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Why 5 stones?

David killed Goliath with 5 stones and a sling. But why did David pick 5 stones where there was only one giant? He has no faith? Thinking that if he missed one, he still have four more chances?? If you read the story further in 2Samuel, you will realised that Goliath had 4 sons. That means, there were 5 giants! Which means to say, David wanted to kill the 5 giants all at one shot! He has faith. Great faith! And his faith is specific. 5 giants, 5 stones. He didnt go by the natural, bring 5 stones to kill 1 giant - flawed faith. He didnt presume that he could kill more than 5 giants - presumptuous faith. He has faith. And his faith is specific. Dont be frustrated when you see the problems. Take one giant at a time.

Chew on it!

I was reading a book this morning, and i felt this story is good! While hopping about one day, a frog happened to slip into a very large pothole along a country road. All of his attempts at jumping out were in vain. Soon a rabbit came upon the frog trapped in the hole and offered to help him out. He, too, failed. After various animals from the forest made three or four gallant attempts to help the poor frog out, they finally gave up. "We'll go back and get you some food," they said. "It looks like you're going to be here for a while." However, not long after, they took off to get food, they heard the frog hopping along after them. They couldnt believe it! "We thought you couldnt get out!" they exclaimed. "Oh, i couldnt," replied the frog. "But you see, there was a big truck coming right at me, and I HAD TO." (compliments: Attitude 101 - J C Maxwell. Thanks to Kevin for lending me the book) As long as we have acceptable options, ...

Bite on it

I overheard a conversation in the lift today. It goes like this... Man: "what are you listening to?" Woman: "songs lo..." Any answer lamer than that?!? conclusion: 1. The woman does not understand what the man is asking. (maybe thats why man and woman are still trying to understand each other! haha. Hmm.. actually not neccessary though, sometimes it happens with man-man, woman-woman. hee) 2. The man is not specific in his asking. So the woman is not wrong with her answer also. 3. But common sense tells us that what the man meant was, "what songs are you listening to?" (if i know that you SAW me listening to a MP3 player, of course i would anticipate that you are actually asking me what songs im listening to! - its like: you see me sitting infront of a big TV watching a programme. "What are you watching?" "TV." ~.~"' hello?? anybody home?? The TV not big enough? duh) 4. Lame question, lame answer. (you get what you give. Give pe...