Joe was a farmer. He hadn't had good harvest for years. "If God let me control the weather, everything will get better, "he said angrily,""
God heard his words and replied, "Well, you can be in charge of the weather for a year. Let's see what your crops grow like. "
On hearing this, Joe was too surprised to believe what he heard. He shouted "Sunny!" Suddenly the clouds went away. In the following year, he changed the weather between sunny and rainy.
He looked forward to a big harvest. But when the harvest season came, his heart sank to find his crops had not grown any grain at all. Feeling quite puzzled and disappointed, he started crying.
"Didn't you have your wish to control the weather? "God asked again. "Yes, but I just can't understand it. How could it be?" Joe wondered. "That's because you never asked for wind, rainstorm, snow or anything that could make the roots stronger. "
From the story we can learn: Only through life's challenges can we succeed in harvesting the fruit of life. It takes both ups and downs to get satisfactory results.
A. Once again, God heard him.
B. But he still wanted to have a try.
C. I know better than God does because I am a clever farmer.
D. Without strong roots, of course they couldn't grow anything.
E. Watching his crops growing bigger and bigger, he felt satisfied.
