LITTLE FOXES SPOIL THE VINE

Song of Solomon - 2:15
Catch us the foxes,
The little foxes that spoil the vines,
For our vines have tender grapes

I have often quoted the verse above, and more often than not it has been quipped without much thought.

Yesterday, however, I learned that often when we think the foxes have once again ruined the grapes, the opposite is true.

Many things, small things, have been the focus of my attention over the past couple of weeks, and I have asked for help from my Master, mainly to put them into perspective,

Without going into too much detail (as the detail itself is irrelevant) there were some irritations that were purely of a 'maternal' nature.  Although small in themselves, one piled on top of the other was starting to make the vine wilt.  However, by Thursday afternoon, the foxes had been caught and were no longer a threat to the wine.

However, within a short period of time, something happened to make me wonder, 'why?'  My husband had received a document to be delivered the next morning at the local Courthouse.  Despite his assurance that this would not be a problem, we had no one to deliver it.  Everyone had 'prior engagements'.  I questioned as to why there was a problem.  Why was everyone busy?  Why could we not fulfill our promise?  Immediately, I started to evaluate as to whether I had sat back, and forgotten my Master, and His goodness.  Without waiting for an answer, I had decided that this was a disaster, and the foxes had returned with a vengeance.  I had, in essence, lost faith.  Eventually, my husband received a call from his friend, who is in the same business.  It just so happened that he had something that had to be delivered to the local Courthouse in the morning, 30 minutes after our proposed delivery.  I gave thanks and marvelled at the goodness of my Creator, and apologised for my assumption.  Everything is for a reason, and we were shortly to find out why it had to happen this way.  My husband emailed his friend the documents, and shortly after received a call to say that there was a page missing.  My husband had not noticed that there was a page missing, and if he had simply handed the document to one of our regular guys, they would have had no reason to check.  My husband's friend called the attorney who was in charge of the case and she was so grateful that the omission had been caught and reported. 

It was obvious that this was nothing to do with the 'little foxes'.  This was Elohim making a statement, yet I immediately went to 'worse case scenario'.  In giving thanks, I felt at peace.  There was something very calming about the way I felt.  There were no sparkles, no tingles, no goosebumps.  I knew that Elohim had worked so perfectly, not only would we be able to get someone to the Courthouse on time, to deliver a document to someone who was, otherwise, illusive, it eliminated any embarrassment that may have been suffered by the attorney, or the person who sent us the documents on her behalf.

When the document had been delivered, my husband's friend returned to our office.  I asked him if he had success in delivering the other paper, that had put in him the right place at the right time for us.  He had not.  The attorney who had hired him had made a mistake.  The hearing at which his document was to be delivered was not going to take place until next week.  It was when he arrived at the courthouse that he received the call to say there had been a mistake with the dates.  He thanked Elohim.  His trip had not been a waste; more to the point, it had been a success. 

I pray that next time I believe the foxes to be at work, I will have the ability to discern whether it is indeed the canines being mischievous, or whether there is something deeper.  For every season......

I pray this speaks to someone, somewhere, who is in the same situation.  Grace and peace to all.