We have all heard about a man who was drowning, standing on the island that was drowning, he kept praying to God. Asking him to send him help, while the water level kept rising. First there came a helicopter, the pilot yelled, threw down the rescue rope to the guy. The guy refused. Then, came a fisherman on his boat, he drew near to the drowning man, told him to climb up the boat and save his life. The man refused again. He kept refusing the help saying that his God will turn up to help him. And then, he drowned. When he went up and met God, he complained. He said I kept waiting for you God. The God smiled and said, I sent you two people to help.
We all have heard this story countless times. In many forms. At different places. Through various people. In school, in college, by friends, by parents. The moral often remains the same.
However, there is another aspect to the same story. Imagine, if the man had actually realized and taken the help sent by God. He would have saved his own life. But more importantly, imagine, if the helicopter had not hovered above the island, if the fisherman had not chosen to go by that route.
We all have different islands in life. In some, there is a flood, drowning us, making us yearn to God for help. In some, there is perfect sunshine, making us smoothly sail through and explore the islands of others. That makes us naturally fall into the position of that pilot in the helicopter. Of that fisherman in the boat. The perfect islands of our lives give us the ability to go and be the helicopter guy and the fisherman for those drowning in their lives. Some of the perfect chapters of our lives are there so that we can represent an answer to somebody else's prayer. Doing so, somewhere, actually helps us in turn, realize the importance of those helicopters and fishermen entering our lives. While they represent the answer to our prayers to God, we are somewhere, representing somebody else's answer to prayers. And that is how we Heal.
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