I
recently received an interesting story via an e-mail. It
accurately indicated the importance of being concerned with
the needs of others. I don't know who wrote it, and do not
believe it is copy righted. So...here it is...
A
mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer
and his wife open a package.
What food might this contain? The mouse wondered - 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! 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 and said "There is a
mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the
house!"
The cow 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, the farmer had
the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.
The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with
great sadness. 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. 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...our Heavenly Father's reason.
Covenant Life Fellowship - Lubbock
Church - (806) 771-4244
