Once upon a time, there lived a humble man who accepted everything that happened in life as an act of God. If something good happened, God did it. If something bad happened, that also was an act of God. Unfortunately, he was about the unluckiest man alive. Makes you wonder about his theology, doesn’t it? But never once did he complain.

He got married and his wife ran away with his best friend. His daughter fell in with the wrong crowd and became addicted to drugs.

His son was in a bad accident. He lost a fortune on the stock market. A runaway car hit the corner of his house, causing thousands of dollars worth of damage.

Yet at each stroke of misfortune, he knelt and gave thanks to God.

One day he was out working in his garden. A thunderstorm was passing over, when, without warning, a b…