It has been so long once again since I posted here on my blog .
Life has been happening and I have been caught up in it. And that is a good thing as I am in the middle do life as we all are. Our daughter graduated from college and celebrating had to happen of course. Our son came home for the festivities and we had a busy time with family.
We have had all sorts of goings on here at our little homestead with a neighbors rooster coming daily to visit the hens and stirring up trouble. My poor rooster was also attacked by our other neighbors' rooster who has done this in at least one other summer . My rooster is a very able fighter so he won the fight for his ladies . I watched closely so no rooster was injured, not much more than his rooster ego. ;)
I was amazed by the way this whole rooster stuff went down. The one rooster showed himself in an aggressive way and the fight was on . I must say I was proud of my four year old roosters spunk and stamina fighting with this younger rooster . I am not sure of the other roosters age but had heard the you can tell maturity by the spurs on the rooster. If this is in fact truth my rooster is definitely the older guy. Then comes, Henry, the further neighbors rooster. He is totally different in his approach and because of it he was received differently. This rooster ran like crazy when mine came at him. Oh what a sneak he was though. He came back cautiously and would run again when chased after. All the while every chance he got he would seek out my hens that were not close to my rooster. As I watched this I began, as I so often do, to compare this situation on a parallel to my own life issues.
I will have temptations come that I beat away with God's word and a hArdy fight . And then ....
There are those temptations that come and I will pray and use some verses and they seem to hover on the sidelines and I am too busy to really do business with them. Or is it like my rooster they seem less threatening to my spiritual health ? As I watched this unfold I could see the error of my roosters being passive in his approach to this intruder.
This has set me to being more vigilant in my awareness to life's temptations and how I approach them. There is no room for sharing my affections with temptations for they are deceptive and destructive to my spiritual health and well being. I think God had a purpose far more than just two neighboring roosters giving my rooster a few added fights and chases. I love looking at the natural world about me to see what God might want to show me in my spiritual life.
Call me crazy if you want but I see God at work in the study of the animals about me .
Lord Jesus,
I thank you for the simplicity of the life you have provided for me here. I thank you that you can reveal your truth in three roosters interactions that have nothing to do with me in the nature of things. I am so blessed to be your daughter with the great love you have for me. I love you, Jesus . Make me a blessing to others I pray. Amen
Life has been happening and I have been caught up in it. And that is a good thing as I am in the middle do life as we all are. Our daughter graduated from college and celebrating had to happen of course. Our son came home for the festivities and we had a busy time with family.
We have had all sorts of goings on here at our little homestead with a neighbors rooster coming daily to visit the hens and stirring up trouble. My poor rooster was also attacked by our other neighbors' rooster who has done this in at least one other summer . My rooster is a very able fighter so he won the fight for his ladies . I watched closely so no rooster was injured, not much more than his rooster ego. ;)
I was amazed by the way this whole rooster stuff went down. The one rooster showed himself in an aggressive way and the fight was on . I must say I was proud of my four year old roosters spunk and stamina fighting with this younger rooster . I am not sure of the other roosters age but had heard the you can tell maturity by the spurs on the rooster. If this is in fact truth my rooster is definitely the older guy. Then comes, Henry, the further neighbors rooster. He is totally different in his approach and because of it he was received differently. This rooster ran like crazy when mine came at him. Oh what a sneak he was though. He came back cautiously and would run again when chased after. All the while every chance he got he would seek out my hens that were not close to my rooster. As I watched this I began, as I so often do, to compare this situation on a parallel to my own life issues.
I will have temptations come that I beat away with God's word and a hArdy fight . And then ....
There are those temptations that come and I will pray and use some verses and they seem to hover on the sidelines and I am too busy to really do business with them. Or is it like my rooster they seem less threatening to my spiritual health ? As I watched this unfold I could see the error of my roosters being passive in his approach to this intruder.
This has set me to being more vigilant in my awareness to life's temptations and how I approach them. There is no room for sharing my affections with temptations for they are deceptive and destructive to my spiritual health and well being. I think God had a purpose far more than just two neighboring roosters giving my rooster a few added fights and chases. I love looking at the natural world about me to see what God might want to show me in my spiritual life.
Call me crazy if you want but I see God at work in the study of the animals about me .
Lord Jesus,
I thank you for the simplicity of the life you have provided for me here. I thank you that you can reveal your truth in three roosters interactions that have nothing to do with me in the nature of things. I am so blessed to be your daughter with the great love you have for me. I love you, Jesus . Make me a blessing to others I pray. Amen
