Sri Sathya Sai Baba Stories and Parables 42 - Faith

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Sri Sathya Sai Baba Stories and Parables

Source: Chinna Katha

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42 - Faith

 

During the second world war, a steamer carrying Indian Sepoys was

bombed by the Japanese and was sunk. Many lost their lives. Five

among them managed to row their lifeboat and hoped to have a chance

of surviving in spite of the surging Ocean. They were tossed about

for many hours.

 

One of them became desperate and cried: " The sea will swallow me. I

will be a meal for the sharks " . In that panic, he got drowned.

 

Another sepoy wept for his family: " Oh, I am dying without arranging

for the future of my family. " He too lost faith in his survival and

breathed his last.

 

The third sepoy thought: " I have with me the Policy and documents of

Insurance. What a pity! " I should have kept them at home. What will

my wife do? I am sure to die. " He also died.

 

The other two men reinforced each other's faith in God. They

said: " We shall not yield to fear. We shall prove that however

desperate the situation may be, God will certainly protect man if he

has faith in Him. " Even as they were talking like this, a helicopter

sent from a coastal ship which had received signals for help, caught

sight of these two men and hauled them up. When they were safe on

land, they said, " It is only five minutes between victory and

defeat. Faith earned the victory; lack of it brought about defeat

and death. "