Yellow canary

I got this image in my head that verifies my pain in sort of an angry rehash of betrayal.  I've been struggling more with my previous perception of this reality versus my current--the deceived and undeceived.  I wanted to pick a bright bird as the victim so I started looking up the symbolism if birds.  I couldn't get the canary out if my head so when I looked it up and read this I knew it was fitting...

Why "Yellow Canary"?

Sensitive to noxious gases such as carbon monoxide, the yellow canaries were used as organic "early-warning" devices to detect gases that are colorless, odorless and tasteless.

Gases were easily formed underground during a mine fire or after an explosion. It was important that those going back into the mines had a way to detect any noxious gases. Although mice were also used, yellow canaries were more sensitive and the canaries' distress was more readily observable to the miners.

A canary would waver on its perch at the first sign of danger - and - lose consciousness and drop to the bottom of their cages before the levels of toxins in the air affected the miners. If the canary hit the deck, the miners hit the exits.

Once electronic gauges were developed to measure levels of these gases, the use of the canaries stopped. (Mostly because, over time, the electronic devices proved to be cheaper.

Over time, to call someone or something a "yellow canary" took on a wider meaning. To be a "yellow canary" a "canary in a cage" or a "canary in the mine" meant being an "early-warner". Certainly, the use of the concept is apt when used in conjunction with the field of environmental pollution of any kind. In a wider interpertation, being a "yellow canary" is to be sensitive to changes in the environment, to be aware of and affected by dangerous elements wherever and however they exist.

...in my controlling state if mind I wish I could've been more true to my gut with my sense of something "off" in my marriage.  But that doesn't invite my faith in God's sovereignty which is more comforting in this storm--He is at work in this transformation.

Philippians 1:6

 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.