Fire or Smoke Signal?

At Life Group tonight, we shared a prayer request and one of the couples asked if we had heard the story about when your "Hut's on Fire." We had not, so they told us this story (which I googled to share with you)...

The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. Stranded and deathly afraid, he prayed feverishly for God to rescue him.

Every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood and dried grasses to protect him from the elements, and to store his few possessions. One day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, with smoke rolling up to the sky. He felt the worst had happened, and everything was lost. He was stunned with disbelief, grief, and anger. He cried out, “God! How could you do this to me?”

Early the next day, he was awakened by the sound of a ship approaching the island. It had come to rescue him! “How did you know I was here?” asked the weary man of his rescuers. “We saw your smoke signal,” they replied.

I can't tell you how much we are looking forward to the call telling use, "we saw your smoke signal." Thank you Carl & Cindy for sharing this with us!