By: Donna Selma Lind
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| "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But TAKE HEART! I have overcome the world." John 16:33
I sat out on the back porch early in the morning and watched a Mama Wren fly back and forth from the pasture to the Purple leaf Sand Cherry tree. She hopped from branch to branch and then she poked her head into the tiny hole of the Bird House. A symphony of baby birdies chimed "cheep,cheep,cheep"and then a hush came over the little house as Mama deposited breakfast into her babies wide open beaks.
I sat mesmerized as I watched this magical performance take place just a few feet from me. A worm, a grasshopper, a beetle, she flitted back and forth bringing breakfast for her babies for almost half an hour. Mama Wren, always singing cheerfully in-between feeding her children.
You would never know that there was a storm the night before that she and her family had survived.
High winds tossed her little house around.
Part of the roof was ripped off and the branches that enveloped the little house were broken, but Mama Wren carried on.
She never gave up, she never quit, she kept on keeping on.
Through the storm and after the storm she never stopped singing!
What an inspiration she is to me! What an example of not allowing circumstances to rob us of our song!
The Wren is such a tiny little bird and yet she has one of the biggest loudest and most beautiful songs!
In the midst of a trial she continues to sing.
She knows how to "TAKE HEART!" She remains undaunted and steadfast as she re-builds her nest.
She maintains peace as she endures the hardships of her life.
Her hope and faith remains in her Creator. She knows He cares for her, she knows she is Victorious and no matter the trial or tribulation, she will sing a song of "Good Cheer!"
I want to be more like Mama Wren!
When the storms of life swirl around me, when the trials and tribulations knock on my door, I am going to keep on keeping on.
I am going to "TAKE HEART" knowing my LORD told me that stuff is going to happen in this world, but in the middle of it all I will have HIS PEACE! And I will "TAKE HEART" knowing He has overcome the world!
And because I belong to Jesus and He belongs to me that makes me an "Overcomer!" Hallelujah!
Whatever trial comes your way, KEEP SINGING!
No matter what the storm looks like,"TAKE HEART!"
Be JUBILANT in Jesus name!
"Shout to the LORD, all the earth; be jubilant, shout for joy and sing!"
Psalm 98:4
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