Highlight

I was just now outside hanging up some new birdfood - thistle seed for the finches and suet for the woodpeckers.  There's already a seed-cake that's had its share of visitors; these others were new.

So there I was standing at the feeder pole, wearing my orange hoodie.  I had just hung up the new finch feeder when along came a chickadee!  I heard him come as he wondered aloud what this huge orange thing was standing at the feeder.  He landed on a branch nearby - I mean, really nearby! - to investigate, then came closer.  He ended up on the back side of the seed cake, not more than 10 inches from my hand, and peeked around the side of it to see what I might be. 

I don't know about him, but I was thrilled!  This was as close as I've ever been to one of these cute little guys, and during the moment he spent in investigating me I spent in awe and wonder and thrill.  That he would decide to come so close was almost more than I could hope for (although for just a second I hoped he might deign to land on my arm or my hand), and the moment was delightful in every way.

Not to put too much spin on this, but do you suppose God ever looks at you the way I looked at this chickadee?  Sure, we're sometimes kind of shy at approaching Him.  For some of us He's big and powerful, and that scares us.  For others, perhaps He's mysterious, like a huge thing in an orange hoodie to a chickadee.  So sometimes we don't want to get too near Him, and we tend to stay away.

But do you suppose that when God "reaches out His hand and satisfies the desire of every living thing" there is some hope in Him that those "living things" will occasionally come near enough that He can look into their eyes with delight?  Near enough that He can enjoy a thrill at their presence?  Near enough that He can dare to hope that they might return someday and get even closer to Him? 

Do you suppose that you might someday dare to be one of those "living things", and draw that close to the One who takes such delight in your presence?  Do you suppose that you might be the highlight of His day, the way this chickadee is the highlight of mine today?