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God and The Rope

It was said that a climber was very keen to win a race over a very steep mountain. He started to climb it after a long time of training. He wanted to reach the peak alone, so he went up without companions. He wanted to get all the glory for himself.

He started to climb and little by little it was getting late. But the climber had in mind to reach the peak and he didn’t stop. It was getting darker but he carried on.

At night it was really dark. It was impossible to see anything. Everything was in darkness. There was no visibility because the clouds covered over the moon and the stars.

When he was climbing one of the cliffs on the mountains, very close to the peak, the climber fell and slid down the mountain. He fell down very fast and he couldn’t see anything, and he had a terrible feeling that he was near to death…

While he was falling at high speed, many thoughts and memories came to his mind, good and bad. His life flashed in front of his eyes like a movie. He thought that he was at death’s door… when he felt a very strong pull from the long rope which was attached to the rocks. He was left hanging in the air, in absolute darkness, with nobody around.

At that moment, in a dead silence, hanging in the air, powerless and hopeless, the climber shouted to God:

-       My Lord! Help me!

Suddenly, a very low voice replied to him from the heavens:

-       What do you want me to do for you?

-       O God! Save my life! – He replied.

-       Actually, do you think that I can save you?

-       Of course my Lord!

-       Ok, then cut the rope which holds you.

There was a very long moment of silence. After that, the climber held on to the rope with his hands even stronger.

(In this moment, ask yourself: would you have cut the rope?)

The rescue team said that the next day they found a climber hanging on a rope, dead, frozen, with his hands holding onto the rope… who was only two meters from the ground.