{"id":1440,"date":"2010-11-26T10:37:49","date_gmt":"2010-11-26T08:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/blog\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2010-11-26T10:37:49","modified_gmt":"2010-11-26T08:37:49","slug":"why-are-the-birds-singing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/?p=1440","title":{"rendered":"Why are the birds singing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someone said: “A bird is not singing because it has\u00a0a word;<\/span> it is singing because it has a song.” <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This\u00a0phrase stuck in my mind and thoughts for many days and I\u00a0could sense the various tunes\u00a0and sounds of all the birds surrounding us.\u00a0\u00a0 Each little bird is praising the Creator of all through their own individual song and it does not matter whether there is a storm coming or passing, or during the cold of the winter months or the hot summer days.\u00a0\u00a0 Each little bird welcomes the morning light with a jubilant song and the swallows enjoy the last rays of sunlight of each day by flying high above the earth and chirping their songs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Applying it to us in a spiritual manner, we\u00a0can then also\u00a0acknowledge that we do not have only one word to say – but many.\u00a0 In fact when we speak about our Lord Jesus Christ, we have so much more to say about His Grace and Mercy and Love.\u00a0 In the Book of Job 36:1- 3<\/span><\/em><\/strong> the friend of Job (Elihu) said the following: “Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God’s behalf.<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0<\/em><\/strong>I will get my knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As children of God we do not only have a word, but we have many songs to sing and each new song is even more beautiful than the all the previous ones, because of Whom we are singing it to.\u00a0We have: <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n