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I LOVE RUBBER BANDS
Let me tell you a crazy story I heard recently. There's this husband who
out of sheer love for his wife decided to prove it to her. So he swam
the widest oceans, crossed the deepest rivers, and climbed the highest
mountains to show his deep devotion to her. But in the end, she divorced
him. Why? Because he was never home. (Get it?) Let me tell you an
experience I had as a kid. One day, I asked Mom, "Why do my shoes keep
eating my socks?" As a young boy, that was always a mystery for me. All
my other classmates never had that problem. Their socks remained tight
and high up their legs the entire day. Mom didn't answer my question but
simply gave me two rubber bands which I dutifully placed around the top
of my socks. To this day, fifteen years later, I still have permanent
circle marks around my legs. But aside from giving me this slight
defect, the two bands worked like magic. It never occurred to me that
Dad and Mom didn't have the money to buy a new pair of socks for me. So
I wore five-year-old socks, all soggy, grayish, and garterless. And yet
amazingly, I never complained. I believe it was because Dad was always
home when I needed him. Every night, after coming from work, we'd jog
together, sit around, and talk about Tarzan, Farrah Fawcett Majors, God,
and what I wanted to be when I grew up (a stockholder). On Saturdays,
we'd walk to Cubao, eat a hot-dog-on-a-stick, and buy new rubber bands
before going home. I've learned that in truth, we don't want our loved
ones to show their love for us in big ways. Swimming the widest oceans,
crossing the deepest rivers, and climbing the highest mountains seem
spectacular -- but that's not what we really want. Deep in our hearts,
we just want them home. With us. Sometimes, God will operate that way.
Suddenly, He decides not to answer our prayers, or fill our need, or
heal our sickness, or give us the miracle we're asking for. (He's got
reasons why He won't, and believe me-- they're pretty good ones.)So
He'll just be there beside you, holding you in a hug. Sharing your pain.
Weeping as you weep. Oh, He might give you some rubber bands. And that
small comfort from Him will be more than enough to sustain you. Because
the most essential truth you already know. Daddy's home. By Bo Sanchez
From his book: Thank God He's Boss!
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