Saturday was full of adventures for our family, but nothing was quite as exciting and exhilarating as our search for a bird bath; of course, I am being sarcastic. My wife came up with this brilliant idea of purchasing a bird feeder for our backyard as well as a bird bath to bathe the winged creatures. We visited our local PetSmart and immediately found what we needed, but the bird bath was a little expensive, in my opinion, so, we decided to check out a couple stores across the street but had no luck. Instead of returning to PetSmart, Leah and I thought of some other stores which may carry bird baths, but no success at any of those either. After driving around for well over an hour, we returned to our starting point and purchased the bird bath. I told Leah, “For all the time it took us to gather these things for the birds, it better attract eagles, hawks, vultures, condors, and penguins!” So far we’ve had no flying fowl quite that size – just a couple sparrows and some robins. I still have my fingers crossed for some bigger birds!
Over the last few days our entire family has enjoyed watching as the feeder has attracted a handful of birds. Although the feeder has not initially brought as many birds as we had expected, we know that time will bring more. We are convinced that the key to attracting more birds is to offer them something which sustains life.
The modern day church has many avenues to “attract” people; however, it must not forget that its first priority is to offer hope and life through Jesus Christ. It was Jesus who said, “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10).
