UNDER HIS WINGS

I was around when those three short-circuit incidents happened at the center. Look what kind of structures we do have – a house and a building prone to a fire. In a perspective of a person who is too much concerned, paranoia is not absent. And who wouldn’t be concerned?

When our time keeper pressed the electric bell so hard for not working, it immediately exploded creating a fire. We were all panicked and yet managed to put the fire out. That was the first one!

One of the teachers was screaming at the top of her voice for help. Suddenly, there was a fire inside the house. This time it was worst. Thank God we were able to put out the fire before it causes casualties. It was again an issue of electrical wiring. The second incident!

The third incident was just last week. My kids were taking a nap. I was on my way to the rest room when I heard a loud explosion. When I went to check what it was – another short circuit thing. I saw a fire started burning our house. Anyway, we worked that fire out before it takes away our home.

...where the third incident happened...

Was my presence a big thing to thank about? As a father who takes care of these kids – YES! But in a perspective of a finite being – NO! It was about Someone’s embrace! He covered us with protection under His wings.

Few days after the third occurrence, we went to a familiar village to condole with a family. It was already after dusk. It wasn’t always comfortable traveling this hour but we still went. One song came to my mind as we were driving through villages. I kept humming it and sang some lines. It’s one of my favorites – “Hide me now, under your wings. Cover me within your mighty hands. When the ocean rise and thunders roar, I will soar with you above the storm, Father you are king over the flood, I will be still and know you are God.”

On our way back home, I still had the song stuck in my mind. More than just humming and singing, it became a prayer. It reminded me about all those awful things recently – yet was in HIS very embrace.

As we kept driving through the dusty road, suddenly a big stone flew towards us. It was from a truck’s wheel pressure (running from an opposite direction) caused that object to fly in front of us. No one was hurt fortunately. It could have hit one of us so badly. But that stone turned in a feather so light, so harmless because of His mighty wings was covering us.

True to the song, I felt we were truly under His wings in every danger and snare. Not just that day or in those incidents but each moment especially. Please sing with me - “Cover me under His wings…!”