“The Early Bird,” circa 1979, colored pencil drawing by Felecia R. Weber, OntheWingofaDove.com
Restored and renewed – life worth living…experience a restorative grace that beckons renewal and refreshment.
“The reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.” J.M. Barrie, “The Little White Bird”
Restored and renewed – life worth living. Do you ever question what your purpose in life is? Do you ever wonder why your life is worth living? Those are tough questions to answer when life begins to seem like one unending day full of mundane events, peppered with annoyances and issues that cause us a lot of grief. Or when happy and exciting times start to fade into the background, collecting dust and getting shoved behind the curtains. What does it take for us to answer them in positive ways? What is it that causes us to reach beyond the ordinariness of our daily grind…to be restored and renewed – full of life worth living?
Now that the weather has suddenly changed from an almost frigid darkness to a warming brightness, I’ve noticed subtle changes that fill me with the hope and restorative power of spring. I love to feed the wild birds that find their way to the tree in my front yard throughout the year. The way they flutter around and gather at the feeder can mesmerize me for several minutes at a time. During the winter months when wild food becomes scarce, it seems mealtimes at the bird feeder are feverishly hectic. My little flock of feathered friends seem to frantically wait for me to fill the feeder every day. Now, however, with the marked onset of warmer temperatures, they seem only to pick, taking a mouthful of seed here and there. No longer desperate to find food, their frenzied chirps have turned into delicate, soothing melodies filling my ears with a restorative grace that beckons renewal and refreshment.
Like the wild birds feeding outside my home, when we are hungry for restoration and renewal deep within us, we hurriedly hop from one problem or crisis to another. We try to resolve issues that never seem to end; only to become flustered in the process and not having accomplished anything. It doesn’t have to be that way, for we need only to ask for help. God is always there ready and willing to provide the answers and to abundantly supply our needs. I can tell you this from experiences in my own life. When I begin to flap my wings seemingly to no avail…I stop and, in faith and confidence, cry out to God for help. He not only provides the answers, (and always in the most amazing ways, I might add), my heart is calmed and filled with a peace that only He can give. During those times, I truly am restored and renewed – full of life worth living!
As we enter into this beautiful season, may you pause and seek God’s help…let His love provide the answers that you are seeking and cause you to be restored and renewed as well.
A happy Spring season to you!
Peace and love,
Felecia
