Sometimes you have serendipitous moments in life. We have all had them, usually not big things, like I had this week. I have been fighting armadillo in my yard. Armadillos are right up there with moles as prey that will destroy your flowers, grass, and beds. Not to mention they carry leprosy. Teri is threatening to not plant flowers anymore unless I get rid of them. I have eradicated them in the past when we had an influx of these scaled menaces, but this time I had not been successful. Until the other night.
Piper is our dog. She is a therapy dog, bought for that purpose, and she is amazing. However, little did I know there was more to her than meets the eye. We were about to get ready for bed when Piper goes to the bay window in the kitchen and starts trying to tear the window out. I put on a head lamp, opened the garage door, and there it was, rooting up my Zoysia. With little trouble, I eradicate the problem.
I was rejoicing over Piper pointing this out and let her in the backyard as a reward. I went by the door a few minutes later, and she is going nuts in the yard. Suspecting she was on to something, I got my headlamp and armadillo eradication equipment and headed out. All I could see as my head lamp zeroed in on the noise was Piper running back and forth and green eyes flashing, obviously cornered in the yard. Teri somehow called Piper off and in less than fifteen minutes—problem solved. The serendipitous moment was realizing that, while I thought I got a therapy dog, I got much more—an Armadillo dog. It is the first one I have ever heard of—quite glorious!
I had another one on Thursday when I realized the text for this Sunday, which happens to be Reformation Sunday in the Protestant tradition: “The just shall live by faith”. The phrase that set not only Martin Luther but the whole world on fire in the 16th Century is by God’s providence (and I suspect Josh’s machinations) our text on a day we celebrate our gospel inheritance!
Hope to see you Sunday as we continue to ponder the mystery of faith in the book of Habakkuk.