My sister K forwarded me this story a while back. I always go back and re-read it from time to time because there are so many lessons in it for me. I'm sharing it here with the hope that it feeds you as well. Like I said, cut and paste it and keep it somewhere you can go back and read it from time to time. The funny thing I've found is that everytime I read it, I get a different perspective from it. Sometimes I'm the shipwrecked survivor. Sometimes I'm on the ship coming in for the rescue. Sometimes I'm the hut. LOL. The older I get, the more I go through, the richer this story becomes. I don't know who wrote it, but I thank them for a wonderfully encouraging story. Enjoy.
"A lone shipwreck survivor on an uninhabited island managed to build a crude hut in which he placed all that he had saved from the sinking ship. He prayed to God for deliverance, and anxiously scanned the horizon each day to hail any passing ship.
One day he was horrified to find his hut in flames. All that he had was gone. To the man's limited vision, it was the worst that could happen and he cursed God. Yet, the very next day a ship arrived. "We saw your smoke signal," the captain said.
Hmmm! Ever have a big sale fall through? Been disappointed when a friend or loved one failed to come through for you when you needed them? Have you wondered why a goal or objective wasn't achieved as expected?
If you're over the age of 18, you've probably noticed that we don't get everything we would like, exactly when we think we should. Yet, it's amazing how certain things just show up in our lives when we least expect to see them - like the rescue ship.
It is often said that we "shouldn't get too attached to outcomes." We can set objectives, believe they can be achieved, and work to make them happen, but it's best not to get too attached to the outcome. What appears to be a worthy goal may go down in flames, only to be replaced with a magnificent result we had not anticipated.
When you find your hut in flames and fear the worst, think back to this oft quoted reminder: "Fear knocked at the door - faith answered - no one was there!"
"Never think that God's delays are God's denials."
after reading this i thought about God being stranded, our mortal bodies being the hut, satan being the one cursed as we are living(which is during the burning of the hut...our lives could be that short in their time right?), and the saved souls as God's "ship coming in". i like to think of us not saving him, but accompanying him from his loneliness....thankyou Al for sharing. Love and Praise........
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