by Jonnie Wright 

I was so eager to sit down to a new Bible study this morning! But all these inconsequential have-tos nibbled at my enthusiasm: brush teeth, make hot chocolate, fix chair for cat, get to that pile of to-dos by the computer, don’t lose the list for trip, and… On and on went the distractions until the phrase “little foxes ruin the vineyard” stopped me cold. Here were all these little foxes nibbling at my heels and snipping off the grapes of my joy with each diversion. (I came across this word picture in Heart to Heart with Holley called ”Invisible Squirrels.” It intrigued me.)

Sit down! Sit down! My brain intoned, or you’ll never get started! Yes, but… “Come away with me my love. Listen to my voice, hear my sweet voice and receive my joy.” I sat! I sighed into His arms and let His Words overtake me–His voice sweet, His face lovely. Again I was renewed… and reminded that the cat and the cushions and the lists would sort themselves out. All I needed to do was to turn those little foxes over to God and He’d chase their yipping right out of my mind.

Lord, “Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.” (SS 2:15)