Through The Window

Well by the encouragement of both old and new friends I now officially enter the world of blogdom. A digital space located somewhere between reality and virtual existence visible to all through a computer. How cool is that?

Speaking of visibility - I have right now outside my window a nest of Robin's eggs. Four of them to be exact. They are blue and are so beautiful they look unreal. In fact take a look at them for yourself. I've taken a picture of them for you to see. In fact all of the pictures on this page, including the window, are mine.

It wasn't but two weeks ago I had watched three other baby Robins in the exact same nest fly for the first time. Prior to their flights I had watched them being fed and taken care of. I had the perfect view. The shrub has a little clearing that is large enough for me to have a picture perfect view of the entire nest immediately outside the window. It has been an awesome experience to glimpse inside their birdy home and see what is happening.

I wonder if God is fascinated with us as well as He peers at us from His perfect view into our "family nests"? What does He think as He watches the family’s interaction within? Does He see a nurturing mother? A providing father? Are the kids secure and well taken care of? We know He watches as His word says even His eye is on the sparrow...so I know He watches me. He watches us. Is He delighted from His perspective?

We sometimes forget that we have a God who watches us not only physically but internally as He also has a window to our soul. He sees everything about us, everything within us. Our minds, our hearts, our past, present, and future. He sees it all. Have you ever stopped to really think about that? There is nothing that we can hide from him. That's both amazing and yet...discomforting... when we realize He has a perfect view of each one of us. Do we live as though He is always watching? I confess that I do not always. When I stop to really think about that I wish sometimes there was a way I could cover our "nest" so that it would occasionally be hidden from His view. Cover myself so that my imperfections cannot be seen. So my failures won't be so visible. But unlike the bird's nest outside my window there are no leaves to hide His view. And when you think of it...really think of it...that's an amazing thing. Because we have something better than leaves. We have something that doesn't block His view but it alters it. We have something to cover us that allows Him to see us with pure adoration. He doesn't see my imperfections. He sees me through His plans. He sees me as His child. Forgiven. Beautiful. Perfect. Why? Because I'm covered through the sacrifice of a Savior on a cross who died not for His own failings - but for mine. For each persons. Unlike a tree branch that could block a view, we have a covering that doesn't block or separate us. Instead the covering transforms His vision. His covering is like a warm blanket of His love that He uses to come closer to us. So close that there is nothing that separates us from Him. Nothing. No window. No glass. And no veil. The veil that once separated us was torn from top to bottom, from heaven to Earth, from God's own hand as it reached down to where we are.

As much as I appreciate the life that I see happening through my window, as precious as it is, I watch it from behind a glass and distorted screen. My very presence frightens and disturbs their nest and home. In contrast, I do not need to be frightened as my God peers into my life. And I have to say I'm so very glad that that nothing separates me from God. I am covered. As He gazes on me and our families nest He sees us as His own. And how amazed I am that not only does He care for the little birds outside my window, He also cares for me. What an amazing God! Now I have to ask again... how cool is that!?

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By the way...if you would like to use any of these pictures they are free for your use as long as you let me know where my birdies "travel around the world" and how they are used. I'd love to here of their journies!!!
Tammi / e-mail me at: emergingbutterfly@comcast.net

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