beautiful story of dreams

BEAUTIFUL STORY OF DREAMS…

Sometimes we get what we need and not what we want..........
Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods.They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said,"Someday, I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold,silver and precious gems and be decorated with intricate carvings.Everyone would see my beauty."

The second tree said, "Someday, I will be a mighty ship. I will takekings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of theworld.Everyone will feel safe in me because of the strength of my hull."

Finally, the third tree said, "I want to grow to be the tallest andstraightest tree in the forest. People will see me on top of the hilland look up to my branches, and think of the heavens and God and howclose to them I am reaching. I willbe the greatest tree of all time,and people will always remember me."
After a few years of praying that their dreams would come true, agroupof woodsmen came upon the trees.

One came to the first tree and said,"This looks like a strong tree, I think I should be able to sell thewood to a carpenter," and he began cutting it down. The tree washappy,because he knew that the carpenter would make him into a treasurechest.

At the second tree, one of the other woodsman said, "This looks like astrong tree. I should be able to sell it to the shipyard." The asecondtree was happy, because he knew he was on his way to becoming a mightyship.

When the woodsmen came upon the third tree, the tree was frightened,because it knew that, if it was cut down, its dreams would not cometrue. One of the woodsmen said,"I don't need anything special from mytree, so I'll take this one," and he cut it down.
When the first tree arrived at the carpenter's, he was made into afeedbox for animals, placed in a barn and filled with hay. This was not atall what he had prayed for.
The second tree was cut and made into a small fis His dreams of being a mighty ship and carrying kings had come to anend. The thirdtree was cut into large pieces and left alone in the dark.
The years went by, and the trees forgot about their dreams.
Then a man and woman came to the barn. She gave birth, and theyplaced the baby inthe hay in the feed box that was made from the first tree.

The man wished that he could have made a crib for the baby, but thismanger would have to do.

The tree could feel the importance of this event andknew that it hadheld the greatesttreasure of all time.

Years later, a group of men got in the fishing boat made from thesecondtree. One of them was tired and went to sleep. While they were out onthe water, a great storm arose, and the tree didn't think it wasstrongenough to keep the men safe.
The men woke the sleeping man, and he stood and said "Peace," and thestorm stopped. At this time, the tree knew that it had carried theKingof Kings in its boat.
Finally, someone came and got the third tree.

It was carried through the streets, and the crowd mocked the man whowas carrying it.Finally, the man was nailed to the tree and raised in the air to dieatthe top of a hill. When Sunday came, the tree came to realize that itwas strong enough to stand at the top of the hill and be as close to
Godas was possible, because Jesus had been crucified on it.

The moral of this story is that, when things don't seem to be goingyourway, always know that God has a plan for you. If you place your trustinhim, He will give you great gifts. Each of the trees got what theywanted, just not in the way they had imagined. We don't always knowwhatGod's plans are for us.We just know that His ways are not our ways, but His ways are alwaysbest.
Keep it moving...pass it on, so it could inspire more people.Sometimes the heart sees what the eyes can't.
HAVE A NICE DAY….