Follow Your Ducks and Chickens
On our 2 acre farm, we have 22 chickens and 4 ducks who get to wander in the sunlight and in the rain during the day. They gang up by the door to their run in the mornings, ready to rush out to see what God has hidden in the grass and around the rocks for them while they slept. Then, after a full day of work, they return to their coop at night, find their way to their perches and nests and talk with each other about the adventures they’ve had.
Each night, after the sun has set, we go down to their coop to shut the door of protection on them. And once it is shut, we look at them through the wire walls and say aloud, “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. Thy love stay with me through the night and wake me with the morning light! Amen.”
And each night, while the prayer is said, the chicken chatter fades away and when silence finally falls, Chai, the Daddy duck, gives a soft “quack, quack”. His agreeing “amen”. And all is quiet in the coop.
Are we even as good as a chicken? Going forth in the morning to find the goodness our Good Master has provided and then returning to the roost when our day is done and our time in the light is over? Are we even as good as a chicken to share the good news with those around us as we settle down to rest? And can we be even so good as a duck, that when our Good Master gives us a loving benediction at the end of our day, we hear Him and say an “amen” of agreement?
Perhaps we should do that tonight. Perhaps we should stretch our wings as we lay in bed and then rest them, listening for the Good Master and agreeing with Him with a quiet “quack, quack”.
1 comment:
Jon and Elaine have the world's tastiest eggs! That's because the best onces come from chickens you know. Last Sunday, I gave a dozen to my neighbor (who also just had a baby), and she asked if the eggs were real, because she'd never seen ones that were so beautiful!
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