Thursday, June 12, 2008

The Burning Hut ~Cheryl

The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and 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 him from the elements, and to store his few possessions. But then one day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, the smoke rolling up to the sky.
The worst had happened; everything was lost. He was stunned with grief and anger.
"God, how could you do this to me!" he cried.
Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was 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.
One of the lessons of this story is for us to keep trusting God even when it looks like the very worst thing that could happen has. God can still turn around our worst situations & make them good! We probably just don’t know how He is going to do it!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I love the blog spot, but never, before today, read how to respond. My first thought is how much time this must take, and my next thought was 'I am sorry that I haven't been contrib uting in some way'.
Great job, Mrs. Cheryl, and I love everything I've read.
Hugs,
Honey Bee