From The Nest to the Branches
1 Corinthians 13:11 “When I was a child I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child, but when I became a man, I put away childish things.“
Once, when we lived in Townsend, TN, there was a nest of blue jays in a tree next to our driveway. We watched them closely for quite awhile. You could hear them but not see them right away. Then you could see little yellow beaks rising out of the nest. Next we could see their little heads, and eventually they did come out of the nest and perch on the big branch next to their nest. At last they were old enough to leave the nest and fly with the big birds.
It was much like raising kids. We go through a process of taking care of our children just like this mother bird. Keeping them under our wings until they are able to leave. We have a huge responsibility to guide our children into the men and women the Lord wants them to be. They get their spiritual nourishment and growth in our homes. When it is the right time they will leave the nest. Now they can fly through life with the Lord.
LaCrecia McFaddin
Tennessee
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