Bird Songs

 I am listening to the birds chirping and singing outside my window. It is so peaceful, so lovely, so calming. But I also read in Romans 8:19-21 today that, "For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God's sons to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to futility- not willingly, because of him who subjected it- in the hope that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage to decay into the glorious freedom of God's children." The most beautiful scenes, sounds, and scents of nature as we know them are also not functioning fully as designed- but in futility. 

We cannot even imagine the revealed and restored heaven and earth... but I wonder if one day what we knew as beautiful 'bird songs' we will hear as a beautiful symphony of an organized beautiful song we could have never imagined. That the birds will raise their voices together in the most beautiful of songs. As they sang on earth it was all jumbled and the other birds could just not quite get the harmonies right... what we see in part we will be amazed by. Who knows.. but I love that idea...

Animal Names

 I've had lots of thoughts and not good follow through on putting them on paper... I was just watching a video of a rattlesnake and this thought hit me. Adam named allllll the animals in the garden right? Or was man just tasked with that. Because it would be very interesting to one day hear what he named all these animals that we gave other names because we discovered them way later. Or even all the animals that we never knew. 

My friend also blew my mind with the fact that animals recognize and respect the authority that God gave humanity in the created order. They don't look at us and judge if we seem safe or want to pet them. The birds fly away... they run... they fear us. When I forget my inherent worth and the power I have as a daughter of God, let me be reminded by how the animals see us.