I opened the door to the studio just before Easter looking for a box of
plastic eggs for our hunt a couple of days later. I hadn’t been out there in
awhile and in my peripheral vision―movement. Then a Carolina Wren flashed
in front of me. I turned to see her masterpiece of twigs, moss, straw, and dried
leaves built on storage bins. I flashed my cell phone light inside, saw several tiny eggs, and forgot all about the plastic ones I had been searching for.
A twinge of anxiety crept up on me. No bird has ever been successful
with a nest out there. Predators of various kinds have intervened coming in the same way she did, a small cat door. But I’m
hoping this year will be different. The biggest threat, Mama Kitty, has been domiciled
for months in the house, apparently having given up her days of wandering.
I followed the hatching of the baby birds going from nearly naked with a
few random spiky feathers on their heads to being covered in them only days
later.
Yesterday morning, I took this picture.
Four days earlier, this is how they looked.
At first, I thought only three, but now, I can see part of another
miniscule beak.
These feathered chicks are fascinating to me. I’ve even named them: Lettie,
Louie, Leonard, and Lois. I figure it’s pretty good odds for two boys and two
girls.
When I look at those wee faces, I see in them the reflection of their
creator, one who cares about every detail. If even one of them were to wriggle
out of that nest before it was time, God would know. God would care.
After Job lost everything―livestock, servants, even his beloved children, he was then afflicted with excruciating sores, but continued to trust God. At one
point he proclaimed God's might to his friends, “But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the
birds in the sky, and they will tell you or speak to the earth, and it will
teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you. Which of all these does not
know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In his hand is the life of every
creature and the breath of all mankind” (Job 12:7-10).
This time of year can do amazing things for our faith if we’ll allow God to
speak to us through what he is doing in the world around us. If we’re wondering about God’s oversight in our lives, we can take encouragement from his creative
power in the tiniest of his creations, because God is indeed, “the life of
every creature and the breath of all mankind.”
So, I’m off to take another picture.
Leonard was a little squashed in the last one.
For more about Carolina Wrens and to listen to their song, HERE.
If we’re wondering about God’s oversight in our lives, we can take encouragement from his creative power in the tiniest of his creations, because God is indeed, “the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.” (click to tweet)
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If we’re wondering about God’s oversight in our lives, we can take encouragement from his creative power in the tiniest of his creations, because God is indeed, “the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.” (click to tweet)
Faith in the Fashion District releases August 23, 2018 and has just become available for presell. This story of how one woman's life on Seventh Avenue launched a lifetime in ministry helps you discover how God can use you--in unlikely places. If you plan on buying the book, it would be a huge blessing if you could purchase it during this presell period. My understanding is you won't be charged until it releases. HERE for presell.