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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
the first man
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 his wife and
he 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.
May God Bless You
Always!!!
