I recently went through a spiritual experience and wrote down 33 messages inspired by my journey with God. This is the second of those messages – Reasons. I hope it helps you.
There is a saying that goes “everything happens for a reason” – but I put it to you that sometimes something doesn’t happen for a reason.
There was a beggar on the street who was approached by a rich man who said “you look like you need to eat, from this day forth I will have one of my servants bring you a fish a day.” The beggar fell at the kings feet to show his gratitude but the king asked him to return to his spot, promising that the first fish would be brought to him later that day.
A minute passed then an hour, then a day and then two days. But the servant never came with the fish.
Eventually the beggar realised the servant wasn’t going to bring the fish and decided the spot he was begging from was unlucky, so he picked up his belongings and moved to a different spot on the other side of the town.
The next day as he was begging, an old man approached the beggar and said “you look like you need to eat, from this day forth I will teach you how to fish.”
After some time, the beggar learned how to fish and once he had learned, the old man gave the beggar his fish mongers stand on the market and the beggar became a fish monger, selling fish to everyone in the town.
We must always remember that not only do things happen for a reason, sometimes they don’t happen for a reason, too.
