During World War II, a US marine was separated from his unit on a Pacific island. The fighting had been intense, and in the smoke and the crossfire he had lost touch with his comrades. Alone in the jungle, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in his direction. Scrambling for cover, he found his way up a high ridge to several small caves in the in the side of an embankment. Quickly, he crawled inside one of the caves. Although safe for the moment, he realized that once the enemy soldiers looking for him swept up the ridge to the embankment, they would quickly find the caves, search them, and he would be killed. As he waited, he prayed, "Lord, if it be your will, please protect me. Whatever your will though, I love you and trust you. Amen." After praying, he lay quietly listening to the enemy begin to draw closer...and closer. He thought, "As you wish Lord -- your will be done." A tear began to form in the corner of his eye as he realized that this was the end of life here on Earth for him - and that he'd never make it home to t the states, nor ever see the baby girl who was born a month after he had shipped out. Then he saw a spider crawl up the wall at the entrance to the cave. There it begin to build a web over the cave's entrance. As he watched, listening to the enemy searching for him all the while, the spider layered strand after strand of web across the opening of the cave. He gave a soft smile and thought "What I need is a brick wall. God does have a sense of humor." As the enemy drew closer he watched from the darkness of his hideout and could see them searching one cave after another. As they came to his, he got ready to make his last stand. To his amazement, however, after glancing in the direction of his cave, they moved on. Suddenly, it dawned on him. He realized that with the spider web over the entrance, his cave looked as if no one had entered for quite a while. "Father, please forgive me and the weakness of my faith," prayed the young man. "I had forgotten that in you alone a spider's web is stronger than any brickwall."