This morning I awoke to hear birds singing outside. It just makes me feel good and alive. It makes me feel there is hope.
I always liked the fairy tale "The Nightingale" by Hans Christian Andersen.
The Emperor of China had heard that the most beautiful thing in his empire is the singing of the nightingale. So he ordered that the Nightingale be brought to the palace. There the nightingale sings and becomes the emperor's favorite.
But one day the Emperor is given a beautiful, jeweled, mechanical bird. Soon it replaces the nightingale as the emperor's favorite and so the Nightingale returns to the forest. The mechanical bird finally breaks and the emperor becomes deathly ill.
The Nightingale, upon hearing about the Emperor, returns to the palace and again sings for the Emperor. The Emperor quickly recovers as he hears the beautiful singing of the Nightingale.
Sometimes in life we replace things that are real with things that are only temporary or that really don't last.
When if we just look around us at what we already have.
This morning when I heard the birds sing, I thought God has given me a new day, new mercies, a new day to enjoy all the many blessings that He has given me.
I really already have the song of the nightingale in my life.
Every time I get a hug from one of my grandkids, I already have all the riches I need in the world.
When a friend writes me an encouraging note - I don't need to find new friends, I just need to cherish the ones I already have.
Thank you God for the beautiful song I heard this morning.
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