Gotta
confess, I’m dragging my tail feathers around today, so to speak. I’m moving
slow. I’m grumpy. I’m sleep deprived and coffee hasn’t helped.
Not
only have I formed the nasty habit of waking up @ 4am for the past 3 weeks, but
this morning at o’ five hundred, my chickens decided to announce LOUDLY that
they’d all gathered together up in the coop for an early coffee and egg-laying
ceremony! Now, I know why a group of chatty women are referred to as
“the hen house”!
So,
I struggled into my slippers wrapping my robe around me and sputtering a couple
less-than-pretty words into the morning as I scrambled down the stairs and out
the back door.
I
could just imagine the complaints already; the loud rapping on my front door of
disgruntled neighbors, those who sleep at night with the windows open, complaining
about being rattled from a sound sleep so early on a summer morning.
I
trudged through the wet grass in my oh-so-alluring sleeping attire, and after
banging on the side of the coop and telling the ladies to keep it down, I
stumbled back in the house… and had to smile.
The
chickens…and their clucking.
It’s
just what they do – it comes naturally to them!
When it comes to being
quiet about Jesus, I want to be a little like
that chicken up there
making some noise and rocking people
out of their comfy
place – only less obnoxious (smiles).
I
want my faith and my passion to serve Him to go before me and speak louder than
my inhibitions. I want it to be a
natural reaction – I want HIM to be a natural reaction, the first response to everything
in my life.
All
the good days. All the challenging ones, too. I give them to Him, and will
boldly profess His name!
“Let
the redeemed of the LORD say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary”
(Psalm 107:2) NASB
Love it! My brother lives next door to us and has chickens and a rooster and let me tell you I get woke up early most every morning and wonder too about the other neighbors and what they must think!!! :)
ReplyDeleteAmen... "I want my faith and my passion to serve Him to go before me and speak louder than my inhibitions. I want it to be a natural reaction – I want HIM to be a natural reaction, the first response to everything in my life." Just like the chickens! I love this post Debbie, so insightful :)
ReplyDeleteI can just picture someone out there pounding on a chicken house and it makes me wonder who is louder the one pounding or the hens?
ReplyDeletegreat little blog.
Agreed! I want to be like those hens, make a racket, and allow my faith to speak louder than my inhibitions (love that!).
ReplyDeleteSometimes I can be such a chicken (in the frightened sense), and I keep quiet. It depends who I'm around...I often do it out of fear of upsetting people, but sometimes I just send up a quick prayer, then go for it. : )
Love this post, Debbie! Chickens have always fascinated me. I used to collect randome chicken things and put them all on my enclosed porch, which I called the Chicken Coop.
ReplyDeleteBlessings - Jan