The Lesson of The Birds
(A Message for The Eternal Gospel Church)
arly this Sabbath afternoon, as I was walking to a quiet
place to study, I heard the sounds of disquiet in a tree by my path. Turning my
head to the left, I saw a large bird burst from the leaves, being followed by
several smaller birds. At first glance the smaller birds looked like the
children of the larger, but it soon became apparent that this was not the case:
the smaller birds made a different sound, and they were driving off an invader.
The larger one looked
like an eagle, or a similar scavenger, and as it flew off, the smaller
creatures flew around it, diving in to peck at it whenever the opportunity
presented itself. They went around behind me, and I soon lost sight of them.
A short time later, I
turned my head to the right, and I saw there the eagle once again, but it was
only being pursued by one of the smaller birds. The others seemed content to
let the rude thing alone, as long as the eagle was no longer in their immediate
space. Their attentions had only stirred up the bird's anger, however, and it
was sounding it's protest with a louder cry. By their attentions, the eagle had
only been aroused, and was now free to disturb other trees, but most of the
birds called off their protest as soon as their resting place was left alone
for the moment.
One small bird
remained, however, to trouble the unclean flying creature. It followed the
eagle through many twists and turns, and eventually its target wheeled up high
into the air and vanished over the horizon.
David.
