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POISON IVY GETTING YOUR GOAT?

There’s a million ways to make a buck in this world. But here’s a new one: you rent out your GOATS to eat poison ivy off people’s property!

In another one of those “That’s Incredible” quirks about life on Earth, it seems that goats are the only critters who are not bothered when they are around poison ivy. In fact, they consider it a delicacy. So a friend of mine down in North Carolina, where there are lots of tall trees and lots of poison ivy, knows a guy who rents out his goats.

They’ll come on your property and eat you out of house and home – kind of like distant relatives – and do whatever on your grass and generally make you look wacky. But then they leave, and the poison ivy is gone.

We call a less-than-Pinehurst-quality golf course near us the “goat ranch.” Come to think of it, I’ve never seen any poison ivy on it. Hmm. Maybe they’ve got goats. Maybe THAT’S what happened to all my lost balls.

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Praise reports: Thank You, Jesus, for the great outcome on a medical test about a heart condition for a prayer partner with a very great heart, Chris . . . and for the good victory for State Sen. Mike Foley along with pro-life lobbyist Gregg Schlepperbach and Julie Schmit-Albin of Nebraska Right to Life, for obtaining a half-million dollars in federal funding for emergency pregnancy services in Nebraska, emulating a program described on www.realalternatives.org (Mark 9:23)

Prayer request: We lift our hearts in prayer for Kay, a woman in the prime of life who is battling a rare form of malignant melanoma . . . we also pray for solace and strength in what may be the last days of Sarah O’Mara, immediate past president of the Nebraska Right to Life board, who has breast cancer and is hospitalized in Kearney. Father, they have been faithful; reveal to them and their loved ones Your covenant of love. (Deuteronomy 7:12)