BAM! By Sally I. Kennedy

...though he stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand. Psalm 37:24

It was still early morning. Not much stirring. Even the neighborhood cat that lurks around the bird feeder hadn’t shown up yet. The activities of a frisky baby squirrel caught my eye. “He is the youngest squirrel I’ve ever seen out there!” I thought.

He was so cute. Tiny face. Tail still thin and unfluffy. Running all over the wood roofing as if the chase was on. He began turning and hopping like a little bunny, darting back and forth. Clearly he was having the most wonderful playtime. Looked like his mom could have cared less what he was up to. She was ensconced at the cardinal feeder, merrily munching away.

He came up to the corner closest at the window where I was watching. All of a sudden, bam! He hit the ground with an awful sound. “Oh, man!” I whispered. At least it was the wood decking and not the concrete. He was stunned, didn’t move. Slowly he turned and sat up.

He lifted his very tiny left paw. As it dangled, he cautiously licked it. After a minute he went over to the post and gingerly made his way up.

Once again, safe on the top beam, he began slowly to nurse his foot back to health. The mother squirrel never once checked on him or even glanced his way. The correlation crossed my mind. If we’re on cruise control, let’s say just going along, ordinary everyday, and inadvertently have an accident, we wouldn’t be left to fend for ourselves the best we could. Fortunately, we have a “parent” who would
immediately - if not before - check on us. He would be taking situation in hand to restore and heal us.

That’s the kind of dad our heavenly Father is. Oh thank God!