Tuesday, May 24, 2011

God gave me the bird today.

My favorite place to go at lunch time is a little shaded park close to my office.  I will sit in my car with the windows down and either pray, take a nap, read the bible or a book, take a nap, write, take a nap, or just simply take a nap.  Today was one of those typical days.  As I was reading, and dozing, toward the end of my time there, I noticed a couple of birds right outside my window.  They were hopping around the grass just looking for some food and it appeared that they were having some success.  Then one of the birds walked over to a small puddle on the pavement that was left from the rains last night...he proceeded to hop in the water and refresh himself (or herself...I'm not a bird expert) a bit.  The whole scene reminded me of the following passage in the Bible, "Look at the birds.  They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them.  And aren't you far more valuable to him than they are?  Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?"  Matthew 6:26-27 ...BOOM, SLAM, IN YOUR FACE BRYAN.  Yep, that was God giving me the bird today because he knows I've been worrying about things out of my control lately.  What are you worried about today?  May God give you the bird today.