Everything happens for Good
An old story is told of a king in Africa who had a close
friend with whom he grew up. The friend had a habit of looking at every
situation that ever occurred in his life (positive or negative) and remarking,
“This is good!”
One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting
expedition. The friend would load and prepare the guns for the king. The friend
had apparently done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after
taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off.
Examining the situation the friend remarked as usual, “This is good!” To which
the king replied, “No, this is NOT good!” and proceeded to send his friend to
jail.
About a year later, the king was hunting in an area that he
should have known to stay clear of. Cannibals captured him and took him to
their village. They tied his hands, stacked some wood, set up a stake and bound
him to the stake. As they came near to set fire to the wood, they noticed that
the king was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone that
was less than whole. So untying the king, they sent him on his way.
As he returned home, he was reminded of the event that had
taken his thumb and felt remorse for his treatment of his friend. He went
immediately to the jail to speak with his friend. “You were right,” he said,
“it was good that my thumb was blown off.” And he proceeded to tell the friend
all that had just happened. “And so I am very sorry for sending you to jail for
so long. It was bad for me to do this.”
“No,” his friend replied, “This is good!” “What do you
mean,’This is good’? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a
year?” “If I had NOT been in jail, I would have been with you.”
Moral: Whatever happens, happens for good. GOD always have
different plans for each & everyone of us. We should always have faith in
GOD.