I sit in a boat that has sprung a leak

   I pray to God

      Please save me and fix this problem

I wait

   Nothing happens except the water rises

I pray once more for help

   Still nothing happens except the water rises

I cry out to God

   How long Oh Lord

      Still nothing but now the water covers the boat

I can continue to pray

   Or I can swim to shore

      Wisely I swim to shore as I pray for strength with every stroke

I am able to swim faster than ever before

   As I sit on the beach I ask God

      Why didn’t you answer my prayer

God replied I did

   But the boat sank I said

God replied it is too easy to save boats

   A little magic and poof

But it is harder to swim to shore together God added

   Why I asked

      Because I needed your help God replied

So the boats of life will continue to sink I said

   Yes the challenges of life happen to everyone God replied

      But they don’t matter as much as us working together

   I don’t cause the problems of life God said

      Although I created their possibility

Why I asked

   No answer just mystery God said

      But if you walk with Me through them

Swim to the shore together I said

   Yes and God smiled mysteriously

      Now you can see how we are always One

It is nice sitting on the shore with You God

   I agree God said

      We sat in silence for a long time