In the catholic world, the story of Pope John Paul II will re-echo again as on May 1 will be the beatification of the late pontiff. This will be a historic event in the life of the church.
The lord is my light and my help, whom shall I fear? The lord is the fortress of my life, whom should I dread? This was the responsorial psalm for last Sunday readings. A very good verse of the bible remaining us of the need to keep faith even in dark moments.
As I was reading this psalm, I remembered the story of a war time soldier. It was during World War II. They went out for battle and one by one they fell until just a hand full of them started running for their lives. He ran into an old building filled with cobwebs and there he started praying… “God please save me this time” he said. As he was praying, he saw a spider crawling past him and the spider started making cobwebs on the doors of the room where he was.
The solider, started looking at the spider and as he was looking at the spider, the enemy were drawing closer and he started complaining, “ dear God, I asked you to save me from my enemies but all you could do was to sent is a spider. oh poor me!” as the enemy approached the doors, they killed the other soldiers in the other rooms.
When they got to his own door, one of the soldiers said, “this is an old building, nobody will hide himself here the other soldiers asked why and he reply look at the cobwebs, even if somebody is inside, how will he be able to get inside without removing the cobwebs?”So the other soldiers agreed and they all left. And that was how he was saved.
God is always a light when everything else falls apart.
Remember we are all called to be apostles and disciples just like those whom Jesus called in the gospel. All we need to do to stop complaining and start trusting God even in the smallest things of life. Who knows God might want to send us a little spider …… just joking.
I pray for you that, those living in darkness may see a great light through your own story.
Peace…
The lord is my light and my help, whom shall I fear? The lord is the fortress of my life, whom should I dread? This was the responsorial psalm for last Sunday readings. A very good verse of the bible remaining us of the need to keep faith even in dark moments.
As I was reading this psalm, I remembered the story of a war time soldier. It was during World War II. They went out for battle and one by one they fell until just a hand full of them started running for their lives. He ran into an old building filled with cobwebs and there he started praying… “God please save me this time” he said. As he was praying, he saw a spider crawling past him and the spider started making cobwebs on the doors of the room where he was.
The solider, started looking at the spider and as he was looking at the spider, the enemy were drawing closer and he started complaining, “ dear God, I asked you to save me from my enemies but all you could do was to sent is a spider. oh poor me!” as the enemy approached the doors, they killed the other soldiers in the other rooms.
When they got to his own door, one of the soldiers said, “this is an old building, nobody will hide himself here the other soldiers asked why and he reply look at the cobwebs, even if somebody is inside, how will he be able to get inside without removing the cobwebs?”So the other soldiers agreed and they all left. And that was how he was saved.
God is always a light when everything else falls apart.
Remember we are all called to be apostles and disciples just like those whom Jesus called in the gospel. All we need to do to stop complaining and start trusting God even in the smallest things of life. Who knows God might want to send us a little spider …… just joking.
I pray for you that, those living in darkness may see a great light through your own story.
Peace…