A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea
and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a
small, desert like island.
The two survivors who have been a good friends, not
knowing what else to do, agreed that they had no
other recourse but to pray to God. However, to find
out whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed
to divide the territory between them and stay on
opposite sides of the island.
The first thing they prayed for was food. The next
morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on
his side of the land, and he was able to eat its fruit.
The other man’s parcel of land remained barren.
After a week, the first man was lonely and he
decided to pray for a wife. The next day, another
ship was wrecked, and the only survivor was a
woman who swam to his side of the land. On the
other side of the island, there was nothing.
Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes, more
food. The next day, like magic, all of these were
given to him. However, the second man still had
nothing.
Finally, the first man prayed for a ship, so that he
and his wife could leave the island. In the morning,
he found a ship docked at his side of the island. The
first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided
to leave the second man on the island.
He considered the other man unworthy to receive
God’s blessings, since none of his prayers had been
answered.
As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a
voice from heaven booming, “Why are you leaving
your companion on the island?”“My blessings are
mine alone, since I was the one who prayed for
them,” the first man answered. “His prayers were all
unanswered and so he does not deserve anything.”
“You are mistaken!” the voice rebuked him. “He had
only one prayer, which I answered. If not for that,
you would not have received any of my blessings.”
“Tell me,” the first man asked the voice, “What did
he pray for that I should owe him anything?”
“He prayed that all your prayers be answered “
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