At this time of year, I’m very interested in bird migration. March came in like a lion, devastating the South while driving migrating geese north ahead of schedule. It must be a comfort for them to find last year’s cornfields devoid of snow cover. What a welcome rest stop on their arduous journey to the Arctic! I never tire of watching hundreds, maybe even thousands, of geese banking and preparing to land nearby. The Snow Geese are particularly beautiful as they scatter and regroup. They wheel in the sky catching the sun on their blinding whiteness like silver glitter blown in the wind! The black tips of their wings are only visible as they stall and bank in for a landing.
Sad to say, as gorgeous as they are in flight, they are just that plain while gathered on the ground. They become ordinary barnyard geese grubbing in the wet mud. Not very impressive at all! It occurs that we as Christians are very much like them. Our grubbing about in the daily routines of life doesn’t define who we really are. We are meant to be lights on a hill, drawing others to Christ as Jesus explained in Matthew 5:14-16:
You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lamp stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
It’s so easy to become mired down by our chores and time constraints. If we don’t make room or time for God and His Word, we’re nothing but ordinary barnyard geese. When that happens the world cannot not see the shining triumph of life lived in Christ. A life that is lifted above this temporal earth, focused on eternity!
Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. Colossians 3:1-2
Love as always, Elaine (eyes on the sky!)
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