The Problem is Solved

By Deborah Elum, Author & Producer

I knew exactly what the problem was; it was the squirrels. They had become a year-round problem.

In the spring, the squirrels ate most of the fruit from my peach tree. During the summer, they ate the cover of the barbeque pit. This winter, they chewed a hole through the wooden boards of my roof.

They had no longer become just cute little creatures running around and around trees in my yard. Or the adorable animals I watched burying pecans. No, they had become a problem, and I needed a solution. I tried to rid the yard and roof of them with a remedy from the hardware store, but that did not deter them.

One day, one of my neighbors began to feed a cat someone had abandoned. Soon, the number grew from one cat to six of them. The cats venture into my yard or the roof to chase and sometimes overtake the squirrels. Lately, I have yet to see one squirrel.

In the book of 1 Samuel 17, the problem for the Israelite army was a giant named Goliath. Goliath would taunt them daily to come out and fight with him. However, it was not a soldier from the Israelite army that responded to his threats. Instead, God sent help from an unexpected source. A young boy named David showed up one day during the battle.

David triumphed over the Philistine, Goliath, with only a sling and a stone, for he had no sword. Then, David ran over and pulled Goliath’s sword from its sheath and used it, and the problem was solved. Sometimes we do not know who will show up to help us. It may be a family member, a friend, or even a stranger. God always has someone to come to our aid in our time of need.

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