The Seed

Here's a little story for y'all that I received in an emial! Enjoy

A successful Christian business man was growing old and knew it was
 time to choose a successor to take over the business. Instead of choosing one of his directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his  company together. He said, "It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO. I have decided to choose one of you. "The young executives were shocked, but the boss continued."I am going to give each one of you a SEED today - one very special SEED. I want you to plant the seed, water it, and come  back here one year from today with what you have grown from the seed I  have given you. I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next CEO" One man, named Jim, was there that day and he, like the others, received  a seed. He went home and excitedly, told his wife the story.  She helped him get a pot, soil and compost and he planted the seed.  Everyday, he would water it and watch to see if it had grown.
  After about three weeks, some of the other executives began to talk  about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow. Jim kept  checking his seed, but nothing ever grew. Three weeks, four weeks, five
  weeks went by, still nothing. By now, others were talking about their  plants, but Jim didn't have a plant and he felt like a failure.  Six months went by--still nothing in Jim's pot. He just knew he had  killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had  nothing. Jim didn't say anything to his colleagues, however. He just
  kept watering and fertilizing the soil - He so wanted the seed to grow.  A year finally went by and all the young executives of the company  brought their plants to the CEO for inspection. Jim told his wife that  he wasn't going to take an empty pot. But she asked him to be honest  about what happened. Jim felt sick at his stomach, it was going to be  the most embarrassing moment of his life, but he knew his wife was  right. He took his empty pot to the board room.

When Jim arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other executives. They were beautiful--in all shapes and sizes. Jim put his empty pot on the floor and many of his colleagues laughed, a few felt sorry for him!  When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted his young  executives. Jim just tried to hide in the back. "My, what great plants,  trees, and flowers you have grown," said the CEO. "Today one of you will be appointed the next CEO!" All of a sudden, the CEO spotted Jim at the  back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered the financial director to bring him to the front. Jim was terrified. He thought, "The CEO knows I'm a failure! Maybe he will have me fired!"
 When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him what had happened to his seed - Jim told him the story The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim. He looked at Jim, and then announced to the young executives, "Behold your next Chief Executive! His name is Jim!" Jim couldn't believe it. Jim couldn't even grow his seed. How could he be the new CEO the others said?  Then the CEO said, "One year ago today, I gave everyone in this room a
 seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead - it was not possible for them to grow. All of you, except Jim, have brought me trees and plants and flowers.When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you. Jim was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one
 who will be the new Chief Executive!"

 If you plant honesty, you will reap trust
 If you plant goodness, you will reap friends
 If you plant humility, you will reap greatness
 If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment
 If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective
 If you plant hard work, you will reap success
 If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation
 If you plant faith in Christ, you will reap a harvest
  So, be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap
  later.

Two thousand years ago Paul wrote to the church at Galatia the same
 story but with fewer words, "What you sow, so shall you reap". (Gal.
6:7)
We are grass that will wither and die but the incorruptible seed of
Gods
 Word will live forever - sow it daily into the life of your family!
(1 Peter 1: 23 - 25)

I got an email today and thought I'd share part of it:

Today is a very wet day. I generally like the rain, it's peaceful... that kind of sounds weird... Anyway, I worked this morning at my new job (I started a week ago). It is at Peoples Bank on 82nd street in the Mortgage Department. I am learning alot - there are a lot of things that go into getting someone qualified to get a loan to buy a house! The first couple of days were frustrating... but it's much better now that I know which papers are what and things like that.

I had a good weekend this weekend... totally missed the time change though! lol... I woke up and thought, it's darker than it usually is at 7:30am... then it hit me. I'm so blonde sometimes.

Daniel and I registered at Bed Bath and Beyond this weekend!!!!!!! YAY!!! I was so excited to do it and he made it fun! We still have a few things left to put on there and we are going to eventually register at Target. It was still exciting though... it was like putting together a specific Christmas wish list!! I loved picking everything out and thinking about how it was all going to corodinate.

Daniel is moving into his new apartment on the 28th of this month... 17 days. He is really excited to get into something different. Now I just get to help him pack all of the stuff that has accumulated over the last five months . Thankfully he didn't start out with much and so it won't be a huge job.

Well, I do believe I am going to go take a nap. It's still pouring rain outside, so it is perfect weather to stay in bed all snuggled under the covers!  Have a blessed day!