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Have there been other instances where something happened that you would ask if God was trying to tell you something? Have you been been bitten by a mosquito, had a fly buzzing around your house you couldn't catch, or saw a squirrel run through your yard? Do you think all of these have a specific meaning from God?
On a serious note, mice are lovely creatures. Our cat brought one in, and lost it. We found him camped behind the washing machine where he had collected supplies of cat biscuits. I caught him or her and took him into a field to release, whereupon he tapped me on the palm, and pointed in the other direction, so I trekked back and dropped him at the other end of the garden, much to his approval.
None of the above.
Bad things happen.
God does not bring bad things into our life.
He does use the the bad things to teach us and mold us.
Just as a parent would not do something bad to there child like give them a disease or break a limb to teach them a lesson.
But if a child has something like this happen to them, the parent can use this time to draw closer to the child.
You have mice because mice found your home to live in. You need to get rid of them.So do I have mice because God is judging me, because God is disciplining me, or because Satan is harassing me? Or some combination?
God is not involved at all?You have mice because mice found your home to live in. You need to get rid of them.
I have 10 cats outside in my yard and what they love most in life is chasing down a mouse. Still a mouse got past them and we have one in the house. Once I gave them a mouse that we caught in live trap and somehow they let him out of that trap and he got away from them.We just found out that we have mice in our house.
My wife and I were discussing the theological significance of this the other night and it got me thinking. I know that Yahweh sent mice in order to harass the Philistines (God's judgment upon them). Which reminds me that Yahweh can do more with an army of mice than any king can do with an army of warriors. But I don't believe that we have mice because God is judging us.
However, God may be disciplining us and weaning us off an inappropriate attachment to this world. Our loving Father might certainly do such a thing.
But then I got to thinking about Satan. Some people, when facing an issue like this, might be inclined to think that this is spiritual warfare and that Satan sent these mice to harass them and goad them toward unbelief and sin.
But is this biblical? Satan, through his lies and schemes, certainly is able to have an influence over people. But Satan cannot command anything in creation. He has no control over mice, wind, waves, or anything else. All of creation is under Yahweh's control. Even when Satan harassed Job he had to get Yahweh's permission.
So do I have mice because God is judging me, because God is disciplining me, or because Satan is harassing me? Or some combination?
Discuss.
We just found out that we have mice in our house.
My wife and I were discussing the theological significance of this the other night and it got me thinking. I know that Yahweh sent mice in order to harass the Philistines (God's judgment upon them). Which reminds me that Yahweh can do more with an army of mice than any king can do with an army of warriors. But I don't believe that we have mice because God is judging us.
However, God may be disciplining us and weaning us off an inappropriate attachment to this world. Our loving Father might certainly do such a thing.
But then I got to thinking about Satan. Some people, when facing an issue like this, might be inclined to think that this is spiritual warfare and that Satan sent these mice to harass them and goad them toward unbelief and sin.
But is this biblical? Satan, through his lies and schemes, certainly is able to have an influence over people. But Satan cannot command anything in creation. He has no control over mice, wind, waves, or anything else. All of creation is under Yahweh's control. Even when Satan harassed Job he had to get Yahweh's permission.
So do I have mice because God is judging me, because God is disciplining me, or because Satan is harassing me? Or some combination?
Discuss.
None of the above. You have mice because there is food for them in your house. Try using metal food containers to keep them out. If mice have no food then will not stay.So do I have mice because God is judging me, because God is disciplining me, or because Satan is harassing me? Or some combination?
My Mrs certainly thinks so!We just found out that we have mice in our house.
My wife and I were discussing the theological significance of this the other night and it got me thinking. I know that Yahweh sent mice in order to harass the Philistines (God's judgment upon them). Which reminds me that Yahweh can do more with an army of mice than any king can do with an army of warriors. But I don't believe that we have mice because God is judging us.
However, God may be disciplining us and weaning us off an inappropriate attachment to this world. Our loving Father might certainly do such a thing.
But then I got to thinking about Satan. Some people, when facing an issue like this, might be inclined to think that this is spiritual warfare and that Satan sent these mice to harass them and goad them toward unbelief and sin.
But is this biblical? Satan, through his lies and schemes, certainly is able to have an influence over people. But Satan cannot command anything in creation. He has no control over mice, wind, waves, or anything else. All of creation is under Yahweh's control. Even when Satan harassed Job he had to get Yahweh's permission.
So do I have mice because God is judging me, because God is disciplining me, or because Satan is harassing me? Or some combination?
Discuss.
Seeing Angus has posted...
To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With The Plough
1785
Type: Poem
Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie,
O, what a panic's in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
Wi' bickering brattle!
I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee,
Wi' murd'ring pattle!
I'm truly sorry man's dominion,
Has broken nature's social union,
An' justifies that ill opinion,
Which makes thee startle
At me, thy poor, earth-born companion,
An' fellow-mortal!
I doubt na, whiles, but thou may thieve;
What then? poor beastie, thou maun live!
A daimen icker in a thrave
'S a sma' request;
I'll get a blessin wi' the lave,
An' never miss't!
Thy wee bit housie, too, in ruin!
It's silly wa's the win's are strewin!
An' naething, now, to big a new ane,
O' foggage green!
An' bleak December's winds ensuin,
Baith snell an' keen!
Thou saw the fields laid bare an' waste,
An' weary winter comin fast,
An' cozie here, beneath the blast,
Thou thought to dwell-
Till crash! the cruel coulter past
Out thro' thy cell.
That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble,
Has cost thee mony a weary nibble!
Now thou's turn'd out, for a' thy trouble,
But house or hald,
To thole the winter's sleety dribble,
An' cranreuch cauld!
But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane,
In proving foresight may be vain;
The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'men
Gang aft agley,
An'lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!
Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me
The present only toucheth thee:
But, Och! I backward cast my e'e.
On prospects drear!
An' forward, tho' I canna see,
I guess an' fear!
We create birdboxes, why don't we make mouse houses?
My cat would misinterpret the gesture
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