Enlarge my territory

 Today as I sat on one of the park benches by Butler University I watched two squirrels at war. One was in the acorn tree and the other was in a crab apple tree. The one from the crab able tree went into the acorn tree to collect acorns. The one in the acorn tree was not happy about the intrusion and chased the un-welcomed visitor up and down the tree until he ran out and went back into his(and i KNOW it was a 'him'...there were quite obvious external features.lol) crab apple tree. As I reflected on the action of these two squirrels, I thought of how territorial we can become at time as human beings. When someone else is interfering with our territory we become defensive most times. For a long time Jamaica has been my territory but now that I am here in exile, although my location has changed I have brought with me, my territory. And I dont no one to mess with my territory. What is my territory? my songs, my thoughts, language of Zion. In this sense, the children of Israel also brought their territory with them when they were made captive in Babylon....thats why they found it difficult to say YHWH's song in a strange land. They found it difficult to translate their territory in the context of the Babylonians. Eventually however their territory was enlarged and they learnt to live with the new environs. I pray that as I continue to sojourn in this strange land, the I AM will seek to enlarge my territory beyond the shores, the songs, the language of Zion.