Have you ever heard of a Honeyeating Bird from Australia? I had not until this morning when reading Our Daily Bread devotion turned me to researching this singing bird. There are only about 300 of these birds left and may become extinct. However, Australian conservationists are looking into how to prevent that. The conservationists are bringing music to the habitat with recorded songs so that they birds can hear their native song and relearn how to sing it! This bird has a unique song - it's heart song which allows them to sing for a mate! If they lose their song, the species will die. Can you imagine if they lost that song?
Zephaniah 3:17 says that God sings over us!
"The Lord God is in our midst, The Mighty One will save.
He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you in His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing."
Amazing! Just as God created a unique and special bird in Australia, he created each of us with our own unique heart song. Each of us are given gifts to share with others. Trials, tribulations and daily stresses take away our heart song sometimes. We become deafened to what makes us sing. We lose our savor, our passion, our way. But what if we like this Honeyeating Bird relearn our song? What if when we feel decimated by our suffering, we sing? What if our heart song could be restored?
I believe God does that every time we turn to Him. He sings over us. Yes! You. Me. Bringing Him the things that hurt the most. The things that tear us down. The things that make us heart sick. He can make a way where there is NO way! His voice of love and forgiveness can restore our song. We can listen to His melody each day by reading His Word. By listening for His voice. By prayer and meditation. By listening for the song He sings over us....yes, even you! Even me.
He never lets us go. He never leaves us.
Now that is a song worth singing!!!
