1 Legged Seagulls
If you have sent anytime by the ocean you may have seen this phenomenon, lots of 1 legged seagulls. When you first notice it can be disconcerting…what could cause all of these poor seagulls to be “1 legged”….mutation, predators, ?????.
Before you jump to any conclusions, watch closely…hang around for a while…and you will notice the magical appearance of the missing leg! Seagulls it seem have taken to tucking a leg up into their bodies as a way of resting that leg (if you ask me standing on one leg was never restful, but then again I am not a seagull!) . The result is the uncanny appearence of being “1 legged”. It seems…things are not always as they seem.
When we talk about how our lives are “marked”, things are not always as they seem either. We have a tendency to rush to blame the sorrowful stuff in our lives on the obvious culprits…but take a closer look and a different story appears. Lifes “marks” seem to come in 3 varieties…I call them Birthmarks, Scars, and Tattoo’s. Birthmarks are the things we are born into, Scars are the things others have done to us, and Tattoo’s are the things we have done to ourselves. Knowing the true culprit is the beginning to overcoming in Christ.
“I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
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