Title: Afflictions

   Mrs. Monroe lives in Darlington, Maryland.  She’s the mother of eight children.  And except for a few interesting experiences, she’s just like any other mother across America.  One experience was so unique that John Haggai put it in his book:  How to Win Over Worry.

   She came home one afternoon from the grocery store and walked into her home and everything looked pretty much the same, though it was a little bit quieter than usual.  She looked into the middle of the living room and 5 of her darlings were sitting around in a circle, exceedingly quiet, doing something, with something in the middle of a circle.  So she put down the sacks of groceries and walked over closely and looked and saw that they were playing with 5 of the cutest skunks you can imagine.

   She was instantly terrified and she said, “Run children, run! Each child grabbed a skunk and ran, in 5 different directions. She was beside herself and screamed louder, more frantically, with great gusto. It so scared the children that each one squeezed his skunk!  As the writer put it, “Skunks don’t like to be squeezed!”

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