RUN TO ME!

A mother hen was in the barnyard--watching over her brood of chicks--when she spotted a hawk overhead.  The mother hen did not run to those baby chicks--instead, she squatted down, spread out her wings and began clucking for them to "run to her!"  They came running from every direction, as fast as they could, to get under her outspread wings.  Then the mother hen pulled her wings down tight, tucking every little chick safely under her.  To get to those baby chicks, the hawk would have to go through her 1st!

When I think of those baby chicks running to their mother, I thought of this verse:  Psalm 91:4 - "He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings you may seek refuge."  That one little word, "may" is important.  We can choose to run to God or we can choose to reject His outstretched arms--it's our choice.  In Matthew 23:37 the Lord says, "Jerusalem, Jerusalem...how often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a HEN gathers her CHICKS under her wings, and you were unwilling."  (These verses show the maternal hovering side of His protection.)

We, as grandparents, play a simple, fun game with our grandchildren.  I'm the MOTHER HEN and grandpa is the HAWK.  Grandpa starts to chase the CHICKS (our grandchildren)...and they quickly RUN to me...jump on the couch...and I "cover them" with a blanket and hold them tightly in my arms.  We giggle and laugh 'cause that's a "SAFE ZONE."  Grandpa can't get them when they're under the blanket and tucked in my arms.

God would say to us today...."Oh, My little children, run to Me!"