just talking to Him and thanking Him for all the good and bad things that happened.. and when i wake up the next morning, another prayer to say to Him as a good thing to start my day.. i would confess that i distanced (for the nth time) in yfc.. because of the "choices of changing" when i turned 21 is very far from the culture of yfc, i decided unconsciously to distance with them.. i was thinking that despite the distance i made with the group, i will keep my relationship with God tight.. but it happened the other way around, each day that pass being going on a different direction, my relationship with Him weakens.. i have been so negative for the past few days, thinking a lots of things that made me fear.. i allowed my pride to take over me, that i will maintain the prosperous relationship with God on my own, and that every choice i made especially with regards to changing myself just turns me away from my Lord.. sometimes i envy my sister, who has a great faith and very strong relationship with God.. i am not living in a Christ-centered life lately... and may be this is the cause of my fears.. i wanted to cry out right this very moment, but i can't! i pray that it is not yet too late..

after reading the duck and the devil, i was touched.. i am the boy who killed the duck, who did not realize that God is there watching me and just waiting for me to repent and be back on His side.. i believed in my self too much not realizing that it was the devil who controls my life.. but now i believe, and very much thankful, that God knocked in my heart, and pulls me back closer to Him, again...^_^