May all your prayers be answered

May all your prayers be answered
A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the menon it were able to swim to a small, desert-like island. The twosurvivors, not knowing what else to do, agreed that they had no otherrecourse but to pray to God.However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed to dividethe territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island.The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning,the first mansaw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the land, and he was able to eatits 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 womanwho swam to his side of the land. On the other side of the island, therewas nothing.Then, the first man prayed for a house, clothes, and more food. The nextday, like magic, all of these were given to him. However, the second manstill had nothing.Finally, the first man prayed for a ship, so that he and his wife couldleave the island. In the morning, he found a ship docked at his side ofthe island. The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided toleave the second man on the island. He considered the other man unworthyto 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 heavenbooming, "Why are you leaving your companion on the island?"My blessings are mine alone, since I was the one who prayed for them," thefirst man answered. "His prayers were unanswered and so he does notdeserve anything.""You are mistaken!" the voice rebuked him. "He had only one prayer, whichI answered. If not for that, you would not have received any of myblessings.""Tell me," the first man asked the voice, "what did he pray for that Ishould owe him anything?" "He prayed that all your prayers be answered."For all we know, our blessings are not the fruits of our prayers alone,but those of another praying for us.This is too good not to share!With love comes blessings. My prayer for you today is that all yourprayers are answered!

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