The strangest things I see often send my my mind on weird thought processes.

This morning driving into work there were two little birds in the road, as I approached one flew off but the other was struggling to pick up something in the road. As I got closer, I could see it was a large feather, it seemed to be a little too cumbersome for the bird to be able to fly off with but as I got closer it did manage to take flight just as I was applying the brakes.

I started thinking about that little bird and it’s treasure…this feather. Why was it willing to risk its life to collect it?  The other bird obviously sensed the incoming danger and abandoned the quest. What value did he see in the “right now” need to hang onto it? Possibly unlike us he couldn’t comprehend the feather would still be there after the car passed, possibly the other bird was trying to steal his treasure feather and he felt if he let go the other would steal his find, or maybe it was his own feather and he was trying to rescue a part of himself. I will never know, however the incident has rolled over in my mind and I try to find a correlation or lesson it it all.

I don’t know why I tend to do this but it is me, and I often say, “It is just the way God made me.”

What’s up with this little scene? What do I do that I might take some understanding from this? Do I hold onto things when I should let go? Do I risk my physical and emotional health on things that will be there after the storm has past? What things am I holding onto that are weighing me down and keeping me from flying freely?

Well, as the day wore on, the answer became more clear. Continuing troubles, old problems, dealing with things I cannot fully control … I need to let them all go and let God be in control. I don’t have to keep picking things back up that are too heavy to carry. I can just do what I know is right in my heart and let God sort out the the fine details.

It was only a feather, but for the little bird it far too heavy, however for me it would have been easy. For me the troubles of life are sometimes overwhelming, but for God managing them is effortless.
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.  He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.

He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

Even youths grow tired and weary, 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.

Isaiah 40:28-31 NIV