"It was close and it is probably going to get worse if we don't get out of here soon." The Captain responds calmly.
"Lets go then, I can see the gate" Tim says starting forward.
"Wait Tim!" Jesse yells. "Don't you find it a bit strange that no one is following us over the wall? Hold up for just one second and let me check this out." Jesse slowly inches forward inspecting the ground."Ha" Jesse laughs. "I knew it! We jumped right into the middle of a mine field!"
"Great" Tim complains. "This day just keeps getting better."
"Is there any way out Jess?" The captain asks as he reaches down and picks Mack up off the ground.
"They sometimes leave a path through these things just in case they get stuck in it themselves, but finding that path without a map would be really difficult Cap" Jesse Responds.
"That is our only chance. It is a good thing that you have worked on these guys bombs before, get to work." The Captain commands.
"Sir yes Sir" Jesse responds and quickly starts to look for the path through the minefield.
"Tim now would be a good time to see what you can do for Mack's leg." The Captain states.
"On it captain." Tim responds.
The team works in silent anxiousness hoping that there is a way out. An hour passes as Jesse moves meticulously up and down the wall.
"Captain, I don't know if Mack is going to make it." Tim says." If we don't get out of here soon and get him to a real medic his wound is going to become infected and there is not much we are going to be able to do then."
"I know Tim, all we can do is hope that Jesse can find us a way out." The Captain says.
At that moment they notice Jesse running towards them from a few hundred feet down the wall. "Captain I think I found it." He shouts.
"At a boy Jess" The Captain says as he picks Mack up in a fireman carry. As the team follows Jesse they find a set of footprints in the sand headed towards the gate.
"I think you have done it Jess." The Captain says.
"I have gone about 10 feet out along the footprints and I haven't stepped on a mine yet so I think that we should be good." Jesse responds.
"Okay team this is our only chance, lets go." The Captain orders. "Jesse you have the best chance at noticing one of these mines so you lead the way."
The team begins to move down the path following it as it twists and turns through the field. At times the path comes almost all the way back to the wall that they started out next too. They continue to follow the wall for almost an hour when it begins to get close to a large gate at the edge of the camp.
"We made it Captain." Tim says with relief.
Jesse with a heavy sigh says; "I don't think so Tim, the path turns about 10 feet before the gate."
"It's ok, there probably aren't any mines there. It's only 10 feet we can make it!" Tim says in desperation.
The team is silent for one minute as they think about what to do. The Captain takes a deep breath and says "boys we follow the path, it hasn't let us down so far."
"But Captain" Tim whines.
"That's an order soldier!" The Captain retorts.
With that, the team continues down the path. As it winds seemingly away from their destination. After another half an hour of walking they round a corner that they had not seen before. There in the wall is a small gate that is unlocked. "Thank Heavens" Jesse says as they go through the gate, and find themselves outside of the compound.
As they stand in shock looking around at the freedom that they have found they see the first gate about 100 feet down the wall. As they walk over to the gate Jesse says "It's rigged to blow!" They notice on the side of the gate that is not visible while inside the camp their is a large bomb.
"Glad we didn't go through there huh Tim" Jesse says with a smirk.
The captain lets out a boisterous laugh and says "Lets go boys, it's time to go home."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The End!
They made it! And only by following this path. Our lives are a lot like the path through this mine field, there is danger on every side and it is often hard to know where to go. Luckily for us we have someone who has gone before. The someone for us is Jesus Christ. He has place the footprints before us and if we follow him we can make it. But there is only his way. There were two gates in this story and only one of them was going to get the team anywhere.
Mathew 7:13-14
13 ¶Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
No comments:
Post a Comment