THE ONE-LEGGED MOCKINGBIRD
I watched my
one-legged mockingbird chase away several bigger pigeons. It’s like he didn’t
even know or care that they were greater in number and more than twice his
size. And the pigeons flew away. It’s like that with us spiritually. When we
get to know our Lord Jesus Christ, we don’t need to have any fear about getting
rid of the spiritual pigeons. If we can truly from the bottom of our hearts, surrender
all to the Lord Jesus, we are on a path to greater freedom and victory than we’ve
ever known. “And ye shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32).
Jane and I pray and read our scriptures each morning on our way to work.
When Jane says the phrase “nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net,” from Luke
5:5, I remind myself that I’m letting down my nets for Jesus to give me what I
need.
It doesn’t mean every day will be a happy one, but
I do know that I will have another great nugget of His truth and His love.
Each day Jane and I end our prayer time with: “I can hardly wait to see
what You have for us today.”
Sometimes that’s hard to say because
sometimes we are in the middle of a mess and it doesn’t seem like much good can
happen. But if I say that I’m expecting good things from the Lord, then I look
for them. If I look for good things, it’s so much easier to find them. We can’t
just let things happen to us. The devil will oblige that kind of thinking with all kinds of negative
stuff!
We need to be more like the one-legged mockingbird.
The mockingbird expected to shoo the
pigeons away, and that’s exactly what he did.
We can expect
anything and everything God promises us in the Bible. If the one-legged
mockingbird can expect good things, so can we!
Love, Carolyn
Christmas is
just around the corner. Buy yourself a present – One of my books 😊
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