Chattering Crows

Hebrews 13:5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for He has said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

There is an old Persian fable of a hen, a mouse, and a rabbit who lived together in a little house in the woods. They shared all the work and lived in harmony. The chicken found the firewood, the mouse brought the water from a nearby brook, and the rabbit cooked the meals. Each did his work faithfully and contentedly. One day, while the hen was out in the forest looking for wood, a nosy crow approached her and asked what she was doing. When he heard, the crow began caw, “That’s not fair! You’re doing the hardest part of the work! That rabbit and mouse are taking advantage of you! The chicken continued about her work, but try as she would, she could not stop thinking about what the crow said. These feelings festered and festered, and by the time she got home, she was so upset that she burst out in tears, screaming, “It’s not fair! I do the hardest work of the three of us! That’s it! I’m not going to gather this heavy firewood anymore!”

Discontent spreads, as you know, and immediately the rabbit and mouse also began to argue that they had been doing the hardest work and that they were not going to do their jobs anymore either. The three argued until they were tired and finally decided to switch jobs – from now on the rabbit would gather the firewood, the hen would bring the water and the mouse would cook. As the rabbit hopped into the forest for wood, a fox trailed him, caught him, and ate him. The chicken put the pail into the creek, but the current pulled the pail down under and the chicken with it. The mouse, while sitting on the edge of the big pot of soup, lost his balance and fell in. Discontentment not only destroyed their happiness but their very lives.

A pearl to string: Oh those chattering crows! They surround us and whisper into our spirit. They mess with our mind and encourage discontent in the name of enlightenment. No person is greater than the next. No job is greater than the next. We all have a call on our lives and we all have a job to do while on earth. There may be many that are referred to as gods (Gal 4:8) but there is only one Jesus, the Son of God, himself God over all, Creator of heaven and earth. Out of love for mankind He stooped to become a man and die for the impious, for those who have no reverence for God. (Rom 5:6) At some point in time that would be each one of us. We have a Savior that we can spend all eternity with if we choose. I've read about the alternative and it isn't for me.

Rejoice in what He made you to be,
and be content in being you and
Know you are the love of His life,
Lyndi