Preparing a Place

John 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: …I go to prepare a place for you.
Sitting in my backyard birding sanctuary on a...

Photographer: William Wise | iNat Observation: 38215789 - Eastern Bluebird; Athens-Clarke County, Georgia. April 2, 2017. ©williamwisephoto.com

Sitting in my backyard birding sanctuary on a Saturday morning and noting the different species coming to the freshly filled feeders, my eyes were drawn to a pair of Eastern Bluebirds. The male and female repeatedly crisscrossed the yard, alighting here and there upon the nest boxes, seeming to spend a moment in contemplation, and then moving to the next. It was quite obvious that they were choosing a place to nest.

When my wife and I moved back to Georgia in 2009, after we had prepared our home for us and our children, it was time to also prepare a backyard bird sanctuary and garden. In addition to the small pond, feeders, fruiting shrubs and honeysuckle vines, I wanted to prepare a home for the Bluebirds and built several nest boxes throughout the yard. To my surprise, the very first season, the bluebirds began preparing a home for their young and had two clutches per season every year!

But my joy is not only in preparing a home for the bluebirds, and in watching them prepare a nest for their young, but also in knowing a glorious home is currently being prepared for us! And the home He is preparing is no quickly built bluebird nest box! Our Savior has been preparing for 2,000 years now… what a glorious home it will be!

And since He so graciously has been preparing a home, we should be preparing our hearts! Luke 12:43-47 “Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing...”

Photographer: William Wise | iNat Observation: 38215789 - Eastern Bluebird; Athens-Clarke County, Georgia. April 2, 2017. ©williamwisephoto.com

Posted on April 2, 2024 10:18 AM by williamwisephoto