"What Is That?"
When I was a preteen, my sister, my cousin and I had just turned the lights out to go to bed. When suddenly we could hear something flying around the room. "What Is That?" One of us yelled.
We were scared and I started calling out to my dad, but he
was sleeping and would not answer, so I called out to my brother and he too was
sleeping, so no help came. I laid there
frightened along with my sister and cousin.
We wouldn't so much as raise one of our hands into the air.
It didn't sound like a fly or a mosquito. We knew it couldn't of even been an unusually large mosquito. Whatever it was it was
big. So I finally decided something had
to be done. Whatever it was - we were
afraid it could come down upon us at any moment. So I came up with a plan to get to the light
switch. No standing was required until I
could make it to the wall that had the light switch. I
slithered to the bottom of the bed, pulled the sheet loose at the bottom and
slipped down closely to the bed, onto
the floor, then slid across our hardwood flooring and slid up the wall to flip the light switch. As soon as the light came on, the flying whatever
instantly was not flying and was completely hidden from sight. My dad
was finally awakened from all the excitement. We were far from quiet, believe
me! We looked everywhere, but where
could it be? My dad pulled back one of
our curtains and there it was. It was
looking at us, making a noise and it had sharp teeth. It was a brown mean looking bat. It wasn't as big as we thought it would be, but it
was still scary and we didn't want to get bit by it either.
My dad captured the bat by letting it drop into a paper bag. We giggled while getting back into bed and
finally we were able to sleep without fear for the rest of the night.
Thought: The bat liked darkness rather than light.
Thought: Sometimes we can't see the danger but we know it's
there.
Thought: Sometimes things are hidden, but in time are found.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. (motives)
. Sin
. deeds
. motives
. God will judge
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