Humor with
a Message
Or sometimes ...Just a Message ... or just
humor
From time to time a
thought provoking bit arrives in the
e-mail or from other sources.
Some of
it is humorous but it all makes you think.
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Shipwreck
A short
story with a message. A parable of our
modern world.
A voyaging
ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and
only two of the men on it were able to swim
to a small, desert like island. The two
survivors, not knowing what else to do,
agree that they had no other recourse but to
pray to God.
However, to find out whose prayer was more
powerful, they agreed to divide the
territory between them and stay on opposite
sides of the island.
The first thing they prayed for was food.
The next morning, the first man saw a
fruit-bearing tree on his side of the land,
and he was able to eat its fruit. The other
man's parcel of land remained barren.
After a week, the first man was lonely and
he decided to pray for a wife. The next day,
another ship was wrecked, and the only
survivor was a woman who swam to his side of
the land. On the other side of the island,
there was nothing.
Soon the first man prayed for a house,
clothes, more food. The next day, like
magic, all of these were given to him.
However, the second man still had nothing.
Finally, the first man prayed for a ship, so
that he and his wife could leave the island.
In the morning, he found a ship docked at
his side of the island. The first man
boarded the ship with his wife and decided
to leave the second man on the island. He
considered the other man unworthy to receive
God's blessings, since none of his prayers
had been answered.
As the ship was about to leave, the first
man heard a voice from heaven booming, "Why
are you leaving your companion on the
island?"
"My blessings are mine alone, since I was
the one who prayed for them," the first man
answered. "His prayers were all unanswered
and so he does not deserve anything."
"You are mistaken!" the voice rebuked him.
"He had only one prayer, which I answered.
If not for that, you would not have received
any of my blessings."
"Tell me," the first man asked the voice,
"what did he pray for that I should owe him
anything?"
"He prayed that all your prayers be
answered."
For all we know, our blessings are not the
fruits of our prayers alone, but those of
another praying for us. When Jesus died on
the cross he was thinking of you!
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St
Julie Billiart Parish