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nimmi
india
pls read it ...i m sure you will like it ...
dear all ....
You may be praying for something this very moment and all you keep getting is a "Not Yet!" Here is a wonderful story............
The Story of the Tea Cup
There was a couple who went to England to shop in a beautiful antique store. They both liked antiques and pottery, and especially tea cups. On a trip to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary, they found an exceptional cup. They asked "May we see that cup? We've never seen a tea cup quite so beautiful."
As the lady handed it to them, suddenly the tea cup spoke, "You don't understand." the cup said, "I have not always been a tea cup. There was a time when I was just a lump of red clay. My master took me and rolled me, pounded and patted me over and over, and I yelled out, 'Don't do that. I don't like it! Let me alone.' But the potter only smiled, and gently said, "Not yet!!"
Then, WHAM! I was placed on a spinning wheel and suddenly I was spun around and around and around. "Stop it! I'm getting so dizzy! I'm going to be sick!" I screamed. But the master only nodded and said, quietly, "Not yet." He spun me and poked and prodded and bent me out of shape to suit himself and then...Then he put me in the oven. I never felt such heat. I yelled and knocked and pounded at the door. "Help! Get me out of here!" I could see him through the opening and I could read his lips as he shook his head from side to side, "Not yet." When I thought I couldn't bear it another minute, the door opened. He carefully took me out and put me on the shelf, and I began to cool. Oh, that felt so good! Ah, this is much better, I thought. But, after I cooled, he picked me up and he brushed and painted me all over. The fumes were horrible. I thought I would gag. "Oh, please, Stop it, Stop it!!" I cried. He only shook his head and said. "Not yet!"
Then suddenly he put me back in to the oven. Only it was not like the first one. This was twice as hot and I just knew I would suffocate. I begged. I pleaded. I screamed. I cried. I was convinced I would never make it. I was ready to give up. Just then the door opened and he took me out and again placed me on the shelf, where I cooled and waited... and waited, wondering what he is going to do to me next? An hour later he handed me a mirror and said, "Look at yourself," and I did. I said, "That's not me. That couldn't be me. It's beautiful... I'm beautiful!"
Quietly he spoke: "I want you to remember this," he said, "I know it hurt to be rolled and patted, but had I left you alone, you'd 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 know it hurt and it 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. If I hadn't put you back in that second oven, you wouldn't have survived for long because the hardness would not have held. Now you are a finished product. Now you are what I had in mind when I first began with you."
The moral of this story is this: God knows what He's doing in each of us. He is the potter, and we are his clay. He will mold us and make us, and expose us to just enough pressures of just the right kinds that we may be made into a flawless piece of work to fulfill His good, pleasing and perfect will.
So when life seems hard, and you are being pounded and patted and pushed almost beyond endurance; when your world seems to be spinning out of control; when you feel like you are in a fiery furnace of trials; when life seems to "stink", try this...Brew a cup of your favorite tea in your prettiest tea cup, sit down and think on this story and then... Have a little talk with the Potter.
may god bless us all
nimmi
Update - 11 months ago:
lord jesus pls heal my knphew laksh sachdeva ....he is not well god . pls lay yr healing hands on him ...
bless him god . we really need yr blessings
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deb_lacki
Los Angeles
Thank you Lord for Nimmi and the inspiration and encouragement. We are all uplifted and reminded that we are all works in progress. Lord we ask that you send healing to her nephew. Father left him awake pain free and ready to praise your holy name. In the name of Jesus. Your goodness and mercy surpasses anything we could hope for. Thank you Lord.
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mommy2k
SC
animmi, it is I who is honoured to know someone as sweet, kind, and caring as you. My e-mail address is aura2k@msn.com. Hope all is blessed with you and your family, and a special prayer for your nephew Laksh and your mother. Until later...xxxPat
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What a beautiful and inspiring story, Nimmi! Thank you for sharing with us, and thank you so much for your prayers for Mick and I.
Dear Father in Heaven I kneel before you and lift Laksh sachdeva up to you. Lay your healing hands upon him and heal him from whatever ails him. Give him strength, hope and courage and bring him back to 100% health. In jesus Mighty Name. Amen.
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CarmenProfit
AL
PRAY WITH ME FOR EVERYONE ON THIS SITE! Dear Lord I give you thanks first in your name. Praise you in all that you do in everyone's life.
Hello my dear brothers in sisters in Christ. I come to you with an open heart, and an open mind. I ask that Peace be unto you and God is blessing you as your needs are seen fit. You are hurting, Believe that our Lord Jesus is mending your hurting, if you are lonely our Lord Jesus is already with you, and has never forsaken you. If you are sick Jesus is healing you of your sickness. If you are grieving of a lost one, Jesus is comforting you. If you are scared, Jesus is taking your fear away from you, If you are in a bad relationship Jesus is mending your relationship. If you are worried about what other people think, or worried about what they say about you, Jesus Loves you for you, and he will never talk about you, and he will always be with you in your time of need. If you are homeless, or losing your home Jesus has already prepared a place for you a mansion with many rooms. My brothers, and sister In God all you have to do is claim your blessings. If you are hungry, Jesus has already prepared a table for you. Jesus came to break the chains of poverty, by his stripes the blood of the Lamb are you all healed. All your tears are being wiped away. All your pain has been washed away. Jesus has washed away our sins so why must we keep hammering him to the cross? Except your blessings, stop dwelling on your past, don't dwell on the future for today is your blessing. My brothers, and sister, God has already sent his angels to be placed around each and everyone of us, and our loved one's who are being healed as I am writing this. Believe with me raise your prayers unto heaven, face Jerusalem, lift your eye's toward heaven and claim your blessing for every one is loved. I believe that everyone who is suffering from disease, and sickness are healed. Jesus has rebuked those demons out of your homes, and your lives, claim Jesus as your savior and Lord of Lords. Go in peace In the name of Jesus we pray. A-men'
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que
India,
Dear Nimmi
I must say that this is a terryfic story. exactly what is happening in our lives. As the word of God says too. Be joyful always..... and thank him for everything for this is the will of God. A real motivation for those in the dumps. Wsih you the best nimmi will remember you in my prayers, you and your loved one.God Bless you
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bry
england
Thanks for the message, Nimmi. It made me feel kinda light too! May God richly bless you and yours as you continue to serve Him. In Jesus' name. Amen. Your brother in Christ bryan xxx
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mommy2k
SC
That is a beautiful story; thanks for sharing it. May God bless and keep you and yours in the days to come. Thanks for your prayers--Pat
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tomwitt
Oklahoma City
Thanks for the wonderful pray God Bless You
nimmi - about 1 year ago:
THANX FOR YR BEST WISHES ....GOD BLESS U
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Baruch
Philippines
Thank you for sharing a wonderful story. God bless you and may He grant you whatever your heart desires, but let His will be done accordingly.
nimmi - about 1 year ago:
THANX FOR YR BEST WISHES ....GOD BLESS U
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melanie_benedict
India
thank you nimmi,,for praying for me...and this beautiful story...it really means so much to me..coz right now im going through a very bad phase in life,,i really donot know what to do...as im very heart broken,,first i had the loss of my twin sons and now my falling marriage,,,i really donot know what plans god has for me,,but as of now he has caused me alot of pain...please keep praying for me...may god bless u and ur family
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cju
New Jersey, USA
God Bless you dear nimmi. I thank you for your loving prayers and birthday wishes. Lord Jesus please heal my dear friend nimmi who loves you so and has such a loving faith. Please heal her mom and her sister and bless her and her family. Please heal her pain and grant her all she needs and let her want for nothing. Please send her a loving and good man who will respect her and grant them a loving and blessed and happy marriage. Please Lord, work a miracle here and deliver her from her trials. Please st jude st anne st anthony st john st rita and mother mary pray unceasingly for her. God Bless you amen
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bry
england
Thanks nimmi, for this beautiful story! Thanks too for your prayers for my niece (catinuganda.) MUCH appreciated! God bless+++ bry xxx
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jhintz
Texas
Oh...Nimmi, that was a beautiful illistration of how life and our trials are....to have the end be a beautiful finished product of God....my gosh i felt the whole story.....for that is how i felt.....thank you for that....
May god bless you and may you be in that catagory like myself and hopeful, god has made us the finish product......for that furnace gets way too hot for me!!!! you are in my prayers as well and i do hope God blesses you in so many ways....Amen
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Jenny_Collins
Texas
I love it! I am crying, I just said how frustrated I was getting not able to concieve a child yet, I feel like I'm so deserving but God keeps saying, "NOT YET" How funny that you would put this here, I came to your site because I OK'd you responses, one was mine. Everything happens for a reason! may God Bless you day and your life forever! Jenny
nimmi - about 1 year ago:
DEAR JENNY ...
I M GLAD THAT U LIKED IT ...I M REALLY HONOURED ...U R IN MY PRAYERS ...DONT WORRY GOD IS WID U ..AND U WILL B BLESSED VERY SOON ...IN JESUS NAME I PRAY ...
Nothing is impossible with God. And prayer changes people and circumstances.
hope that GOD will continue to keep a watchful eye on YOU
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