Another Snake

Here's a shot of another snake we killed in our yard recently.  Not sure what kind it was.  It was greener than it was in this picture after it was killed.  Some think it was a very poisonous Green Mamba!!

This was a day that we had felt particularly under attack.  Lots of things were going wrong.  And a good friend, James, was in a motorcycle accident and broke his leg.  James is the husband of Rebecca.  She helped us around the house with cooking, cleaning, translating into Mampruli, telling us what was a good price for things, helping us know who were some of the neediest people around, explaining Ghanaian cultures, Nalerigu history, etc., etc., etc.  .  . In other words, we could not have made it without her. 

Rebecca is also DEATHLY afraid of snakes.  She can't even look at a picture of a snake and doesn't really even like to talk about them.  She was out  back in our storage room and she saw a bright green snake slithering down a tree.  She immediately ran for help to keep an eye on it until they could get the watchman to kill it.  Thankfully, it was killed.

After seeing, the snake, we were reminded of who our enemy really is. But thankfully, just as this snake was crushed, Satan has been defeated by Jesus Christ.  It was even prophesied in the Garden of Eden -- 

". . . he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."  Genesis 3:15

Father, we are so grateful that we do not have to worry or fear because You have already defeated our only enemy.

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