So I was at Disneyland yesterday, and as I was waiting for my kids and friends to come off of a ride, I found this shady place to wait. There was a mother duck and her 6 ducklings swimming back and forth across the water. It was very peaceful to watch.
All of the sudden a huge river boat separated two of the ducklings from their mother and siblings... you could hear the others that were standing by and on the boat gasp.. everyone was just waiting to see how things would turn out for these little ducklings...
The boat past and left a huge wake behind it... It reminded me of sin, and how we can just be floating along in the church, not a care in the world, and all the sudden, out of nowhere, sin comes into our lives leaving a huge wake behind that separates us from our church family... from God...
Well, to my relief, when the boat past, there were the little ducklings, safe, they had not be sucked under the boat and drowned. But now they had to get across that big wake, the waters were so choppy, and they were so tiny.. They were swimming for dear life...they were tossed every which way, but still... swimming...
You can't believe what happened next...above the boat motor, the crowd, the screaming of the ride behind me, you could hear the other four ducklings chirping... cheering on their siblings, as if they were saying, come on, you can do it, you are almost here, I know you are tired but just a little further...
Doesn't this speak to your spirit a little? I mean isn't this what we as the body of Christ, the church family are supposed to be? When one of our siblings get separated from us, we should not be watching while they struggle in the wake, speculating about what caused the separation, what sin has come into their life. We should be calling to them, saying "Hey, I know you are tire, but keep going..you can make it, you are almost here, just a little further".
What I witnessed next was quite possibly one of the most moving events I have ever seen in nature.... when the two ducklings made it to their family all the other ducklings surrounded the two and chirped and huddled up... it just looked like one ball of feathers... they were welcoming their siblings home, loving them, telling them they were missed.
You know, I just think it is so amazing that God wants to talk to us so much, that he will come right where you are, no matter what, and show what he wants you to see... I just love that!
Be Blessed,
J
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