SS14U2(AT)aol.com wrote:
> THE ANT
> >> >
> >> > Brenda was a young woman that wanted to learn
> >> > to go rock climbing. So although she was scared
> >> > to death, she went with a group and they faced
> >> > this tremendous cliff of rock, practically perpendicular.
> >> > In spite of her fear, she put on the gear and she took
> >> > a hold of the rope and she started up the face of that rock.
> >> >
> >> > Well, she got to a ledge where she could take a breather.
> >> > As she was hanging on there, whoever was holding the
> >> > rope up at the top of the cliff made a mistake and
> >> > snapped the rope. They pulled it too suddenly and jerked
> >> > it in some way, so that the rope snapped against Brenda's
> >> > eye and knocked out her contact lens.
> >> >
> >> > You know how tiny contact lenses are and how almost
> >> > impossible they are to find. Well, here she is on a rock
> >> > ledge, with who knows how many hundreds of feet behind
> >> > and hundreds of feet above her. Of course, she looked
> >> > and looked and looked, hoping that she would be able to
> >> > find that contact lens. Here she was, very far from home.
> >> > Her sight was now blurry. She was very upset by the
> >> > fact that she wouldn't be anywhere near a place where
> >> > she could get a new contact lens. And she prayed that
> >> > the Lord would help her to find it.
> >> >
> >> > Well, her last hope was that perhaps when she got to
> >> > the top of the cliff, one of the girls that was up there
> >> > on the top might be able to find her contact lens in the
> >> > corner of her eye. So when she got to the top,
> >> > a friend examined her eye. There was no contact lens
> >> > to be found. So she sat down with the rest of the party,
> >> > waiting for the rest of them to come up the face of
> >> > the cliff. She looked out across range after range of
> >> > mountains, thinking of that Bible verse that says,
> >> > "The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the
> >> > whole earth." She thought, "Lord, You can see all
> >> > these mountains. You know every single stone and
> >> > leaf that's on those mountains and You know exactly
> >> > where my contact lens is.
> >> >
> >> > Finally, the time came when it was time to go down.
> >> > So they walked down the trail to the bottom. Just as
> >> > they got there, there was a new party of rock climbers
> >> > coming along. As one of them started up the face of the
> >> > cliff, she shouted out, "Hey, you guys! Anybody lose
> >> > a contact lens?" Well, that would be startling enough,
> >> > wouldn't it? She had found the contact lens! But you
> >> > know why she saw it? An ant was carrying that contact
> >> > lens so that it was moving slowly across the face of
> >> > the rock. What does that tell you about the God of the
> >> > universe? Is He in charge of the tiniest things? Do ants
> >> > matter to Him? Of course they do. He made them.
> >> > He designed them. Brenda told me that her father
> >> > is a cartoonist. So when she told him this incredible
> >> > story, he drew a picture of that ant lugging that
> >> > contact lens (as you see in the comics with a balloon
> >> > with words in it over his head) with the words: "Lord,
> >> > I don't know why You want me to carry this thing.
> >> > I can't eat it and it's awfully heavy. But if this is
> >> > what You want me to do, I'll carry it for You."
> >> >
> >> > That is a true story. If God is in charge of the ants, don't you
> >> > think He cares about you and me? Don't you think he cares about whether
> we get through another day or not? Each time we think we can't handle another
> day of coping with TM, just remember the ant...
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