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This Is Good:Story of a King and his friend

God turns our negatives into positives just let Him have his way.An old story is told of a king in Africa who had a close friend with whom he grew up. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that ever occurred in his life (positive or negative) and remarking, โ€œThis is good!โ€

One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting expedition. The friend would load and prepare the guns for the king. The friend had apparently done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off.

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Examining the situation the friend remarked as usual, โ€œThis is good!โ€

To which the king replied, โ€œNo, this is NOT good!โ€ and proceeded to send his friend to jail.

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About a year later, the king was hunting in an area that he should have known to stay clear of. Cannibals captured him and took him to their village. They tied his hands, stacked some wood, set up a stake and bound him to the stake.

As they came near to set fire to the wood, they noticed that the king was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone that was less than whole. So untying the king, they sent him on his way.

As he returned home, he was reminded of the event that had taken his thumb and felt remorse for his treatment of his friend. He went immediately to the jail to speak with his friend.

โ€œYou were right,โ€ he said, โ€œit was good that my thumb was blown off.โ€

And he proceeded to tell the friend all that had just happened.

โ€œAnd so I am very sorry for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this.โ€

โ€œNo,โ€ his friend replied, โ€œThis is good!โ€

โ€œWhat do you mean, โ€˜This is goodโ€™? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?โ€

โ€œIf I had NOT been in jail, I would have been with you.โ€

โ€œAnd we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.โ€ (Rom. 8:28)

God turns our negatives into positives just let Him have his way.

โ€œBut as for you, you meant evil against me;ย butย God meant it for good, in order to bring it about asย it isย this day, to save many people alive.โ€ (Genesis 50:20)

Source:pinnacleofpraiseradio.org

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