A MOUSE TRAP STORY
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 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 turned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer’s
trap … 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, the chicken!
But
his wife’s sickness continued, so friends and neighbours 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 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.
Let
everyone who has ever helped you out know how important they are to you.
Remember….
each of us is a vital thread in another person’s tapestry; our lives are woven
together for a reason.
One
of the best things to hold onto in this world is a FRIEND!!! Start by making
Jesus your Best Friend.
Pastor
Evelyn Dennis Kosita- Madu
