Wednesday, June 15, 2005
CANOPY
Contributed by Marion Smith
Jun 02, 2005
"How I have wanted to gather your children as a mother hen gathers her chicks under her wing." Matthew 23:37
Webster defines a canopy as "any high covering", whether completed with cloth or foliage. A canopy bed is usually beautifully finished with a special décor in mind,and the covering above makes me feel special, almost like a princess.
This week I saw a canopy in nature. The Live Oak trees in Savannah, Georgia were planted long ago oneach side of the roads in that area. Today, so many years later, their branchesreach together, forming a canopy over the road. The picture is one to behold. The Spanish moss hangs gracefully and sways gently in the breeze most of the time. The cover is so dense in some places that it obliterates the view of the sky.
God has given us a canopy, also. He tells us in the Bible that He wants to gather us like a mother hen gathers her chicks under her wing. She does it to protect them- unequivocally. This is similar to having God as our heavenly umbrella. An umbrella is only as good as our use of it. Just as the chicks run to their mother, we can run to God,receivingprotection from the rains of life. We are under His umbrella of security, but we must choose to open it in order to receive God's divine shelter and protection. Remember, He is always willing to call His "chicks" (us) under His Holy Wings. Let's listen for the call!
Jun 02, 2005
"How I have wanted to gather your children as a mother hen gathers her chicks under her wing." Matthew 23:37
Webster defines a canopy as "any high covering", whether completed with cloth or foliage. A canopy bed is usually beautifully finished with a special décor in mind,and the covering above makes me feel special, almost like a princess.
This week I saw a canopy in nature. The Live Oak trees in Savannah, Georgia were planted long ago oneach side of the roads in that area. Today, so many years later, their branchesreach together, forming a canopy over the road. The picture is one to behold. The Spanish moss hangs gracefully and sways gently in the breeze most of the time. The cover is so dense in some places that it obliterates the view of the sky.
God has given us a canopy, also. He tells us in the Bible that He wants to gather us like a mother hen gathers her chicks under her wing. She does it to protect them- unequivocally. This is similar to having God as our heavenly umbrella. An umbrella is only as good as our use of it. Just as the chicks run to their mother, we can run to God,receivingprotection from the rains of life. We are under His umbrella of security, but we must choose to open it in order to receive God's divine shelter and protection. Remember, He is always willing to call His "chicks" (us) under His Holy Wings. Let's listen for the call!
# posted by F O O D F O R T H O U G H T @ 3:35 PM 
