God's Kindness Will Not Depart From Me (or you)

 

Scrub Jay at the birdfeeder

Every morning that I can, I get up and go sit on the deck to do some writing and study.  I do this even on days when I wake up with a headache and want to hide under my pillow from the day ahead.  This has become my favorite time of day -- a little quiet time to feel and see God's love for me.  

I have a couple of devotional books that I use while I study and they seem to have just the topics I need on any given day.  Today one of the authors spoke of God's kindness to all and suggested that if God is kind to me, I should be kind to myself.  I had already written that I needed to have grace for myself today and to remember that I am perfectly human, not perfect.  Jesus is perfect and He gives me grace.

I love birds, and I love the beauty of "my mountain" and I always hope that other people have something they love to look at every day.  I feel very loved when I look out on the beauty of the world and I feel like God sees me when He sends all sizes of birds to visit in the morning.  I get hummingbirds, finches, scrub jays and turkeys the most, but I also see Lazuli buntings and black headed grosbeaks and other birds I may not have identified yet.  These are birds from very little to quite large!  I've had very large hawks fly directly towards me.  That's a little intimidating!

Every morning I look at the beauties of the world around me and remember that these things were created to enjoy because I am loved, and so are you.

"For the mountains shall depart, and the hills shall be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee..."  Isaiah 54:10