Today is the first day of Spring, which reminds me, in 1609 the British were fighting the French for control of the St. Lawrence River. British Admiral Phipps was ordered to take his eleven ships and anchor outside Quebec. He was to wait for the land forces before launching a joint attack on the city.

Arriving early, Phipps was annoyed by the statues of saints that adorned the roof of the Catholic cathedral. So he spent the next few days shooting the statues off the roof. Days later, when the land forces arrived, he was out of cannonballs. He had used up his ammunition shooting at the Saints.

When was the last time you witnessed a Christian wasting his/her spiritual energy taking pot shots at another Christian?

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