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Just a mouse?

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"Catch for us the little foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom" (Song of Solomon 2:15, NIV). Good morning y'all. I just wanted to share a funny story.  Earlier this week my husband came into our bedroom and informed me that he may or may not have heard a mouse in the kitchen. He apologized for having to leave and not being able to deal with the critter. I think  I am pretty self sufficient around the house...except when it comes to mice. With them, well...I'm a big chicken...a scardy cat...a whimp. But someone had to get this critter out of the house. So I found and set a trap. Then woke my 15-year-old son...to open the drawer where the mouse may or may not be hiding. I waited, not so patiently, for AJ to stop grinning and open the drawer. I know he was secretly hoping the darn thing would run out of hiding and scurry up my leg or something equally humorous to him and mortifying to me.  So I stood there with trap i

Part of the problem or part of the solution

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I don’t know how to say this gently – and in the past I've been accused of being too blunt so I've made a few tweaks here and there. But not today. Today I have to be brutally honest. Some of my FB family and friends will get all bent out of shape. Some will scream “It's about time they admit it” and then really get ticked off when they read the post. Either way, I'm okay with it. I have to be. So before I even get started, let me just say – the best line of defense I can come up with is we’ll have to agree to disagree. But I'm just doing my job. My thought this morning is this: Christians are what's wrong with this country. Yes, you read that right. Christians are the problem. And here's why: 1) We've become too politically correct. 2) We've allowed the word “from” to be used when the word “of” is recorded in history regarding religious rights. Stop sending cute little pictures asking “Should children be allowed to pray in school?” In