While out to sea, a large boat became shipwrecked and there was only a single survivor. This man prayed and asked God to save his life. Soon thereafter, another boat came by and offered the man some help.
"No thanks," he said. "I'm waiting for God to save me."
The men on the boat shrugged their shoulders and continued. As the man became more deeply concerned, another boat came by. Again, the people aboard offered this man some help, and again he politely decline. "I'm waiting for God to save me," he said again.
After some time, the man began to lose his faith, and soon after that he died. Upon reaching Heaven, he had a chance to speak with God briefly.
"Why did you let me die? Why didn't you answer my prayers?"
"Dummy, I sent you two boats!"
The Universe is always watching out for the best interests of our spiritual evolution, even when we are too narrowly focused to see all the other opportunities it presents us. Sometimes, all that is needed is a change of perspective.
-- Author Unknown
4 comments:
This is a wonderful story. and I love that there is a blog out there "For the Soul."
god is watching us all the time..
That is an AWESOME story. Sometimes, people do not realize that opportunity is staring them right in the face. Or to put it another way, "the great is the enemy of the good!"
Nice story. Even if the people in the two boats are members of other religions, they are still God's children.
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