The Life of a Fly

"The life of a man in this world is like the life of a fly in a room filled with 100 boys, each armed with a fly swatter."


Henry Louis Menchen



Have you ever felt like that fly?  Have you ever felt that everyone and everything is out to get you and that there is no possible escape?  None the less you end you end up franticly flitting about from here to there hoping against hope to postpone the inevitable.  This must be how King David felt when he wrote in the Psalm  "Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.  I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold.  I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.  I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched.  My eyes fail looking for God.  Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me.  (Psalm 69:1-4)  But this same David wrote:  "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.  You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies, my cup overflows.  Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."  (Psalm 23:4-6)

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and you will never be put to shame.