Blog #12 - Lessons from the Morning Bird

This morning, I woke up to the sound of a chirping bird.

It’s a sound I’ve grown to love, gentle yet persistent, a daily reminder that a new day has begun.

The bird never misses its song at sunrise.

It knows when the night has passed and when the dawn has come.

And as it sings, it does more than welcome the day,

it prepares for it.

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Birds gather food for rainy days.

They work diligently during seasons of plenty

and store up for times when resources are scarce.

They know when to build,

when to rest,

when to soar,

and when to shelter.

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“Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!

It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.”

– Proverbs 6:6-8

If ants and birds can live with such rhythm and wisdom,

how much more should we, created in God’s image

walk with intentionality and foresight?

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But here’s the question I keep returning to:

Is there such a thing as doing too much?

Can our constant planning, striving, and storing

sometimes crowd out the space where God wants to move?

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“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom:

and with all thy getting get understanding.”

– Proverbs 4:7

Wisdom tells us to prepare.

Faith tells us to trust.

Life asks us to hold both in balance.

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Sometimes I wonder, do I always need to have a plan?

Or is it possible to let go and let God be God?

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord,

“plans to prosper you and not to harm you,

plans to give you hope and a future.”

– Jeremiah 29:11

If His plans are perfect,

why do I so often feel the need to control every detail?

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Perhaps, like the birds,

I am called to do my part,

sing at dawn, gather when I can,

but also trust that my Heavenly Father

will provide what I cannot.

“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns,

and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

Are you not much more valuable than they?”

– Matthew 6:26

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So today, I take this lesson from the morning bird:

• Prepare wisely.

• Work diligently.

• Rest in God completely.

As Corrie Ten Boom once said:

“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”

And as I step into this day,

I will keep the bird’s song in my heart—

a reminder that God is already ahead of me

and that the dawn is His daily gift to begin again.

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