During World War 2, a soldier was separated from
his unit on an 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 realised 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, please spare my
life. Whatever will happen, 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.
"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 humour."
As the enemy drew closer he watched from the
darkness of his hide out and could see them
searching one cave after another.
As they came to his, he got ready to make his
last stand, but then he heard the leader of the
soldiers say:
"you may as well ignore looking in this cave ...if
he had entered here this web would be broken!"
So they left and he was delivered!
To his amazement, however, after glancing in the
direction of his cave, they moved on.
Suddenly he realised that with the spider web
over the entrance, his cave looked as if no one
had entered for quite a while.
"Lord, forgive me," he prayed. "I had forgotten
that in you a spider's web is stronger than a
brick wall. He will use the most foolish things in
this world to confound the wise!
God is your protector, if you believe in him.
Wishing you a blessed and successful week with God's protection
his unit on an 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 realised 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, please spare my
life. Whatever will happen, 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.
"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 humour."
As the enemy drew closer he watched from the
darkness of his hide out and could see them
searching one cave after another.
As they came to his, he got ready to make his
last stand, but then he heard the leader of the
soldiers say:
"you may as well ignore looking in this cave ...if
he had entered here this web would be broken!"
So they left and he was delivered!
To his amazement, however, after glancing in the
direction of his cave, they moved on.
Suddenly he realised that with the spider web
over the entrance, his cave looked as if no one
had entered for quite a while.
"Lord, forgive me," he prayed. "I had forgotten
that in you a spider's web is stronger than a
brick wall. He will use the most foolish things in
this world to confound the wise!
God is your protector, if you believe in him.
Wishing you a blessed and successful week with God's protection
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