> Too good not to share............
>
> 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 th e 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, there 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.
>
> This is too good not to share...
>
> My prayer for you today is that all your prayers are answered. Be blessed.
>
> "What you do for others is more important than what you do for yourself"
>
>
> --
> Only as high as I reach can I grow,
> Only as far as I seek can I go,
> Only as deep as I look can I see,
> Only as much as I dream can I be.
>
>
> ________________________________
>
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