Shipwreck and hut

By Socrates Aristotle

A shipwrecked man struggling with the waves, managed to get out on a desert island and escape. There he built a hut with branches and grass to protect himself from bad weather.

He praised God who survived the shipwreck and begged him not to die on the island. One day when he went out to find something to eat, he saw from a distance that his hut had caught fire and thick smoke was rising into the sky. He ran to turn it off, but could not. His hut turned to ashes. The high temperature and the dry leaves caused the fire and destroyed his house. Disappointed and desperate, he began to complain about his fate and to sigh for his misfortune.

But what he considered his misfortune with his limited judgment, was his salvation. The next day a ship approached the island, some sailors boarded their boat on the desert island, approached the burned hut and found the shipwrecked. "We saw the smoke yesterday
and the fire you lit and we understood that a shipwrecked person would ask for help. "Let's get you on the ship," they told him.

How many times does man not despair of the temporary trials of life. But behind every sorrow and calamity lies the Divine Providence and the love of God. The sun is always hidden behind the clouds. With apparent misfortunes God offers more protection. Through smoke and flames God offers man redemption and salvation. Here let us remember the words of St. Augustine: "God is hidden in revelation and is revealed in revelation"