04-26-2007, 09:49 AM
During World War II, a US marine was separated from his unit on a
Pacific island. The fighting had been intense, and in the smoke and the
crossfire he had lost touch with his comrades.
Alone in the jungle, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in his
direction. Scrambling for cover, he found his way up a high ridge to
several small caves in the rock. Quickly he crawled inside one of the
caves. Although safe for the moment, he realized that once the enemy
soldiers looking for him swept up the ridge, they would quickly search
all the caves and he would be killed.
As he waited, he prayed, "Lord, if it be your will, please protect me.
Whatever your will though, I love you and trust you. Amen."
After praying, he lay quietly listening to the enemy begin to draw
close. He thought, "Well, I guess the Lord isn't going to help me out
of
this one." Then he saw a spider begin to build a web over the front of
his cave.
As he watched, listening to the enemy searching for him all the while,
the spider layered strand after strand of web across the opening of the
cave.
"Hah, he thought. "What I need is a brick wall and what the Lord has
sent me is a spider web. God does have a sense of humor."
As the enemy drew closer he watched from the darkness of his hideout
and
could see them searching one cave after another. As they came to his,
he
got ready to make his last stand. To his amazement, however, after
glancing in the direction of his cave, they moved on. Suddenly, he
realized that with the spider web over the entrance, his cave looked as
if no one had entered for quite a while.
"Lord, forgive me," prayed the young man. "I had forgotten that in you
a
spider's web is stronger than a brick wall."
We all face times of great trouble. When we do, it is so easy to forget
what God can work in our lives, sometimes in the most surprising ways.
And remember with God, a mere spider's web becomes a brick wall of
protection.
Lord, I thank you for all our Military, and their families. I Pray for
a
Brick wall of protection, for them everyday!!! Amen
Pacific island. The fighting had been intense, and in the smoke and the
crossfire he had lost touch with his comrades.
Alone in the jungle, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in his
direction. Scrambling for cover, he found his way up a high ridge to
several small caves in the rock. Quickly he crawled inside one of the
caves. Although safe for the moment, he realized that once the enemy
soldiers looking for him swept up the ridge, they would quickly search
all the caves and he would be killed.
As he waited, he prayed, "Lord, if it be your will, please protect me.
Whatever your will though, I love you and trust you. Amen."
After praying, he lay quietly listening to the enemy begin to draw
close. He thought, "Well, I guess the Lord isn't going to help me out
of
this one." Then he saw a spider begin to build a web over the front of
his cave.
As he watched, listening to the enemy searching for him all the while,
the spider layered strand after strand of web across the opening of the
cave.
"Hah, he thought. "What I need is a brick wall and what the Lord has
sent me is a spider web. God does have a sense of humor."
As the enemy drew closer he watched from the darkness of his hideout
and
could see them searching one cave after another. As they came to his,
he
got ready to make his last stand. To his amazement, however, after
glancing in the direction of his cave, they moved on. Suddenly, he
realized that with the spider web over the entrance, his cave looked as
if no one had entered for quite a while.
"Lord, forgive me," prayed the young man. "I had forgotten that in you
a
spider's web is stronger than a brick wall."
We all face times of great trouble. When we do, it is so easy to forget
what God can work in our lives, sometimes in the most surprising ways.
And remember with God, a mere spider's web becomes a brick wall of
protection.
Lord, I thank you for all our Military, and their families. I Pray for
a
Brick wall of protection, for them everyday!!! Amen
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
A Light in your Darkness...always there...and burning...
A Light in your Darkness...always there...and burning...
