TheBanyanTree: The Harvest

[Sharon Mack]

The Harvest

There was once a spider that lived in a cornfield. He was a big spider
and he had spun a beautiful web between the corn stalks.
He got fat eating all the bugs that would get caught in his web.
He liked his home and planned to stay there for the rest of his life.
One day the spider caught a little bug in his web, and just as the
spider 
was about to eat him, the bug said, "If you let me go I will 

tell you something important that will save your life."
The spider paused for a moment and listened because he was amused.
"You better get out of this cornfield," the little bug said,
..........
"The harvest is coming!"
The spider smiled and said, "What is this harvest you are talking
about? 
I think you are just telling me a story." But the little bug said, 
"Oh no, it is true. The owner of this field is coming to harvest it
soon. 
All the stalks will be knocked down and the corn will be gathered up. 
You will be killed by the giant machines if you stay here."
The spider said, "I don't believe in harvests and giant machines 
that knock down corn stalks. How can you prove this?"
The little bug continued, "Just look at the corn. 

See how it is planted in rows? 

It proves this field was created by an intelligent designer." 
The spider laughed and mockingly said, "This field has evolved and 

has nothing to do with a Creator. Corn always grows that way."
The bug went on to explain, "Oh no. This field belongs to the owner 
who planted it, and the harvest is coming soon."
The spider grinned and said to the little bug, "I don't believe you," 
and then the spider ate the little bug for lunch.
A few days later, the spider was laughing about the story 
the little bug had told him. He thought to himself, "A harvest! 
What a silly idea. I have lived here all of my life and nothing has
ever disturbed me. I have been here since these stalks were just a foot
off the ground, and I'll be here for the rest of my life, because
nothing 
is ever going to change in this field. Life is good, and I have it
made."
The next day was a beautiful sunny day in the cornfield. 
The sky above was clear and there was no wind at all.
That afternoon as the spider was about to take a nap,
he noticed some thick dusty clouds moving toward him. 
He could hear the roar of a great engine and he said to himself, 
"I wonder what that could be?"

(Author unknown)

"So be prepared, because you don't know what day your Lord is
coming."  Matthew 24:42