Wednesday, August 03, 2005
MOLES
I’ve had this mole in my yard for years--probably many moles! I’ve only seen it once, and then just the tip of its nose. This mole has dug all kinds of holes in my yard. It can’t handle the light, so it burrows under and never comes out--living on worms and insects, I guess. When it really gets hot, you can tell where it is--the tunnels leave streaks from where the grass doesn’t have enough dirt beneath it--thus moisture--to stay green. Another way you find a mole is when you’re walking, the ground caves in--people have actually broken their foot or ankle by stepping on the ground and it shifting from moles.
I used to think that moles could always be caught. You wouldn’t believe some of the crazy formulas. Put a water hose on your exhaust pipe on your car and stick the other end of the hose down in the hole. Put gum in the hole. Then there were these inhuman traps, I confess, I used once where they stabbed the mole--I never got one that way. If I were in East Texas and out in the woods, I’d use my 12-gauge and shoot up some holes!
A friend of mine was going through some tough stuff, not of his own doing--some moles were giving him headaches--someone happened to send him this passage--it was good. If you’ve got moles, it may not do away with them, but it will help you not forget who wins!
Ps 5:7 But I, by your great mercy,
will come into your house;
in reverence will I bow down
toward your holy temple.
8 Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness
because of my enemies--
make straight your way before me.
9 Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
their heart is filled with destruction.
Their throat is an open grave;
with their tongue they speak deceit.
10 Declare them guilty, O God!
Let their intrigues be their downfall.
Banish them for their many sins,
for they have rebelled against you.
11 But let all who take refuge in you be glad;
let them ever sing for joy.
Spread your protection over them,
that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
12 For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous;
you surround them with your favor as with a shield.
(from New International Version)
I used to think that moles could always be caught. You wouldn’t believe some of the crazy formulas. Put a water hose on your exhaust pipe on your car and stick the other end of the hose down in the hole. Put gum in the hole. Then there were these inhuman traps, I confess, I used once where they stabbed the mole--I never got one that way. If I were in East Texas and out in the woods, I’d use my 12-gauge and shoot up some holes!
A friend of mine was going through some tough stuff, not of his own doing--some moles were giving him headaches--someone happened to send him this passage--it was good. If you’ve got moles, it may not do away with them, but it will help you not forget who wins!
Ps 5:7 But I, by your great mercy,
will come into your house;
in reverence will I bow down
toward your holy temple.
8 Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness
because of my enemies--
make straight your way before me.
9 Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
their heart is filled with destruction.
Their throat is an open grave;
with their tongue they speak deceit.
10 Declare them guilty, O God!
Let their intrigues be their downfall.
Banish them for their many sins,
for they have rebelled against you.
11 But let all who take refuge in you be glad;
let them ever sing for joy.
Spread your protection over them,
that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
12 For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous;
you surround them with your favor as with a shield.
(from New International Version)
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