The Greatest Blessing of All

This week we had a baby bird running around our backyard. Somehow it had fallen out of its nest under the eave and was unable to get back to it.

When I first saw the bird, I was heartbroken. It was walking around the yard trying to fly, but could never get more than a foot or two off the ground. How was it going to survive? I worried.

I sprinkled bread crumbs around the yard hoping it would eat some, and I even tried to hand feed it. But it would only run away, scared.

Then the most amazing thing happened.

The bird’s mother landed on our fence with a worm in her mouth. The baby, standing on the ground in a pile of leaves, started to chirp, and the mother swooped down and fed it.

That baby might have been out of the nest, but the mother found it anyway. And took care of it.

And that’s how God is.

When we’re seeking him, when we’re “in the nest” with him, he nurtures us and takes care of us. And when we’re “out of the nest”, whether we fall out or fly out on our own, or whether we’re just wandering around, He looks for us.

And like that mama bird, God has food for us–the very bread of life.

“From the fullness of his grace, we have received one blessing after another.” John 1:16 NIV

It’s God’s amazing love that can make our lives complete.

And fill the empty places.

And heal the hurts.

And it’s His unending grace, poured out through Jesus, that is truly the greatest blessing of all.