Farm Mouse

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...

For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. (Rom. 14:7, ESV)

...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 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 mouse trap 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 he butchered the pig. The farmer’s wife did not get well, she died.

So many people came for her funeral, and the farmer had his cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.

The mouse looked at 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 does not 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 life is affected by what others do, and what we do has a tremendous effect on others. This makes the application of Philippians 2:3,4 very important.

Do nothing out of rivalry or vanity; but, in humility, regard each other as better than yourselves -- look out for each other’s interests and not just for your own. (Phil.2:3-4, CJB)

Happy Mother’s Day

Remembering the women in my life: My mother Donna (back row right), my grandmother Ruth (front row left), my daughter Toi (front middle), and my great-grandmother Della (front row right).

Love from my heart,

nanC

Nancy Cohen is the Director of Women's Ministries at Apple of His Eye

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