The Trap
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A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer
and his wife open a package.
What food might this contain?
He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning,
"There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the
house!"
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said,
"Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is
of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it."
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, "There is a mousetrap
in the house."
The pig sympathized but said, "I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse,
but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you
are in my prayers."
The mouse turned to the cow. She said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm
sorry for you but it's no skin off my nose."
So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected to
face the farmer's mousetrap alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house; like the
sound of a mousetrap catching its prey.
The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the
darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the
trap had caught.
The snake bit the farmer's wife. The farmer rushed her to the
hospital and she returned home with a fever. Everyone knows you
treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his
hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient.
But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came
to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer
butchered the pig.
The farmer's wife did not get well; she died. So many people
came for her funeral that the farmer had the cow slaughtered to
provide enough meat for all of them.
So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think
it doesn't concern you, remember when one of us is threatened,
we are all at risk.
In the book of Genesis, Cain said this about Abel, his brother,
to our God: "Am I my brother's keeper?"
We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep
an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage
one another.
REMEMBER: EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSON'S
TAPESTRY; OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER FOR A REASON.
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A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer
and his wife open a package.
What food might this contain?
He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning,
"There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the
house!"
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said,
"Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is
of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it."
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, "There is a mousetrap
in the house."
The pig sympathized but said, "I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse,
but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you
are in my prayers."
The mouse turned to the cow. She said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm
sorry for you but it's no skin off my nose."
So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected to
face the farmer's mousetrap alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house; like the
sound of a mousetrap catching its prey.
The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the
darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the
trap had caught.
The snake bit the farmer's wife. The farmer rushed her to the
hospital and she returned home with a fever. Everyone knows you
treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his
hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient.
But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came
to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer
butchered the pig.
The farmer's wife did not get well; she died. So many people
came for her funeral that the farmer had the cow slaughtered to
provide enough meat for all of them.
So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think
it doesn't concern you, remember when one of us is threatened,
we are all at risk.
In the book of Genesis, Cain said this about Abel, his brother,
to our God: "Am I my brother's keeper?"
We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep
an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage
one another.
REMEMBER: EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSON'S
TAPESTRY; OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER FOR A REASON.
serious true Holy Spirit preaching bring results .. yes some times it sounds like scolding .. look at some the thing paul wrote to the Corinthian Church . a person can tell if its out of love or self. 