wren

Have you ever experieinced something that redefined your relationship with God? Something that made you so sure, so absolutely positive, that God KNOWS you, and loves you, no matter what your circumstances in life, no matter what sort of valley or mountain top you may be experiencing?

That happened for me Wednesday. I can literally feel people's faithful prayers over my life. If you are one of those praying for me, thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

Here's what happened:
The song of the Carolina Wren was the epitome of summer for Mom and me as I was growing up - we would listen to catch the first trill of the wren's song each spring, eager to hear it after the long, cold winter. But since I left my childhood home, I've not had a wren near anyplace I've lived. And oh, how I have missed their unique and lyrical song. They are shy, and don't like the city - they prefer wooded areas to nest in. Against all hope, I had DH put out a wren house and another bird house.... but I had in my heart given up on hosting a wren, and it made me sad.

Today, I was talking to my kitten because he was fascinated with something below the window by my computer desk. This computer desk is the center of my world, in my kitchen, where I "hang out" ... I peeked over the edge of the window sill to see what the cat was "chirping" about, and much to my surprise there was a pair of wrens building their nest at the corner of the house right below my window!!

Thanks to your prayers and my own heart's cry, God knew I needed to feel His love... to know He is with me, and that He knows I have been so lonely and depressed... to know He will see me through the valley and bring me through this crisis, that He will not let me fall.

I cannot think of anything more personal, more intensely delightful, than to have a sweet little Carolina Wren building her nest with her husband, right below the window where I sit and look out on my back yard...

The reason it means so much to me is: no one but God would understand how significant this is to me.

It's been a long time since I felt God's hand so palpably on my shoulder... and suddenly my physical, mental and spiritual outlooks all began to change and I began to feel hope for recovery and joy in my days again. Something I have not felt in a very long time.

I thank God for this group of people, expecially the prayer warriors but everyone here, that DG is a place where I can keep in touch with other people who love the garden as much as I do and who share so many of my loves and interests. Being able to come here has kept me from going kookoo while housebound!

Thanks everyone, for being here.

Love
Janie

Janie, what a wonderful story. I am glad that things are going well for you now.

What a wonderful message of hope, peace and renewal. The wren is small in size, industrious and high-spirited, with a beautiful voice -- not unlike yourself!

That sure sounds like a gift from God. He certainly knows our needs and desires, and the little things that make us happy as individuals. Thanks for sharing this with us.

Oh, that's so like our Father! He cares about such "inconsequential" things - stuff that means the world to us because of our own hearts' desires. What a wonderful story, Janie! :)