The Mountain Climber

They tell the story of a mountain climber, who desperate to conquer the Aconcague initiated his climb after years of preparation. But he wanted the glory to himself therefore he went up alone. He started climbing and it was becoming later and later. He did not prepare for camping but decided to keep on going. Soon it got dark…

Night fell with heaviness at a very high altitude. Visibility was zero and 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 and 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 while suspended in the air he had no other choice but to shout “HELP ME GOD!”, “HELP ME!”

All of the sudden he heard a deep voice from Heaven…”What do you want me to do?”

“SAVE ME!”

“Do you REALLY think 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.

What would you do in this situation? Would you trust God or would you lose your Faith?

CUT THE ROPE AND SIMPLY TRUST IN HIM…