Our family has been making a big transition from living in Singapore to living in WI, U.S.A.
A transition from being an expat, to being just your ordinary member of the community and work place.
A transition from sky rise condo living, to quiet country living.
We are blessed to have been able to keep our house while we were living over seas. How nice to come back to our home!
When we were living in Singapore we were blessed with a roof top garden, an outdoor patio, and our very own private (sort of) outside space.
One of our favorite things that happened on that private space 11 stories above the ground was watching this TINY little bird family build their home.
They worked SO very hard bringing up each little piece of grass, down, leaf, string, etc...
We watched the knitting together of this "house" for a few weeks and then.... it was done: the perfect home for these little birds. Scott was able to capture our little friend at home in it's new house.
Sure enough a baby bird soon appeared..... and then..... the storm rolled in. Not a small storm, a big storm, with huge winds and very large, hard, pounding rain.
The house began to fall apart, this family was in trouble. The stresses brought in from the outside world were simply too much.
The house came apart from the top and fell to the ground. Oh no, this is trouble! We rushed out after the storm to try and place the house back together. The mama bird had fled during the storm leaving the baby bird "home alone."
It reminded me of
Psalm 127:1-3
"Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives sleep to his beloved. Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord."
I know that as our family goes through this transition we are working hard to assure that it is indeed the LORD that builds our home and our family. The Lord is always there in the midst of any storm that may come our way. It may feel like our home is about to burst apart due to the outside stresses and the storms of life, but the Lord is faithful, and he holds together those things that He himself has knit together.
Happy Knitting.
