The weary sailor asked his rescuers, “How did you know I was here?” The rescuers replied, “We saw your smoke signal.” The next morning when the sailor woke up, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that had come to rescue him. In his anger and annoyance with the lord, he asked, “Oh lord, why did you have to be cruel with me?” Stunned with grief, the sailor asked, “lord, how could you do this to me?” and he slept feeling bitter and blue. The poor sailor had experienced the worst. One day when the sailor came back to his hut after hunting for food, he found his little hut burning in flames and the smoke rolling up to the sky. In his hut, the sailor had his little possessions that he had saved during the ship wreck. Days and months passed by and the exhausted sailor eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to defend himself from his unasked cast away.
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Every day the survivor scanned the horizon for help, but none of his efforts or prayers seemed to be paying. In his restlessness to save himself, he offered feverish prayers to the lord and desired that he be rescued. Once upon a time, a survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small and uninhabited island. Here is a short story that would delineate our unfathomable relationship with god. During privation, we often feel betrayed by god’s grace and his eternal love and begin to question his imperceptible plans for us. But what happens when we are ripped off of comfort and are faced with situations that challenge our faith in god? Losing a highly remunerative job, a loved one, or failing in life’s countless endeavors are examples of some unexpected mishaps.
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In our affluence and prosperity, we take his blessings to be a mark of our good fortune. When we are beaming with success or luxuriating in wealth, we seldom feel miffed with god.