… About Resting



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!