Just a glimpse

Yesterday Daniel & I went to the park where we like to run. We ended up walking most of the three miles we went, so it wasn't as productive as we would've liked. But, if we would have been running, we would have missed seeing all that we did.

A few areas of the trail go through wooded spots, with massive trees, brush & creeks. We saw a couple hawks, and a beautiful Blue Jay, along with a couple other birds. The Blue Jay stayed so close to us & was singing beautiful music! Daniel said "you know, since reading The Shack (by the way, one of the best books ever. ever! you've got to read it) it just makes you imagine how amazing all this will be in Heaven. Everything green, kept up, and how it should be, and all the critters, and birds roaming around." So, we began talking about that along our walk.

Next time around the trail in that area, it was like we were surrounded by birds. They were everywhere! We saw birds that we have not seen in years. It was amazing. I wondered, why are these birds coming out & flying and perching on the trees right by us? Then Daniel said, "you know why." It was as if God had sent all these little (and big) birdies to show us-just to give us a glimpse of what it will be like. We saw the hawks, the blue jays, a sparrow, cardinals and red birds, a woodpecker (which we sat and watched for about 15 minutes, because neither of us had seen one in about 15 years), mocking birds, doves and finches. They were all chirpin' an singin' so pretty.

We had a beautiful, eye opening walk together.