Catch us the Foxes

There's a story of a man who had a little fox in his backyard, very elegant and quiet fox. This man had a neighbor whose backyard was big with different fruit trees and among all those trees there was a big and attractive sweet vine tree filled with delicious grapes and every morning the little fox approached the fence to see those grapes very close and the more she looked the more she desired to eat them all.

One day that neighbor decided to travel for 10 days and after he departed then the little fox saw her great dream becoming a reality, finally she had her best moment of satisfying her endless desire of eating those grapes. Early in the morning that little fox crossed the fence through a small hole in it and happily started eating grapes one after the other and as she eats she also grew up faster and faster.

After ten days the neighbor came back from his trip, when the little fox heard him coming she decided to run back home through the same hole she had passed ten days before, what a surprise! The little fox was not able to pass through that hole anymore, do you know why? She ate so many grapes that became big and the hole was small for her. End of story: When the angry man saw her he just killed her right there!

Which lesson can we take from it? Problems start very small in our life, it comes sometimes through a single word we hear, or small thought in which at first doesn't hurt at all but every small thing today, will become big tomorrow, if we don't cast it out and destroy it right away in the beginning, later on it'll be too late. check your heart and your mind out, and see if there's any little fox hidden in them, if you find it then, you should kill it right away, otherwise, it will destroy your vineyard by eating and devouring the most sweet things you have in life.

'Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes.' Song of Solomon 2.15

May God bless you!

Bishop Carlos E Da Costa