Consider your mark

One of my friends sent me email below about the pencil, and it just touched me. I am moved by the simplistic true of the analogy found in something so common that has or are used by most every day, but do not see. How it directs us to consider our ways and words. Helps us to remember, we, whether wanted to or not, there is a stray mark caused by us. Therefore, we must take note, and remember to live our truth; thou none go with us, God always guides us…we choose….This email was apropos for me because I wonder how many times that I, like many other spiritual centered, Christians, or faith believers, never really consider this. Although, the reasons are as diverse as the people, and just as many excuses, but it does not change the fact we always choose our response. It is not the person, the situation, or the environment; it is up to us to make the decision. Making the choice that is not don by a selfish motivation guarantees an outcome we would be ready and willing to accept, regardless of it because we acted on our truth…Proverbs 1:31 - "Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices."… Remember everyone desires the mountain top experience, but everything grows, develops in the valleys of life…we choose…Try to make it a point today to consider what you say, and how you act, and what mark it will leave. You will see how your actions and words change…smiling…the choice is yours…

A PENCIL MAKER TOLD THE PENCIL 5 IMPORTANT LESSONS JUST BEFORE PUTTING IT IN THE BOX :
1.) EVERYTHING YOU DO WILL ALWAYS LEAVE A MARK. - Good or bad, it is there
2.) YOU CAN ALWAYS CORRECT THE MISTAKES YOU MAKE. - But we still have to live the consequence
3.) WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS WHAT IS INSIDE OF YOU. - It directs you in a seamless unconscious way
4.) IN LIFE, YOU WILL UNDERGO PAINFUL SHARPENINGS, WHICH WILL ONLY MAKE YOU BETTER. - We do not always choose what happens to us, but we always choose how we respond
5.) TO BE THE BEST PENCIL, YOU MUST ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE HELD AND GUIDED BY THE HAND THAT HOLDS YOU. – God knows best and His order does not align with man, and we cannot lead when we will not be lead…

We all need to be constantly sharpened. This parable may encourage you to know that you are a special person, with unique God-given talents and abilities. Only you can fulfill the purpose which you were born to accomplish. Never allow yourself to get discouraged and think that your life is insignificant and cannot be changed and, like the pencil, always remember that the most important part of who you are, is what's inside of you. ...How are you going to choose, for the choice is always YOURS!