The day before Carl's Birthday we got to go to the spa in Coeur d' Alene for a little pampering. My Mom was kind enough to take Tory so we could go as a couple. It was a wonderful experience that was very relaxing. The Spa at the Resort is amazing and luxurious. I highly recommend it. Anyway the reason for this picture is .... we were leaving my Mom's after picking Tory up, driving down the road when Mom called to tell us that we had forgotten something so I turned around and headed back to her house. I saw something in the road on the way back and a small voice told me to make sure that I don't run it over, so I made sure I didn't and as we passed it I looked in the rear view mirror to see is what ever it was had moved, but it hadn't and so we carried on. We grabbed what it was that we forgot and off we were again. This time when we came upon this something in the road there was a dog sniffing it, I thought that's weird why would a dog be sniffing a big rock(which is what I though it was at the time) so as we got closer I looked harder at it and realized it wasn't a rock at all. I then backed the car up and got out to find that it was this beautiful owl. Right then I was so thankful that I had listened and made sure that I didn't hit it. I would have be horrified if once again I had ran another animal over, we all know that I don't have a tract record when it comes to this. But this once, there was an angel watching over this sweet bird and I listened to the prompting. We ended up taking him to the Clinic that I use to work at where he stayed over night and the next day the bird lady came to pick him up. She will rehabilitate him and hopefully release him back into the wild. I know that this is such a small weird thing to write about but to me this is huge. It seems that Heavenly Father teaches me and gives me opportunities to grow though animals a lot of the time. If I wouldn't have listened to that small voice things would have been a lot different for this little guy and for me to. This little lesson has taught me so much and has made me think about a lot of things. Life is to short to not enjoy the simple things, we need to take time to realize all of the amazing blessing that we are given and not get caught up in the rubbish and to be still and listen. I am so grateful for this little bird and I am a different person because of him.Friday, February 6, 2009
Life's Little Lessons
The day before Carl's Birthday we got to go to the spa in Coeur d' Alene for a little pampering. My Mom was kind enough to take Tory so we could go as a couple. It was a wonderful experience that was very relaxing. The Spa at the Resort is amazing and luxurious. I highly recommend it. Anyway the reason for this picture is .... we were leaving my Mom's after picking Tory up, driving down the road when Mom called to tell us that we had forgotten something so I turned around and headed back to her house. I saw something in the road on the way back and a small voice told me to make sure that I don't run it over, so I made sure I didn't and as we passed it I looked in the rear view mirror to see is what ever it was had moved, but it hadn't and so we carried on. We grabbed what it was that we forgot and off we were again. This time when we came upon this something in the road there was a dog sniffing it, I thought that's weird why would a dog be sniffing a big rock(which is what I though it was at the time) so as we got closer I looked harder at it and realized it wasn't a rock at all. I then backed the car up and got out to find that it was this beautiful owl. Right then I was so thankful that I had listened and made sure that I didn't hit it. I would have be horrified if once again I had ran another animal over, we all know that I don't have a tract record when it comes to this. But this once, there was an angel watching over this sweet bird and I listened to the prompting. We ended up taking him to the Clinic that I use to work at where he stayed over night and the next day the bird lady came to pick him up. She will rehabilitate him and hopefully release him back into the wild. I know that this is such a small weird thing to write about but to me this is huge. It seems that Heavenly Father teaches me and gives me opportunities to grow though animals a lot of the time. If I wouldn't have listened to that small voice things would have been a lot different for this little guy and for me to. This little lesson has taught me so much and has made me think about a lot of things. Life is to short to not enjoy the simple things, we need to take time to realize all of the amazing blessing that we are given and not get caught up in the rubbish and to be still and listen. I am so grateful for this little bird and I am a different person because of him.
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Thanks so much for sharing your experience. I love things like this. So much of the time these "little lessons" are so catered to our own needs, that it may not mean much to someone else. (Not that this didn't mean anything to me...I so can feel what you are saying!)But it just shows how much Heavenly Father knows us each personally and gives us the experiences he knows will help us grow the most. His tender mercies are all around us. He shows them to us daily, in a very personal way. I love that! And I loved hearing of your experience...and reading about it. You are so, so loved!!!!!!
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