Have
you ever opened your mouth and said the wrong thing? Or given too
much information for the situation at hand? I have, in fact, I do it
a lot. Oh, if only I would think before I speak!
Yesterday
this happened to me, and I felt low for hours, with a gloomy cloud of
condemnation hanging over my head.
Finally,
I had a talk with the Lord, and told him I didn't know what to do
about this tendency of mine. No immediate answers were forthcoming as I
walked down the cactus lined path behind our travel trailer. All that
came to mind was God saying:
Be
still, and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10
This
morning I was walking to the dumpster, past the rocks lining the
sidewalk to the parking lot, when I spied a little bird hopping from
the curb onto the rocks. My iPhone happened to be in position in my
hand, with the zoom in place, so I starting snapping pictures as the
bird hopped from rock to rock.
I
wonder if that's a Rock Wren, I
thought.
Terry
checked his bird book, and affirmed, that indeed, it was. The funny
thing was,
yesterday
we were at Agua Caliente park on the other side of Tucson.
“What
birds have been sighted here today?” asked Terry.
“Well,
early this morning the guys saw a Rock
Wren by the pond.”
That
sounded exciting. That particular bird wasn't yet on our List for
this year. But it was nearly noon, and we never saw it.
Seeing
the Rock Wren today while I wasn't looking was part of an answer to
my prayer. That doesn't really have anything to do with my wayward
tongue, but it shows that my heavenly Father delights to bless me
with an unexpected appearance of the very bird we wanted to see,
despite my lack of righteous actions. His love and care for me never
change. He will listen as long as I keep sharing what's on my heart
to Him.
1. I
love the Lord because he hears my voice
and my prayer for mercy.
2. Because
he bends down to listen,
I
will pray as long as I have breath! Psalm.116:1-2
Clue: Look in the lower half, middle |
This
photo is like a puzzle. Can you see the Rock Wren? [zoom makes it
very fuzzy]
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