Copperhead in the kitchen

[KrispyKritter]

I had an experience last night that I would share... and also show a spiritual lesson...

Last evening my wife went to her sisters house with our 8 yr old and our 2 month old. I took our 7 yr old to football practice. She neglected to let me know that the screen on the sliding door to our kitchen had jumped the track, so when I left, that door from our kitchen to the back porch was left with a crack open.

Our house sits on the side of a mountain about 1/2 a mile back in the woods.

I got home about 8:30 w/our 7 yr old. I walked out to the kitchen and flicked on the light... and there lay a 3 foot long copperhead snake in the middle of the floor. I about ran over my son backing out of the kitchen.

(By the way... if you ever do encounter a copperhead the safest thing to do is back away. He will not follow you. If anyone tells you a copperhead chased them... it either wasnt a copperhead, or they were lying to you.)

I put on a pair of old combat boots and some hunting pants, proceeded to step on it's neck and cut his head off with a hunting knife. PRAISE THE LORD my 7 yr old didnt walk out there first.

Now... here is the spiritual lesson...

How many of us leave the spiritual back door to our homes cracked open... allowing in the serpent of all serpents... Satan? We do it with our TV's, radios, and other media devices. We do it with attitudes and unforgiveness. And Satan doesnt come and knock on the front door... he sneaks in the back when no one is looking. We allow him in unknowingly. And tho a copperhead is deadly... all he can do is end our earthly existence. Satan can cause us to lose the real life... which is life in eternity with Jesus Christ.

My warning to everyone is to shut the spiritual doors to your home! I would rather kill the serpent on the front porch than have to do it in inside my home!

[Hyssop]

Praise the Lord!!!!!

I'm so ever thankful that it worked out that way.

Wow, (I have goosebumps)
Thank you for the reminder about not leaving our "back door" open- lest the serpent sneaks in. Amen.

[RJs here]

eeeewwww!!!!


that gave me literal *CHILLS*


hate them snakes!!!


and thanks for the spiritual wake up call as well!!! :thumb

[kitten]

What a scare! PTL that your child was behind you.

[mrsppmrxky]

Krispy, I am so thankful that you both are okay and that you found the snake. (I shutter to think if it had been in hiding!)

I loved the lesson. I hope you don't mind if I pass it on to some of my friends in another forum.

[KrispyKritter]

Originally posted by mrsppmrxky
I loved the lesson. I hope you don't mind if I pass it on to some of my friends in another forum.

By all means... pass it on.

[ylf1999]

PTL you and your son are okay.

my dad says the only good snake is a dead snake :pound

YBIC

[Christine]

But on this, I must say, Originally posted by KrispyKritter
I put on a pair of old combat boots and some hunting pants, proceeded to step on it's neck and cut his head off with a hunting knife. Good thing it was you and not me. I would have gone for plan B, selling the house: food, furniture, snake and all.

:freaked

[BereanSalmon]

(By the way... if you ever do encounter a copperhead the safest thing to do is back away. He will not follow you. If anyone tells you a copperhead chased them... it either wasnt a copperhead, or they were lying to you.)

I'll have to bow to your superior knowledge of snakes. However, not being able to distinguish a real copperhead from a tree branch myself (yes, there's a story behind that), I would probably just run!!!

[duckdogger]

Christine, I am a thinking you would have tossed out the proverbial baby with the bath water.

Some Pentecostals would have paid good money for that snake if it were still in good working order.

[onelamb]

Originally posted by duckdogger
Christine, I am a thinking you would have tossed out the proverbial baby with the bath water.

Some Pentecostals would have paid good money for that snake if it were still in good working order.


Wow, as a Pentecostal-I rebuke that remark in the Name of Jesus! I can't stand snakes. :twitch

Krispy, that was a sickening experience-reminds me of a friend who had to go to her basement in the middle of the night for something-and reached for it and a snake wrapped itself around her arm! Heeebeeejeeebees bigtime!:yell

[FaithnJesus]

Originally posted by Christine
But on this, I must say, Good thing it was you and not me. I would have gone for plan B, selling the house: food, furniture, snake and all.

:freaked

The same here Christine.

This is also a very good lesson for us all

[KrispyKritter]

Originally posted by duckdogger
Christine, I am a thinking you would have tossed out the proverbial baby with the bath water.

Some Pentecostals would have paid good money for that snake if it were still in good working order.

Oh man... I didnt even think about that! There are a couple "churches" around here farther up in the mountains that are into that kinda thing... I could probably gotten $50 for it! Dang!

[snowbird]

If it was me I would be patching the hole in the floor where the snake was.

I'll take a bear, or wolf over a snake anytime.

[Patty T]

Hey Krispy :wave

What a brave man you are! I'm very glad you and your son are ok. Can't even imagine how you felt seeing that snake in your kithen :eek

Sounds like you handled it just great though :thumb

The spiritual analogy was very good - thanks for sharing the natural and spiritual side.


God Bless,

Patty


P.S. did ya get that door fixed yet?

[architectlink]

Whenever I see snakes I feel it is a warning from God.

What an awesome sign! Thanks for the warning!

[packer]

krispy, im not trying to start another osas thread, but with this statementSatan can cause us to lose the real life... which is life in eternity with Jesus Christ. , are you suggesting that satan can cause a believer to loose their salvation, or are you refering to satan causing a nonbeliever to not find salvation?

im glad everyone is ok (except for the snake)

[KrispyKritter]

Originally posted by packer
krispy, im not trying to start another osas thread, but with this statement , are you suggesting that satan can cause a believer to loose their salvation, or are you refering to satan causing a nonbeliever to not find salvation?

im glad everyone is ok (except for the snake)

:doh ...no, I'm not going there. If I was interested in getting into that whole debate, I would have gotten in on one of the threads... notice I never have.

[KrispyKritter]

Originally posted by Patty T
Hey Krispy :wave

What a brave man you are! I'm very glad you and your son are ok. Can't even imagine how you felt seeing that snake in your kithen :eek

Yea... well, I wasnt looking too brave when I first encountered him... I had on shorts and tennis shoes. Not exactly what you want to be wearing when a copperhead is cocked and ready to strike your leg! I felt more brave once I got on leather boots and heavy thick pants!

....and yes, the door situation is under control. Lowe's installed it 3 months ago. I called and told them what happened, and that we ended up w/ a venomous snake... they are comnig out to re-install a whole new system... free.

[Joshua's Gen]

Nice analogy, thanks for posting it!

Arkansas was full of copperheads in the hills. My parents had to chop their heads off with the shovels if they got in the garden or yard.

[ylf1999]

Originally posted by Joshua's Gen
Nice analogy, thanks for posting it!

Arkansas was full of copperheads in the hills. My parents had to chop their heads off with the shovels if they got in the garden or yard.

someone please remind me to never go to Arkansas. I might not realize it is a copperhead until it is too late and then I would be one hurting bird.

:pound

YBIC

[KrispyKritter]

Originally posted by ylf1999
someone please remind me to never go to Arkansas. I might not realize it is a copperhead until it is too late and then I would be one hurting bird.

:pound

YBIC

Yea... just stay right up there in Conn. We're getting kinda exhausted burying all you Yankees who cant tell a Copperhead from a garden hose!

:laugh :pound :D: :thumb

[ylf1999]

Originally posted by KrispyKritter
Yea... just stay right up there in Conn. We're getting kinda exhausted burying all you Yankees who cant tell a Copperhead from a garden hose!

:laugh :pound :D: :thumb

:pound :pound :pound

I actuall would probably be able to tell it was a copperhead. then I would run and scream my bloody head off :pound.

the boy scouts taught me how to recognize a rattlesnake, copperhead, and a cotton mouth.

the female copperhead is actually more deadly then the male one is. how you tell them apart is beyond me but as I said if I ever saw a copperhead I would do a U turn and run as fast as my legs could carry me of course I would be screaming my bloody head off as well. :lol