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Do We Have A Mouse's Heart?
Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 6, 2021 (message contributor)
ABRACADABRA--- THE MAGICIAN AND THE MOUSE…
There was a very fearful mouse that heard a very famous and powerful magician was coming to town. The mouse was so happy, his fearful life of worry could change if he could get to the magician. The date arrived and the mouse was so afraid but he pressed the crowd. He asked the great magician. I am so afraid of the cat, would you please turn me into a cat. The magician said that is easy. ABRACADABRA the mouse was changed into a cat. He thanked him. Down the block the mouse, I mean cat saw a dog. Great fear filled the mouse-cat. He returned to the magician and said: I AM AFRAID OF THE DOG. Can you please help me? Sure, ABRACADABRA and the cat was now a dog. Wow, this dog’s life is wonderful. Before the dog left the circus grounds the dog heard the lion roar and great worry and fear filled the dog. The dog ran back to the magician’s room and explained that being a dog was very nice but he was very afraid of the lion. Sir, could you please turn me into a lion? I will have no fear as a lion. The magician said: Ok, ABRACADABRA, you are a lion. The mouse, cat, dog, now lion left the room. He now has no reason to fear or be afraid, he is the mighty lion. As the lion roared a few times he was so thankful. About that time the lion saw a human. The human cracked his whip and shot off a round from the blank gun. Great fear grew in the lion’s heart. This fear and worry is killing me said the lion. So he returns to the magician and he asked, I am so afraid as a lion, could you please make me a HUMAN?
The magician said: NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT… SEE ALL YOU HAVE IS A MOUSE’S HEART… THE MAGICIAN SAID: ABRACADABRA, HE TURNED THE LION BACK INTO THE MOUSE. See the problem of the heart is the heart of the problem.
The lion still had a mouse’s heart. The dog still had a mouse heart. The cat had a mouse heart.
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Conclusion: TODAY CAN HOLD THE POSSIBILITY OF YOUR MIRACLE. ARE YOU EXPECTING A MIRACLE TODAY?
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