Hummingbird Nest 2 (Photo credit: Robin Miller Photography – westcoastrobin)

For a short while we managed an apartment complex.  One day we were cleaning out an apartment and I happened to be in a bedroom.  I noticed something in the corner of the window.   As I approached it became clear it was a humming-bird.  It had flown in and hid behind the curtain while we were cleaning.  I reached out my hands and, very gently, picked it up.  I took 2 seconds of the little bird’s life to hold it in the palm of my hand.  Then I released it through the open window.

What a marvelous world the Lord has made.  How beautiful it is when it is not corrupted by the things of man.  How very delicate and precious is this creation of His.  And it makes me wonder how it will be in that place He is building even right now.