The storm really took its toll on the little fellow. Who knows where he was blown in from or perhaps he was a local who didn’t find good shelter. We spotted him this afternoon looking ragged and exhausted. Chickadees usually looked prim and proper but not this little guy. He sat on a railing looking like he had just finished a marathon. This evening he decided to spend the night by a large dish of water we keep on the ground for the birds. He had tucked his head under his wing and became the perfect meal for any nocturnal hunter looking for a snack. My wife went over and picked him up. As he awakened in her hand he put up a major fuss. How dare she interrupt his dreams! Ever so gently he was placed up on a safe branch.
His squawking reminded me of us when God sometimes has to move us to a safer place. Getting us to change isn’t always easy and sometimes we go kicking and screaming; yelling at Him for disturbing our perceived comfort. When we put ourselves in His hands we then need to trust what happens next. “In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?” Psalm 11 And where is our mountain? “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.” Psalm 48 Often from our point of view the change doesn’t look so good. But should we see our life from His vantage point we would never want it any other way than His way.
Written by Roger Bothwell on August 31, 2011
Spring of Life Ministry, PO Box 124, St. Helena, CA 94574
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