Babies

BABIES

Off to water the new climbing rose,
someday up the arbor it will grow.
What’s that I hear? Sounds like it’s scolding me.
It’s a robin in the crab apple tree.


I see the twig nest there in the arbor high.
To see it you have to look up to the sky.
Mr. and Mrs. Robin were crafty builders.
Their round nest is neat and tidy with mud shoulders.


The mud is packed tightly inside the nest,
a comfortable place for blue eggs to rest.
I don’t know how many eggs there will be.
I’ll just have to patiently wait to see.


One day the little blue eggs will hatch
and babies will be born without thatch.
Ugly, hairless, with big beaks
waiting for something to eat.


Their parents will supply worms aplenty
and soon feathers will sprout. There’ll be many.
They will turn from ugly to cute
and learn to sing just like a flute.


One day loud squawking will be heard.
It’s coming from the parent bird.
Encouraging their young ones to fly
from their safe loft up high in the sky.


All children are meant to spread their wings
while in the background parents sing
encouragement often to them
while praying “God protect them. Amen.”


Squawking might not be heard as encouragement.
It might be interpreted as disagreement.
Parents only mean to keep their children safe
while trusting in the Lord and growing strong faith.


Rather squawking from birds or testing from your teens,
there’s a lesson in this story to glean.
Be sure to say “I love you” and “be safe.”
They might leave the house with a smile on their face.

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The Bible tells us that God knows
the activity of sparrows.
If God is concerned about little brown sparrows,
He certainly is concerned about your sorrows.


So many problems are solved by just simply waiting
even though we want a solution without waiting.
In the meantime, pray for everyone’s peace of heart and mind.
God does have an answer because He is loving and kind.


When you’re waiting for the situation to turn out different
please know, though it sometimes seems so, God is never ever silent.
He’s working out the details through others.
Just keep praying, God is never bothered.


Pray “Thy will be done.”
Cast your burdens – gone.
Just trust in the Lord while you wait.
You’ll learn that God is never late.

Not one sparrow is forgotten by God.

Luke 12:6

Do not be anxious about anything,

but in everything, by prayer and petition,

with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding,

will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:6-7

Wait for the Lord;

be strong and take heart

and wait for the Lord.

Psalm 27:14

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,

and in his word I put my hope.

Psalm 130:5

Your will be done.

Matthew 6:10

Cast all your anxiety on him

because he cares for you.

I Peter 5:7

Trust in the Lord with all your heart

and lean not on your own understanding;

in all your ways acknowledge him,

and he will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 3:5-6

The above story is in Life Is a Garden Party Vol III

available via Create Space or Amazon.