Ant And The Contact Lens
Brenda was a young woman who was invited to go
rock climbing. Although she was very scared, she went
with her group to a tremendous granite cliff. In spite
of her fear, she put on the gear, took a hold on the
rope, and 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, the safety rope
snapped against Brenda's eye and knocked out her
contact lens.
Well, here she is, on a rock ledge, with hundreds
of feet below her and hundreds of feet above her. Of
course, she looked and looked and looked, hoping it
had landed on the ledge, but it just wasn't there.
Here she was, far from home, her sight now
blurry. She was desperate and began to get upset, so
she prayed to the Lord to help her to find it.
When she got to the top, a friend examined her
eye and her clothing for the lens, but there was no
contact lens to be found. She sat down, despondent,
with the rest of the party, waiting for the rest of
them to make it up the face of the cliff. She looked
out across range after range of mountains, thinking of
that 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 stone
and leaf, and You know exactly where my contact lens
is. Please help me."
Finally, they walked down the trail to the bottom.
At the bottom there was a new party of climbers just
starting up the face of the cliff. One of them shouted
out, "Hey, you guys! Anybody lose a contact lens?"
Well, that would be startling enough, but you
know why the climber saw it? An ant was moving slowly
across the face of the rock, carrying it on it's back.
Brenda told me that her father is a cartoonist.
When she told him the incredible story of the ant, the
prayer, and the contact lens, he drew a picture of an
ant lugging that contact lens 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."
I think it would probably do some of us good to
occasionally say, "God, I don't know why you want me
to carry this load. I can see no good in it and it's
awfully heavy. But, if you want me to carry it, I
will."
God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the
called. Yes, I do love GOD. He is my source of
existence and my savior. He keeps me functioning each
and every day. Without Him, I am nothing, but with
Him...I can do all things through Christ who
strengthens me. (Phil. 4:13)
Thanks & Regards
Jose Kurian
Manager Sales
MNYL
Chennai
98410-29918
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