In the Animal Kingdom there are many species…and sometimes I wonder about their personalities and behaviors and I relate them to humans…
There’s the sneaky squirrel, alert and cautious as he looks about coming down from the telephone wire onto the oak tree, runs along the branch and out onto a pole, where the bird feeder is stationed with seeds to feed the birds….He doesn’t care about the birds, what he wants is the food…and he will do all his amazing tricks to get to that food…after all, He is of the Animal Kingdom, Sir Squirrel, of Dudley!
Then there’s the sly fox. He waits until all the humans are out of sight and makes his way into the farm-yard and into the chicken coop…there he steals a chicken no one will miss this one, no one will even know the fox was there. Every fox for himself… “I am The Fox, mysterious and sly, no one can catch me.” Or so he believes…until there is a “fox hunt.”
Well I can’t forget the peacock, he’s majestic and serene. Prancing around in all his glory as he spreads his tail-feathers wide and says, “Look at me, I am something grand to behold…I’m beautiful, am I not?” Pride and arrogance he wears in a pompous display of color. King of the yard he struts.
Of course there are the peasants of the kingdom…the ducks and geese and chickens…the work horse and the oxen and the mules…
Oh we can’t ignore the mule. They are stubborn and rebellious… “You will not make me move one inch if I choose not too!” says the obstinate mule. “I do all the work around here and who says thank you, no one. So I will pout and sit until I feel like moving. Heehaw…heehaw!”
You could be a finicky cat, barking dog, pig, monkey or water buffalo…sheep, lion, dolphin, wolf…
Thousands of animals in the kingdom…
But my favorite in this kingdom is the eagle…He is the hunter…a loner… King of the skies…
He soars above the storm; he takes one mate for life. He goes through a deep depression and lives on the floor of the valley, for a season or so I’ve been told this may or not be true. (I heard this story many years ago.) His fellow eagles, which have also gone through this process, fly over the valley and drop food for him to eat. When the time comes, he has to decide if he wants to live or die. He will have to climb out of the valley, it’s difficult because his claws have grown and curled up making it hard for him to walk, little lone to climb. If he decides he wants to live he must drag himself up the mountain to a rock and beat his beak onto the rock, and scrape his claws, so he can survive. He lets out a cry so powerful he can be heard for miles. Then he dives off the mountain and flies straight up into the sky until he sees the stars…and shouts, “ CAW…CAW…Just he and God alone…Thank you God for giving me wings…thank you God for taking me through this trial and thank you God, for I know, I am not alone…I fly with you in the heavens, and I rest with you in my nest, you supply for my house-hold, my young ones, and my mate…Thank you God you made me this way…I am free…I am alive…I will soar! I have seen you with my eye and I have heard you speak my name…I am yours and you, God, are mine!
Yes the Animal Kingdom is prolific and magnificent…but more than all the Animals that God designed…It was man who he made in His image. When the light of Jesus comes into a man/woman’s heart…there is absolutely nothing more beautiful to God’s eyes. He loves you, and me, without measure…
Which animal personality do you see in you?
God sees you just the way you are…but loves you too much to leave you in darkness…that is why he sent the light…His son, Jesus! It’s time to climb out of the valley of despair and soar…let your cry be heard in the heavens…THANK YOU GOD FOR GIVING ME WINGS…
~Marla Shaw O’Neill June 15, 2017
Psalms 103:2-5 – Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies, Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. (NKJV)
Isaiah 40:31 – But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. (NKJV)
