A Trip Not In Vain
My mother-in-law is ninety-one and very independent. For some time, she has requested for us to come visit and be with her.
We have visited many times thru the years since 2000 when they first moved back
to the USA from the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. But this time her request expressed
a different demeanor, she wanted our presence to be fixed
here with her. She desired our company. Someone she could rely on and trust. Someone
like her daughter, my wife. We came in July 2019 with no other specific
plan than to be with her. Then in February 2020 the Corona virus struck. And
we are glad we came when we did; to be with her.
It is
5:30 am, April 30, 2020, and light is barely coming thru the sky. The back yard
is in shadows. I can tell the outline of the shrubs, bushes and at the end of
the property there is a tree line serving as a buffer between house groupings, this
is part of the landscape of my mothers-in-law residence. I am sitting in an armchair
looking out our bedroom window. I had raised the window to get some of the
morning fresh air because the house temperature is at 85 degrees F. She has become sensitive to the cold.
With the
window raised I could hear the
rustle of the gentile breeze flowing thru the tree branches and the bushes. Then I heard the call of the northern red cardinal both male and female.
Right outside my window is the fan for the central air system. And
as I was listening and observing, something flew in all of a sudden, and there
it was perched on the grill of A/C system in all its red glory, the Cardinal. Beautifully created by all mighty himself. It began to sing. Then he was gone
in a twinkle. No sooner he had left she showed up at the very spot where he had
perched himself. She was different. She had a crest like he did but not bright
red, it was more like brownish orange with some red feathers mixed within her wings
and she also sang.
I felt
like a child again. Mesmerized by the song of these beautiful birds with their bright color plumage. How fragile they looked and yet capable of such
singing and flight like a flash of light. After a
while they were gone, like saying, the show is over.
God has a
wonderful way of providing a distraction from the Pandemic and letting us know He cares. Our time with my mother-in-law has not been in vain. Her need is being met.
Update: Patricia Louise Conrad went home to be with the Lord on October 30, 2020.
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Isaiah 41:10
“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed;
for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help
thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”
King James Version (KJV)
King James Version (KJV)
Do you know Jesus as your Redeemer?
See posting titled The Bridge Gospel Illustration by Save Sterrett
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