Above all Powers

My room is on the fourth floor facing a little road where telephone poles line the streets. After rainy days the little bulbul birds like to ‘sit’ along the telephone lines. It’s almost like gathering of friends after a storm to share a sigh of relief. There is one particular pole that seems to catch my eye every time I sit down to write or work on my computer. Atop that wooden beam, I often see two of these birds perched. Sometimes they disappear into the pole, and so my only guess is that they’ve got a home, a nest right there at the top of the hollowed pole. This is the monsoon season, it rains daily sometimes all night and all day. And I wonder whether the little home is flooded, whether there are little chicks there and whether they are warm enough.

But as these photos will tell you, they are very resilient. But more than that it is a reminder of God’s providence. “You made us, we belong to you” “You made all living things and you constantly provide for their growth.” Even on cloudy days, rainy days, extremely hot days, everyday, we are well taken care of. No doubt about that.