We have two dogs: A Golden Retriever named Buddy and his step-sister named Abbie. Buddy we have had since he was a pup—Abbie we got from a woman whose husband found the girl and her brother ravaging a garbage dump. Obviously abused before being found, Abbie was a undernourished Black Lab/Jack Russell Terrier mix—I call her a Jack Russell terrorist, and for good reason.
To those whom she loves, our half-breed is the sweetest thing on four legs; for those she does not love, that’s an entirely different story.
She can stand straight up on her hind legs for seconds at a time, and she leaps and jumps with more energy than Superman. She has treed many a squirrel, and her favorite pastime is catching unsuspecting birds in mid-air. But she doesn’t do it without someone having her back.
We can have her out on the back porch and she’s demure as can be—that is until her Golden sibling comes out. The very second his oversized paws hit the patio bricks, she does the gazelle thing and it’s off to the bushes.
And why does she wait for “big brother”? Because, like David reports in Psalm 21, there’s great peace in crushing the enemy—when you’re able to do that because one bigger than the both of you has your back.
b(Les)sings
b(Les)sings
PSALM 21—KJV
[1] The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
[2] Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
[3] For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
[4] He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
[5] His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
[6] For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
[7] For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
[8] Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
[9] Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
[10] Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
[11] For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
[12] Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
[13] Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
[2] Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
[3] For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
[4] He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
[5] His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
[6] For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
[7] For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
[8] Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
[9] Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
[10] Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
[11] For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
[12] Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
[13] Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
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