Which would explain why, when I later spied a lone seagull standing by himself, I made the decisions that I did. In my benevolent state of mind, I had a few crackers with me and decided to feed this (insert air quotes and sarcasm) poor, lonely creature. As I went to throw the cracker to my new best friend, my husband glanced over and registered what I was about to do. What happened next was like something out of a movie: my husband lunged for me, moving in what seemed like slow-motion, with a guttural 'NOOOOOOOO!' coming from his lips, trying to save the oblivious heroine, who was unaware of the danger approaching her. Of course I threw the cracker before he could save me (this isn't the movies), and instantly, I was bombarded by an endless mass of squawking feathers, all yelling "MINE, MINE, MINE!" (if you didn't get that, stop what you are doing and go watch 'Finding Nemo'. Right now.) What I thought was a poor little lone bird was obviously the bait for unsuspecting, well-meaning humans.
This mass of screaming fowl was an assault to the senses after the serenity of the beach. It could have ruined the peace I had just felt with God. But as I looked at my son laughing in delight at the birds swirling around us, we decided to have fun with it. Watch the video below to see what I mean!
We ended up feeding them all the crackers we had. It made me think how much our lives can run such a parallel to this scenario. Many times we go from a peaceful communion with God, and enter into the the real world, filled with squawking, fighting, pecking masses of confusion. We have a choice: laugh, and make the best of whatever situation God puts us in, or hold onto all our crackers and let circumstances ruin our moment.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. (Gal 5:22-23)
Have fun with the video below...we did! Note: do not try this at home!
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