Parlez Vous Francais?

Non? Then it's time to learn! Paris is waiting and who doesn't want to go to Paris? Exactly!  How you ask?

Oh Happy Day can make it happen.

Meeting For Coffee

This year the robins have built their nest high upon the garage wall.  Often my sole companions in the early morning hours, I join them in the garden, coffee in hand, to delight in the undisturbed, enveloping quiet of the world  before the day proceeds. With temperatures daily reaching well into the 90's, the humidity, a thick wet blanket, makes even the simplest of chores a drudgery.  Pleasure is taken in these early morning hours.  A slight breeze is detectable, but the sun continues its climb over the roof line and soon will burn off the dew that settled overnight. My reprieve from the heat will be short lived.


The blooming of the Winchester Cathedral roses draw my attention, but it is quickly diverted by  little heads rising above the nest.  Mother and father take turns filling little beaks held agape in faith for food they know will be delivered by loving parents.

Are not five sparrows sold for 2 pennies?

Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

Luke 12:6

Never do the parents stray far in search of nourishment for their young.  A watchful eye keeps guard no further than the cherry tree at the corner of the garden.  Wayward birds are soon reminded to whom these delicate little hearts belong.  The swift rebuke of a starling, perching to closely to robins nest, is testament to the watchful, paternal love. Not a single worry  impedes the growth of the hatchling's in their slumber for their safety is guaranteed, both day and night, by the ones who love them dearly.

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life,

what you will eat; or your body, 

what you will wear.

Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

~ Luke 12:22 & 23

Every morning I come out into this garden and await in faith the One who watches over me, both day and night.  As the hot coffee seeps into my body and awakens my still sleep befuddled mind, His word quenches my world weary soul.  I raise my head up in faith, knowing I will be feed.

Consider the ravens: they do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn;

yet God feeds them.  And how much more valuable you are than birds!

~ Luke 12:24