What are You doing, God?

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Just wanna share with you guys...

A man who had been shipwrecked was living alone on a desert island. He had finally built himself a little refuge out of palm branches that would shelter him from the sun and the rain. That night his hut caught fire and burned to the ground.



"What are You doing, God?" he cried. "I have so little left in life, and yet You let my house burn down. How could You let this happen to me?



"A few hours later a ship came and picked him up. "We saw your fire signal," the crew said. "We didn't realize these were inhabited islands. We'll take you home.



"The man closed his eyes in embarrassment. "Uh, thank You, God," he said finally.



If you are going through some tough times.. and it is so hard to understand what God is up to.. hang on... God knows what He is doing... He cares for you.. and He is in control.. His ways are higher than our ways. Trust Him.

Comments

Mel Avila Alarilla said…
That is a very fine post to prove the point that God is always in control no matter what. We just have to trust Him and His unfailing love for us. Thanks for the sublime post. God bless you always.
December 17, 2008 at 4:56 PM
Lisa C. aka Trophy of Grace said…
I love this posting..Some times we get tempted to ask God why or when, instead of just trusting Him no matter what happens.

He is always in control. He is always able and willing to help us. He always makes a way of escape. HE IS FAITHFUL!!

God bless you sister...

xoxo's
December 17, 2008 at 11:41 PM
Lisa C. aka Trophy of Grace said…
I thought I had commented on this..but anyways..I just wanted to stop by and say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

May this year bring you many blessings and even more faith to move mountains as you trust the Lord with your life and ministry.

xoxo's
December 20, 2008 at 12:06 AM
Cindy said…
To quote a wonderful old evangelist who sometimes visits our church-"When you're down to nothing, God's up to something."
December 20, 2008 at 10:43 PM
anne said…
and if you cannot find him beside you he is surely in your back to catch when you fall. this post is touchy girl thanks for sharing
December 23, 2008 at 10:02 AM
LV said…
Thank so much dear friends for taking time to comment here. I'm so sorry it took me some time to publish your comment i really had a hard time accessing the internet and managing my time as well. Please bear with me..

Thanks for all your understanding..

Good day and God bless you all :)
January 9, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Michael Horvath said…
I absolutely agree with this post. My problem is I like to try and take the control back - lol.
February 4, 2009 at 3:10 AM
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