POP-POP'S BIRDS

9/14/09
What a season this has been for hummingbirds for us. Our three feeders on our breakfast area window have provided entertainment for us all summer---especially Mommar and our grandboys. The ”hummers” seem to arrive in pairs and then challenge each other for the sweetened “green” water that has been provided for them. Though taking limited “sips” at one time, they seem to eat constantly. Larry, aka Pop-Pop, takes good care of all his birds. He makes sure that there is plenty of nourishment available. He should have stock in Wal-Mart and Wild Birds Unlimited. But the result has been gold finch, cardinals, black-capped chickadees and woodpeckers---downy, red-bellied, hairy and even one pileated. He looked like Woody Woodpecker he was so big. They return again and again to take in the food that Larry so lovingly supplies. He even has special varieties that appeal to the different species of birds. If he were awake, I’d ask him what they were---apart from the “cake” for the woodpeckers they all look like seeds to me, though they vary in size and some are “oily.”

When I allow the Spirit of God to nourish me as I open My Bible, I too am nourished by just the “food” that I need. Otherwise, I can fill up with junk food that the world throws at me and miss the sweetness of the Word of faith. Junk food---the kind that doesn’t nourish your soul---just empty words and false promises. Like Larry’s beloved hummingbirds, I need to be constantly nourished on the food that is right for me. How about you?

Feed on God’s Word today that you might feed others.

Choose the Jeremiah 15:16 the version that is best for you.

Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts. (NASB)

When your words came, I ate them; 
they were my joy and my heart's delight, 
 for I bear your name, O LORD God Almighty. (NIV)

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. (KJV)