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Answered Prayers
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, agreed 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.
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