All of us have challenges that arise in our lives. It can be difficult in the midst of these challenges to see anything good coming from these events. It is a test of our faith and our ability to see things from a spiritual perspective and not from our ego, fear-based perspective. Here is a story that a friend sent to me:
The Moral of This Story: It's easy to get discouraged when things are going
island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Every day he scanned the
horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming.
Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to
protect himself from the elements, and to store his few possessions. One
day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in
flames, with smoke rolling up to the sky. He felt the worst had happened,
and everything was lost. He was stunned with disbelief, grief, and anger. He
cried out, 'God! How could you do this to me?'
Early the next day, he was awakened by the sound of a ship approaching the
island! It had come to rescue him! 'How did you know I was here?' asked the
weary man of his rescuers. 'We saw your smoke signal,' they replied.
bad, but we shouldn't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even
in the midst of our pain and suffering.
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