STINKY! STINKY!

Hubby, daughter and I went to the Church to decorate for Christmas. 

 

As we entered, we were hit with an AWFUL odor coming from the kitchen.   Hubby knew that it needed quick attention if there was to be any chance of getting the smell away by Sunday.  He had to find the cause of the odor.

 

 My daughter and I gladly headed to the Sanctuary and closed the door where we began to decorate.  

 

My hubby, tugged, pushed and moved everything around in the kitchen to find the critter that had caused so much sensual awareness by his death.  After much investigation, the critter was found. Apparently, he had been having a BLAST in his last few hours of life. 

 

So the cause of the problem was found, now for the clean up.   If he had only found the cause, and not continued on with the next step, our Church would have had a SHORT service on Sunday!

 

He continued now to gather the clean up tools and took care of what he had seen.  BUT the odor seemed to still be present.  So he decided to call a Trustee to come help him look.   The trustee said he would be right  over (love that attitude!).  Together they looked in every nook and cranny, but found no other signs of death.

 

The spraying then began and putting the kitchen back in order.   By the time we left the Church tonight, the odor was indeed on its way out.

 

It is EASY to smell a dead animal - it is not easy to know they are there when they are alive.  But when they die, they cannot find their presence!

 

LORD, I pray that YOU will help us to be aware of "sneaky critters" that come into our Church with an agenda to destroy our Church, or shame the name of Jesus.   Help us not to be blinded by their nice outside look.  Protect us Lord, and keep us alert to any invasion against the Truth that may creep into our Church ...or into our individual minds.  We want our Church to have a SWEET AROMA of your love.  We want people to be DRAWN to You, not run away from us.   Help us Lord to be on Guard for any evil invasion.  We desire our lives, our minds, our conversation, our behavior, our marriages, our Church, to honor YOU in everything we do.   Thank You Lord for Your AMAZING GRACE toward us.