Short Story of Life: This is Good!
This is the story of a king and his friend, who saw every situation he finds himself(positive or negative) as something good. And he always remarks
This is good!.
It was the hunting season. The king and his close friend were on a hunting expedition. The friend loads and prepares the guns for the king, while the king shoots. In the process of preparing one of the guns, something went wrong and as the king tried to shoot the gun, his thumb was blown off.
The friend examining the situation exclaimed
This is good!
The king who was not taking any of it and been angry replied
No! this is NOT good
And then sent his friend to jail.
One year later, the king again went hunting, this time on his own in a dangerous area. He was captured by cannibals and taken to their village. His hands were ties, woods were stacked, a stake was set up and he was tied to it.
The cannibals were about to set the wood on fire but discovered the king was without a thumb. The cannibals being superstitious and had a tradition of not eating anyone less than whole untied the king and sent him home.
As the king returned home, he reminisced on the event that lead to him losing his thumb and he regretted the way he treated his friend. Immediately he went to prison where his friend was locked up to speak to him.
You were right my friend
The king said,
losing my thumb wasn't that bad
He then told his friend all that had happened to him.
I am sorry for putting you in jail for so long.
But his friend replied as usual
This is good.
The king was amazed "how is this good" . Then his friend replied, If I had not been in jail, I would have been with you when you were captured and the cannibals would have eaten me by now.
Lesson
Every disappointment is a blessing in disguise. In any situation you find yourself be optimistic, something good must definitely come out of it.
What did you learn from the story?
Kindly drop your replies in the comment section.
Every dissapointment is a blessing in disguise
Thanks for the very informative post
STEEMCHURCHSometimes it's very good to just look beyond
the dissapointments we face in life and press on for a better future
Thanks for sharing
Warm regards
OSWell said my friend, indeed Every disappointment is a blessing, the ways of the Lord are different form ours and God plan is the best
Expectation plus reality often times results to disappointment. Disappointments if not address in the proper perspective will result in negativity and pessimism. Christians are not exempted on this. And worse we may become critics of God as we can blame Him for inaction or being unfair in our time of distress.
The writer of psalms boldly declared:
Psa 34:8 Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
It's a wonderful story really, sometimes we have to accept whatever situation we find ourselves in, trying to change it may result in something else, some situation are a blessing or they're preventing us from further other bad situation, we must learn to appreciate and endure.
The code of a Christian, always believe with faith that's there is a blessing in any thing you face in life, be it negative or positive, Because God sees everything.
Every disappointment really is a blessing
No matter how much good or bad your life is going, you can always and always find an excuse to give up. But it works in the other way too. If you look for any reason to keep going, you can find that too.
Great article.
We should never give up
They may not say it all, but unfortunately many of people you know will definitely hope for you to give up. This is for the simple reason that your dedication to your biggest goal will remind them of their own unrealized potential. Rather than proving your doubters right and all. That , let your dedication inspire.
Thanks for sharing with us @Hornblende
There is a reason for everything bro. Every disappointment could be a blessing too. So in every situation, always give thanks to your creator for he alone knows what is best and good for you.
Any means of happiness; a gift,benefit or advantage;that which promotes temporal prosperity and welfare, or secures immortal felicity. A just and pious magistrate is a public blessing. The divine favor is the greatest blessing.
Stay blessed☺☺
God can use disappointment as your appointment for greatness!