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CHRISTIAN SENSE
BY TOM SMIKOSKI
A publication devoted to making sense out of the twenty-first century.


MOUNTAIN CLIMBER
By: AUTHOR UNKNOWN ( I received this via email - if anyone knows the source please let us know.)




There is an old story about a mountain climber, who desperate to conquer
the Aconcagua, initiated his climb after years of preparation. But he
wanted the glory to himself, therefore, he went up alone. He started
climbing and soon it was getting later... and later. He did not
prepare for camping but decided to keep on going.

Then it got dark ...

Night fell with heaviness at a very high altitude. Visibility was
zero. Everything was black. There was no moon, and the stars were
covered by clouds. As he was climbing a ridge at about 100 meters
from the top, he slipped and fell. Falling rapidly he could only see
blotches of darkness that passed. He felt a terrible sensation of
being sucked in by gravity.

He kept falling ... and in those anguishing moments good and bad
memories passed through his mind. He thought certainly he would die.
But then he felt a jolt that almost tore him in half.
Yes!!! Like any good mountain climber he had staked himself with a
long rope tied to his waist.

In those moments of stillness, suspended in the air he had no other
choice but to shout, "HELP ME, GOD! HELP ME!"

All of a sudden he heard a deep voice from heaven: "What do you want me to
do?"

"SAVE ME!"

"Do you REALLY think that I can save you?"

"OF COURSE, MY GOD"

"Then cut the rope that is holding you up."

There was another moment of silence and stillness. The man just held
tighter to the rope.

The rescue team says that the next day they found a frozen mountain
climber hanging strongly to a rope ...
TWO FEET OFF THE GROUND.

How about you?
How trusting are you in that rope?
Why don't you let it go?
I tell you, God has great and marvelous things for you.

CUT THE ROPE AND SIMPLY TRUST IN HIM ...

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