~The Tiger ~ The Man ~

~ And God ~

A man was being chased by a tiger.

He ran as hard as he could until

he was at the edge of a cliff

with the tiger in hot pursuit.

The man looked over the edge of the cliff

and saw a branch growing out

of the side of the cliff a few feet down.

He jumped down and grabbed the branch

just as the tiger reached the cliff.

The tiger growled viciously

as the man sighed a great sigh of relief.

Just then a mouse came out from a crevice

and began to chew on the branch.

The man looked down to what was a drop

of a thousand feet and sure death

and looked to the heavens and yelled out,

"Dear God, if you are there, please help.

I will do anything you ask but please help."

Suddenly a voice came booming down from heaven,

"You will do anything I ask?"

it questioned.

The man shocked to hear a reply to his plea yelled back,

"I will gladly do anything you ask,

but please save me."

The voice from heaven then replied,

"There is one way to save you

but it will take courage and faith."

The branch began to weaken from the mouse

and the tiger was still growling a few feet above the man,

"Please, Lord, tell me what I must do and I will do it.

Your will is my will."

The voice from heaven then said,

"All right then, let go of the branch."

The man looked down to a fall of a thousand feet

and certain death.

He looked up at the hungry tiger a few feet away

and he looked at the mouse still chewing on the branch.

Then he looked up at the heavens and yelled,

"Is there anyone else up there?"

- Anonymous

Faith - - "When you have come to the edge

of all the light you know,

And are about to step off

into the darkness of the unknown,

Faith is knowing

one of two things will happen:

There will be something solid to stand on,

or you will be taught how to fly."

~Auther Unknown~

Job 13:15

Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.