Cliff Swallows

 

Last Saturday, I took my wife to Ross’s in Ft. Oglethorpe looking for a dress for our granddaughter’s upcoming wedding.  But we were met with a bevy of Clift Swallows that had taken over the entrance of the store.  The plastered finish and two protected overhangs provided the perfect place for the swallows to nest.  Nearby fields and a swamp provided mosquitos galore.  The birds were out of reach and well entrenched in their new habitat.  It will be interesting to see how they are evicted from their new-found homes.  And I’m sure that they will be evicted because they are making such a mess at the front door of the store.  Nest-building mud and bird poop are splattered all over the sidewalk!  Not a welcoming sight for any business!  But the swallows don’t care.  They are simply looking for a home.  Opportunists who take advantage of any situation.  And like little birds, God honors those who are tenacious.  James 1:12, “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.”  God will reward the faithful, not with a tiny nest in a crevice, but with an eternal home in heaven!