Someone told me this story over the phone few days ago.
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The Mississippi River was flooding its banks and the waters were rising around Clem's house. The waters had gotten to the level of the front porch where Clem was standing. A man in a rowboat came by and called to Clem, "Hop in and I'll take you to high ground."
Clem replied, "No, my God will save me!"
The river continued to rise to the second story windows and Clem, looking out, saw a powerboat come up. The man in the powerboat called to Clem, "Hop in and I'll take you to high ground."
Clem replied, "No, my God will save me!"
The river had now risen to the roof of the house. Clem was sitting on the ridge at the top of the house, with the waters swirling around his feet. He saw a helicopter fly over and the people inside yelled over a bull horn, "Grab the rope and climb in and we'll take you to high ground."
Clem replied, "No, my God will save me!"
The river continued to rise and finally it engulfed the house and Clem was drowned. The next thing he knew, Clem was standing before his God. In anger, he asked God, "I put my trust in you. Why have you forsaken me?"
And his God replied, "What do you want from me? I sent you a rowboat, a powerboat, and a helicopter!"
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Moral of the story?
Well, actually this person is helping me to make a decison by telling me this story. Anyway, here my story back to the mysterious person.
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WHERE WAS GOD ON SEPT 11TH?
God was very busy the morning of September 11th.
He was trying to discourage anyone from taking the hijackers' flights. Those four flights together held over 1000 passengers yet there were only 266 aboard.
He was on 4 commercial flights giving terrified passengers the ability to stay calm. Not one of the family members who were called by a loved one on any of the highjacked planes said that passengers were screaming in the background.
On one of the flights, He was giving strength to passengers to overtake the hijackers. In addition, one flight He grounded altogether. Who knows how many other planes never accomplished the terrorists' missions.
He was busy trying to create obstacles for employees at the World Trade Center. Only around 20,000 were at the towers when the first jet hit. Since the buildings hold over 50,000 workers, this was a miracle in itself. How many of the people who were employed at the WTC told the media that they were late for work or they had traffic delays.
He was holding up 2-110 story buildings so that 2/3 of the workers could get out. I was so amazed that the top of the towers didn't topple when the jets impacted.
He was patiently waiting for his children to join forces and love one another again. He opened our eyes and listened to our prayers. He has given us comfort, guidance and compassion. Satan's work has failed and I thank God for that. God was very busy on September 11th and I thank him for that, too...
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Moral of the story?
Our outlook on life depends on the way we look at things. What others may think as riches, others may want. The most important things in life are your friends, family, good humor and a positive attitude towards life. If you have these then you have everything!
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