Donna and I went to the park and fed the squirrels and drank our coffee. It was amusing watching them eating the banana and nuts . At one point there was about 15 squirrels scurrying around and gathering the goodies we had tossed out. After they were satisfied one by one they left the scene leaving a single baby squirrel feasting on a nut.
Down dove a huge black bird with a long pointed beak 3 times the size of the young squirrel confronting the baby squirrel. The two of them squared off and the baby scared that big bird with his long pointed beak so that it backed off. Then came another big black bird so there were two, and then another came so there were three big black birds confronting him but the baby squirrel held his ground. When the 4th blackbird descended the little squirrel hesitated only a moment and then scampered to the tree and lickity-split he scurried up the trunk and hid in the branches of the towering tree.I
It was such fun to watch but for a brief moment I feared those big old black birds would grab him and either fly away with him or peck him with their long sharp beaks.
All is well for that little guy listened to that inner warning to flee.
Are we half as bold in our witness for JESUS saving grace and are we careful to listen to the nudges of the HOLY SPIRIT in when to speak and when to be silent?
“In order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the SPIRIT (who was given to us when we believed and lives in us). Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with (promptings or nudgings of) the SPIRIT have their minds set on what the SPIRIT desires” (Romans 8:4-5). “For if you are led by the SPIRIT, you are not under the law” (Galatians 5:18). “Since we live by the SPIRIT, let us keep in step with the SPIRIT” (Galatians 5:25 NIV). Just like that brave little baby squirrel heeded that inner warning to flee.
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