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There are a lot of days when I wonder what God is up to.Lately God has been making His presence known to me in the oddest form… A hummingbird on a certain specific tree.
I know this is NUTTY, but this bird appears EVERYTIME I have doubt.
It started a couple months ago as I sat at the dining room table, doing my weekly Small Group study. I was lost in thought as I looked out the window on the colorless stormy day. Then suddenly a flash of bright red caught my eye. And there was the hummingbird, on a tree in the rain and wind. It was unexpected and seemingly unnatural. The actual story of the hummingbird that day is long and detailed – so much so, it became a chapter in my book.
But now I have learned that hummingbird is my special sign, God-given just for me. Last Sunday my husband and I discovered a bird’s nest right outside that same window I gazed out the day I first saw the hummingbird. Could it be the nest of this hummingbird? A sign of new life ahead and hope? I choose to think so.
Last night I went outside as the sun was resting in the low-sky; El Dorado Hills was a musical symphony of birds. I don’t know if I had ever heard such chipping and song as last night. I felt blessed to live in a place so close to wilderness and to be able to experience God’s amazing world He created. I was thankful for my sight and hearing as I drank in the beauty. I looked at the “hummingbird tree” and some other red-breasted bird was resting there. Puzzled by this new bird in MY hummingbird’s tree, I couldn’t help but say aloud “God is that you?” And suddenly like a flash of lightening, the hummingbird comes whizzing by with the familiar sound of buzzing wings and the very loud chip and clicking this little bird produces. I smiled as I watched as the hummingbird spin around the front yard and lift straight up into the sky like a helicopter. It did this several times and then took off into a large oak tree. Just as it disappeared into the tree, the whole tree began to move in the wind. This massive oak, filled with lush green foliage swayed with a graceful force and I heard a voice say “Sherry, you do not need to see Me in that small tree to know I’m here. Trust in Me. I am present in the small and the large things (like the oak tree); I am everywhere in My creation. Just as My Spirit is also in you, I will not leave you, I am always with you. Trust Me.”
This moment last night: it was one of those moments that are impossible to describe in only a few words. It’s one of those moments that make me sound like a complete nut-case to others. But that’s okay, I know what is REAL, and I am thankful for these moments given to me. I do hope to keep seeing the hummingbird, but I also realize I am being trained to live by faith and not by sight. I don’t need to rely on little signs to know I’m not alone.
A simple verse to hide in my heart — 2 Corinthians 5:7 We live by faith and not by sight.
Sherry, your words are beautiful and speak to my soul. When God speaks to us in a very special way that we “just know” is from Him,like your hummingbird, we are not nut-cases — just nuts over HIM!!! I love you sweet sister!Julie
x ,.-~*´¨¯¨`*·~-.¸JEWELS,.-~*´¨¯¨`*·~-.¸ xYou give me wings, thank you.Although I am a little nuts, but I’m cool with it Hugs and Love ~ Sherry
“Flying High” with you Sis –on the wings of hummingbirds AND eagles!!
Jewels