The other day my husband, Wilbur and I were outside working
in the yard. All at once, I heard the chirping
of a flock of hundreds of birds. Looking
skyward, I saw the birds descending upon the limbs of the trees surrounding our
property. The birds were flying in
unison and landing on the trees in unison.
If there was a leader among them, I could not tell. But it was obvious that the whole flock was
in agreement. It was time to rest. So rest
they did.
“Go get your camera,” Wilbur told me.
"They will be gone shortly!"
So I ran into the house and grabbed my camera. Once I was outside, I aimed my camera toward
the trees and starting shooting. Wilbur
was correct. Just as quickly as they had
landed they were taking off flying north.
I just kept on shooting. And then
they were gone! The whole event had
taken only a few minutes.
A lover of nature, I found this incident most amazing. Where the birds had come from, I did not know
and where they were going I did not know as well. But they knew. They were migrating north now that the long,
hard difficult winter was over. During
their trip north, they knew they needed to rest. As they flew over the trees in our woods, the
branches were most inviting; so they took a short break. But they had not reached their destination. So
they were off and on their way in no time at all.
Just as those birds were making their journey north, so you and I are on a journery though life. If
we have invited Jesus into our heart and life, He is making the journey with us
and are destination is heaven. There may
be times when the way becomes hard and difficult and so Jesus says to us - "Come
to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew
11:28)
If your journey is not easy, accept Jesus invitation. Just as that huge flock of birds, rested in
our trees; so we can rest in Jesus. And just as the birds took to flight after they had rested, we too can continue our
journey with Christ after we have rested.
I am sure the birds reached their final destination. They knew where they were going and how to
get there. As we journey with Christ, we
are sure to reach our destination of heaven for Jesus knows where we are going
and how to get there.
So take a rest every so often along your journey and make
haven your final destination!
