RECOGNIZING AN ANSWER TO PRAYER
Bill was sitting in his house during a torrential downpour. As the floodwaters reached the bottom of his front door, some friends came along in a rowboat and called to him to climb in. But Bill said, “No, I’m trusting in the Lord. I’ll be O. K. I’m staying here.” The rain kept coming, and the floodwaters kept rising, until Bill was on the second floor, and then he was soon sitting on the roof. Along came a helicopter. The pilot dropped down a rope ladder and called to Bill to climb aboard. But Bill said, “No, I’m trusting in the Lord. I’m staying here.” The waters kept rising, and old Bill drowned. Arriving in heaven, Bill said to the Lord, “Lord, I just don’t understand it. I trusted in you, and I still ended up drowning.” And the Lord replied, “Well, Bill, I don’t undertand it either. First I sent you a boat, and then I sent you…
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