Once there was a woman and her children out at sea in a small fragile boat. A storm came up and their tiny vessel was tossed about and in danger of being lost in the waves.
Rescuers got word of the woman and others like her that were caught in this storm, struggling to keep themselves and their children alive. State-of-the-art rescue boats were equipped with fuel, food and warm blankets. Experts volunteered to join the operation to try to save them before it was too late.
Off they went flying over the sea to reach the woman and her children, desperate for help, in their precarious position. They reached the tiny boat, and for the first time, the woman exhaled in great relief, confident that they, at last, would be saved.
The volunteers reached with loving arms as the woman carefully handed over her children one by one to the kind helpers. Transferring them from her tiny unstable boat into their well-equipped ship.
Once the last one of her children was safely aboard, she turned to reach for their tattered bag of belongings. But when she turned back she saw that the rescue boat was circling away, headed to shore with her children looking back at her in disbelief.
The rescuers called out. “We’ll take good care of them. God bless you! All the best! Make good choices!”
