Today I had a lizard in my house!

Very early this morning, and I mean very early (like just one cup of coffee early), I spotted a lizard on my family room floor. Now when you live in Georgia occasionally you will get a lizard in your house. My husband's grandmother once called 911 to report a lizard in her house. The dispatcher said "mam, a lizard won't hurt you" and his grandmother replied "yes, but they sure can make me hurt myself". This memory was going through my head as I watch the lizard slide away and I couldn't help but agree with her. I told my daughter to get my 4 year old son who loves worms and frogs and anything that belongs outside. He came running downstairs eager to help and found me standing on an upside down dog bowl. I explained to him that the lizard was trapped under the bowl and he needed to grab it and throw it outside. He said "no"! What??? I tried another approach; I slid a magazine under the dog bowl to trap the lizard and then I would throw everything outside. This method appeared to be working pretty well and I actually had the thought "this is too easy". Why, oh why can't I control my thoughts? The next thing you know the lizard escaped and I let out a blood curdling scream. This was a great scream- I didn't know I had it in me! I mean this scream would have made it to the movies! What was the result of this impressive shriek? Well, my brave son, my son who can catch a frog in mid leap, ran up the stairs and hid in his room. This just happened to be the one day that my husband had left early for work. I knew it was up to me. I did the only thing a mom could do and grabbed the dust mop. I then hustled the lizard to the open door and as I was doing this I realized that it was a baby lizard. Not just a tiny lizard but one that was moving slowly. It's color was bad and you could tell that he had been in the house for a long time (I tried to ignore this thought). He was thirsty, hungry and scared. Then I wondered how many times have I been caught in a house that I shouldn't be in? A house full of envy, anger or bitterness. How many times has God gently corralled me to a place of safety. I know there are many time I have fought His leading and I hope that next time I will pay more attention so He won't have to let out an earth shattering scream!