Ep 58: He’s Faithful to Fledglings

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This is episode 58.
He's faithful to fledglings.

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Let's go to church.
Are we there yet?

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This spring, a Robin has built a
nest on the meter box on our

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front porch.
And it's been fun to observe

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those little blue eggs hatch and
the babies begin to grow, and

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grow surprisingly quickly, I
might add.

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From hatchling to fledgling
stage, it took only about two

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weeks.
And in that two weeks, my family

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and I made constant trips to the
nest just to check on their

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progress.
And I mentioned that to a friend

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and and they asked if I was
concerned that my proximity to

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the baby birds would cause the
parents to abandon their young.

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In short, no.
You see, the idea of mother

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birds abandoning their young
because of human interaction or

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consent is simply a myth.
It's an old wives tale, likely

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perpetuated by concerned parents
not wanting their kids to touch

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or interact with potentially
sick or dangerous wildlife.

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And looking into this, I was
actually surprised by how good

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Robins are as parents.
While the hatchlings are

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growing, the mother will stay
with the nest and the father

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will actually post up somewhere
nearby, just keeping a watchful

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eye, something we actually
observed in our front yard.

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But here's an interesting thing.
Even when the young birds

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abandoned and in the nest, the
parents still do not abandon

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their children.
Even when the mother begins

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preparing for a new clutch of
eggs, the father will often lead

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the fledglings to roost at night
and occasionally provide them

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with food.
You see, they might leave the

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safety of their father, but
their father is always nearby

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watching.
And that got me to thinking

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about our Heavenly Father and
our relationship to Him as His

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children.
First John chapter 3 verse one

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says, see how great a love the
Father has bestowed on us, that

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we would be called children of
God, and such we are.

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For this reason the world does
not know us because it did not

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know him.
What a blessing indeed.

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However, as many of us know,
there are times where we might

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walk away from God when we might
abandoned the goodness and

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security and salvation that He
offers.

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But our Father is incredible and
what speaks to his character is

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seen in the way that even if his
children walk away from him, he

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does not forsake them.
Hebrews 13 verse 5 says, make

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sure that your character is free
from the love of money, being

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content with what you have.
For he himself has said, I will

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never desert you, nor will I
ever forsake you.

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He's always watching.
He's always eager, Not eager for

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vengeance or punishment.
Not the vengeful, angry God that

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so much of the world portrays as
just sitting up in heaven and

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rejoicing when he catches one of
his children in rebellion, but

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longingly, lovingly, and
zealously hoping for the

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disobedient to return in
repentance.

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Just look at the example that we
see in the parable of the

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prodigal son, which by the way,
speaks so much to the father's

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character.
Luke 1520 So he got up and came

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to his father, but while he was
still a long way off, his father

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saw him and felt compassion for
him and ran and embraced him and

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kissed him.
In verse 24, the father says,

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for this son of mine was dead
and has come to life again.

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He was lost and he has been
found.

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And they began to celebrate.
What an amazing heavenly Father.

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My encouragement to you to today
is to both understand or to be

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reminded about how much God
loves you and wants to call you

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his child.
You see, even if you've flown

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the roost, he wants nothing more
than to take you under his wing.

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Well, those are my thoughts for
your Sunday morning drive.

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Now it's time to hear yours and
don't forget you can always

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morning dr.com.
Our discussion questions today

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are are you living as a faithful
child of God?

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In what ways do we truly show
our appreciation for is

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faithfulness?
What does it mean to us that we

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are children of God?
And if we feel far away from

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God, who left?