Sometimes life throws some awe struck moments when you gasp at unexpected surprises. One of those moments came yesterday. For months we have had a bird that builds a nest on our bakers rack on the front porch. In the Spring, I was cleaning and rearranging the porch and found a nest in a wall planter. I figured it was from last year so I threw it away and moved things around. The bakers rack is in the exact area thot planter was previously in. Yesterday we found nest number four! This is a messy little momma and has made the top shelf of our bakers rack her nesting place.
I don’t know much about birds. Each time she’s hatched her young, we figure she’s finished with the nest, to discover another mess in the making. She’s an unwavering little
momma, determined on having her nest there.
Yesterday after book club meeting, mom and I went by Hobby Lobby. I saw the birdhouses were 66% off. Looking over the selection I picked a nice bigger one. I wasn’t even sure if the bird was still around but if she was it would be much cleaner for her to nest in the birdhouse rather than make a mess for us to clean up. Arriving home, I took the birdhouse out to the porch. As I reached to move the decorative watering can, I startled little momma and she flew up startling me! I can’t see her when she’s sitting on her nest because she’s the same
color and it all blends in.
Later when Ron got home I asked him to see if she was on her nest and try to get a picture. I wanted to zoom in and see what she looked like. Technology is marvelous when you cannot see well. Ron took the picture and sent it to me. Zooming in, I took a screenshot then posted it online to find out what kind of bird it was. It turns out that it’s a mourning dove. To think that dove has been nesting on our porch for months made my heart so happy. My eyes filled with tears as I thought of the biblical significance of a dove. The Holy Spirit and hope came to mind.
Truth be told, I can’t live without the hope God gives me. Living with low vision and hearing loss can be utterly frustrating. People do not understand and that is okay. Some understand hearing loss and some might understand low vision but combining them together is puzzling even for me. I see some and comprehend some. Some times the “wheel of fortune” life experience of trying to fill in the blanks is draining. I need to learn from our little momma dove. Each time we threw her nest away thinking she was finished, she just built another one. May I have her unwavering resolve to try again. When I’m trying to listen and miss chunks of the information…try again. When people don’t care to understand.. . try again. When I make so many typos sometimes in text that friends say they understand my “Code”… laugh and try again. When I use voice to text and AI can’t understand me and I’m talking clearly…. try again. I don’t need to worry about tomorrow. God is already there. God cares about every little detail, including bringing joy and encouragement to my heart by discovering a dove nesting on our front porch. Thank you Lord for hope that is renewed everyday. You are faithful.
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