Ministry Musing

By Donna Kelly

Recently, I was sitting in a long line of traffic waiting for a light to change. I looked up and saw a big, beautiful hawk sitting in a tree. As I was admiring the hawk, I noticed it was sitting on a tiny little branch at the edge of the tree. The branch was so small that it barely poked out beyond its feet. It was a teeny, tiny little branch at the end of
a little bigger branch, connected to a little bit bigger branch… You get the idea.

As I watched, the hawk didn’t seem to know how precarious its perch was. It simply sat peacefully on the tiny
branch and looked around with seemingly no thought that the branch might give way. I was amazed at that tiny branch being able to hold up that big hawk.

Later, as I thought about the hawk and the branch, I considered how often we may find ourselves sitting out at the end of a tiny branch, looking at the world around us. Have you ever been there? I know I have. Life sometimes seems to take a wrong turn; a loved one dies, a job is lost, a rift in a relationship, a difficult diagnosis, and so many other things can have us sitting out at the end of that teeny, tiny branch, holding on for dear life.

Just as the hawk trusted that tiny little branch to hold it safely, when we feel like we are at the end of our tiny little branches, holding on for dear life, we can trust that God is holding onto us. Our God will never let us go, never let us fall off our tiny branches. Our God will sit on the branch with us, holding on to us firmly until it is time for us to fly again.

Donna Kelly

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