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In a message dated 08/16/2001 5:47:34 PM Central Daylight Time,

littlelamb77@... writes:

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This is a must read! It is awesome!

Midnight Battle!

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Pedro Bernardo traveled up and down the Amazon River by canoe selling

Christian books to the villagers he passed. At night he'd find a quiet

nook

by a protected bank, tie his boat to a tree limb, and drift to sleep amid

the muffled sounds of the jungle.

Early one morning he discovered that he'd tied his canoe to a very

dangerous

tree. No, the limbs and leaves weren't the problem. It was what lived in

the

tree that almost cost him his life.

The sting of the fire ant can burn like a flame. If enough of the large

creatures sting you, you die. As Pedro slumbered under that particular

tree

that night, an army of fire ants began marching down the rope, heading

straight for the weary literature evangelist.

At that moment a gentle breeze drifted across the waters, pushing the

free

end of the canoe around until it came to rest against the limb of another

tree. Unknown to the slumbering Christian, this tree contained a colony

of

black ants-deadly enemies of the fire ants. A new army swarmed down the

limb, boarded the canoe, and met the fire ants just a couple feet from

Pedro's head.

All night long a fierce, silent war raged, with casualties on both sides.

At

dawn, when Pedro awakened, he rolled over to discover that his canoe had

been a battleground and was littered with dead and dying fire ants. Their

black cousins had gained the upper hand and driven the red army out of

the

canoe, back up the rope, and into their own tree.

>From every enemy, God provides a Deliverer.

--Author unknown

Posted From [Andychap's]

Because of Christ,

Ted Cashion

Director

A Joke A Day Ministries

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