Inspired by . . . 51 shades of purple
I was outside the other day and heard a strange bird-call. Looking up, I saw the bird, but it was flying too high for me to identify. The call sounded familiar, but I couldn’t place it at the time.
About fifteen minutes later . . .
. . . the Scissor-tail Flycatchers arrived!
Last year, we had a single pair nest here and had two fledglings. You can read about them and see pictures of their babies here and here.
I was so delighted that they had returned!
You can imagine how my delight intensified when I realized they had returned with their babies, or at least brought along some friends! {I think that may be one of the babies above}
Yes, we now have five {!} Scissor-tail Flycatchers zooming around {eating all those nasty mosquitos!} !
It will be interesting to see how many nests we end up with this year - stay tuned! {last year the babies arrived toward the end of May}
I was watching a Texas Parks & Recreation program on PBS recently about shore birds. The ranger, whose job it is to count the shore birds along the coast of Mustang Island {Corpus Christi, TX}, said that to most of the people, the birds are just background noise. The people don’t even notice them.
The truth of that statement breaks my heart.
Birds aren’t background noise to me, they weren’t background noise to Jesus, and I’m guessing they aren’t background noise to you, either.
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? Luk 12:6
Do you ever think about the fact that God didn’t have to create the world the way He did. He could have just created “service” animals {cows for milk, chickens for eggs, etc.} or no animals at all, for that matter. He could have created humans that lived on air, without the need for outside stimulants or nourishment. He could have made a monochrome world. Or 51 shades of purple.
The joy of food and the delight of the eyes {both of which can bring us as much misery as blessing} would be unknown to us.
And you know what . . . we wouldn’t know any better.
Do you ever wonder why He made a thousand shades of green, or bothered with the detailed marking on the back of a carpet beetle, which is all but invisible to the naked eye?
Do you ever think about what His creation says about His character?
Ever since God created the world, His invisible qualities,
both His eternal power and His divine nature,
have been clearly seen;
they are perceived in the things that God has made.
So those people have no excuse at all! Rom 1:20
All month long, Barbie has been sharing The Attributes of God from A-Z on her blog, My Freshly Brewed Life. What a wonderful way to meditate on His Personhood. I encourage you to start here, make some notes, maybe take your journal and your bible out into His creation and reflect on what He wants to teach you about Himself through nature.
I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station,
through which God speaks to us every hour,
if we will only tune in.
~George Washington Carver
Tuning in is the key that opens the door.
Jesus is waiting on the other side.
Listen! I stand at the door and knock;
if any hear my voice and open the door,
I will come into their house and eat with them,
and they will eat with me. Rev 3:20
Blessings,
June
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