A Nest Not Made by Hands.

Once again, our front porch has been used by a family of Robins. It fascinated to me to watch them diligently work to make their nest, a nest not made by hands, but by beak and claw. They were created with the instinct to make such structures. Dad and Mom both work. Dad was doing most of the gathering, Mom packing in the mud, grass, twigs, string, arranging the furniture, picking out the drapes, etc. It did not take them very long at all to finish their building project and Mom soon settled in to start laying her pretty, little blue eggs. GOD is SO GOOD, isn’t HE! Here’s the thing, the other night when we had that horrific wind and rainstorm, I became concerned for our feathered family. I stepped out onto the porch to check on them. I figured the birds, nest and all would have been blown to the next county. But NO! There it was, tucked up under the eaves, safe and sound. Mom sat secure though damp from wind-blown spray, protecting her prize. That simple, yet well-constructed home endured through the night. It was such and beautiful and amazing sight to see her next morning with a defiant look on her beak. JESUS told Pilate, “MY Kingdom is not of this world…” John 18:36. (NOTE the word IS not will be!) HE is our spiritual dwelling. The Kingdom we dwell in will never be blown away. Even if our Earthly tent is destroyed, HE has for us an eternal “nest” not made by hands. 2Cor.5:1

Russell Ashby