Chapter 5 - Prayer and Thanksgiving

The two little ants walked a long time down the Narrow Path. They got thirsty, and wanted a drink of water. They prayed, “Jesus, we’re really thirsty. Where can we get a drink of water?”

Just as they finished praying, they came around a corner on the Narrow Path and saw something very big and very gray.

“What is that?” Daniel asked.

“I think it is a big mountain,” Noah said.

Suddenly the two ants heard a loud voice. 

“Hello down there, little ants! I’m not a mountain, I’m an elephant! Don’t be afraid. Jesus sent me to give you a big drink of water. He always provides for those who choose the Narrow Path. I have some water for you here in my trunk.”

“Oh thank you, thank you, thank you Jesus!” Noah and Daniel shouted. “We were so thirsty!” They reached into their backpacks and took out two cups and held them in front of the elephant.

The elephant lowered his trunk and sprayed some very tasty water into their cups. The ants drank and were not thirsty anymore.

Then the elephant said, “Little ants, you have just done two things that will help you stay on the Narrow Path all the way to the New Jerusalem.”

“What did we do?” Daniel and Noah asked.

“You prayed, and you had thankful hearts. While you are on the Narrow Path, you must always pray, pray, pray, and pray. You must never, ever stop praying. And even when the hard time of winter comes, you must always thank Jesus for everything. If you do these things, you’ll always stay on the Narrow Path.”

Then the elephant reached behind his ear with his trunk and pulled out two stickers. Both stickers had two words on them: “prayer” and “thanksgiving.” He gave the stickers to the two little ants, and they put the stickers on their papers.

“These stickers will remind you to always pray and to always be thankful.  Farewell, my friends. We will drink much water together in the New Jerusalem!  And we can drink hot chocolate together there too!”

“Good bye, elephant!” Daniel and Noah said as they continued on their way. They were very excited about getting to drink hot chocolate with the elephant in the New Jerusalem.