Bird Watching

Sparrow by Dan

Have you ever sat and watched birds?  There is such great symbolism available to apply to human life and when you stop to take in the awe of any of God’s creatures, it can bring some much-needed “Aha” moments.  I would encourage you to sometime sit and watch birds.

I remember when I was younger I used to see birdwatchers’ guide books all over the place and there were bird watching clubs out there, too.  I am not sure if there are any left in this day and age and it is a real shame if there isn’t.  Today, everyone is busy watching things on their iPhone.  Everyone wants technological answers to life, but the complexities of life can never be summed up on a website.  That is why God shows us the answers all around us if only we’d get off of our little technological machines and look at the world around us.  Nature provides beautiful answers and they are always at our disposal.  We don’t have to type anything into Google.  All we have to do is sit and patiently wait for it.

Just the other day, I was at a stop light, thinking about some life difficulties that I have been experiencing.  My thoughts were all about what direction I should go.  How can I meet my goals?  If I am to listen to God and follow his direction, why is this road I’m walking not an easier path for me?  I also had a big nagging question on my heart.  The question?  Should I just give up?  Go back to sleep?  Forget that God ever put me on this path in the first place and go live a simpler life?  God always tells me to keep at it and it frustrates me because it is a path of much resistance.  Sometimes I wonder why God would send me on this mission and not make the road easier and filled with helpers and resources and yet I believe that everything will happen in god’s timing, not mine.

So I was sitting there at a stop light, feeling disheartened and I saw them, two sparrows.  It was a windy day and I watched one of them try to fly from a roof to a nearby tree.  The wind kept pushing him in a different direction than he seemed to want to go.  There was another bird with him and that bird seemed to stay on course longer than the other, but they both were struggling to accomplish their goal and get to their destination.  As I watched them, I saw that they would try every few seconds, get taken off course by the wind, and head back to the roof.  When it seemed as though they had simply given up, you could see the winds had changed and when it did, they took advantage of having things going their way and effortlessly made their way to the tree.

This short presentation by nature made me realize that the birds know.  How can the birds know and deep down I know, too, but I question too much.  I doubt too often.  Of course God will get me there!  When the time is right!

Think of the messages that were delivered to me from the birds that day:

  1. Reaching your goals is not easy
  2. You will struggle
  3. You will be blown off course
  4. Timing is everything
  5. Sometimes, you have to wait for the winds to change
  6. When the right time comes, go for it


We can all learn a lot from birds.




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