Psalm 61 and Chirpy the Bird

Chirpy, the parakeet, never saw it coming. One second he was peacefully perched in his cage. The next he was sucked in, washed, up, and blown over. 

The problems began when Chirpy's owner decided to clean Chripy's cage with a vacuum cleaner. She removed the attachment from the end of the hose and stuck it in the cage. The phone rang, and she turned to pick it up. She'd barely said "Hello!" when "ssssop!" Chirpy got sucked in.

The bird owner gasped, put down the phone, turned off the vacuum, and opened the bag. There was Chirpy, sill alive, but stunned. Since the  bird was covered with dust and soot, she grabbed him and raced to the bathroom, turned on the faucet, and held Chirpy under the running water. Then, realizing that Chirpy was soaked and shivering, she did what any compassionate bird owner would do............

She reached for the hair dryer and blasted the pet with hot air. Poor Chirpy never knew what hit him.

A few days after the trauma, the reporter who'd initially written about the event contacted Chripy's owner to see how the bird was recovering. "Well," she replied, "Chirpy doesn't sing much anymore–he just sits and stares."

It's hard not to see why. Sucked in, washed up, and blown over.........

That's enough to steal the song from the stoutest heart.

End of story.

In Psalm 61, David asked for help when his heart was faint. In verse 4 he was abiding in God's tent and trusting in the shelter of God's wings. Then in verse 8, David was rejoicing because God heard his cry when he was faint.

In Wiersbe's book on Psalms - I am reminded that God didn't intend for us to "throw in the towel." God is always listening, always with me, won't forsake me, whatever my circumstances. If I can't rejoice in the circumstances, I can rejoice in God's protection. 

Warm, warm, humid days of summer in Iowa. Makes the corn grow. The humidity sorta left last night. Not sure what it is like today. The forecast is for calmer weather. Andy & Melissa were awakened by me early Monday morning when I couldn't sleep. I turned on the TV and saw this storm that had a tornado in it barreling down on Ankeny. I called them. They did say that they were glad, because they wouldn't have heard the sirens. Though they had electricity, the other half of Ankeny was without for several hours.