----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 1999 8:57 PM
Subject: To All of You, With Love
God's Boxes of Love
I have in my hands two boxes
Which God gave
me to hold
He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black,
And all your
joys in the gold."
I heeded His words, and in the two boxes
Both my
joys and sorrows I stored
But though the gold became heavier each
day
The black was as light as before
With curiosity, I opened the
black
I wanted to find out why
And I saw, in the base of the box, a
hole
Which my sorrows had fallen out by
I showed the hole to God,
and mused aloud,
"I wonder where my sorrows could be."
He smiled a
gentle smile at me.
"My child, they're all here with me."
I asked,
"God, why give me the boxes,
Why the gold, and the black with the
hole?"
"My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings,
the black
is for you to let go."
We should consider all of our friends a
blessing. Send this to a
friend today just to let them know that you are
thinking of them,
and that they are a joy in your life.
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