AN ALLEGORY

By Tessa

Once and again there was a spider who wasn't quite the same as all the others.  He watched as they spun lovely webs in the sunshine.  Over and over he tried to do the same.  And failed. For a time he gave up and nearly died. He just existed.

Then one day, with God's help and a friend's encouragement, he made a beautiful web.  It danced in the sunshine, shone in the wind and laced the mist together in tiny pearls of water. In the dew the light flashed like jewels.

He thanked God and lived again.  Most didn't notice or care, but his friend did.

Let's encourage those who are a bit different.

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"And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say unto you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to Me."'