Bread for the Journey

Safe in the Nest
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Our neighbour's house is standing empty...waiting to be sold.
On the front porch is an artificial fig tree, that this spring

was considered prime real estate by two robins.

It was totally safe from predators, perfectly protected from the elements

and the lawns close by offered an abundance of worms.
Soon eggs were laid in a neatly constructed nest securely supported by the top branches.
I never noticed the nest until the day I took the above photo.

I could not see into the nest , it was too high

so I had to hold the camera up and snap blind.

I was so surprised to see the well developed birds in my photo

and even more surprised that they sat perfectly still

as the camera was held over them.
The next day I went over again to take another picture,

but this time the baby robins panicked and flew out of the nest --- down across the lawn

and between the houses.

The parent birds were understandably upset, calling loudly for their young,

who were now vulnerable.

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I thought of a verse from Proverbs.... that says....
"Like a bird that wanders from its nest

Is a man who wanders from his place."
Pro 27:8
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God has built us a nest that is perfectly safe from the things that would harm us.

His laws, commandments are designed to keep us imperious to the elements of this world.
But how often are we like the young birds.

How often the wisdom of this world seems wiser than the Words of God,

and we yield to the enticing , or flattering , or frightening voices around us.

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But though we search the world over,

there is no place as lovely, or as secure,

as the 'secret place' close to the heart of God.

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How beautifully is this thought expressed by the Psalmist.

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"He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High,

shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the Lord, 'He is my refuge and my fortress,

My God , in Him I will trust!' "

Ps. 91:1,2

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