"Hanging" in Jo'burg

Ever seen one of these things? It's the chameleon and they can be found all over southern Africa.
Most Africans don't like them. Apparently they are right up there with snakes and the like!

Why do people run from them? Perhaps it's their "split" feet with the tiny claws (nails) on the end; or perhaps it's the way their eyes wonder simultaneously in different directions always checking things out; their scaly cold feeling skin isn't terribly cuddly; they have a tongue with this sticky "thingy" on the end that shoots out at close to lightning speed for flies or grasshoppers; maybe it's because they move so slow and deliberately as if on a cunning or secret mission; or perhaps it's due to the fact that when they are angry, they change to all black, their throat/chin puffs out and shows a reddish organge and they HISS!

As kids we used to catch the babies and keep them as pets in empty match boxes! It was always fun to put them up to a screen window where flies where trapped and watch them very carefully move both eyes forward and focus for the kill. And if you didn't watch you'd miss the action of a flies demise as it became hamburger!

Chameleons are good at hanging on! Their slow deliberate way exudes patience and determination. They usually get to where they're going, no matter how long it takes. Changing their colors to suit the situation is all part of the package! Great creatures for sure!

The author of Hebrews wrote "Let us run with endurance the race that God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from start to finish."

This is our prayer, that we will "hang in there" with our eyes fixed (focused) on Him.