This Home is Protected by...

This Home is Protected by…

By:: angie c tipton

actnow ministries

2.4.2013

 

Lately, it seems as though the hot topic is about gun control.  Although I agree with many of the posts that I am seeing on Facebook, until now, I haven’t had a need to post anything for myself. 

 

Last night, David and I were sitting in our home enjoying an evening watching the Super Bowl game when suddenly Stewie, our dog, began to bark and growl.  Now this really isn’t something that’s unusual.  You see, Stewie “has a mouth on him” and he’s definitely not shy.  We live in the country and he loves to chase squirrels, rabbits and cows.  It’s not unusual for him to run from window to window looking out, scanning for things to chase.  He let’s us know in his own way that there’s something out there that he “needs to investigate.”  This time, however, his response was very different.  He ran to David, began to shake and continued to growl as we tried to calm him down.  We thought that he had seen a coyote or an opossum and was scared.  He did calm down a bit, but really wasn’t acting like his normal self.  We watched the halftime show and still he continued with this behavior for about 20 minutes. 

 

David then went into the kitchen and while doing so, glanced to the front of the house saw a silhouette of a person on our front porch.  At that point, he casually looked around, picked up his shoes and headed for the laundry room where there is another window to view our wrap around porch.  That’s when he saw what Stewie was going on about.  There were two strange men lurking about on our porch.  At that time David came out and told me to call 911. 

 

Now we don’t live within the city limits of our town, so it takes more than just a few minutes for the authorities to get to our home.  In the mean time, David grabbed his gun to protect us from these intruders.  He headed outside and then had me turn on the lights on the other side of the house.  It then exposed these two and they took off, never to be seen again.  The county officers arrived, checked out the surrounding area and assured us and the neighbors that they will patrol the area for the next couple of weeks.

 

I am grateful that we live in a country where we have officers who will come to our aid in a time of trouble.  But, I am also grateful that we live in a country that has guaranteed our rights to keep and bear arms as provided in the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. 

 

With that said, I assure you that I’m no “pistol packin’ momma” or anything like that.  In fact, I’m quite the opposite.  Just today, I remembered something from more than 20 years ago before David and I were married.  I had no interest in guns or any type of hunting at all.  But, in my own naïve way, I thought that if I took David to see “Bambi” the day before opening day of deer season, he would be “moved” to cancel his hunting trip…HA!  Like I said, I was NAÏVE…I didn’t care for guns or hunting.

 

24 years later, I would have to say that my stance has softened a bit.  It doesn’t bother me so much to have guns in the house.  David is very responsible about gun safety.  It also doesn’t bother me as much about hunting…which he hardly ever does any more.  BUT, it does bother me to have strangers lurking about my home with ill intentions on their mind.

 

You see, this is the second time something of this nature has happened in the past 3+ years.

 

I approach these things in this way…our home is protected by God Almighty.  I trust that He not only has provided for us, but also protects us.  I have trusted Him to protect us and will continue to do so until the day I die.  But, we also don’t need to be naïve in thinking that we don’t need to take proper measures to protect ourselves.  That would be foolish.

 

Now, we haven’t had any reason to pull a trigger, as those who have attempted to enter OUR HOME unlawfully have fled without incident.  Myself…I believe that to be an answer to prayer.  At the same time, when my husband headed outside to protect us, you bet I was grateful that he not only had a gun, but knows the proper way to use one and is not afraid to do so…only IF needed.

 

I will continue to trust God to protect my family and my home…but know this…

 

“This home is protected by the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  If you still choose to unlawfully enter after knowing that, know that Mr. Smith & Wesson is here to protect us as well!”