One of the tasks I now do each day is taking Buddy for his early morning walk. On the way back home, I saw a red bird in a small tree and it perked me right up. Immediately, an old song came to mind and I couldn't help but sing what words of it I could remember...
Needless to say, it started the day on a good note (no pun intended, I am not that musical). So, a few hours later (around noon) when I took Buddy out again, I snapped a few more pictures. Yesterday is gone and today the sun is shining and there are only a few clouds in the sky. Somehow things just look "Better"!!! On days like today, I can imagine how someone who has just seen the world for the first time might feel...
John, Chapter 9
1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3 Jesus answered, “Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him. 4 I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” 6 When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man’s eyes with the mud, 7 and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.
If just a little red bird can make big changes in your life, think of what Jesus can do!!! When the sun shines, it adds warmth and texture to everything we see, but when Jesus shines in your heart even the smallest little change around you (like a bird in a tree) can seem wonderful. And a little music from Al Jolson couldn't hurt either!!!