If we look for God, we will find Him. He is everywhere. It’s
the wonder of creation because He created everything! A few years ago, our
young grandson was in awe and wonder in his stroller, as we made our adventurous way
through the neighborhood.
“Mia, what’s it like to be a bird?”
I said, “I’m not sure but I know they can fly very
fast and build nests in trees for their babies. I know God makes them sound
like they’re singing His praises.”
He said, “Do they talk to each other?”
I said, “Yes, I believe they do.”
Our walk that day also consisted of his beautiful,
child-like questions about what it's like to be a tree, a squirrel, a cloud,
and as he kept looking up, he asked me how big the sky is. He asked about all
the multi-colored flowers flourishing in our neighbors' yards as we strolled
past them. I loved it.
God will speak to us, too, through His creation, as He did
for my friend Monica. In March of this year Monica received a diagnosis no
woman wants to hear. She was told it was very serious and needed to
be dealt with right away.
As soon as this dramatic, life-threatening news was shared
with her family and close friends, the constant fervent prayers were sent up to
heaven like a powerful steady stream of smoke billowing out of an industrial
smokestack.
The prayers of the saints never stopped through all the
tests, surgeries, doctor visits, hospital stays, checkups, tests and more
surgeries and more tests. I had not seen my friend for months, but we
communicated often, and mostly through her oldest daughter, Braelyn, who kept
me posted with texts while Monica was still deep in painful recovery.
Good news came when Monica was told she did not have to go
through chemotherapy. She was at home with her family, still recovering. Then
in late August we were able to meet up at her favorite cozy coffee shop, and I was astounded to see
the transformation in her! She looked rested and absolutely radiant. I was
thrilled to sit down with her and hear what God had done for her.
She told me she spent every morning on her front porch,
“with God, my Bible, prayer, and coffee.” It was post-surgery and
she was on her way to total recovery. The first day she noticed a Mama bird
bringing food into a bird house--it was shaped like an actual lighthouse -- that hung above her on the porch. She watched her
fly out and disappear for a few minutes and returned with more food for
the baby birds.
Monica watched it several days in a row and told me, “Then
my heart was hearing God, and I felt so much peace come over me. He said to my
heart, ‘sustain.’ When Mama bird was going to her babies, she
was sustaining them. They didn’t have to do anything! They just waited for her
to provide! And God said to my heart, ‘Let me continue to sustain you with My
power, My provision and I’m going to give you everything you need. It’s not
your power.”
She said, “God was telling me to stop worrying about
situations that come up because He is in sovereign control and I don’t have to wear myself out trying to fix things anymore because He will sustain
me, emotionally, physically, and mentally. He gave me a mental picture of
seeing Him like the baby birds see the Mama bird, resting in Him and trusting
Him to provide everything I need!”
When Monica and I left the coffee shop, I was in awe in what I experienced, I almost floated back home. I was deeply inspired after our little reunion, so blessed to see it up close. She had Rediscovered the Wonder of God in a new way and she was delightfully, gratefully changed forever!
Personal Note: God has revealed the same powerful truth through time
spent with my beloved grandson, Jesse, as with my sweet friend, Monica. On our long, relaxing strolls through our neighborhood, Jesse's child-like faith always produced a joy-filled adventure. Monica was being restored and refreshed on her front porch enjoying her
surroundings, too. She was truly grateful. That's when God speaks the loudest, when we slow down,
breathe deeply, and live in the wonder and awe of The God of all Creation!
Polly 💖
