THAT DESPERATE PLACE - SARAH AND THE MOUSE

THAT DESPERATE PLACE – SARAH AND THE MOUSE

My niece, Sarah, had a little mouse around her house. Being an animal lover, she decided to let it be; After all, it was cute, right? But the mouse moved into the house and became a nuisance. It would wake Sarah up with its scratching in the middle of the night. She had to do something to get rid of it and tried everything she could think of and everything her family and friends suggested. The mouse, however, was clever and somehow managed to avoid every effort to get rid of him. She even got so exasperated that she tried the bee-bee gun and a machete! This craziness went on for four months until Sarah was at her wit's end. She wasn’t sleeping, and what was once a cute little mouse was now much bigger and devilishly scary.

Sarah told me later that she recalled me telling her that God cared about every detail of her life. She didn’t want to bother the Lord with something so minor, but after four months of not sleeping, she was desperate to find a solution to getting rid of the mouse; she was ready to try anything. That night she prayed to God, and when she woke the next morning, one of her traps she’d been trying all this time, finally caught the culprit.

God answered Sarah’s desperation and fixed the problem.

So often we try to fix our problems without consulting the Lord. It’s not that we won’t have to do our part in the fixing process; it’s just that God has the perfect solution and the perfect timing, and often we don’t.

The Lord wants to help us, but it’s our job to ask. Revelation 3:20 says: “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hears my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him, and he with me.” Jesus comes to the door, but he doesn’t break and enter. He waits for us to come to the door and open it!

Did you invite Him to come in and help you with anything today? No? Okay, then get on it. You’re not asleep yet!

Love, Carolyn

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