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True Religion and Inner Renewal
Sometimes in this life and, in an attempt to
give God the credit, we shortchange Him. We
pray, but we don't spring into action and put
feet to our prayers. With the hurricanes, floods,
and earthquakes of late, I am reminded of the
fable of the man who was stranded on his front
porch by rising flood waters. The rescuers
arrived in a four-wheel drive vehicle, but he
declined, saying
"The Lord's going to take care
of
me."
Hours later, we find him sitting on his roof
as the rescue boat comes by.
"No thanks,"
he
said.
"The Lord is going to take care of me."
Late that night he is sitting on his chimney, with
the flood waters lapping at his feet. The rescue
helicopter makes one last attempt to get him to
climb aboard, but nooooooo,
"The Lord is going
to take care of
me."
Picture him in the next scene arriving at the
Pearly Gates, and Saint Peter says,
"What are
you doing here
--
it's not your time."
And the
man replied,
"I don't know
--
I thought the Lord
was going to take care of
me." And Saint Peter
indicted him with this reply,
"Man, the LorcJ sent
you
a
four-wheel drive vehicle,
a
boat, and
a
helicopter
--
what in the world do you want
more than that?"
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