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Monday, November 24th, 2008

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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?’
The mouse wondered - - -
he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
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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.
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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.’
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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.’
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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.

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and she returned home with a fever.cid:11.1886275328@web56005.mail.re3.yahoo.com


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.
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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.
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The farmer’s wife did not get well;


she died.
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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.
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We must keep an eye out
for one another and make an extra
effort to encourage one another…
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SEND THIS TO EVERYONE WHO
HAS EVER HELPED YOU OUT AND
LET THEM KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE.
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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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One of the best things to hold
onto in this world is a FRIEND ! ! !

Ism The Cross You Wear Too Heavy to Bear?

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

CrossCrosses

Complainingly I told myself,
“This cross was too heavy to wear!”
And I wondered discontentedly
Why God gave it to me to bear.
I looked with envy at others
Whose crosses seemed lighter than mine,
And wished that I could change my cross
For one of a lighter design.

Then in a dream I beheld the cross
I impulsively wanted to wear …
It was fashioned of pearls and diamonds,
And gems that are precious and rare.

Cross

And when I hung it around my neck,
The weight of the jewels and the gold
Was much too heavy and cumbersome
For my small, slender neck to hold.

So I tossed it aside, and before my eyes
Was a cross of rose-red flowers;
And I said with delight as I put it on,
“This cross I can wear for hours.”

Cross

For it was so dainty and fragile,
So lovely and light and thin;
But I had forgotten about the thorns
That started to pierce my skin.

Then in a dream I saw my cross …
Rugged and old and plain;
The clumsy old cross I had looked upon
With discontented and disdain.

Cross

And at last I knew that God had made
This special cross for me;
For God in His great wisdom
Knew what I before could not see …
That often the loveliest Cross
Are the heaviest crosses to bear;
For only God is wise enough
To choose the cross each can wear.

Crosses

So never complain about your cross,
For your cross has been blessed;
God made it just for you to wear
And remember … God knows best.

~ Helen Steiner Rice ~

Original music from Margi Harrell
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“Storms Bring Out the Eagles, But the Little Birds Take Cover”

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Storms Bring Out The EaglesEagles

“Storms Bring Out the Eagles,
But the Little Birds Take Cover”

When the “storms of life”
Gather darkly ahead,
I think of these wonderful words
I once read.
And I say to myself
As “threatening clouds” hover,
Don’t “fold up your wings”
And “run for cover.”

But like the eagle,
“Spread wide your wings”
And “soar far above”
The troubles life brings.

For the eagle knows
That the higher he flies,
The more tranquil and brighter
Become the skies.

And there is nothing in life
God ever asks us to bear
That we can’t soar above
“On the wings of prayer.”

And in looking back over
The “storm you passed through,”
You’ll find you gained strength
And new courage, too.

For in facing “life’s storms”
With an eagle’s wings,
You can fly far above
Earth’s small, petty things.

~ Helen Steiner Rice ~

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This, Too, Will Pass Away

Monday, November 3rd, 2008
This, Too, Will Pass Away If I can endure for this minute
Whatever is happening to me,
No matter how heavy my heart is
Or how dark the moment may be …
Sun

If I can remain calm and quiet
With all the world crashing about me,
Secure in the knowledge God loves me
When everyone else seems to doubt me …

Sun

If I can but keep on believing
What I know in my heart to be true,
That darkness will fade with the morning
And that “this will pass away, too!” …

Sun

Then nothing in life can defeat me
For as long as this knowledge remains
I can suffer whatever is happening
For I know God will break all the chains
That are binding me tight in “the darkness”
And trying to fill me with fear …
For there is “no night without dawning”
And I know that “my morning” is near.

~ Helen Steiner Rice ~

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