chrisine paul

I have looked at the sky more these last 21 months than I have my entire life. I've heard and read if you see a red cardinal that means a visitor from Heaven is near. You can bet this mama has been looking for her bird! I look for birds everywhere, all the time. I have seen only a few cardinals since JD died. One last year when the Yellow Jackets played their first baseball game and one today. But today something else grabbed my attention, I heard the birds! That may sound si...lly, because a bird's song is one of the first sounds of spring. I began thinking of the last time I heard the birds, and as far as I can remember, it was probably the spring before JD died. I know I didn't hear any last year. Is that because there were no singing birds last year? Of course not. I didn't hear them, because I was so grief-stricken that I didn't stop to listen for the birds. I think that sometimes we get so caught up in the frustrations of life that we don't stop to see or hear the blessings God has given us. Our blessings may not look or sound like someone else's, but they are our blessings given to us by our Savior for His good and ours. These blessings may cause us great heartache, but that heartache will only last for a season. God has already made sure that those who love and trust in Him will one day never have heartache again. I pray that during this coming week before Easter that you will stop, look and listen for God's blessings in your life. I pray that you will stop long enough to spend some daily time with Him. I pray that you will look for and see His good, even in the difficult days, and I also pray that you will be able to hear the birds! Today, on this beautiful day with my beautiful husband, I heard the birds!