Thank you for joining in to another entry of my series, God’s Mysterious Ways, where I write about things that may be more than just coincidences, where God may very well indeed have a hand behind it, which for today is for a friendly robin, who’s presence recently, during one of my weekly chores, may have also been a messenger hand-delivered by the Big Guy himself.
Just over a week ago, I was midway through my weekly mowing of both my yard and my neighbor’s when I noticed a robin was flittering around a few feet from where I was pushing the lawnmower. I didn’t pay much attention to it because honestly, I was deep in my head, feeling overly sorry for myself, like I have been more that not lately, mostly surrounding this pit of emptiness I continue to feel within. If there’s ever been a thorn in my side that’s been plaguing me, it’s this emptiness, an emptiness that stems from feeling like joy is a million miles away no matter how hard I try to find or create it.
Regardless, as that emptiness spilled over into me cutting my neighbor’s yard, I didn’t even notice that this robin had followed me over there. That was until I began to mow one line after another there, when this robin seemed like it was making a far concerted effort to get my attention. I’d push the mower in one direction where it stood almost in my path, when it was abruptly bound out of the way at the last minute and stand still a mere few feet from me. Frankly, it surprised me, as I’ve never seen any bird enjoy all that noise that emits from any lawnmower. After I mowed a few more lines, I decided to give the robin a friendly wave, after which I totally silly, telling myself I was imagining things. Even so, it remained with me for the duration of me mowing the neighbor’s front yard, at which no point was I even thinking that this was some messenger of God or one of God’s mysterious ways to communicate with me. I simply thought it was one brave robin.
Regardless, I then headed into my neighbor’s backyard, which was what I had left to finish out my weekly mowing task, when I suddenly had a random thought. What if this robin really was somehow a messenger from Source? I know that sounds funny, but at that moment, I was really desperate for a message of hope. As I began to mow that backyard, I had already cut a few strips when I said in my head, “Ok, God, if that robin really was from You, then have it come back into this backyard as I mow, and I’ll know it’s You.” And wouldn’t you know, as I turned the mower around and headed back towards the house, there it was, staring at me while it fluttered about.
That robin would remain with me a few minutes longer, but when I finally acknowledged that maybe indeed God really did send this robin to me that day to remind me that He really is there, wouldn’t you know, it then flew away, leaving me with yet another interesting story to share with all of you, one that may just be another case of God’s Mysterious Ways…
Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson
