Time has a wonderful way of showing you what really matters. You're job is to gracefully let time teach you something valuable, heal something wounded, and change what is wrong to right. May you be blessed with the rightful passage of time and the faith to patiently wait for the results.

There once was a man who had nothing for his family to eat. He had an old shotgun and three bullets. So, he decided that he would go out and shoot something for dinner.

As he went down the road, he saw a rabbit and he shot at the rabbit and missed it. Then he saw a squirrel and fired a shot at the squirrel and missed it.

As he went further, he saw a wild turkey in the tree and he had only one bullet, but a voice came to him and said, "Pray first, aim high and stay focused."

However, at the same time, he saw deer which was a better dinner. He brought the gun down and aimed at the deer. But, then he saw a rattlesnake between his legs about to bite him, so he naturally brought the gun down further to shoot the rattlesnake. Still, the voice said again to him, "I said 'pray first, aim high and stay focused.’"

So, the man decided to listen to the voice. He prayed, then aimed the gun high up in the tree and shot the wild turkey. The bullet bounced off the turkey and shot the deer. The handle fell off the gun and hit the snake in the head and killed it. And, when the gun had gone off, it knocked him into a pond. When he stood to look around, he had fish in all his pockets, a deer and a turkey to eat. The snake was dead also, because the man listened to God.

The moral to this story is to pray first before you do anything, aim and shoot high in your goals, stay focused on God and remember this:

My dream is to be financially independent for my family. Please pray for a plan to accomplish my financial freedom this year. Amen

~Sarah L.