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giving your heart away...
Chad was the most awkward kid in his entire third-grade class. He was skinny and shy and didn't know quite how to make friends. But with Valentine's Day approaching, he announced an idea to his mom. "It's only three days away," he said. "And I want to make a valentine for every kid in my class."
His mom's heart sank, because she was afraid Chad would put everything he had in this project and not get much in return. But she didn't want to drain her son of his newfound excitement, so she took hin to the store. Chad bought bright red construction paper, colored glitter, paste, markers, stickers and huge envelopes.
During the next couple of days, he spent nearly every waking hour creating big, beautiful, and personalized valentines for every student in his class. Finally the big day arrived. He was too excited to eat breakfast. He gathered his stash under his arms and headed off to school.
Around 2.30 p.m., his mum decided to bake fresh peanut butter cookies-Chad's favourite-and have them ready and warm when he arrived home from school. He's worked so hard on these valentines, and he'll probably only get a handful in return, she thought. His heart will be broken.
At 2.50 p.m., she looked out the kitchen window and saw five third-grade boys laughing and showing their valentines to each other as they walked home. About a hundred yards behind walked Chad. Alone. His head was down, and his hand clutched one crumpled valentine.
His head's down, he's walking faster than normal, and he's about to cry, his mom thought.
She opened the front door, and Chad ran past right her. "Mom!" he screamed.
"Honey, I'm right here."
"Mom," he said, trying to catch his breath as he spun around. "Mom, there was 32 kids in our class-not counting me-and i made 32 valentines. I had a valentine for every single kid. I didn't forget anyone, Mom!"
She glanced at his hand and noticed his only valentine was a duplicate the teacher had made for the entire class. Chad was so focused on making sure everyone around him got a peice of his heart, he hadn't noticed he wasn't loved in return.
Tears fell down his mom's face as she prayed, "Oh, Father! Make me more concerned with other's needs than my own."
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This was what i read in my devotional book many days ago... i thought it was good and wanted to post it earlier but kept forgetting.... hope you guyz enjoyed it!! XD
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