The devil and the duck.

Sifted through the emails and I found one email sent by my ex-english teacher in highschool.

A simple story, but good enough for a daily reminder :)

There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm.

He was given a slingshot to play with out in the woods.

Slingshot = lastik, as we would normally call it. -from google

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.'

Whatever is in your past, whatever you have done, that makes you feel really really bad and useless the whole life, the devil will keep throwing it up in your face (lying, cheating, debt, fear, bad habits, hatred, anger, bitterness, etc.), making you feel all the more guilty and in denial of everything around you.

Nevertheless, the one thing you need to keep in mind is that:
Allah 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 devils 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.

The thing is, we are the ones who rarely ask for forgiveness.

p/s; 2 more papers to go! And then rock n roll baybeyhh!