Lovely story - Spider Web

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Sai Ram.

 

I would like to share this story with all of you.

 

Sai Ram

maheswari

 

 

-- Spider's Web

 

A young soldier found himself in a terrible and hopeless battle. The enemy

was soundly defeating this young man's army. He and his comrades found

themselves hastily retreating from the battle field in defeat, running away

in fear for their very lives. The enemy gave chase. This young man ran hard

and fast, full of fear and desperation, but soon found himself cut off from

his comrades in arms.

 

He eventually came upon a rocky ledge containing a cave. Knowing the enemy

was close behind, and that he was exhausted from the chase, he chose to hide

there. After he crawled into the cave, he fell to his face in the darkness,

desperately crying to God to save him and protect him from his enemies. He

also made a bargain with God, one which I (and perhaps you too?) have made

before. He promised that if God saved him, he would serve Him for the

remainder of his days.

 

When he looked up from his despairing plea for help, he saw a spider

beginning to weave its web at the entrance of the cave. As he watched the

delicate threads being slowly drawn across the mouth of the cave, the young

soldier pondered its irony. He thought, "I asked God for protection and

deliverance, and he sent me a spider instead. How can a spider save me?"

 

His heart was hardened, knowing the enemy would soon discover his hiding

place and kill him. And soon he did hear the sound of his enemies, who were

now scouring the area looking for those in hiding. One soldier with a gun

slowly walked up to the cave's entrance. As the young man crouched in the

darkness, hoping to surprise the enemy in a last-minute desperate

attempt to

save his own life, he felt his heart pounding wildly out of control.

 

As the enemy cautiously moved forward to enter the cave, he came upon the

spider's web, which by now was completely strung across the opening. He

backed away and called out to a comrade, "There can't be anyone in here.

They would have had to break this spider's web to enter the cave. Let's move

on."

 

Years later, this young man, who made good his promise by becoming a

preacher and evangelist, wrote about that ordeal. What he observed has stood

by me in times of trouble, especially during those times when everything

seemed impossible.

 

He wrote: "Where God is, a spider's web is as a stone wall. Where God is

not, a stone wall is as a spider's web."