Empty Nest

It was about a year ago in June 2023 when my son got married. 

Two weeks before he officially “left the nest” a brood of birds was hatching right outside his bedroom window in the weeping cherry tree. Day by day I witnessed the activity of momma bird constructing the nest and caring for her young.  Although, it seems quite illustrative that I would miss these little fledglings fly away from the nest while I went away to Nashville to watch mine.

I quite literally came home to an empty nest.

Less than one full year has passed and in June 2024 my daughter has birthed her fourth little hatchling, Ruth Annette.

The end of one’s nesting begins another’s.

I have a sweet window into this momma bird and her activity.  She is busy.  She is beyond selfless, extremely provisional and dare I say, exhausted!  Every chirp is heard and handled.  I see momma bird coming and going, coming and going, coming and going.

You want to know what the Kingdom of God is like?

“The Kingdom of God is like a tiny mustard seed planted in a garden; it grows and becomes a tree and the birds make nests in its branches.”

Jesus said to make the Kingdom of God your primary concern.

You want to know what this little momma bird is busy doing?

She is primarily making the Kingdom of God

…in the season of the full nest.

Luke 13:19

Matthew 6:33