God's help...
I recall this mass where the Father told us this anecdote
There once was a flood where all people reached safely except for one man.
This man climbed onto his roof top with the water gushing through his home below.
A helicopter saw him, flew over his head and tried hanging down a leader for him to climb, but the man shouted "I'm okay, go and save someone else more in need than me. The lord will save me." So the helicopter flew away.
The water continued to rise and is lapping his feets. This time a rescue boat came to him and again he shouted "Save someone else more in need than me. The lord WILL save me." The boat sped off.
The water is now dangerously deep by his knees as another helicopter came by to rescue him. Unsurprising on cue, the man shouted "Go! The lord will save me" The helicopter left reluctantly.
The rain continued to pour and eventually drowned the man.
The man's soul reached the heaven and saw God. In a confused state, he asked God "God, I have lived the life of a faithful so I'm puzzled why did you not save me?" God replied irritably "For goodness sake, I have sent you two helicopters and a boat but you have ignored them!"
A lot of times, we pray for help from the lord, praying for wisdom, praying for opportunities and some praying for financial needs. Yet, most of us fail to realized the opportunities that God has already presented to us - it can be an opportunity which we may reject thinking that we are not ready for, perhaps a wonderful person whom we find not worthy of and maybe a bulk money from nowhere. Alright, the last example might not be suitable since it touches the boundary of morals.
The main idea is, we fail to realized or grab hold the opportunities that are already made present to us in one way or another from the higher being!
Think hard on the opportunities that you had missed out so far. Pray for the wisdom to recognize the furture opportunities and be present to what we are doing in live.
God's help is always around you but are you ready for god's help?
