Writings: “Get in!”… a tale of the other flood

An old monk’s tale…shared by a friend in Japan:

A religious man is on top of a roof during a great flood.

A man comes by in a boat and says, “Get in, get in!” The religious man replies, “No, I have faith in God. He will grant me a miracle.”

Later, the water is up to his waist and another boat comes by, and this guy tells him to get in again. The man responds that he has faith in God, and God will give him a miracle.

With the water chest high, another boat comes to rescue him, but he turns down the offer again.  He says, “God will grant me a miracle.”

With the water at chin high, a helicopter throws down a ladder and they tell him to get in. Mumbling with water in his mouth, he again turns down the request for help.

And he drowns.

He arrives at the gates of heaven with broken faith, and says to Peter, “I thought God would grand me a miracle. I have been let down.”

St. Peter chuckles and responds, “I don’t know what you’re complaining about. We sent you three boats and a helicopter.”