A Bird in the sky

                                                     

Oh my goodness....just look at the sky...

This was our view on Thursday evening.  The big Pecan trees are still bare with their branches stretching upward, which I think added to this photo.  Behind them was the most unusual sweep of color.  The sky was a soft blue, fading into blush, and then....right in the center...a streak of glowing peach color. 

What I saw was a bird!!  Wings lifted high and feathers flowing as if it had just taken off.  

Isn't it funny how two people can look at the same sky and see something entirely different? Some might see a streak of light, while others (like me) see a soaring bird. 

The branches in the foreground are empty right now.  Winter has stripped them down the their bones, yet just beyond those bare limbs, something beautiful was forming..

Color...Movement....Promise.  There is always motion in the heavens, even when the trees look so lifeless.  The clouds, the dormant tree branches, the stunning colors of a swoosh, it was as if they were whispering "Lift your eyes."

I'm thankful that my focus was not ground level and that I looked up to see what the sky was speaking to me.  

Those bare trees will bloom again...The birds we hear at dawn will return in full chorus...and if God can paint a bird across an evening sky for no reason other than beauty....I can rest assured that HE is tending to the details of my life too.  I'm taking this as a quiet promise and I'm going to rest in His goodness.  

Sending Hugs to all...

Shug..