God helps those who...Excellent piece!

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I just wanted to share something with you all.

There is an old story of and old man and a great and terrible

flood.

As the water rose, the old man climbed up on his porch to avoid

the seething, mud-filled ooze that inched up his home. A man in

a rowboat came by and said, " Mister, climb in and I'll row you

to safety. " The old man replied, " No thanks, I trust in The Lord

to keep me safe. "

As the flood swelled, he had to climb up to the second story

balcony. Another man came by, this time driving

a powerful speed boat. He called to the old man, " Mister,

climb in and I'll speed you to safety. " The old man, being very

strong of faith replied, " No thanks, I trust in The Lord

to keep me safe. "

Still the flood did not ebb, but continued raging higher

and higher until the old man had to crawl up to the peak of

his roof to stay out of the churning, debris-filled river. A

helicopter flew overhead and the old man heard a voice

from a loud speaker calling, " Mister, climb in the basket

I'll lower and I'll fly you to safety. " The old man, without

equal in faith again replied, " No thanks, I trust in

The Lord to keep me safe. "

The old man drowned, was carried down the raging flood

and never seen again. However, being of strong faith,

he did make it to heaven.

When it was his turn to sit and talk with The Lord, the

old man turned to Him and said reproachfully. " I trusted You

to keep me safe and You let me drown. " The Lord turned

said to the old man, " Mister, I sent you a row boat, a

speed boat and a helicopter. What more did you want? "

The moral of this tale is, Faith without works is dead.

So many times in my profession I hear people looking

for someone else to solve their problems; the wife saying,

" if only he'd change, " the mother saying, " if only she'd

mind. " And, sorry folks, life just doesn't' work that way.

When you talk about the way your situation is, the way

you fell, try saying " I choose to-- " instead of playing the

victim. For example, " I choose to live with a man who

gets drunk and beats me. " " I choose to allow my

child to continue to live in my home when she brings

in her drug using friends and they trash my home. "

You may find your life becoming a lot more manageable.

You may find the courage to make changes that

promote your health and well-being. You will find that

without an enabler, your loved ones will 'hit their

bottom' and perhaps change, perhaps not. The point

is you will have changed.

Marilyn

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