Under The Covers

        Some of you know that we have a new kitten.  Well, she must be a cat by now as just had her first birthday.  She is quite active but also quite skittish.  She like to look out of the front window at all of the activity around the front of the house.  When she sees a car drive up to our driveway and someone get out, she pricks up her ears, looks over her shoulder and takes off for the bedroom.  She is either shy or afraid of other people.  She has found a way to get under the blanket of the bed and stays there and not moving a muscle until the "stranger" leaves our home.  She feels safe when completely covered over and not being able to see anyone.  From my point of view, there is a lump in the bed abut the size of a 5 pound sack of potatoes.  Psalm 91:4 says, "He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler." 
       There are many times in our lives where we do almost the same thing.  I recall that as a child I would get under the covers during a thunderstorm.  My thinking was, "If you can't see it, it can't hurt you."  Psalm 91 is one of my favorite Psalms because it says that there are times when God "covers us" with His feathers.  The Psalmist gives us the picture of a feathered creature protecting its children by covering them with its feathers.  Now, I don't think that God has feathers but this Psalm describes how He protects us.  In the first couple of verses, He describes the protection as a "fortress."  Both pictures describe God's protection over us.   People may try to intimidate us by their threats but they don't know to whom they are talking because God is with us.  I liked to ride my bicycle while living in Alexandria, Virginia and one day I noticed a very small dog standing at the fence with a bark that sounded 20 times his size.  It was then that I noticed a St. Bernard standing in back of the little dog.  The St. Bernard had the big voice.  Well, God has the big voice and we are under His protection.  So, always remember that you can find protection "under the feathers" of our living and protecting God.  After all, if He is for us, who can be against us?  Praise God for being our protector each and every day.