I was driving to work the other day (a lot of my learning comes while I'm on my way to work 😄), and something happened which sickened me. I drove past a crow, flapping around on the road in the midst of traffic. It had obviously been hit, and could not fly. And I could not stop to help it as it was in the other lane and there was way too much traffic for it to be safe for me. So I drove on by. But it haunted me. And still it makes me cry.
Now the weird thing is, I don't really like crows much. I find them quite unappealing and ugly, even though I love most living things. But it hurt me to leave it in a state of pain. Sickened me to my gut. And then ... like in so many things, God taught me something.
Like the crow, we ourselves are not so appealing in the way we behave. We can be rude, selfish, unkind and ungiving towards each other. And I'm sure what we do to each other makes God shake his head in deep disappointment. But still he sees us, flapping around in our pain here, unable to help ourselves, and is sickened to his gut. Unlike me though, he doesn't leave us that way.
Long ago, he saw the need, and sent his beautiful son to help us find the way out. All we have to do is recognise that precious gift, and take it. Thank God for his tender heart. ❤️
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