Our dog Wesley and I were just returning to our house after taking a long walk in the snow around our little farm. Suddenly I heard Gramma shouting, “There’s a possum on the barbecue!” I quickly decided this was something I needed to check into since the barbecue is right beside our back door.
I watched Wesley very closely as I did not want the two of them to fight. Possums can be vicious fighters! I grabbed Wesley’s collar and led him upstairs and into the house. It was a struggle, but I won. He sure wanted to get at that possum!
With Wesley safely inside, I took a close look at the possum and saw that it was very young, perhaps two months old. It studied me very intently with those beautiful eyes that all possums have. So I began talking to the little animal very softly. (I better tell you right now that I had leather gloves on.) Then I slowly reached around it with my left hand, as it watched my hand very closely. Then with my right hand I caught it at the back of the neck and picked it up, just like we pick up cats. It did not struggle at all. I was still talking to the possum, and then I stretched out my left hand and placed it right in the palm of my hand!
I asked Gramma to go inside and get our son Doug, who was visiting us, to take a picture of it in my hand, and now you can see it! Isn’t it a beautiful little creature? Look at its fur with a little bit of snow on it, its dark eyes, pink nose and a mouth full of teeth. Notice its pink toes and claws and a little bit of pink on the tips of its dark ears. Beautiful!
This is a picture of one of our God’s creations! Immediately Genesis 2:1919And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. (Genesis 2:19) came to my mind: “Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air.” This is a good verse to always remember, especially when you hear people trying to say that we came from monkeys or frogs or something else. I just politely ask them, “Well, where did the monkey and the frog come from?” And I point them to those Bible verses that we just read. Those verses are from the holy Word of God, and it never changes. Why? Because Malachi 3:66For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. (Malachi 3:6) says, “I am the Lord, I change not.” And another good verse to remember is Hebrews 13:88Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. (Hebrews 13:8), which says, “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.”
Our cute little possum sitting in my hand started to crawl up my arm. So I picked it up and turned it around, and it never tried to bite me! Next, I asked Gramma to get me some food for it. Then I carried it to the barn, put the food on the ground, set the possum down next to the food, and watched to see what would happen. That little fellow looked up at me and then started eating. I left the barn and shut all the doors. Two days later I found little possum tracks in the snow going away from the barn and heading down to the trees along the creek. Our little possum friend is FREE!
Children, at one time I was a slave to sin and Satan, because I was a sinner. Then when I found out that “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (1 Timothy 1:15) and that “the blood of Jesus Christ [God’s] Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7)), I accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as my Saviour right then and there! I knew my sins were gone and I was free and headed for heaven!
“How old were you, Grampa?”
I was fourteen.
Boys and girls, are you saved and free from your sins? Are you headed for heaven? Do not remain a slave to sin habits and other evil things. Accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your Saviour right now. This will be the happiest day of your life, knowing that your sins are gone and you are headed for heaven!
Lots of love,
Grampa and Gramma
Grampa’s Animal Friends