A Word Of Wisdom To Share

I hear this from a sharing given by a relative during this one prayer session last week. He said he read this from a book. It’s about a man’s success story. This man was once a poor man with a good faith in God. He only knew how to cook one dish that he thought was delicious enough. He was in a desperate situation. He needed to make some money to survive. He got an idea. He thought about the dish that he could cook. He found the way out of this problem that he would sell his signature dish and make money.

He never stopped praying during his hard time. He never stopped praying for God’s help to help him with his problem. So when he finally found the idea to start his little business, he knew he finally found the way out. He thought it was a prayer answered.

So he was all set and went ahead selling the dish. Yes, the dish was delicious. People would pay for it but the problem was, no one came to buy. He was so devastated because things didn’t seem like turning out to be better for him. He couldn’t stand his frustration. “Why? Why didn’t this work?” The next time he prayed, he couldn’t help but took out his frustration. “God, I’ve been praying day and nite and my terrible situation doesn’t stop me from praying to You. Did you listen to my prayer at all? Look at my situation now. I make all the efforts and nothing seem to work. I’m really stuck with my problem. Why don’t you help me God?”

He was so upset but he never given up his faith though he thought that his prayers were never answered. All he could be thankful about was that he could still survive and stay alive, despite the hardship that he had to go through. He got really tired of thinking and talking about his problems in his prayers. The next time he prayed, he didn’t mention his problems anymore. He was just too tired to talk about them. The good thing was that he could pray at ease the time he decided to stop thinking about his problems while he prayed.

After a while, his business started to grow. People came and buy the dish and not long after, he became a rich man. He didn’t recall anything different that he did to cause the drastic changes. He was still selling the same dish that people initially didn’t want to buy. He then realized, the only different thing he did was “not talking and thinking about his problems when he was in prayers”.

It works for him so he shared his success story in the book, to inspire other people. When you pray, concentrate on your praise and worship. Clear your mind from your worldly cares. Let God take care of them. Pray with all your heart. “You don’t have to tell Him all your problems because He knows them all already”. As a matter of fact, He knows us better than we know ourselves :).

It’s up to you how to apply this in your life. But it’s quite a nice story. Maybe there’s a symbolic meaning behind this. It’s up to you how to look at it. But I agree that sometimes we think too much of our problems. We should clear our mind and not get distracted too much, at least during prayers. May God bless everyone, especially those with kind and generous hearts :).