Unflappable…it means no flaps doesn’t it? My mental image is of a curtain blowing out of a open window in the wind…the end sails up and down. It flaps in the wind. There is no control. The curtain is at the mercy of the wind formed air currents. Curtains aren’t made for flapping. They are not designed for the rough treatment of blowing in the wind. Let a curtain flap too long…it becomes frayed.

People are not made for flapping in the wind either. We “flap” when life seems out of control. When we are bounced around by the trials of life our nerves become frayed, worn, stretched to breaking. People need a sense of security. We need the knowledge that things will be OK. When humans “flap” in the wind, hope soon flies away.

No one wants their address to include “Hopeless.”

I present three photos to you.

They are the antithesis of Flappable or Hopeless.

Look at the Black capped Chickadee.

I have never in my life observed a Black capped Chickadee display any behavior but bird optimism…if there is such a thing the Black Capped Chickadee has it.

Just one question…where did this little bird get such unflappable optimism?

There is only one place: God.

Draw a conclusion with me. If God will give a bird species an unflappable spirit; won’t He provide the same for us?

Do you need unflappable optimism?

I am certain we can ask.

God will provide.