Triplet Squirrel Story My little ones have found orphaned triplets, three baby squirrels, which they have faithfully for many days nursed witih a bottle in the middle of the night. Chip and Dale and Chess have had a very safe and comfortable nest with plenty of food and water and lots of love. They have been very protected and have become tame, jumping into our laps and running up our clothes. But recently they have been running thoughout the house like "wild teens", just longing for FREEDOM. It was time to put them outside in a big cage! :)...But in the process of doing so, little Chess got loose and ran up a tree. Isn't that just like a teen who is longing to exert his independence and see the world? Little Chess was not aware of the DANGERS that awaited her. She didn't know how to find food and water in the wild; she didn't know about all the animals who longed to destroy her. Many of our children, also, have been warned about the devil, the "roaring lion" who seeks to devour, but they seem to be unaware that he is a real DANGER. So...little Chess' heart was beating wildly, and even with all the pleadings, she just roamed the branches but would not come down. My little girl stood beneath the tree, sobbing her heart out, and when the little squirrel fell and disappeared into the bushes, her heart was broken. We searched, but we could not find her... Where is true happiness? Where is true freedom? Safe in the arms of Jesus!!!! We pray our children will remember: John 8:31 If ye CONTINUE in my word, ...ye shall know the TRUTH, and the truth shall make you FREE. And the truth is that when we make the LORD our Home, our "habitation", as Psalm 91:9 says, we shall indeed be FREE! Psalm 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Spurgeon says, "When through the blood of Jesus a soul is brought into sweet fellowship with God, it's real dangers are over...Noah was secure the moment he entered the ark, and so are we so soon as we are in Christ... O Jesus, Saviour of the lost Our ARK and hiding place. By storms of sin and sorrow toss'd, We seek thy sheltering grace. Forgive our WANDERING and our sin We wish no more to ROAM. Open the ark and take us in, Our soul's ETERNAL HOME." (emphasis mine) Let us pray for those we love who seem to be running from the Lord, that they will soon be able to really pray this prayer and "COME HOME" to the Lord, just as little Chess did in the afternoon when she slipped back into the house, realizing finally that the the real place of happiness is where there is food and water! May all of us abandon forever our loves, even legitimate earthly joys, if they have our hearts, and may we find our soul's true happiness in God and His word, for Jesus alone is our "bread from heaven" and our "spring of living water"!