Waiting on finding a home was more challenging than I had imagined. The Lord continually led me to the verse, "Even the sparrow has found a home, a swallow a nest for herself, a place to raise her young...a place near your altar." I had read that numerous times, but it wasn't until there were 22 days left to find a place did I internalize this. About a week after we signed the contract, the boys ran inside and told me they had found a nest. I didn't think too much about it at the moment, but about ten minutes later, I got to thinking... a nest...
I went outside and climbed our front little tree and lo and behold there was a nest of these eggs! I couldn't believe my eyes because one of my favorite books this year is "One thousand gifts" and on the cover there is this picture. I wrote down as one of my thousand gifts that this picture is one of them because it is so rich in color and beautiful. I got to see it with my own eyes and the richness and depth of meaning made me want to steal the eggs (don't worry I didn't). We checked on the nest every day before we moved and two days after we moved, we drove by and Bobby got to peek in and they hatched. I got out of the car and ran to see and saw a little tiny head peering up over looking for food. When I walked into our new home, I felt this sense of abundance in all that God has provided. I knew His altar was good enough, but now to know He cares about the nest on Earth is incredible to me.
