SUFI STORIES - RECOGIZING GOD

OVER THE CLIFF

A man was chased off a cliff by a tiger. He fell, and just managed to hold onto a branch. Six feet above him stood the tiger, snarling. A hundred feet below, a violent sea lashed fierce-looking rocks. To his horror, he noticed that the branch he was clutching was being gnawed at its roots by two rats. Seeing he was doomed, he cried out, 'O Lord, save me!' He heard a Voice reply, 'Of course, I will save you. But first, let go of the branch!' [Traditional Sufi] "

We must let go of our attachment to the earthly world receive spiritual help.

SAVE ME FROM THE FLOOD WATERS
A town is threatened with flooding, and the police evacuate folk in the floodplain. One guy refuses to leave. As the waters rise, a fire engine, comes to save him, but refuses to be rescued saying saying, "I trust that God will save me." By tis time the flood water is so high that he is forced on to the roof of his house, then a motorboat comes to resue him, again refuses to be rescued saying saying, "I trust that God will save me." Then a helicopter tries to pluck the house roof and he refudses sayingrefuses to be rescued saying saying, "I trust that God will save me.". Finally he is washed away. When he finds himself before the throne of God, he is indignant. "Why didn't you save me from the flood?" he demands of the Almighty. God replies, "What do you think the cop, fire engine, boat and helicopter were all about?"

Sometimes we do not recognize Gods help