Nature comes indoors

It happened again, only this time it was a Carolina Wren.  I'd bent over to stretch and as I looked behind me I saw a bird flapping its wings like crazy.  "What's with that bird?" I asked aloud.  I stood up and turned around and just shook my head.  "Again? Seriously?" The bird wasn't outside the window, he'd flown in the house through the bird feeder and was trying to get back out. 

Just like I wrote in a post nearly two years ago, I'd opened the window to let in some fresh air that morning. I remembered the incident with the finch but didn't think it would happen again.

The poor guy didn't know how to get out by himself, so I raised the window and the screen with my left hand and lifted my right index finger to just below the bird. He flew up into the curtain. "I'm not gonna hurt you." I said.  "I want to help you but you have to trust me. Relax. Sit on my finger."  He did! As I moved my hand down, he panicked and flew up into the curtain.  I put my finger up again and he sat on it.  I moved a little slower this time, got my hand under the window and set him free.

I smiled and thought of how I'm like that little bird.  It's not natural for him to sit on someone's finger. It's scary and he didn't know what would happen.  Likewise, I like to know what I'm getting into before I do it. I feel insecure when I don't know what I might encounter venturing into the unknown.  But God knows what lies ahead and He wants me to trust him. I can only get where I'm going if I trust him, rest in His presence, and let him show me where to go. 

How have you been challenged to do something outside your comfort zone?  How did you handle it and what came about?  Share your story here.

God’s Words To Us

 

I know everything about you

Your strengths and your weaknesses

Remember, I gave them to you.

 

Nothing you do or say

Or think or desire

Will surprise me, for I already know it.

 

Trust me even when you can’t see what

I am doing in your life

I will reveal it when you are ready.

 

 

Persevere, for it increases your character

And character will give you hope and assurance

That you will come out the other side

One day you will see how all the pieces of the puzzles of your life

Fit together to form a beautiful picture I have planned
 

 

I will surround you with all you need

Friends and family, wisdom and knowledge.

You will receive them when you need them.

 

Trust me, for I am not a liar.

I speak only truth.

 

I am the path for you to follow

I am the TRUTH you must hang onto

I am the LIFE that you need.

 

I love you to the ends of the earth and

I will never leave you or forsake you.

I am faithful and will bring about my purposes in your life.

I am working to grow you in ways you cannot see.

And my plans will prevail.

 

You must simply hold fast to what never changes.

You must hold onto me.

God tells us all these things in the Bible. Which one(s) comfort or challenge you most? Don't forget to join the conversation.