Not looking for Windmills

Did you know the California Condor can fly hundreds of miles without flapping its wings? Neither did I but this is the sort of stuff my Dad knows. Lunch is never boring with my Dad. The condor is in a battle for its life with windmills, he went on to inform us. With very few condors in existence, there is a stiff penalty, even prison time, for anyone who kills a condor. The California windmills, harnessing safe wind power, are completely outside a Condor's natural warning radar. They are in danger of flying into them, not only leading to Condor Catastrophe, but on top of that, the windmill farmers will be thrown in jail. You would think a creature that could fly hundreds of miles without flapping a wing would know how to avoid such a scenario.

It's the same way I feel about movie stars dying young of drug overdose or alcohol poisoning. It just seems that with all those gifts of beauty, brains, and money out to wazoo, they could avoid such an obvious obstacle to health, happiness, and the pursuit of life. But that is not how the world works. It is not to the beautiful, the rich, the powerful, or even those who fly effortlessly without flapping a wing to which eternity or true contentment belongs. It is to those who recognize the One who holds the key to the door of eternity. Once you know Him, it's OBVIOUS, and we wonder how on earth we ever missed Him. (PS- I use capital letters here because this particular program won't allow italics. My daughter tells me that capital letters mean I am screaming, but that is not what I am doing. Please understand that if I had italics, I would use them. Thank you for allowing this non-profit interruption.)

"Don't they see the windmill?" I asked Dad,"It is so OBVIOUS!"
"They're just not looking for a windmill," he answered, "They are swooping down after prey and when they fly back into the sky, they don't look up."
Yes, I see. Even the obvious can be missed if we don't look up.

Psalm 121
I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you—
the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm—
he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.

-save a dog- hollowcreekfarm.org