Sleeping with snakes!

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Sleeping with snakes!

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This came across my social media feed yesterday
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A Lady had a pet snake that she loved very much. The snake was about 7 ft long and one day it just stopped eating. After several weeks of trying everything the lady still couldn't get the snake to eat. The woman took the snake to the vet and explained her situation. The vet replies "I see ..has your snake been sleeping with you at night or snuggling real close and stretching himself out?" The woman said "Yes. Everyday and it makes me so sad that I can't help him feel better." The vet says to the lady "Ma'am your snake is not sick. It has been preparing to eat you. He's been sizing you up everyday so he knows how big he has to be. He's not eating so he has enough room to digest you.
Moral of the Story:

Recognize the snakes around you. Everyone’s intentions aren’t pure. Just because they seem close to you, doesn't mean their intentions aren't to devour you.

Some people aren’t PRAYING for you. they’re PREYING on you!!
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Second moral of the story, don’t keep pets that will eat you live or kill you to eat you.

Snakes, oversized cats, hippos, bears… assumed friends, half the people on Mennonet…
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Soloist wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:09 am Second moral of the story, don’t keep pets that will eat you live or kill you to eat you.

Snakes, oversized cats, hippos, bears… assumed friends, half the people on Mennonet…
I wouldn't say half, but I get it 8-)
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Made me think of satan and when we 'sleep with him' in the way we live, he is there waiting for that point to devour us. It was the snake that started our downfall and he is still very active today. Rev 12:9 -
So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
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