Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Fourteen-fold Blessing

I was doing a sports climb at Kings Kloof in Krugersdorp but only had 7 quickdraws. A complete set of quickdraws would be between 10 and 12. During the climb on one of the walls, I was 1 quickdraw short of summiting the climb, but spotted a quickdraw on the last bolt, which meant that I could make it all the way to the top. I took the quickdraw home after the climb and was quite happy since I now had 8 quickdraws meaning that I would be able to do a handful of climbs with 8 bolts. I saw on the climbing forum (Lost and found section) that someone would like the quickdraw back if anyone could get it off the last bolt on that route. I really wanted to keep this quickdraw, because with 7 of them I would have to buy a new one which cost about R160 on average. I eventually felt the right thing to do is to let the guy know I have his quickdraw and give it back. After making the decision I posted on the forums asking if anyone would like to sell an old quickdraw or 2. A lady replied to the post saying that she would give me her old set for free. The set had 14 quickdraws and I also got a free sling. It was amazing how giving up the one quickdraw meant receiving 14 in return. It was great to see how God blesses obedience.

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