Deep Thoughts from Sunday School

While at church this morning (bike ride out in the country), I stopped to admire the beauty of Life. It was such a beautiful morning. The sun was shining so brightly, there were a few high white clouds and the sky was a baby blue. The green corn fields and trees radiated in the sun and swayed ever so softly with the gentle breeze. As I was taking in this simple yet miraculous scene, two little gold finch (male and female) appeared from out of no where and sat upon the black wooden fence beside me. As I watched the two take flight, I was suddenly intrigued by their pattern. They took off as if they were following each other, however, one did not necessarily take the lead. They flew in and out, back and forth zig zagging yet towards the same goal (a tree). And I wondered first of all, how these two little birds came to be that they, out of all of the other thousands of birds, were together. If birds don't talk, have an address or name, how is it that they end up together and/or mate? The other thing I wondered about was how these two birds knew to fly to that one particular tree? It made me think of us and possibly all living things as spirits living in a shell on this earth. And how there are few people in this great big world that we connect with, become friends with or fall in love. Is it merely chance? Have we been together in a past life or different dimension? Are the people who are in our lives there for a reason? Are we attracted to their bodies, souls, minds or a combination of all three? And what about the little birds? How do they pick and choose which bird to fly and/or mate with?

The experience of watching these gold finch simply "being" together in their environment made me think about my current relationship with Don. I've been searching for a word which describes my (our) love and affection for each other. And it suddenly dawned on me that the word is DESERVING! I feel like we are two peas in a pod (only not currently in the same pod). ;) And I feel very fortunate to be taking flight with him.

Amen!