Rhonda,
I've heard that story only with a different twist.  A hiker stayed 
out too long and began his descent after dark.  He slipped and began 
to fall and cried out to God for help.    Suddenly, he brushed up 
against a branch that was sticking out of the mountainside and, 
thinking quickly, caught hold of it.  Now, his fall had been broken, 
but he thought that he was stuck on the side of the mountain hanging 
between heaven and earth.  It was too dark for him to see 
anything.   He cried out to God again for help.  God asked the hiker, 
"do you trust me?"  The hiker replied, "of course Lord."  So God told 
him to let go, but the hiker refused.  He hung on that mountain side 
all night.  Imagine his surprise when the sun rose the next morning 
and he could see that he was only a few feet from the ground.
Kathy



At 07:18 PM 5/28/2006, you wrote:
>How funny it was to go to church today and hear  just what I was talking
>about in my email.. the pastor gqave an example of a person standing on the
>edge of a cliff holding on to a branch about to fall hundreds of feet to the
>ground below.  In desperation he cries out to God for help, God asks if he
>trust him, the man replies of course I do, God says to him, "Jump, I'll
>catch you."
>Rhonda
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>Behalf Of Kathy Du Bois
>Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 6:03 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: God's grace
>
>Hi Rhonda,
>One thing to think about is, when you acknowledge that  you are weak,
>or unable, you more easily give up control and that's when God can
>step into your circumstances with out having to wrestle with
>you.  Also, if He helps, then He gets the glory and we get the
>blessing.  Just a thought.
>Kathy
>
>
>At 07:35 AM 5/28/2006, you wrote:
> >Reading this morning I saw the verse that says My grace is sufficient for
>my
> >strength is made perfect in weakness...what exactly is meant by perfect?
> >I understand that when we are weak, at the end of what we know and we turn
> >to God we receive His strength for life, it is no longer our strength that
> >powers us.  When we know we are weak, it is then that we know we need God.
> >That verse spoke to me today, I was thinking of all Ben and I have been
> >through, and how true it is that God's  grace is enough, times have been
> >hard, nights have been long, and I have cried tears at midnight giving my
> >fears and anxieties to the only One who can do something about them.
> >I just thought I'd share these thoughts with you.
> >Know I appreciate all of you, you are truly God sent friends and you have
> >been and continue to be a source of encouragement to me.
> >I'm praying for all of you.
> >
> >Blessings
> >Rhonda