Look Around You!

     I have often wondered how all things are a part of God's plan, haven't you?  When we are immersed in our everyday lives, we tend to miss the opportunities and events that God lays smack dab in front of us.  Nothing shows this better than a simple little joke about how God actually takes care of us, but we just dont see it.  Enjoy.

A religious man is on top of a roof during a great flood. A man comes by in a boat and says "get in, get in!" The religious man replies, "No I have faith in God, he will grant me a miracle."

Later the water is up to his waist and another boat comes by and the guy tells him to get in again. He responds that he has faith in God and God will give him a miracle. With the water at about chest high, another boat comes to rescue him, but he turns down the offer again: "God will grant me a miracle."


With the water at chin high, a helicopter throws down a ladder and they tell him to get in, mumbling with the water in his mouth, he again turns down the request for help for the faith of God.
He drowns and finds himself heading to heaven. 

He arrives at the gates of heaven with broken faith and says to Peter, I thought God would grant me a miracle and I have been let down." St. Peter chuckles and responds, "I don't know what you're complaining about, we sent you three boats and a helicopter."

      Isn't that all too true?  Today, I invite you to stop and take a look around and see where God is active in your life, and don't just wait for a miracle to happen in your life, acknowledge the little miracles that have already happened.
 
Peace and Prayers...