Oh Wow Peggy!  Excellent points!  Very good!  I just realized that the bird
never stopped to pray for discernment, did she?  Oh wow!  thanks for that.
Kathy


At 08:53 PM 4/14/2005, you wrote:
>I think the bird's problem was that it assumed the Lord was speaking in
>everything everyone said, and not discerning what parts were the Lord's
>voice, and what parts were the opinions of others.  Perhaps there was a
>mixture of both in what each person said.  The bird did have a gift that
>needed to be shared, but perhaps not in the way the people advised.  Also,
>another thought that struck me as I thought about the story this afternoon
>was that not only do we minister to the Lord, but it's the Lord Who
>ministers to others, not us;  we're just the vehicle.  So it's more about
>learning to listen and be open to God's workings, rather than loading our
>schedules up and running in every direction so that we can minister.
>
>Very thought-provoking story.
>
>Peggy