Our Story for Today

Susan says: Ditto what Jennifer said - thank you everyone! And I also want to thank all my friends (you know who you are) who have been so supportive and encouraging to all my new endeavors and ideas - everyone has such great ideas to help me along, it is ... wonderful. Our Story for Today: There was once a man who had great faith in God. He knew in his heart that no harm would come to him because if he ever found himself in peril, God would save him. So it came to pass that in the village that the man lived, the wet season brought about torrential rains and the small creek became a river which soon overcame the banks and flooded the village. Most people had fled to higher ground but the man did not act because he knew that God would save him. Soon, even his little house was filled with water and the current took him out the window. He was floating down with the rushing water when a boat came by. The man on the boat thrust out his hand and said "grab my hand I will save you." The man calmly shook his head and said, "no no, God will save me". Soon, someone floated by on a chest of drawers. He thrust out his hand to the man saying "take my hand, I will help you." "No no," replied the man. "God will save me." After an afternoon of this, finally the man could stay up no longer and the waters engulfed him. When he arrived in heaven and stood before God, he was in despair. "Why didn't you save me??" he cried. And God replied "I sent several people to help you, but you would not take the help and so you drowned." The moral of this story is that if you need help, and the help comes - you should take it!! (Even if it comes from your daughter.) I believe that God uses everything in the universe to give us what we need - what we are asking for. We don't need to worry ourselves with how help comes - what form it takes. When the help comes - be grateful! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I have experienced help that I really needed coming in a way I was not expecting and would not have chosen at all, but I felt I had to take it because I had asked for it in a very focused way. And of course it turned out wonderful for everyone. I felt I had to allow the other person to be of service - which was of great benefit to them as well, so everyone grew from the experience. If I had been proud (which I could have done) we all would have lost. So thank you, thank you, thank you! And let that be a lesson to you.