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“The Spider in the Cornfield”
by Art Sadlier   
June 8th, 2013

There once was a spider that lived in a cornfield. He was a big spider and spun his web between two stalks of corn.  He got fat eating all the bugs that got caught in his web. He liked his home in the cornfield and planned to spend the rest of his life there.

One day the spider caught a little bug in his web, and just as the spider was about to eat him, the little bug said "If you let me go I will tell you something very important that will save your life."

The spider listened for a moment because he was amused.  "You had 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."

"Oh No!" said the little bug, "It's true, the owner of this cornfield is coming soon to harvest it."

"All the stalks will be knocked down, the corn will be gathered up and you will be killed by a giant machine 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 bug said "Just look at the corn stalks and see how they are planted in rows.   This proves the field was created by an intelligent designer".

The spider laughed and said, "This field just evolved and it has nothing to do with an intelligent designer - corn just grows that way."  "Oh No", said the little bug, "This field belongs to the owner who planted it, and the harvest is coming soon".

The spider grinned and said "I don't believe you", and he ate the little bug for lunch.

A few days later the spider was laughing about the story the little bug told him, he thought to himself "a harvest, what a silly idea, I have lived in this cornfield all my life and nothing has ever disturbed me.  I have been here since those stalks were just a foot off the ground.  I'll be here the rest of my life, because nothing is ever going to change this field.  Life is good and I have it made."

The next day was a beautiful day in the corn field.  That afternoon as the spider was about to take his nap, he noticed some thick dust in the distance.  He could hear the roar of a great engine.   Just before he took his last nap he said, "I wonder what that could be?"

Matthew 25:13 says "Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man cometh."

300 times in the New Testament we are told of His coming. Don't be like the spider in the cornfield.

"He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him" (John #:36). Do you have the Son as your Saviour? He is coming soon to reap the harvest.

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