There’s a famous story about a man clinging to wreckage out on the open sea. He prays and asks God for help. A fishing boat arrives, but the man says, “No thanks, I’m waiting for God”. A pleasure yacht pulls up, and the man politely declines for the same reason. The coastguard helicopter thunders overhead: “Fly away boys, I put my faith in God”. The man drowns.
As he walks through the pearly gates, God strides over, and the man says, “Why didn’t you answer my prayers?!” God looks perplexed: “I sent two boats and a helicopter!”
