Do you know?
Do you know that the statue of Liberty was supposed to be a lighthouse at Suez Canal instead of a lighthouse at the New York Harbor?
Auguste Bartholdi went from France to Egypt in 1856. During this trip, he met with another French visitor, Ferdinand de Lesseps, who was there to sell an idea to cut a canal from Red Sea to Mediterranean Sea. That canal would save merchant ships from taking a long journey.
Taken by this concept, Auguste decided to design a lighthouse to this canal. He worked 10 years on the idea. He drew plans, made clay models and scrapped plan after plan. Then he had the perfect design.
One major problem arose. Nobody was interested and would pay for his design. Auguste went back to France, defeated and disappointed.
After his returning home, the French government sought his artistic services to design a gift to America. The colossal robed lady , holding the book of justice in one hand and a torch lifted high in the other hand to give light. One that was designed to light the Suez Canal.
This demonstrates that what happens in the midst of disappointments, can often be a prelude to good things beyond our imagination.
We can always have confident in God’s powerful hands, guaranteeing the outcome of every difficult and defeating situation.
Ref: Anchors in The Storm, by Joe Stowell
~ I know that You can do all things;
No plan of Yours can be thwarted (Job 42:2) ~
