Holy Harbingers

I heard it said the other night that "one Robin don't make it Spring," and, perhaps, it is true.  But, what about a yard full of them?  In the places where I grew up and and in the places where I have grown old, folks always spoke of Robins as harbingers of Spring.  After the hard winter which has blown over this place in recent months, anything which might point to Spring coming is a welcomed sign.  Some people may prefer the groundhog, but a personal choice would be those red breasted Robins flitting around under the pecan trees.     

Actually, the creation is full of signs that point us toward the Creator and the way He intends for us to live.  We have gotten so busy we cannot see as well as we should, or maybe, we have just become too disconnected from the creation to hear the Voice of God speaking to us through it.   Many signs become visible in these days of living on a farm in the midst of the creation.  It is not that I have grown smarter, but that being here is like living immersed in the flow of life that is all around me.     

It has become so apparent that the creation is filled with order.  Everything seems connected in some way.  To be immersed in the creation which the Creator God has put all around us is to seek to know that order in our personal lives.  Too often we live out of sync, or out of step with the created order and when we do, life is not being lived as it was given to us to live.  Like the written Word, through the creation, the Creator speaks to those who give attention to what is being said.