Love and Perseverance

She watches the nest....momma bird....tending the babes....

she watches....In hope.....

 

 

She listens for the sound of chirping.....

She stands out on the porch each morning.....

waiting.....listening.....

 

But something happens. 

The mama bird quits attending her nest.

Something detains her...

to the heartbreak of the little girl.

1 day.

2 days.

No mama bird.

 

But the little girl still waits....hoping.

 

Day 3 she can stand it no longer.

 

Carefully removing the nest.

She loving holds each egg in her fingers.

She knows they weren't meant to be.

 

She can't help but try.

She can't give up.

 

So she ventures to the coop.

To her feathered backyard friends.....

Just to try.

 

If maybe....maybe....

one might be willing.

 

 

She places her blue pearls under another

willing mama.

To wait it out and see.

 

Not willing to give up.

 

We explain to her that the chicks are already gone,

but she is determined.

 

Love her.

My tender girl.

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My mothers' heart watches and takes it in......

Thank you Lord for my daughter.

 

And I guess I am reminded and

I am glad God has yet even more determination.

He doesn't give up on me.

I am a work in progress:

I doubt.

Struggle to trust Him.

I get distracted.

I make mistakes.

I fail.

But unlike her blue pearls,

If we're walking this earth,

we're not too far gone yet.

God renews

He restores.

He forgives.

and

He

Loves.

 

 

 I am so thankful for that.

 

Isaiah 40:30-31

Though youth grow weary and tired, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

 

In His Love,

Candis