Emphasis Preaching Journal

From her kitchen window, Mary looked out at her garden and noted the squirrel cavorting around the emerging plants as if to encourage their growth. Her children had named the squirrel Nicky because of the nick in his ear, the result of her son's effort to rid the garden of scavenging squirrels using his BB gun. Mary had been appalled and put an immediate stop to his "protective" measures as the poor, wounded squirrel darted off into the trees, presumably never to return. "I hit it, Mom!" her son had boasted.